60 - The SEC and DeFi | Hester Peirce

<p>Bankless Fan and SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce comes on the podcast to discuss tokens, DeFi, 'self-driving banks,' and regulation.</p> <p>------<br /> 🎙️ Bankless Podcasts On Mondays 🌟Early Access with Premium!<br /> <a href= "https://banklesshq.com/nation/">https://banklesshq.com/nation/</a> </p> <p>🎖 If you're truly Bankless, CLAIM YOUR BADGE:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> </p> <p>🌟Rate the Bankless Podcast!<br /> <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bankless/id149940905">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bankless/id1499409058</a></p> <p>------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/metamask">https://bankless.cc/metamask</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>🔀 KWENTA | SYNTHETIC ASSET EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/kwenta">https://bankless.cc/kwenta</a> </p> <p>------<br /> Bankless Podcast #60 - SEC & DeFi<br /> Guest: Hester Peirce</p> <p>Hester Peirce is one of five SEC Commissioners and has been a knowledgable advocate for crypto as the world works out how to regulate the budding industry. The main goals of the Security & Exchange Commission are threefold – to protect investors; maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets; and facilitate capital formation. The SEC governs far more than crypto, but increasing attention is coming to the space as capital gravitates into it.</p> <p>Regulating crypto begins with officially establishing the asset class, e.g. currencies, capital assets, commodities, equities, et al. The next step is giving these assets legitimacy in existing financial institutions through exchange-traded products like a Bitcoin ETF.</p> <p>Below the base money la