Podcast Episode Details

DEX in the City: Are Prediction Markets Gambling, and Who Should Regulate Them?

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Episode 952

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In the second episode of DEX in the City, hosts Jessi Brooks of Ribbit Capital, Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos of StarkWare and Vy Le of Veda discuss the recent spat between former Securities and Exchange Commission Chief of Staff Amanda Fischer and the cryptocurrency community over changes to Uniswap's model.

They also delve into the return of Initial Coin Offerings now branded as “public token sales.” At the same time, they dissect the legal uncertainties plaguing prediction markets and discuss the state of mainstream crypto adoption despite recent market volatility.

Hosts:

• Jessi Brooks, Ribbit Capital

• Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos, General Counsel at StarkWare

• TuongVy Le, General Counsel at Veda

Links:

• Unchained:

• Uniswap Fee Switch Proposal Sparks 50% UNI Rally

• The Chopping Block: Tokenomics Reset — ICOs Rise, UNI Turns On Fees, MEV Goes to Court

• MegaETH Just Had Its Public Sale. Can It Succeed in Building a Web2-Like Experience?

• Coinbase Launches Digital Token Sales Platform

• UFC Partners With Polymarket to Launch Real-Time Fan Prediction Scoreboard in Live Fight Broadcasts

• Crypto Liquidations Top $500 Million as Bitcoin Dips to $93,000

Timestamps:

🚀 00:00 Introduction

⚔️ 2:00 CT v. Amanda Fischer

💥 13:41 The return of ICOs

🧱 21:34 How the SEC botched crypto and lost oversight to the CFTC

🤔 26:43 Are prediction markets gambling?

📈 41:04 Crypto market sentiment heading into the holidays

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Published on 1 month ago