In 2022, the Senate Agriculture Committee put forth the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act (DCCPA). The initial draft legislation included overly broad definitions that could be interpreted to capture DeFi protocols, developers, and other market participants, and would have imposed unworkable obligations originally designed for centralized businesses. This was due, in part, to a lack of understanding, resulting in zero distinction between DeFi and its centralized counterparts. FTX was a major backer of the bill, meeting with Congress to see its implementation. Its collapse caught both policymakers and regulators off-guard, resulting in renewed calls for swift action. In 2023, a new Congress will take their seats and will need to address the fallout from this debacle. The Blockchain Association is working to educate Congress so that Members can clearly distinguish the events of FTX from the broader crypto ecosystem. This talk would serve as an update of where matters lie in Washington, DC, where they're going, and what is being done to protect DeFi moving forward. https://twitter.com/sarahamilby Sarah Milby Senior Policy Director Blockchain Association Sarah leads the development and implementation of policy decisions on behalf of the Association. She wrote and published her undergraduate thesis on the application of socioeconomic theories to the SEC's regulation of cryptocurrency. Sarah graduated from the University of Chicago magna cum laude, is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and earned honors in her major. She has a B.A. in Law, Letters, and Society. Danny Nelson Managing Editor, Data & Tokens CoinDesk Mya Shofany Miller Whitehouse-Levine CEO DeFi Education Fund Miller Whitehouse-Levine has overall strategic and operational responsibility for the execution of the DeFi Education Fund’s mission and goals. Prior to joining the Fund, Miller led the Blockchain Association’s policy operation and worked at Goldstein Policy Solutions on a range of public policy issues, including crypto. Miller holds a B.S. in international politics and a minor in Mandarin Chinese from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlR0ZyrtVjw

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This panel explores how web3 can become a greater force in a web2 dominated world, and what web3 must do to get more traction and arrive at mass adoption while winning the hearts and minds of web2 users. Jing Sun, Co-Founder Iotex; Ashley Davila, Investment Associate Gumi Cryptos Capital; Azi Mandias, Co-Founder Zo Labs; Sichao Yang, CTO Oort; Caseem Ward ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q9QQbBHZkY

Join Cami Ramos as she explains the power of modular blockchains and how easy it is to get started developing on Fuel! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOwFA8JxSas