The Fight for DeFi in Washington, D.C., With Miller Whitehouse-Levine

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🗓️ 11 November 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, and Circle Editor's note: This interview was recorded on Oct. 24 and so it doesn’t reference the events of the last week. On today’s “Breakdown” interview, NLW is joined by Miller Whitehouse-Levine, policy director at the DeFi Education Fund. They discuss the state of regulatory discourse in Washington, D.C., along with key recent events including Treasury Department sanctions. Find our guest on Twitter: @millercwl - Nexo Pro allows you to trade on the spot and futures markets with a 50% discount on fees. You always get the best possible prices from all the available liquidity sources and can earn interest or borrow funds as you wait for your next trade. Get started today on pro.nexo.io. - Circle, the sole issuer of the trusted and reliable stablecoin USDC, is our sponsor for today’s show. USDC is a fast, cost-effective solution for global payments at internet speeds. Learn how businesses are taking advantage of these opportunities at Circle’s USDC Hub for Businesses. - “The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsors today is “War” by Enoch Yang. Image credit: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.

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0:00.0	What is DFI is definitely question number one. I think the like more difficult, profound questions
0:06.4	are around societal utility. I think that there are a lot of folks in Congress and among
0:13.6	regulators that think the existing financial system works quite well and that the risks in it,
0:19.0	at least since the global financial crisis, have been
0:21.6	appropriately mitigated.
0:23.6	And Defi crypto is coming along and messing with the magic, so to speak.
0:29.1	Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW.
0:33.3	It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin, and the big picture power shifts remaking our world.
0:39.4	The breakdown is sponsored by nexo.io and circle and produced and distributed by CoinDesk.
0:46.8	What's going on, guys, is Thursday, November 10th, and today we are featuring an interview with Miller White House Levine.
0:54.0	But before we get into that, however, if you are enjoying the breakdown, please go subscribe
0:57.3	to it, give it a rating, give it a review, or if you want to dive deeper into the conversation,
1:01.8	come join us on the breakers discord. You can find a link in the show notes or go to bit.ly
1:06.0	slash breakdown pod. All right guys, well today I am joined by Miller White House Levine.
1:12.1	Miller runs policy at the Defy Education Fund, which is a nonpartisan research and advocacy
1:16.7	group that's working to explain the benefits of defy, achieve regulatory clarity for the future
1:21.3	of the global digital economy, and help realize the transformative potential of defy for
1:25.7	everyone.
1:26.9	In his role as policy director, Miller is
1:28.7	charged with developing the execution of programs that bring the organization's mission to life, which,
1:33.1	as you will see, are pretty interesting. Miller was previously at the Blockchain Association and has
1:37.7	the deep knowledge of what's going on in the DC crypto debate. Today, we discuss why the
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