Kristin Smith, executive director of the Blockchain Association and a board member of HODLpac, discusses how advocating for crypto will change under what is likely to be a new presidential administration. In this episode she talks about:what crypto advocacy typically entailshow the approach will change under a Biden administration compared to what it was under Trumpwhat appointments by Biden could most affect the crypto industrywhich issues are at the top of the agendas for both the Blockchain Association and HODLpacwhy regulators are particularly interested in stablecoinshow a potentially Democratic-controlled Senate under a Biden administration might affect cryptowhat she's watching for from Cynthia Lummis, a Bitcoiner who won her Wyoming Senate racehow anti-trust sentiment in Congress could affect crypto, and whether legislators see Web3 as an antidote to monopoly problemsthe divisions within the crypto industry around how to approach regulators, and how to resolve themthe potential for a de minimus tax exemption, in light of PayPal integrating cryptocurrenciesand how HODLpac used quadratic voting to decide which candidates to supportThank you to our sponsor!Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/Episode links:Kristin Smith: https://twitter.com/KMSmithDCBlockchain Association: https://theblockchainassociation.orgHODLpac: https://www.hodlpac.orgInterview with acting Comptroller of the Currency, Brian Brooks: https://unchainedpodcast.com/acting-comptroller-of-the-currency-brian-brooks-on-crypto-banks/Likely second runoff election in Georgia to determine control of Senate: https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1324360112190951424?s=20Cynthia Lummis to become first US Senator who is also a Bitcoiner https://fortune.com/2020/11/04/wyoming-bitcoin-cynthia-lummis-u-s-senate/Brad Sherman wanting to ban cryptocurrency: https://www.coindesk.com/congressmans-call-for-crypto-ban-sparks-social-uproarLeaked Binance doc about whether Binance.US is a decoy: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/10/29/leaked-tai-chi-document-reveals-binances-elaborate-scheme-to-evade-bitcoin-regulators/?sh=1d759bd2a926More on quadratic voting: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-blockchains-can-help-create-little-democracies-everywhere/Link to the Crypto News Recap:https://unchainedpodcast.com/what-a-potential-biden-administration-could-mean-for-crypto/