BitGo CEO Mike Belshe and COO Jeff Horowitz talk about one of the hottest topics facing the crypto industry today: regulation. They discuss...

what BitGo does
why Jeff left his successful TradFi career to go crypto
how crypto compliance and custody differs from the traditional finance world
the state of crypto education amongst regulators
why Jeff and Mike think the infrastructure bill is a win for the crypto industry
what FinCEN is doing to regulate crypto
why they think the infrastructure bill’s goal of raising billions in crypto taxes could only bring in millions
what FATF guidance regarding VASPs requires of crypto companies
why the travel rule could lead to US customer data being shared overseas
how digital assets change the implications of the travel rule
how regulators are attempting to deal with DeFi
what the FATF guidance means for FATF countries, like the US
why DeFi is not ready for strict regulations
Jeff’s views on Brian Brooks’s departure from BinanceUS
the Galaxy Digital acquisition of BitGo
what security issues a trillion-dollar wallet presents
why BitGo refused to put a “freeze” function in its WBTC contract
why Tesla and MicroStrategy purchased BTC and why other companies have been slow to follow suit
whether BitGo will offer NFT solutions going forward

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Mike Belshe -- CEO BitGo

Jeff Horowitz -- CCO BitGo

BitGo

Website: https://www.bitgo.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitGo
Blog: https://blog.bitgo.com/
Galaxy Digital purchase: https://www.coindesk.com/galaxy-digital-to-buy-bitgo-for-about-1-2-billion-in-stock-cash
FATF solution: https://www.coindesk.com/us-crypto-giants-build-first-version-of-fatf-compliant-travel-rule-tool
New York Trust Charter: https://decrypt.co/60110/bitgo-new-york-trust-charter-crypto-wall-street

Infrastructure bill and its implications for crypto

FATF and the travel rule

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