MrLightspeed

The transparency era is ending. Take note of that. Private “Shibizens”: yes. People with responsibilities to their society: no. We know this will be misused.

It's a lie that Zama can encrypt every Shiba Inu transaction by default. Also, only the end user can decide that.

Being able to talk directly to staffers here in Washington, DC, is a fortunate perk of living very close. Still, your support is valuable, and I hope you all stay plugged into the goings-on. Grants go to builders working onchain not to people walking the halls of Congress or

ETH dump mechanics (aka how people compound losses): enter a TOKEN/ETH market (buy or LP), so you inherit ETH as the base risk. 2.ETH mega dumps. 3.Token USD price gets hit twice: Token/ETH slides and ETH/USD slides. panic-sell

Social enforcement is stronger than contracts in meme culture. Prove me wrong.

Over 50% of Based Armstrong is burned! This post is paired to Base Armstrong using the brand new $ZORA feature where you can pair posts with other posts!

Trade now and continue to expand Based Armstrong:

And that is a big “if” - all eyes watching

🚨🇺🇸 SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC Chair Michael Selig just dropped a joint op-ed relaunching Project Crypto. Clear, harmonized rules. Innovation-first oversight. Less “regulation by headline.” Much can be done between these two agencies if they work together. If America

I attended the Project Crypto fireside chat today, with Eleanor Terrett moderating and the SEC and CFTC chairs on stage. The headline was clear: end the SEC–CFTC turf war, build a coherent rule set, and bring innovation onshore instead of pushing it offshore by default. My key

•Retail leveraged crypto trading framework: While DeFi is important, intermediation will continue to matter. He directs staff to (1) clarify when leveraged/margined retail commodity crypto transactions can occur off-exchange under an actual delivery exception, (2) codify

Here are my first batch of notes: Here’s the finalized summary of the opening remarks (updated with all the added notes, cleaned for clarity): •Act now, not later: Market-structure legislation will help, but the CFTC will not wait on Congress. Atkins has directed staff to use

These are Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul S. Atkins’ first public comments for the year and done here at the CFTC.

Chairmen opening remarks. You may view on stream at:

Quick message before I went in. I hope for a spirited debate!

Everyone to take their seats in a few minutes.

Doors closing shortly

I got here VERY early. First three rows are all reserved for SEC and CFTC employees for the event. Crowd rolling in now.

The Senate Ag Committee just advanced the Clarity Act, but it’s far from done. The full Senate and Banking Committee still need to weigh in, and the House can amend or reject. It’s a process…

If you're about to drive into Washington, DC, the side streets are basically one-way right now because of the piled-up snow. Drive safely. Hope to see some of you at the SEC / CFTC event.