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@RebeccaRettig1 says President Trump's measured tone following the election could signal a willingness to work with Democrats, potentially opening the door to Democratic commissioners at the SEC and CFTC.

Is the CLARITY Act dead after the midterms? Not so fast.

@renato_mariotti: “Realistically there is a chance here now for everyone to come together in the lame duck.”

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These are sophisticated heists. They’re sitting in the systems for weeks and weeks and weeks.”

SEAL researcher @tayvano_ joins @renato_mariotti and @RebeccaRettig1 on this week’s @CoinDesk Policy Protocol to break down the $6.3B Binance hack, the industry’s race to freeze stolen funds, and how fake IT workers get hired.

00:00 - Welcome to The Policy Protocol
01:15 - Unpacking the Midterms: Is the CLARITY Act Dead?
03:12 - A 'Terrible Night for Crypto'?
06:16 - A 'Rump CLARITY' in the Lame Duck?
07:20 - CFTC Approves Stock Perps
10:28 - The $6.3B Binance Hack: SEAL's Taylor Monahan Joins
11:11 - Could Any Rulebook Have Stopped the Binance Hack?
13:01 - Why Hackers Target Crypto, and Why Banks May Be Next
15:20 - Keeping North Korean IT Workers Out
18:52 - Tether, Circle and the Industry-Wide Freeze
22:54 - Why the Feds Want Freezes Without Court Orders
25:00 - Person of the Week: ZachXBT

JUST IN: @Aave acquires fixed-rate lending startup @Avon_xyz, bringing its protocol engineering team and technology in-house as Aave works to add fixed-rate lending to its $33B deposit, $13B active loan platform.

$1 DOGE? $5 XRP? Don’t count on it.

@hyblockcapital CEO Shubh Varma says alt season isn’t coming back: “There’s so much other demand.”