Today, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins gave a speech entitled – “American Leadership in the Digital Finance Revolution” – and the speech title alone is a significantly positive tide change signal. In the speech, Chair Atkins also highlights the benefits of DeFi. A new DEF blog includes some of our favorite quotes from his speech 🧵👇

For those looking to better understand both the potential implications of the Tornado Cash case and the unlicensed money transmitting business charge (18 U.S. Code § 1960), please check out my interview with @amandatums, Executive Director of @fund_defi

Here for week three of US vs Storm — 👉 defense expert witness Dr. Hurder defined key terms, explained funding model for startups & DAOs She also presented a more fulsome data set, countering govt cherry picked charts, saying they had an “advantageous start date”

This quote from @HesterPeirce - “I certainly want to be able to live in a world where a project can decentralize. But I also want to be in a world where we don't force decentralization at an earlier point than makes sense.”

Lots going on from Congress to the courtroom to @PubKey — and we captured the latest in @fund_defi’s DeFi Debrief Monday AM newsletter 👇

Catch-up on the latest in DeFi/crypto policy with the latest DeFi Debrief! This week, we cover @BankingGOP's market structure draft, the latest in @rstormsf's trial, and the bipartisan Financial Technology Protection Act of 2025. 📰👇

1/Big news at DEF: Today, we’re excited to welcome Ayana Dow (@_ayanadow) as Senior Counsel and Talia Davis as our new VP of Government Relations. 🧵

Don't forget to join our July Community Call tomorrow at 1pm ET! Details below👇

There is no question about it. Last week was a HISTORIC week for crypto policy. Missed any of it? Catch up now in this week’s DeFi Debrief.

The GENIUS Act isn't directly about DeFi — it regulates centralized stablecoins with full reserves offchain. But it is very good for DeFi — the more dollars and people there are onchain, the more need there will be for onchain finance of all kinds. Payments are just a gateway.