The Roman Storm trial ended with one guilty verdict, raising big questions about what comes next for developers and open-source protocols. To unpack the implications, I’m joined by Peter Van Valkenburgh, Executive Director of Coin Center.
Timestamps:
➡️ 00:00 – Introduction
➡️ 01:00 – Explaining the Roman Storm verdict
➡️ 03:00 – FinCEN's 2019 guidance
➡️ 07:40 – Implications for future regulatory guidance
➡️ 14:20 – First Amendment and due process defenses
➡️ 21:30 – Future of peer-to-peer crypto
➡️ 27:40 – Coin Center’s six-month policy review
➡️ 35:30 – The President’s Working Group Report
➡️ 38:50 – Why crypto must be more than an investment
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