EU Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) with Seth Hertlein, Patrick Hansen, & Rebecca Rettig

In today's episode, we're talking about the state of crypto regulation across the pond. Is it as bad over there as it is here in the United States? 

There is a landmark crypto bill over in the EU called MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets) and its worth paying attention to!

We brought on some EU regulation experts, Rebecca Rettig, Chief Policy Officer @ Polygon Labs, Seth Hertlein, VP, Global Head of Policy @ Ledger, and Patrick Hansen Director of EU Strategy and Policy @ Circle.

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------ Timestamps:

0:00 Intro 4:45 Pond Temperature  9:30 U.S. vs. the EU Regulation 13:30 Is MiCA Passed? 15:50 Should the U.S. Be Jealous? 18:30 MiCA Grading  20:55 DCCA Grading 22:22 MiCA Stablecoins  29:35 EU Restrictions  37:36 MiCA Self-Custody 44:22 Fear Ideology  46:40 U.S. vs. EU Regulation & Innovation 51:40 Closing Thoughts  58:50 Disclaimers

------ Resources:

Seth Hertlein https://twitter.com/SethHertlein 

Patrick Hansen https://twitter.com/paddi_hansen 

Rebecca Rettig https://twitter.com/RebeccaRettig1 

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