Welcome to The Chopping Block \u2013 where crypto insiders chop it up about the latest news. This week, Haseeb Qureshi and Tom Schmidt speak to Will Warren, cofounder of 0x Labs, to discuss why the CFTC issued them a Wells Notice, how they responded to regulatory scrutiny, and how other countries may offer a blueprint for crypto regulation.\n\nListen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.\n\nShow highlights:\xa0\n\nwhy the CFTC issued a Wells Notice to 0x\n\nhow a decentralized application addresses the issue of geolocalization of users\n\nhow the team at 0x worked together with the CFTC to avoid violating the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) again\n\nwhat are the implications of the settlement and who's liable for offering services\xa0\n\nwhy it's so hard for crypto projects to follow the rules without clear regulatory guidance\n\nwhy Haseeb says that the SEC wants this industry to \u201cnot exist\u201d\n\nhow lack of regulatory clarity may be stunting US innovation\n\nwhether there's a conflict of interest between the companies building protocols and the protocols themselves\n\nHosts\n\n\nHaseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly\xa0\n\n\nTom Schmidt, general partner at Dragonfly\xa0\n\nGuest\n\nWill Warren, cofounder of 0x Labs\xa0\nDisclosures\nLinks\n\nUnchained:\xa0\n\nUniswapX Launches With MEV Protection and Gas Free Swaps\n\nCFTC Charges Three DeFi Protocols With Violating AML Rules, Operating Without Licenses\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices