Enjoyed this conversation with
@_jikim on why America needs the CLARITY Act and what he's learned about advocacy as CEO of
@crypto_council.
0:00 Intro
0:30 How advocacy has evolved
2:04 The pitch to Congress
3:44 The global race to the top
4:52 Second-mover advantage
6:52 Is AI crowding out crypto
7:45 Updated text
9:20 Life of a staffer
10:51 Ji's career
12:30 Managing competing interests
13:49 Bitcoin beers and the Satoshi whitepaper
15:18 Why we're both optimists
Recorded yesterday at the Solana Summit in Washington, DC.