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DEX in the City: How Crypto Exchanges May Be Holding Up the Market Structure Bill

Unchained

Laura Shin

Tech News, Business News, News

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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If you’re looking for help with crypto taxes, Crypto Tax Girl is offering $100 off for Unchained listeners. They provide personalized crypto tax reports and tax returns, and availability before April 15 is limited. Go to http://cryptotaxgirl.com/unchained to save $100! President Donald Trump is suing JPMorgan for $5 billion, a U.S. government contractor's son is linked to Bitcoin theft from the government, the SEC and CFTC appear to be collaborating on crypto and CZ's Davos interview goes viral. In yet another packed episode of DEX in the City, hosts Jessi Brooks, Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos and Vy Le dive into how Trump's case impacts the debanking debate, how a government contractor’s son was bragging about controlling federally seized crypto, why the crypto regulatory turf war may be taking a different shape and CZ's interview, which got a bit too detailed about the horrors of prison. Does the government need a Bitcoin Fort Knox and is the U.S. moving towards a single financial regulator? Listen to find out! Hosts: Jessi Brooks, General Counsel at Ribbit Capital Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos, General Counsel at StarkWare TuongVy Le, General Counsel at Veda Links: Trump Signs Executive Order to Prevent Crypto Debanking Bessent Clarifies U.S. Bitcoin Reserve Plans Ilya Lichtenstein Pleads Guilty to 2016 Bitfinex Hack of Billions in Bitcoin SEC and CFTC Signal United Front on Crypto CZ Denies Ties to Trump and WLFI After Pardon Good news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

In my opinion, and everyone feel free to disagree, we are watching the real-time deterioration

0:05.6

of the prospects of crypto market structure law being passed.

0:09.0

If it's true that eventually everything will be on chain, like everything will be tokenized,

0:15.7

I think you could see a world where it's really just one regulator overseeing everything.

0:20.0

I just want to say that I hope that CZ's conversation, which was truncated, but also really

0:27.6

got at to what it's like there, isn't just a meme, but something that is taken seriously.

0:43.7

Hi, all, and welcome to Decks in the City, where the wallets are cold and the takes are hot.

0:48.1

First, we have Jesse, Web3 prosecutor turned Web3 protector at Rivet Capital.

0:49.4

Hi, guys.

0:50.4

Good afternoon.

0:58.4

And V from the SEC to Web 3. If my voice is raspyer than usual today, I'm a little under the weather, so bear with me, but happy to be here. She looks great. And I'm your host,

1:06.3

Catherine, or KK, fluent in tradfi and conversant in deep tech over at Starkware.

1:12.0

Before we get going, remember, as always, we're lawyers, we're not your lawyers.

1:15.6

Nothing you hear on decks in the city is legal or financial advice and it doesn't create an attorney-client relationship.

1:20.7

For the fine print, as always, check unchained crypto.com.

1:25.5

If crypto taxes feel overwhelming, you are not alone.

1:29.1

That's why Crypto Tax Girl, a team that's been helping crypto investors...

1:32.5

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1:34.7

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1:39.6

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1:43.6

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