WATCH - The War on Bitcoin Wallets: Why CLARITY is Make or Break | Bitcoin Policy Hour Ep. 17 🇺🇸On the CLARITY Act, @saveourwalets, defending the right to self-custody, and why financial privacy is on the chopping block in Congress.Feat. @btcpolicyorg's @zackbshapiro, @zackcohen_ & special guest @KyleOlneyChapters:00:00 - Introduction: Context on Bitcoin Policy and AI01:26 - Save Our Wallets: Background and Purpose07:04 - Current Status and Challenges of Market Structure Legislation14:38 - Regulatory Rollba ...

Regulatory Focus - SEC signals a policy shift towards stronger financial privacy, data transparency, and customer identification [1] - SEC releases Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, indicating a new approach [1] Technological Advancement - ZKsync is actively modernizing financial privacy, data transparency, and customer identification using ZK cryptography [1]

Financial Privacy & Regulation - SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce emphasizes the importance of financial privacy [1] - zkSync addresses the need for financial privacy with Prividium, a platform for private financial infrastructure on Ethereum [1] - Prividium enables enterprises to operate private financial infrastructure with selective disclosure capabilities [1] Technology & Solution - Prividium allows organizations to provide regulators and partners with verified information [1] - Prividium protects sensitive business data and maintains full confidentiality for customers [1]

Crypto Policy & Regulation - Coin Center's Valkenburgh scores Trump's stance on crypto [1] - Discussion covers introduction to crypto policy [1] - Analysis of the Trump Administration's impact on crypto [1] - Examination of Congressional actions on crypto regulation [1] - Highlights optimism and bipartisanship in Congress regarding crypto [1] - Addresses pessimistic expectations surrounding crypto [1] - Notes challenges with crypto prosecutions [1] - Emphasizes the need for legislative clarity in the crypto space [1] - Raises concerns over financial privacy in the context of crypto [1] - Discusses the role of tax policy in crypto [1] - Explores the future of crypto liberty [1] - Concludes with a call to action related to crypto [1]

NEW - @ODFoundation President @LyudaKozlovska Warns: Authoritarians Hijacking Financial Surveillance 💥In conversation with @frankcorva at the @btcpolicyorg Summit on AML, KYC and Bitcoin as the last line of defense for financial privacy.00:00 – Intro: Weaponized Financial Data01:09 – What Is Transnational Financial Repression?02:26 – Targeted by Kazakhstan: A Real-World Example03:44 – Legislative Push: Transnational Repression Act04:02 – The Danger of FATF and Negative Framing of Bitcoin04:39 – Privacy Is a ...

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. @WarrenDavidson (R-OH) - Digital Cash as an American Value 🟧In conversation with @BitcoinMagazine Political Correspondent @frankcorva on:🔸 Clarity and Genius Acts🔸 Threats of a CBDC, Financial Surveillance🔸 The @rstormsf Tornado Cash Trial and DOJ overreachChapters:00:00 - Intro00:47 - Discussion on the Genius Act, Stablecoin Regulation03:34 - Concerns About CBDCs, Financial Privacy06:23 - Legal Protections for Self-Custody11:00 - The Bitcoin Act and Momentum for Digital Asset Rights12:59 - ...