What's the Point of Securities Laws? with Mike Selig
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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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