#129 - Why is the same risk, same rules philosophy wrong? Eric Hess explains

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Eric Hess (@hess_legal) is Founder & Managing Counsel at Hess Legal Counsel, a cybersecurity SaaS platform and consulting company, and hosts The Encrypted Economy podcast.

In this episode, we’ll be exploring his recent paper Bridging Policy and Practice: A Pragmatic Approach to Decentralized Finance, Risk, and Regulation. For Part 1, a history of securities regulation in the US, see our prior episode #122.

Show highlights:

[1:30] Surprising insight about securities regulation

[4:30] 2022 White House executive order

[11:30] The real reason(s) why crypto projects can register with the SEC

[17:00] Why the same risk, same rules philosophy is wrong

[26:30] Solutions to problems posed by blockchain

[36:00] What Eric has changed his mind on

& much more.

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