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ETH Denver Fireside Chat With 2 of the Most Crypto-Friendly Governors in the Nation - Ep.161

Unchained

Laura Shin

Tech News, Business News, News

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this fireside chat from ETH Denver, crypto-friendly governors Jared Polis of Colorado and Mark Gordon of Wyoming discuss how they each became interested in crypto and blockchain, how their states became friendly to the industry and how to resolve some of the thornier problems in crypto regulation, such as the state-by-state money transmission licensing regime. We also dive into the details on some of the regulations in their states, such as the regulations that make it possible to hold state-specific ICOs, what types of companies are taking advantage of those, and whether there's a bipartisan attitude toward crypto regulation.  Thank you to our sponsors!  CipherTrace: https://ciphertrace.com Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/ Kraken: https://www.kraken.com Episode links:  CO Governor Jared Polis: https://twitter.com/jaredpolis WY Governor Mark Gordon: https://governor.wyo.gov/ CO Governor Jared Polis’s background:  https://gazette.com/election/profile-entrepreneur-jared-polis-sees-governor-s-race-as-a/article_af2d0222-c1b2-11e8-8b2b-afa916b3b182.html Governor Polis’s letter to SEC chairman Jay Clayton and then-CFTC chairman Christopher Giancarlo on crypto regulation: https://www.coindesk.com/lawmakers-renew-calls-us-lead-crypto-innovation Colorado’s Digital Token Act: https://www.coindesk.com/colorado-could-be-next-in-the-race-to-bank-crypto-and-cannabis https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_023_signed.pdf https://thetokenist.io/colorado-signs-digital-token-act-into-law-some-digital-assets-exempt-from-securities-requirements/ Wyoming passes three crypto-friendly laws: https://www.coindesk.com/wyoming-lawmakers-pass-three-bills-in-boost-for-states-crypto-industry Wyoming laws: https://www.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2018/HB0070 https://www.forbes.com/sites/caitlinlong/2019/03/04/what-do-wyomings-new-blockchain-laws-mean/amp/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi everyone this week I have for you a fireside chat I conducted at East Denver

0:09.6

with two extremely crypto-friendly governors,

0:12.8

Jared Polis of Colorado and Mark Gordon of Wyoming.

0:16.6

This was a really great conversation.

0:18.7

Governor Polis is a former entrepreneur

0:20.6

and has been a crypto-friendly government official at both the federal

0:23.6

and state levels and Governor Gordon can probably claim the mantle of

0:27.3

heading up the most crypto-friendly state in the nation. If he listened to last

0:31.5

week's episode of Unconfirmed with Caitlin Long, we'll hear him talk a bit more about the special purpose depository institution law that is enabling her new crypto bank, Avonte.

0:42.0

I think people really enjoyed this discussion. her new crypto bank, Avonte.

0:42.9

I think people really enjoyed this discussion because last week,

0:46.6

I happen to be talking to someone who had been at you,

0:48.8

Denver, and he randomly spouted off to me

0:51.9

some of the facts he learned in this discussion and when he finished

0:55.8

I was like, did you learn that in the conversation I moderated at East Denver?

1:01.6

And yes, folks, the answer is yes. But maybe he'd forgotten that I was there, just sitting

1:07.4

on stage, asking questions, but otherwise, apparently not that memorable.

1:16.7

Anyway, please enjoy this fun conversation from East Denver with Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon.

1:20.8

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