Sep 13, 2026 · 39 min · 10 segments
As cryptocurrency moves further into the mainstream, regulators are stepping up efforts to define its legal and financial framework. But how far will regulation go, and what will it mean for…
Tim MassadGuest
Itay GoldsteinHost
Jessica WachterGuest
So one of the biggest questions when it comes to regulation, and it's not directly what we talked about, but follows up on that, is the idea that because of regulation and because of regulatory uncertainty, we don't see as much innovation in the space of digital assets and decentralized finance as we would have hoped.
And proponents of this theory would say that here we have a set of new technologies that promise to revolutionize the way we do finance and monetary economics.
But then because of all these regulations and regulatory uncertainty and all potential political issues, there is just not enough innovation and we are falling behind.
And sure, you know, you could certainly make the argument that, gee, if we had regulatory clarity, people could, you know, more easily launch products, raise money.
I don't think, you know, that's what's preventing this technology from displacing JP Morgan or something like that, you know, which sometimes crypto enthusiasts love to say, oh, this is really going to
One is that the sort of broad crypto space developed for years, really without this, it developed to be actually quite large and significant, I would say, relative to where it started without the regulatory certainty.
I think it's possible that the regulatory uncertainty has impeded some of the large traditional financial players from having as large a role in crypto as they might otherwise.
But the fact is crypto has generally been a retail and sort of decentralized driven business anyway.
So one of the biggest questions when it comes to regulation, and it's not directly what we talked about, but follows up on that, is the idea that because of regulation and because of regulatory uncertainty, we don't see as much innovation in the space of digital assets and decentralized finance as we would have hoped.
And proponents of this theory would say that here we have a set of new technologies that promise to revolutionize the way we do finance and monetary economics.
But then because of all these regulations and regulatory uncertainty and all potential political issues, there is just not enough innovation and we are falling behind.
And sure, you know, you could certainly make the argument that, gee, if we had regulatory clarity, people could, you know, more easily launch products, raise money.
I don't think, you know, that's what's preventing this technology from displacing JP Morgan or something like that, you know, which sometimes crypto enthusiasts love to say, oh, this is really going to
One is that the sort of broad crypto space developed for years, really without this, it developed to be actually quite large and significant, I would say, relative to where it started without the regulatory certainty.
I think it's possible that the regulatory uncertainty has impeded some of the large traditional financial players from having as large a role in crypto as they might otherwise.
But the fact is crypto has generally been a retail and sort of decentralized driven business anyway.
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