The complex and evolving regulatory landscape for cryptocurrencies has been a topic for many years. After a long period of waiting, the SEC started pursuing fraud causes in the last 1-2 years. But the recent lawsuit against Kik is the first time that the SEC goes after a large, non-fraud case. We were joined by lawyer Stephen Palley to discuss the Kik case, the US regulatory landscape and recent announcement of the Libra cryptocurrency promoted by Facebook. Topics covered in this episode: The SEC lawsuit against Kik The potential path of the process and how it could resolve in the end Why the Kik case is unlikely to provide any regulatory clarity in the next few years What a settlement in the Kik case could look like Whether the Howey test is still a sensible way to regulate securities How US regulators will deal with decentralized exchanges Stephen's thoughts on Libra Episode links: Annotated Guide to the SEC's Complaint against KIK - Katherine Wu Kik and the SEC: What’s Going On and What Does It Mean for Crypto? - Katie Haun Kin Sets Up $5 Million DefendCrypto.org to Take on the SEC - Unchained Podcast SEC vs. Kik: The Lawyers Speak - CoinDesk Episode 135 with Stephen Palley: Lawmodynamics – How to Sue a DAO Stephen Palley on Twitter Sponsors: Vaultoro: Trade gold to Bitcoin instantly and securely starting at just 1mg - http://vaultoro.com Azure: Deploy enterprise-ready consortium blockchain networks that scale in just a few clicks - http://aka.ms/epicenter This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/293

This is part one of a two-part bonus series. These sessions were recorded at the first Interchain Conversations conference which took place in Berlin on June 13th and 14th, 2019. The first part of this episode is “Epicenter Live,” a live podcast recorded on stage at the event. It features hosts Meher Roy, Sunny Aggarwal, Brian Fabian Crain, and Sebastien Couture. In this conversation, we discuss the topic of blockchain interoperability. We look at how different projects address interoperability and seek to form a picture of how these projects might interact in a multi-blockchain future. We also discuss how these protocols address application comparability and speculate on how they will remain competitive. The second segment is the opening Q&A between Jae Kwon and Sebastien Couture. Among other things, Sebastien spoke with Jae about the recent Cosmos launch, the Interchain Foundation, and the future of the Tendermint company. Subscribe to Epicenter for new episodes every week.