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00:20:45:41
US Treasury Department Won’t Go After Miners, and BlockFi Settles With the SEC
It has been a busy few days for crypto in Washington, D.C.
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ABOUT
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, and FTX US.
Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW covers a set of news from the past few days, including:
- U.S. Treasury Dept. sends a letter to six concerned senators, saying it won’t be including miners and validators in the agency’s definition of a broker
- BlockFi settles with the SEC
- YouTube and OnlyFans get deeper into crypto and NFTs
- Crypto and geopolitics from New Hampshire, El Salvador and Europe
See also: BlockFi Moves to Register Lending Product With SEC
“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Vision” by OBOY. Image credit: Khaichuin Sim/Moment/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.
HOST
Nathaniel Whittemore
NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.
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