Welcome back to CoinDisc Live at Consensus, brought to you by Bicko.

We are just getting warmed up for a jam-packed day two here in Austin, Texas.

I'm Jensen As you know, I'm joined by my co-host Sam Kessler.

Sam, what conversation has stood out for you so far?

Oh, what conversation has stood out? I mean, we've been talking a little bit about that poll.

That was not the conversation itself, but this poll around, like, how crypto people are thinking about the election.

And I think I've had a series of conversations that have been really election-oriented.

And so I think this idea that political candidates for the highest office in the United States

need to at least be conversant or have people on their staff that are conversant in crypto

as an expectation, not kind of like a cherry on top.

That is something that's new.

That's something that keeps on coming up and just does make this sort of a conference feel

different than it has in past years.

I think that reiterates the fact that the theme here really is policy and regulation.

Everyone is looking at the election.

It is always the theme, right?

No, but there's always a theme.

And I feel like this is, like you said, the theme this year, which does feel different. Some other conversations we've been having have been about Web 3, the Metaverse,

what life is going to look like in the future. But let's turn the conversation to something

that is a blast from the past. Joining us now is Napster CEO, John Vlasopoulos. John, welcome back to the show. You were here last year.

I was. Good to be back. Good to be back. And vote on the political theme, vote Napster.

Vote Napster. Now, every time we talk, I say it's a blast from the past, because every time I see you, people are delightfully surprised that Napster is still around.

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