Making the US the Crypto Capital of the World

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🗓️ 19 January 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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A reading and discussion inspired by: https://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2025/01/16/how-to-make-the-united-states-the-crypto-capital-of-the-world Sponsored by: Ledn Need liquidity without selling your Bitcoin? For 6+ years, Ledn has been the trusted choice for Bitcoin-backed lending. With transparency, security, and trust at our core, we help you access your BTC’s wealth while HODLing. Discover what your Bitcoin can do at ledn.io/borrowing. Enjoying this content? SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast: https://pod.link/1438693620 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nathanielwhittemorecrypto Subscribe to the newsletter: https://breakdown.beehiiv.com/ Join the discussion: https://discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8 Follow on Twitter: NLW: https://twitter.com/nlw Breakdown: https://twitter.com/BreakdownNLW

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0:00.0	Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW.
0:09.3	It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin, and the big picture power shifts remaking our world.
0:18.3	What's going on, guys? It is Sunday, January 19th, and that means it's time for Long Read Sunday.
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0:34.8	breakdown pod. All right, friends, back with another long read Sunday.
0:39.2	Big theme right now.
0:40.4	Maybe the biggest theme in crypto is the transition from the hype and excitement around
0:45.0	the presidential transition to the figuring out what real is actually going to happen.
0:50.6	Along those lines, a group of 20 lawyers in the crypto space have written an opinion piece
0:55.0	called How to Make the United States the Crypto Capital of the World. This is exactly the sort of
1:00.2	very practical, tangible advice and policymaking that I think we are going to be looking
1:04.4	forward to now. And so let's read what they have to say. I'll turn it over to AI to read this
1:08.8	for you. So, of course, apologies for any weird
1:10.9	pronunciations or affectations. And then I'll come back and discuss what I think about this piece.
1:15.6	Again, this is called How to Make the United States the Crypto Capital of the World.
1:18.8	And it's by Ivo Enchev, Alta Andoni, Stephen Rutenberg, Dona Redo, and signed by another
1:23.1	20 lawyers or so.
1:26.0	How to Make the United States the crypto capital of the world?
1:29.3	Dear President-elect Trump, in your keynote address at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville
1:33.0	last year, you pledged to make the United States the crypto capital of the world if re-elected
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