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Digital asset disclosures and policy at Georgetown
Original coverage by Tech in DC ·
Coverage overview
Tech in DC covers a January 2024 Georgetown University discussion with Hester Peirce, including questions from Crescite CEO Edward Cullen. The article examines the reasoning behind token safe harbor proposals and the information people need when evaluating a digital asset project.
Excerpt from Tech in DC
To counter this, Peirce offered detailed context during the talk that was essential to ensure a better understanding of the digital assets marketplace and the strengths and weaknesses of such a system.
Peirce has also spoken previously about the need for so-called Token Safe Harbors. The idea here is to give crypto and blockchain startups the breathing space to develop and build networks to a more robust stage before having to adhere to federal finance regulations and security protocols.
Asked Edward Cullen, CEO of Crescite and one of the interviewers at the event, “I think from one of the innovations on the token Safe Harbor proposal, do you see any room potentially for 3.0 or do you see any sort of room for that now that the spot’s been approved and saying, okay, maybe there’s some innovation opportunities, and can you talk about that?”