Yesterday, on the show we had lawyer Brian Frye, who gave us novel takes securities. You can find that episode here: https://youtu.be/jo1ZuhuCVZE
In today's episode, David continues down the securities rabbit hole with special guest Mike Selig. Mike is a crypto lawyer at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, former a regulator at the CFTC and a frequent contributor to Coindesk about the state of crypto regulation.
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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro
5:35 Mike's Background
6:55 Why Securities
10:20 Investing Contract
13:00 Where's the Line?
20:11 Asset vs. Schemes
24:38 SEC Regulation
29:00 NFTs as Membership
36:48 2023 Regulation
42:51 SEC vs. CFTC
47:25 The Solution to Security Laws
50:40 Centralization
55:10 Current SEC Administration
1:01:30 Decentralization Theatre
1:04:50 Closing & Disclaimers
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Recources:
Mike Selig
https://mobile.twitter.com/mikeseligesq
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