Published: June 19, 2023, 10 a.m.
Wyoming state senator and Minority Floor Leader in the Wyoming Senate, Chris Rothfuss joins the show. We cover Wyoming\u2019s crypto efforts to date to create a stable and secure digital asset ecosystem. In this episode:
- Senator\u2019s Rothfuss\u2019 pre-politics career and how he came to grapple with the crypto space
- Why Wyoming has an opportunity in digital asset policy
- The origins of Wyoming\u2019s blockchain select committee
- How the NY Bitlicense inspired Wyoming\u2019s efforts
- Why crypto policy isn\u2019t politically polarized in Wyoming
- Wyoming\u2019s foundational move to recognize digital assets under the uniform commercial code
- The origin of the SPDI charter
- Is there a future for the SPDI given that the Fed is denying master accounts?
- How Wyoming\u2019s SPDI emerged as a consequence of Chokepoint 1.0
- Is the Fed blocking state charters unconstitutional?
- Wyoming\u2019s Stable Token Act and the prospects for that product
- How the WY Stable Token could be a huge windfall for Wyoming \u2013 and where the revenues would be directed
- How Wyoming is thinking about the permissionless qualities of the stable token\xa0
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