Crypto, Campaigns & Capital: Deaton vs. Markey + Tokenization’s Next Wave

About this episode

Eleanor and Gerald discuss the intersection of crypto and politics with John Deaton and Gabor Gurbacs at the XRP Las Vegas conference.

Eleanor and Gerald are live on the ground at the XRP Las Vegas conference, where they’re hosting a fireside chat with Massachusetts Senate candidate John Deaton, a pro-crypto lawyer taking on incumbent Ed Markey in the midterms. Deaton joins the show to share his take on the state of the industry, the chances of the Clarity Act passing, and his second run on the campaign trail. OpenAssets founder and CEO Gabor Gurbacs also joins with his outlook on institutional capital in a post-ETF world and why he believes tokenization could be the next standard.

People in this episode

Hosts: Eleanor, Gerald

Guests: John Deaton, Gabor Gurbacs

Topics covered

• crypto
• politics
• tokenization
• institutional capital
• midterm elections

Keywords

• crypto
• campaigns
• tokenization
• institutional capital
• Clarity Act

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAssets

Places: Las Vegas

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