7) Fourth, we should develop a regulatory structure that allows the settlement benefits of blockchains to protect the profits made by retail investors in equities:
17) Ok, so how about market structure?
On January 28th 2021, most major retail brokers shut down.
Users were unable to buy; sometimes they were unable to sell, too. And on some platforms users got liquidated.
The weird thing is that there was basically no leverage!
8) Fifth, we should develop standards to help inform and protect customers.
At its core, I think this means:
a) disclosures
b) safer clearing models
c) suitability based on knowledge, not wealth
https://ftx.us/derivs/
9) Sixth, DeFi.
This is, frankly, one of the trickiest areas to get right. The most important thing is that we not jump the gun: that industry, regulators, and lawmakers work collaboratively and thoughtfully together.
10) But we should make sure that code, peer to peer transfers, validators, etc. are free while also ensuring that retail-facing platforms and marketing build in customer protection.
12) All of these are just suggestions, and I would love feedback on them.
It would be ideal if some industry group(s) took the lead in publishing what they felt were appropriate standards.
And ultimately, we need sound regulatory frameworks.
13) I'm optimistic that we're making progress on that last point.
I'm optimistic, for instance, that the Stabenow-Boozman bill would protect customers while also protecting economic freedom; and that federal regulators are making progress towards thoughtful frameworks.
14) But my support for any particular bill, framework, etc. is absolutely contingent on those points--contingent on them actually protecting customers, and them actually protecting economic freedom.
Anyway, here's the blog post link once again: https://ftxpolicy.com/posts/possible-digital-asset-industry-standards….
you seem to have walked back the stablecoin part, so I retract that. but how do you propose that uniswap implement the ever expanding blacklist you envision when it is immutable? uniswap v4 could, but uniswap v1-3 would all be banned and use would get you blacklisted as well.
+ this (DeFi has some core values you can’t just swap them with 9-5 TradFi)
Take an example of Brian (Coinbase) and Jesse (Kraken) how things should be handled in crypto space.
re: sam’s proposal, if a defi dev publishes code that doesn’t do ofac censorship, is that a crime now? how is that different from compelled speech? what is the enforcement mechanism