DeFi Legal Structures & Crypto Regulation: Navigating the Crypto Landscape w/ Matt Blaine

DeFi Sparks Podcast

Matt Blaine, a Respond Law partner, specializes in business law & litigation. In the past 12-18 months, he has focused on DeFi protocols, tackling legal structures and compliance best practices within the vague legal landscape of DeFi. BeethovenX and ByteMasons are some of the project he has consulted.
In this episode, Matt and I dive into the crypto industry from a different perspective. We discuss the legal infrastructure necessary for setting up a protocol, the risk starting a DeFi protocol vs a traditional business, the SEC's attack on Coinbase, the intentions of the SEC harassing the crypto industry, the details of CFTC suing Binance, and more.
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This video is for informational purposes only. Nothing contained shall be construed to be financial legal or tax advice. The content of this video is solely the opinions of the speaker who is not a licensed financial adviser or registered investment adviser. Trading cryptocurrencies poses considerable risk of loss.
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Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Matt Blaine's Background (00:01:44)

3. Legal Infrastructure for Setting Up a Protocol (00:06:49)

4. DeFi Protocols vs. Starting Traditional Business (00:19:04)

5. SushiSwap and Jared Grey (00:26:39)

6. SEC's Attack on Coinbase (00:37:01)

7. To What Extent Are These Attacks? (00:59:30)

8. Why is the SEC harassing the crypto industry? (01:10:16)

9. Binance was sued by the CFTC (01:14:33)

10. Closing remarks (01:20:30)