In this episode, we sit down with Ryan Selkis, Founder & CEO of Messari, to take the state of the world on crypto policy. We cover everything from Tornado Cash to the SEC, Coinbase, MiCA, AML/KYC and much more. Ryan is a crypto veteran and one of the most influential thinkers and builders in the space. One of the strongest advocates for the industry, he is starting to see a path forward for sensible crypto policy and mainstream adoption.

In this episode, we chat with Nikhil Chandhok, Chief Product Officer at Circle, to give us a window into how a tech product executive thinks about public policy. Product is at the heart of every tech company, whether startup or FAANG. Most of the key strategic company decisions center on product, but most regulators have no direct insight into product functions or processes. As a product veteran, Nikhil gives us his insights into how he's interacted with public policy experts and regulators over the years and how their feedback made its way into some of his most iconic tech products.

In light of the horrific war happening in the Ukraine, we wanted to air our conversation with the esteemed lawyers and Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security veterans Jason Weinstein and Alan Cohn about the role of cryptocurrency in national security matters and the use of financial regulation as a serious tool of statecraft. We also discuss the upcoming Executive Order on cryptocurrency that is expected to come from the White House later this week.

In our inaugural #global-public-policy podcast, I am joined by Aaron Klein, senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, to chat about crypto and financial inclusion. How real is the promise of crypto as a parallel financial rails to serve those who are unbanked, underbanked or overbanked? Can crypto improve on our current financial system? And how should policymakers set their expectations for this technology accordingly?