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Chris Rothfuss on Wyoming’s Blockchain Strategy & the WY Stable Token (EP.432)

Chris Rothfuss on Wyoming’s Blockchain Strategy & the WY Stable Token (EP.432)

FromOn The Brink with Castle Island


Chris Rothfuss on Wyoming’s Blockchain Strategy & the WY Stable Token (EP.432)

FromOn The Brink with Castle Island

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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Jun 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Wyoming state senator and Minority Floor Leader in the Wyoming Senate, Chris Rothfuss joins the show. We cover Wyoming’s crypto efforts to date to create a stable and secure digital asset ecosystem. In this episode: Senator’s Rothfuss’ pre-politics career and how he came to grapple with the crypto space Why Wyoming has an opportunity in digital asset policy The origins of Wyoming’s blockchain select committee How the NY Bitlicense inspired Wyoming’s efforts Why crypto policy isn’t politically polarized in Wyoming Wyoming’s foundational move to recognize digital assets under the uniform commercial code The origin of the SPDI charter Is there a future for the SPDI given that the Fed is denying master accounts? How Wyoming’s SPDI emerged as a consequence of Chokepoint 1.0 Is the Fed blocking state charters unconstitutional? Wyoming’s Stable Token Act and the prospects for that product How the WY Stable Token could be a huge windfall for Wyoming – and where the revenues would be directed How Wyoming is thinking about the permissionless qualities of the stable token  Further reading:  More about Chris Rothfuss More on the Blockchain Select Committee The Wyoming Stable Token Act 
Released:
Jun 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Hosts Matt Walsh and Nic Carter of Castle Island Ventures explore the political, ethical, and economic significance of Bitcoin and other public blockchains and talk to some of the leading experts in the industry. Learn more and stay up to date at CastleIsland.vc and follow on twitter @CastleIslandVC