Alexander C. Kaufman
@kaufman
Seems bad for crypto's long-term prospects that it's becoming a partisan battleground. To those of you in the industry, what's the best way to overcome this? https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/2025/05/05/trumps-ties-make-cryptos-democrat-allies-stomp-brakes-on-bills
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@m-j-r.eth
politically, that's an own-goal establishment politicians should obviously support collateralized stablecoins over any bona fide decentralized monetary policy like network tokens. in terms of actually intelligent realpolitik, Democrats should figure out their priorities with digital collectives. there's a lot to be said for any buffer system that ameliorates the pain of housing market or student debt. if they're not dead-set on surveillance-centric, license-centric policy, then next steps should include nonfinancial tokenization (e.g. https://x.com/0x_m_j_r/status/1919392863814570465) I'm surprised by the "all eggs in one basket" ideology, one would think that grassroots politics has overwhelming sway over any reformed "big tent" coalition. so the solution, to me, would involve localist mechanics. wonder how @rokhanna sees this. the "we're moral obstructionists" bit is really stale.
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@m-j-r.eth
I think a lot of people in tech have gotten the impression that refusal of any compromised policy resembles advocacy for totalitarian financial oversight. much like the insistence of regulating AI into a few capturable firms, rather than regulating market structure so AI firms can be checked and proceed to serve the public consumer. where's the moderate position?
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