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GEN C: Sponsored Episode | Regulation and Crypto’s Brand Problem With Jason Somensatto, Head of North America Public Policy, Chainalysis

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4.7698 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Jason Somensatto, who leads North America public policy for Chainalysis, discusses regulation, global perspectives and how brands should approach crypto. In this sponsored bonus episode of the podcast, Sam sits down with Chainalysis’ Jason Somensatto to discuss how the current regulatory landscape can be challenging for those looking to build, including in the Global South. We also discuss Jason’s ‘Best Customers vs. Bad Actors’ framework when it comes to risk and data. Links mentioned from the podcast:  Chainalysis Jason Somensatto on LinkedIn Follow us on Twitter:  Sam Ewen, Avery Akkineni, CoinDesk, Vayner3 "Gen C" features hosts Sam Ewen and Avery Akkineni, with editing by Jonas Huck. Executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced by Uyen Truong. Our theme music is "1882” by omgkirby x Channel Tres with editing by Doc Blust. Artwork by Nicole Marie Rincon. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Gen C is the generation of the new internet.

0:06.5

In Gen C, the C stands for crypto, but it also stands for creators, the connected consumer, and collectibles, both digital and physical with on-chain provenance.

0:15.6

It stands for culture and characters, the ones we play in games, and the companion ones that AI is building alongside us.

0:22.6

It stands for community and digital citizenship, and the new set of transparent and trustless tools being built to govern them.

0:29.6

These are the people who were raised on a different philosophy, on how they look at money, how they look at identity, how they look at privacy,

0:36.6

and how they look at the hybrid,

0:37.8

digital, and physical spaces being built all around us.

0:41.5

And finally, how they reimagine their relationships with the communities and companies they

0:45.8

interact with.

0:47.0

We focus on how brands, large and small, are building for these audiences.

0:51.7

Welcome to Gen C.

1:04.4

Hello, everyone. Welcome to this special bonus episode of Gen C. Today, we are going to talk with Jason Samuansato, a former CFTC regulator. We'll tell you what that is. In the conversation,

1:12.9

he's the head of North American public policy for chain analysis, who's a great partner for us here at Gen C. Jason and I had a great

1:20.2

conversation focusing on two, I would say, major themes, one of which is kind of the emerging crypto markets and then

1:29.4

the regulation happening around them, both in the U.S. as well as globally, which we believe is

1:35.9

really important for anyone building in this space to know, but especially those in the brand world

1:41.9

just to understand where the opportunities lie and where the watchouts are.

1:47.1

And then secondly, we went a little bit deeper into understanding data, transparency,

1:53.5

understanding the difference between your best customers and the bad actors

1:59.0

and how brands can protect themselves for such.

2:02.6

We talked a little bit about sort of Web2 data and how Web2 platforms have monetized

2:09.8

consumer data for so long and what data in Web3 means, which also is a pretty fascinating

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