Freedom Tech DC: After Clarity -- Lessons for AI Policy with
@patrickjwitt and
@Bayman11771
- Legislation can give digital assets more durable rules than agency action alone
- AI agents and digital payments make a clear federal framework increasingly urgent
- Educating Congress is cumulative: a legislative setback does not erase what lawmakers learned
- Open-source developer protections safeguard privacy, autonomy and self-custody alongside innovation
- Bitcoin reserve and crypto tax provisions could find a path through reconciliation, but the prospects remain uncertain
(00:00) — Introduction
(01:08) — What comes after the CLARITY setback?
(02:17) — AI agents, payments and regulatory durability
(03:56) — Lessons from educating Congress
(06:54) — How AI companies engage with policymakers
(08:54) — Open-source developers and civil liberties
(11:47) — Reserve, crypto tax and reconciliation prospects