CLO/COO @AlgoFoundation; former federal prosecutor; tweets = own views, not legal advice.
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The myth about tokenized markets is efficiency comes from skipping the rules. It doesn’t. Move compliance to the protocol level and guardrails stop being a team you staff. They become a property of the asset itself. My take in @CryptoSlate 👇
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How the SEC’s five-year plan could accelerate tokenized capital markets
via @andjelaradmilac
cryptoslate.com/how-the-secs…
The CLARITY Act is on the Senate calendar, waiting for leadership to schedule a floor vote. It needs 60 votes before August recess. No date set yet. Clock is ticking.
My latest in @PaymentExpert 👇
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Had a great conversation with @GlobalLegalPost about my role at @AlgoFoundation, how legal teams can enable growth in crypto, and what my time as a federal prosecutor taught me about operating in ambiguity. @Algorand #algo #algofam
Check it out: globallegalpost.com/news/if-….
🧵 1/6 The CLARITY Act cleared Senate Banking and its real progress. After 10 months of stalls and backroom fights, the most important crypto market structure bill in US history is moving.
But the next 90 days are where this actually gets decided. Here’s what you need to know.
5/6 Next steps:
→ Banking + Agriculture Committees merge their bills (no timeline set)
→ Ethics/conflict-of-interest language gets resolved… somehow
→ Full Senate floor vote
→ Then reconcile with the House version
Yesterday was real progress. But the hardest negotiation (the one involving presidential self-interest) still remains.
6/6 The bill itself is good; not perfect, but good. It gives clear jurisdictional lines, developer protections, and a path to commodity classification for decentralized networks like Algorand. I hope we can get it across the finish line 🤞 @AlgoFoundation #algorand algorand:native #algofam
1/ The SEC’s issued a staff statement today clarifying when DeFi user interfaces need broker-dealer registration. Here’s what it says and why Algorand builders should care. 🧵
6/Why it still matters for Algorand builders: if your dApp interacts with any tokenized asset that could be characterized as a security, these conditions define the line between building freely and triggering registration requirements.
🧵 Big step forward in yesterday’s SEC token taxonomy guidance.
Clear statement: ALGO is not a security.
And it doesn’t matter where it appears. The substance is what counts.
And to all those freaking out that AlGO was “only” mentioned in a footnote, a careful read of the guidance clearly shows that the footnote isn’t burying ALGO - it’s broadening the rule:
The SEC used futures-linked tokens as examples in the body of the text, but made clear that’s not the test.
That’s exactly where ALGO comes in 👇
ALGO is cited to show a token can be a digital commodity without underlying a futures contract.
In other words:
•Commodity status ≠ dependent on futures markets
•ALGO qualifies on its own merits
That’s a substance-based classification.
And importantly, it’s stronger.
And that’s exactly why the placement doesn’t diminish the impact. It actually clarifies and strengthens the reasoning behind the classification.
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This is really important.
The GENIUS Act was a rare bipartisan win. Now big banks want a do-over to eliminate competition by blocking third-party rewards. Let regulators implement the law. We can’t undo a hard-won compromise.
