Sarah Wilson, Circle's General Counsel, on the IPO Process, GENIUS Act, and More

About this episode

Sarah Wilson discusses Circle's role in the legal and regulatory landscape for stablecoins and digital assets.

In this episode of Fintech Layer Cake, host Reggie Young sits down with Sarah Wilson, General Counsel at Circle, to explore how Circle is shaping the global legal and regulatory frontier for stablecoins and digital assets. She shares her path from big law to fintech, why stablecoins represent the perfect intersection of finance, technology, and regulation, and how Circle manages compliance across 185 countries. Sarah breaks down the Genius Act—its real scope, biggest misconceptions, and...

People in this episode

Host: Reggie Young

Guest: Sarah Wilson

Topics covered

• stablecoins
• digital assets
• regulation
• compliance
• IPO process
• fintech

Keywords

• Circle
• stablecoins
• GENIUS Act
• regulation
• compliance
• fintech
• IPO

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Circle, GENIUS Act

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