Chris Dixon

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The a16z Show · Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon: What’s at Stake in Crypto Regulation · 1 Aug 2026 podcast

the topic we've been discussing, which is regulating this industry.

This bill, as proposed right now, would be the first bill in US history, I'm told, that regulates an industry and also adds specific ethics provisions for government officials in it.

This is very exceptional.

Normally, government ethics rules are done separately, and an industry is regulated separately.

So, you know, I think that we're being held to, this industry is being held to a completely different standard than other industries.

That said, look, I think that

a very reasonable debate for people to have and for politicians and policymakers to figure out is what ethics rules should there be for, you know, all financial assets, including crypto.

Specifically on the, you know, right now there is an active negotiation.

I hope, obviously, I hope there's a resolution.

It's not, you know, it's between the various politicians, not sort of industry.

Obviously, I hope they can figure something out so that we can move forward because we want to regulate this industry.

And one other point I would add is right now we think of crypto, most people think of crypto as a thing you can trade.

I think what they're missing in that is that increasingly, like the stable coins we've been discussing, it's a thing you can use.

And if the industry is successful, you'll have more and more use cases and more and more ways in which it's sort of embedded into our financial life.

It'll be a normal thing for a kid to buy crypto.

tokenized stocks instead of going to some traditional stockbroker.

I also think it's important with these rules to make sure you separate that trading behavior from the use behavior because I think it's important for government officials to have access to modern technology and I think this is the future of finance.

Like the reality of where the politics are right now is that there are ethics provisions in the current bill.

They're still being kind of negotiated.

I hope they come to a resolution.

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