Bitcoin Miami panel rejects 'fight' rhetoric against regulators
Panelists at a discussion on “Fighting the Anti-crypto Army” sought to dismiss the idea that working with lawmakers to regulate crypto should be framed as a fight. A trio of speakers in attendance at Industry Day, May 18, during the Bitcoin 2023 event in Miami held a discussion on government regulation and how the cryptocurrency industry should fight back against the “anti-crypto army.” Moderated by David Zell, cofounder of the Bitcoin Policy Institute, the panel featured Perianne Boring, Founder and CEO at Chamber of Digital Commerce, Mina Khattak, Senior director of crypto and web3 at Worldpay, and Dana Syracuse, a partner at law firm Perkins Coie. The discussion opened with Chamber of Digital Commerce’s Boring describing the current regulatory situation as “dire,” after placing part of the blame for the contentious nature of some of the discourse surrounding cryptocurrency regulation on the recent scandals in the space. “With a lot of negative headlines,” explained Boring, “there...