"We Plan to Win" - Hayden Adams on Uniswap vs. the SEC
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🗓️ 12 April 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Crypto's OG darling exchange, Uniswap is under attack after it received an enforcement notice on Wednesday, April 10th, 2024 from none other than Gensler's anti-crypto SEC.
Uniswap’s CEO Hayden Adams joins us on the podcast to share what happened, how they plan to fight, and what the industry can do to support.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
3:15 Uniswap’s SEC Wells Notice
5:02 Comms Between SEC & Uniswap
7:23 Is $UNI a Security?
11:12 Supreme Court
13:13 Consequences of U.S. Crypto Entrepreneurs
22:01 Uniswap Labs vs. Uniswap Protocol
31:35 How Far Will the SEC Go?
33:55 Why Uniswap Is Important
39:08 Who Protects Investors More?
42:25 Are Hayden & Uniswap Ready?
43:16 Will Crypto Win?
43:29 How to Support
45:08 Closing & Disclaimers
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RESOURCES
Hayden Adams
https://twitter.com/haydenzadams
Uniswap
https://twitter.com/Uniswap
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| 0:00.0 | The SEC is dropping a lawsuit on everyone's mind is, |
| 0:03.0 | are you going to win? |
| 0:08.2 | The SEC is dropping a lawsuit on UNISWAP. |
| 0:10.8 | This is absolutely monumental, a massive escalation when it comes to the prosecution of |
| 0:17.0 | crypto and more specifically this time, D-Fi. We have Hayden Adams, the founder of UNICEOP |
| 0:22.2 | on the podcast today. |
| 0:23.0 | Two different reactions. |
| 0:25.0 | One could be, I'm scared. |
| 0:27.0 | They're coming for the most beloved, most enjoyed Defi protocol with a United States founder with offices in the United States. |
| 0:34.8 | Oh no, what are we doing? |
| 0:36.6 | Where is Defi going? |
| 0:38.5 | An alternative reaction is they are coming for our best example. |
| 0:42.2 | They are coming for our best people with the most amount of support. |
| 0:46.0 | I am personally in the latter camp where I think Hayden Adams is going to take the SEC to |
| 0:51.1 | the absolute ringer. |
| 0:52.6 | And because they represent UNISOP Labs |
| 0:55.8 | and UNISW the protocol represents |
| 0:58.2 | the purest form of DFI. |
| 1:00.2 | And so at the very least, once this probably long court case wraps up, UNASOP will be claimed the victor, I hope, and we will actually have some strong precedent about some of the things that makes Defi Tick. |
| 1:13.0 | Well, let's go, it's fight time, and Hayden Adams seems ready to fight. |
| 1:16.5 | He's going to be right on. |
| 1:17.5 | But before we get to the conversation, we want to thank the sponsors that made this episode possible, |
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