Neeraj K. Agrawal

Coin Center urges Congress not to sacrifice the bedrock of this whole thing

Coin Center’s analysis of Treasury’s GENIUS report: In short, we emphasize privacy and self-sovereignty in digital identity, and explain why Congress should avoid expanding the Bank Secrecy Act and instead focus on CLARITY. coincenter.org/treasurys-geni…

Hiding replies feels so good I understand how Stalin got carried away

Scoop: FBI and IRS agents are forming a new initiative to investigate nonprofit organizations over suspected possible links to domestic terrorism, sources briefed on the matter told @SarahNLynch and me. @CBSNews cbsnews.com/news/fbi-irs-i…

Anthropic seems much more thoughtful about all this than the other ones

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FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms techcrunch.com/2026/03/18/fbi…

i’m afraid few things will ever be as funny to me as this image

They are using bitcoin to farm tulips

Credit where it's due this is a good idea

@Tjernlund She’s obviously the no nonsense government handler

@NeerajKA tag who you are, im cathie

Honestly thought this was a promo still for a new Suicide Squad film

@iheartstonks @fintechfrank AI is getting good huh

@NeerajKA @fintechfrank this might help

Vanity Fair article is a simple business transaction. You get cool pictures and a clouted thing to say you did. They get to make fun of crypto again. Everyone wins.

@fintechfrank Not sure what you’re referring to

@NeerajKA It’s giving the big kitchen pic

I’ve seen a fair number of people misreading the Phantom no-action letter as allowing self-custody/DeFi in regulated derivatives markets. Instead, the letter makes clear that regulated intermediaries (DCMs/FCMs) are still required and assets must be held in the clearing system (DCO). This makes sense assuming Phantom is facilitating trading on platforms like Kalshi, which dont allow trading on margin and utilize a central limit order book. There is no real concept of positions held independently of the platform that could be self-custodied and traded peer-to-peer. Still useful guidance on what a relatively neutral frontend can do. And I'm guessing we see more guidance or rulemaking on these issues. But folks should probably temper claims that this “greenlights” self-custody for derivatives.

In a letter to the SEC, Coin Center suggests the agency: 1) Prioritize rulemaking over case by case no-action letters 2) Consider whether open blockchains obviate the need for transfer agents altogether (and to resist rent seeking state-mandated intermediation)

Lowballing the Japanese resellers on eBay feels particularly dishonorable