Everything other than bitcoin,” Gensler told me, “you can find a website, you can find a group of entrepreneurs, they might set up their legal entities in a tax haven offshore, they might have a foundation, they might lawyer it up to try to arbitrage and make it hard jurisdictionally or so forth.” In other words, there are people behind these cryptocurrencies using a variety of complex and legally opaque mechanisms, but at the most basic level, they are trying to promote their tokens and entice investors. (Bitcoin, because of its unique history and creation story, is fundamentally different from other crypto projects in this respect.)

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https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/02/gary-gensler-on-meeting-with-sbf-and-his-crypto-crackdown.html

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From what I read the Ripple decision comes out end of next month. After the LBRY decision it seems impossible to me that XRP will not be ruled a security. I assume shortly after they nail Ripple, enforcement letters will go out en-mass.

#[3]​ have you asked or have any of your guests spoken recently about what direction they except the Ripple case to go and what effect it will have in either direction?

No, I’m not too interested to be honest

Ok fair enough. I’m interested because I think it will have a non-trivial affect on bitcoin. There’s a saying or adage from economics, bad money drives out good.

Hey Peter, are you familiar with who Tom Hoenig is?

Your interview with Jason Brett was one of my top 5 favorites of yours which made me think of this.

Tom Hoenig was a former FED governor who voted against low interest rate policy when Bernanke was chairman many times. He was also head of FDIC, maybe Jason Brett can help link it up

Think that would be an amazing interview if you could get him to come on

This would be an amazing interview.