EU Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) with Seth Hertlein, Patrick Hansen, & Rebecca Rettig

In today's episode, we're talking about the state of crypto regulation across the pond. Is it as bad over there as it is here in the United States?

There is a landmark crypto bill over in the EU called MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets) and its worth paying attention to!

We brought on some EU regulation experts, Rebecca Rettig, Chief Policy Officer @ Polygon Labs, Seth Hertlein, VP, Global Head of Policy @ Ledger, and Patrick Hansen
Director of EU Strategy and Policy @ Circle.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
4:45 Pond Temperature
9:30 U.S. vs. the EU Regulation
13:30 Is MiCA Passed?
15:50 Should the U.S. Be Jealous?
18:30 MiCA Grading
20:55 DCCA Grading
22:22 MiCA Stablecoins
29:35 EU Restrictions
37:36 MiCA Self-Custody
44:22 Fear Ideology
46:40 U.S. vs. EU Regulation & Innovation
51:40 Closing Thoughts
58:50 Disclaimers

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Resources:

Seth Hertlein
https://twitter.com/SethHertlein

Patrick Hansen
https://twitter.com/paddi_hansen

Rebecca Rettig
https://twitter.com/RebeccaRettig1

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