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GENIUS faced many hurdles along the way to becoming the first major crypto law in the U.S. — including tense, down-to-the-wire coalition jockeying by both parties.
I spoke to @milesjennings @BenNapier and Michael Reed — who had front row seats to the action — about how stablecoins ultimately achieved a bipartisan breakthrough, plus the new law's implications for the financial system.
23 tuntia sitten
Today we're talking about the passage of the GENIUS Act.
The "Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act" — which provides clear rules of the road for stablecoins in the U.S. We cover the law's implications, the recent high-stakes vote in the House of Representatives, and the bipartisan efforts to pass this groundbreaking bill.
We also touch on the CLARITY Act — a major new “market structure” bill that would establish a clear regulatory framework for digital asset markets — which the House also passed with bipartisan support and which is now headed to the Senate.
Here to separate the signal from the noise are members of the a16z crypto team who had a front-row seat to the action. We've got @milesjennings, a16z crypto's General Counsel and Head of Policy, plus a16z Government Affairs Partners @BenNapier and Michael Reed, who are responsible for liaising with House Republicans and House Democrats, respectively. They share the inside scoop.
Timestamps:
(0:00) Introduction
(1:01) Understanding the GENIUS Act
(3:56) News Summary: What Happened in the House
(5:45) Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Contention
(7:01) House Vote Drama: Republicans
(9:31) House Vote Drama: Democrats
(14:28) Winners and Losers
(16:01) Decentralized Stablecoins and SEC Involvement
(17:49) CLARITY Act and Future Legislation
(21:47) Looking Ahead
w/ our host @rhhackett 🎙️
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GENIUS faced many hurdles along the way to becoming the first major crypto law in the U.S. — including tense, down-to-the-wire coalition jockeying by both parties.
I spoke to @milesjennings @BenNapier and Michael Reed — who had front row seats to the action — about how stablecoins ultimately achieved a bipartisan breakthrough in Congress, plus the new law's implications for the financial system.
23 tuntia sitten
Today we're talking about the passage of the GENIUS Act.
The "Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act" — which provides clear rules of the road for stablecoins in the U.S. We cover the law's implications, the recent high-stakes vote in the House of Representatives, and the bipartisan efforts to pass this groundbreaking bill.
We also touch on the CLARITY Act — a major new “market structure” bill that would establish a clear regulatory framework for digital asset markets — which the House also passed with bipartisan support and which is now headed to the Senate.
Here to separate the signal from the noise are members of the a16z crypto team who had a front-row seat to the action. We've got @milesjennings, a16z crypto's General Counsel and Head of Policy, plus a16z Government Affairs Partners @BenNapier and Michael Reed, who are responsible for liaising with House Republicans and House Democrats, respectively. They share the inside scoop.
Timestamps:
(0:00) Introduction
(1:01) Understanding the GENIUS Act
(3:56) News Summary: What Happened in the House
(5:45) Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Contention
(7:01) House Vote Drama: Republicans
(9:31) House Vote Drama: Democrats
(14:28) Winners and Losers
(16:01) Decentralized Stablecoins and SEC Involvement
(17:49) CLARITY Act and Future Legislation
(21:47) Looking Ahead
w/ our host @rhhackett 🎙️
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AI is going to need all new sorts of data that don't exist yet — including lots of new physical-world edge case data
decentralized approaches can help source, label, maintain it
23.7. klo 00.18
Excited to announce we’re leading a $15M seed round in Poseidon, which was incubated by @StoryProtocol and is building a decentralized data layer to coordinate supply and demand for AI training data.
The first generation of AI foundation models were trained on data that seemed to be an effectively unlimited resource. Today, the most accessible resources such as books and websites have mostly been exhausted, and data has become a limiting factor in AI progress.
Much of the data that remains now is either lower quality or off-limits due to IP protections. For some of the most promising AI applications — across robotics, autonomous vehicles, and spatial intelligence — the data doesn’t even exist yet. Now these systems need entirely new types of information: multi-sensory, rich in edge cases, captured in the wild. Where will all this physical-world data come from?
The challenge isn't just technical — it’s a problem of coordination. Thousands of contributors must work together in a distributed way to source, label, and maintain the physical data that next-gen AI needs. We believe no centralized approach can efficiently orchestrate the data creation and curation that’s needed at the required level of scale and diversity. A decentralized approach can solve this.
@psdnai allows suppliers to collect the data AI companies need, while ensuring IP safety via Story’s programmable IP license. This seeks to establish a new economic foundation for the internet, where data creators get fairly compensated for helping AI companies power the next generation of intelligent systems.
Poseidon’s team, led by Chief Scientist and Cofounder @SPChinchali, brings deep expertise in AI infrastructure. Sandeep is a professor at UT Austin specializing in AI, robotics, and distributed systems, with a PhD from Stanford in AI and distributed systems. Head of Product and Cofounder @sarickshah spent a decade as a machine learning engineer, scaling AI products for large enterprises across financial services, telecom, and healthcare.
We are excited to support Poseidon in its work to solve one of the most critical bottlenecks in AI development.
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Like the Securities Act of 1933, which established investor protections and powered a century of U.S. capital formation, the CLARITY Act could be a generational law.
— @milesjennings
21.7. klo 21.56
With the GENIUS Act celebration done, builders already want to know what's next.
The answer is CLARITY – crypto market structure legislation – which also got overwhelming bipartisan support in the House last week.
Here's everything you need to get caught up on CLARITY:
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Crypto can give AI the context it needs
local —> shared —> global
me —> us —> everyone
21.7. klo 23.07
Five AIxCrypto applications in under 15 minutes:
1⃣ 💼 portable chatbot context
2⃣ 🪪 forwards-compatible digital identity
3⃣ 🧑💻 future-proofing vibe-coded software
4⃣ 🔖 programmable IP provenance registries
5⃣ 🤖 marketplace guardrails for AI agents
Fun conversation with @rhhackett on the @a16zcrypto podcast; based on work with @jay_drainjr, @SamBroner, @poe_platform, @StoryProtocol, @HallidayHQ, and more; QED! 🔲
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Five AIxCrypto applications in under 15 minutes:
1⃣ 💼 portable chatbot context
2⃣ 🪪 forwards-compatible digital identity
3⃣ 🧑💻 future-proofing vibe-coded software
4⃣ 🔖 programmable IP provenance registries
5⃣ 🤖 marketplace guardrails for AI agents
Fun conversation with @rhhackett on the @a16zcrypto podcast; based on work with @jay_drainjr, @SamBroner, @poe_platform, @StoryProtocol, @HallidayHQ, and more; QED! 🔲
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The GENIUS Act is getting signed today, bringing clear rules of the road for stablecoins.
Here's why stablecoins are better money, how they're better for people and businesses, and the mental models you can use to understand them.
My master thread on stablecoins.
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Clear rules for stablecoins and the road ahead
At the White House today, the first piece of U.S. crypto legislation will be signed into law: the GENIUS Act. It provides clear rules for stablecoins.
This is a historic moment — not just for crypto, but for the world at large. That’s because stablecoins give us something we’ve never really had before: open money infrastructure.
Stablecoins are a better form of money: faster, cheaper, and more global. They cut fees and eliminate intermediaries. They are auditable and programmable. They allow developers to build new kinds of apps that weren’t possible before: low-to-no cost remittances, programmatic micropayments, AI-native transactions, transparent and disintermediated global commerce, and more.
Stablecoins give the world access to the dollar, they spread financial freedom, and they ensure that the next generation of financial infrastructure is built on U.S. standards.
For too long, innovators in crypto have operated under legal uncertainty. That uncertainty has stifled progress, driven builders offshore, and created a fragmented internet. The GENIUS Act reverses this: it creates clarity for stablecoins and sets us on a path toward broader crypto market structure reforms.
This is how the internet moves forward: through clear rule-making. With the GENIUS Act, stablecoins have clear rules, paving the way for better payments, financial products, and an overhaul of the global financial system.
Next, we need the same for the rest of the crypto market. The Senate can do this by passing the CLARITY Act, which provides clear rules of the road for the broader crypto industry, opening a path for innovators while also protecting consumers from scams and bad actors.
We believe that the U.S. can lead the next era of the internet — the read-write-own era — by enabling open, user-owned protocols instead of the closed, corporate platforms that defined the last one. This legislation lays the foundation for that future. It's the beginning of a new chapter.
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The House just made history by passing major legislation on stablecoins (GENIUS Act) and market structure (CLARITY Act) in an overwhelmingly bipartisan way.
This is a huge moment for crypto and for all Americans. We’re very close to having comprehensive, proactive rules in place for the first time.
Next up: the GENIUS Act goes to the President’s desk for his signature. After that, the Senate should pass the CLARITY Act.
We believe passing these laws is the best way to ensure that America remains the world leader in the next era of the internet.
Thank you to all the cosponsors of these bills and the incredible supporters on both sides of the aisle in Congress.
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