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Hey, everyone. Happy Thursday. You are watching The Hash. And if you're on the go, you're

listening to the hash on the Coin Desk podcast network. I didn't actually say, if you're

watching it, you're watching it on Coin Desk TV. Welcome. We love to have you here. I'm Jen Sanassi. I'm joined today by Wendy O, Adam V-Levin and Will Foxley. Hey, guys. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Wendy, it's going to be a fun show. You're kicking us off. What do you got?

Exciting. First, before I do that, can I ask Adam something really quick?

Of course. Do you like tacos, Adam?

Oh, I'm a big fan of tacos, yes.

Wendy, this is too much.

What is like that taco thing? What happened there?

Wendy and Zach and just go off about tacos.

It has nothing to do with what we're talking about. It is cute.

I do love tacos, but it's too much. Lunch breaks. You have to have lunch breaks. Okay,

I'm going to get into it because this story is absolutely ridiculous. Okay. It makes no sense.

Make it make sense. Ethics watchdog bars U.S. government employees from writing crypto policy

if invested. And I believe that this is the de minimis exemption,

but basically federal employees who have invested less than 50,000 in a mutual fund with

exposure to the crypto sector will still be allowed to work on crypto related policies.

But if issues who hold up to 50,000 in mutual funds that include crypto companies can still

work on policies, if they hold above that include crypto companies can still work on policies.

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