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https://x.com/nick_van_eck/status/1865921316186149117?s=46&t=3C9iwIJOterrjFuBkvd-6w

Our good buddy JRS on 60 Minutes

On @60Minutes now:
Former Chief of Internet Enforcement at SEC  

Shot: "Clear mandate [from the election] is the SEC needs to layoff crypto and that's exactly what is going to happen." 😀

Chaser 👇

"Crypto is a scourge.  It is not something you want in your society.  It has no utility and is pure speculation." 

"Dire externalities enabled by crypto.  Every single crime you can conceive of is easier to do."🤔

Nick van Eck

One of the craziest pivots of all time. He screeched at pro-crypto people and openly misrepresented the SEC’s success in court for years.

John Griffin and John Reed Stark are big undrafted free agent pickups

Unconstrained visions that tend to lead to massive concentrations of power

New competitor for our buddies at Prometheum

Will be very interesting to see the challenges people bring to agency rules with Chevron officially dead. Huge hurdle removed for litigants.

Founding Partner @ Castle Island Ventures; co-host of On The Brink w/ Castle Island; previously @Fidelity

Convinced @mattwalshinbos’s house is built on a Native American burial ground

Software Engineer @ Cadence Design Systems. B4: Stanford EE / Illinois ECE

Agree on Voorhees. I think him and Chris Dixon are particularly calm and compelling

Have you seen policymakers change their mind on AI or web3 after meeting with them? What percentage of hearts and minds in DC are still up for grabs in these debates?

Bad boys segment returns with the SEC as the subject?

Matt

@mattdonovan