Surveillance Finance 101 with Seth Hertlein and Michael Mosier
Seth Hertlein, VP Global Head of Policy at Ledger, and Michael Mosier, Co-Fouder of legal boutique Arktourous, Build Exante - FinCEN, Treasury, and Chief Technical Counsel at Chainalysis join us on today’s show to explain the modern financial surveillance apparatus. FATF, FinCEN, AML/KYC, OFAC...the blacklists, the greylists. How does it all work? Who makes the rules?
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----- TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro 9:10 Financial Surveillance 13:10 Data Collection 17:10 The Bank Secrecy Act 20:30 SARS 23:10 Understanding the Enforcers 30:30 Goals for FINCEN 38:55 OFAC Explained 51:11 Strict Liability 56:26 Process of Getting OFAC SDN List 1:00:50 Tornado Cash 1:11:05 What Should We Do? 1:21:05 Closing & Disclaimers
----- RESOURCES
Michael Mosier https://twitter.com/m_mosier_
Seth Hertlein https://twitter.com/SethHertlein
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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
------ Resources:
Seth Hertlein https://twitter.com/SethHertlein
Patrick Hansen https://twitter.com/paddi_hansen
Rebecca Rettig https://twitter.com/RebeccaRettig1
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