BREAKDOWN: The Battle for Self-Hosted Wallets
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4.8 • 689 Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2022
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
People should be able to custody their own assets without burdensome compliance.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR and FTX US.
On today’s episode, NLW explores the ongoing policy debate around “unhosted” (or, as crypto users call them – “self-hosted”) wallets, looking at MiCA legislation in Europe, an updated policy for the U.K. and hints from the Biden administration in the U.S.
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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsors is “Catnip” by Famous Cats and “I Don't Know How To Explain It” by Aaron Sprinkle. Image credit: Westend61/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.
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| 0:43.9 | Wondery UK. That's audible.com slash Wondery UK. We've seen over and over that the first |
| 0:51.8 | attempts from regulators tend to be to draw those threshold at lower levels than traditional money and financial assets, in many cases |
| 0:58.0 | because of a perception of crypto being for criminals. |
| 1:01.1 | A second layer of the fight, though, will be the principle of the thing. |
| 1:04.4 | And make no mistake, this will be a legal battle. |
| 1:07.1 | It'll be a battle of how different attempts at financial surveillance run afoul of protections |
| 1:11.0 | enshrined in governing principles such as the Constitution. |
| 1:15.4 | Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW. |
| 1:19.6 | It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin, and the big picture power shifts remaking our world. |
| 1:25.4 | The breakdown is sponsored by nexo.io, near NFTX, and produced and distributed by CoinDesk. |
| 1:33.2 | What's going on, guys? It is Monday, June 27th, and today we are talking about the battle for self-hosted |
| 1:39.8 | wallets. Before we get into that, however, if you are enjoying the breakdown, please go subscribe to it, |
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