Episode 17 - Navigating the Landscape of Blockchain Regulation

In this episode of The Gage, Sean Kiernan, CEO of Greengage, talks to Andrea Tinianow, Global Blockchain Business Council, about legal and regulatory developments in the USA. They discuss the Lummis-Gillibrand bill and its potential successor, as well as collaboration between the SEC and CFTC. They also look at the USA's role in the global FinTech scene and whether there is anything the UK can do to support innovation in the US. Andrea shares her background as a Delaware lawyer and her experience bringing blockchain to Delaware.
 
About Andrea Tinianow
Andrea Tinianow is an attorney, consultant and entrepreneur who has been dubbed the ‘Blockchain Czarina’ for her role in bringing blockchain to Delaware and securing the First State’s imprimatur on the nascent technology. She played a key role in securing legislation that allows business entities to maintain their corporate records on a distributed ledger. Tinianow is a legal expert who discusses blockchain regulation and believes that Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and blockchain are the future. She also believes that US crypto regulation is complex but laws and regulations will adapt. Tinianow advocates for a smart, sensible bill for digital assets and has experience with blockchain regulation in New York.

Time stamps

[00:03:14] Delaware's blockchain initiative.

[00:03:47] Blockchain technology as an economic driver. [00:08:37] US cryptocurrency regulation struggle

[00:14:50] Code as a legal person

[00:15:18] Decentralised protocol as property 

[00:19:06] Fiduciary duty and stable coins

[00:23:54] The Lummis-Gillibrand bill

[00:27:19] Digital assets and UCC law

[00:30:56] Reducing crypto scams

[00:34:19] Cryptocurrency regulation debate
  
[00:38:08] Overcoming discouragement in blockchain