Weekly Roundup 04/21/23 (Harberger taxes, SEC v Bittrex, stablecoin hearing) (EP.419)
4/21/2023
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Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- We debate some curious new sponsors
- The Miami gas shortage
- Nic’s impressions of NFT NYC
- We review Eric’s Orb
- When do Harberger taxes work?
- CIV is hiring
- The SEC is suing Bittrex and alleges that Algorand and Dash are unregistered securities
- Gensler is skewered by Republican lawmakers in the House Financial Services hearing
- Gensler refuses to answer whether Ethereum is a security
- We review the House hearing on stablecoins
- The McHenry Waters stablecoin bill appears to be dead
- Does FedNow make stablecoins obsolete?
- Should stablecoin issuance be limited to banks?
- A stablecoin catch-22
- Hester Peirce dissents on the proposed SEC exchange rule
Content mentioned:
- CIV is hiring
- Austin Campbell’s written testimony to the House financial services committee
- Hester Peirce, Rendering Innovation Kaput: Statement on Amending the Definition of Exchange
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