{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Longest View with Dez Fleming ","title":"Inside the Rules Shaping Crypto's Next Decade with Rodrigo Silva","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3339,"description":"This week my guest is Rodrigo Silva, partner at Cooley in the firm's private companies group. Rodrigo works with founders and investors across fintech and crypto, representing clients ranging from two person startups to established players like Circle and Coinbase. He studied philosophy before training as a lawyer, started his career as an M&A and capital markets lawyer with a Latin America focused practice, and got pulled into crypto during the 2017 ICO boom. From there he moved to one of the first crypto focused boutique law firms, then to Cooley as an associate, then in house at Paradigm during a period of aggressive SEC enforcement, before returning to Cooley as outside counsel. We talk about how he developed a framework for handling regulatory risk rather than just minimizing it, what has actually changed in Washington with the SEC's new AMM exemption and the CFTC's posture on perpetual futures, why the Clarity bill stalled in the Senate, and how he thinks about the political durability of crypto friendly policy as power in Washington potentially shifts. We also get into stablecoins, yield bearing vaults, and what it would take for everyday consumers to actually use crypto rails without thinking about it.\nKey Takeaways\nRodrigo Silva started his legal career as an M&A and capital markets lawyer with a Latin America focused practice before getting pulled into crypto during the 2017 ICO boom.\nHe left a large law firm to join DLx Law, one of the first crypto focused boutique firms, co-founded by Lewis Cohen.\nRodrigo later worked in house at Paradigm, where he did deal work and policy work during the period of SEC enforcement actions following the collapses of Terra Luna and FTX.\nHe describes his current approach to regulatory risk as translating the risk tradeoffs of different product and structuring choices so founders can make business decisions, rather than simply minimizing risk.\nThe SEC's new innovation exemption creates a limited sandbox allowing tokenized...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/dFHHf-kIEVEYftVZm_2XgnsnylHD8yvFgzaqxffvoO8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lZWQ2/NjdlMjc5ZGJlZGE3/YWVkODMyYmE0MTFj/MWVkZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}