Crypto & The Democrats | Rep. Ro Khanna

Representative Ro Khanna, a Congressman from California and a key advocate for crypto within the Democratic party joins us on today’s episode. We discuss his efforts to bring crypto into the mainstream, including recent meetings he's helped broker between the White House, the Kamala Harris campaign, and key figures from the crypto industry. We explore the challenges and opportunities for the Democrats to embrace pro-crypto policies, the potential future of crypto regulation, and how this could shape the party's platform moving forward. ------ 📣 SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku   ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/68?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 6:08 Harris vs. Trump Debate Reaction 8:58 Kamala Admin's Crypto Silence 11:27 Pro-Crypto Meetings with Democrats 17:01 Biden, Warren, & Crypto Stances 21:43 Future of Crypto Under Harris? 24:09 Ideal Democratic Crypto Policy 27:37 Kamala's Plans for Gary Gensler 28:37 Crypto Advocates in the DNC 30:43 Convincing Undecided Democrats on Crypto 33:27 Future of DeFi Regulation 34:58 Explaining DeFi Benefits to Democrats 37:50 Educating on Crypto's Transparency 39:55 Crypto Voter Dilemma: Harris vs. Trump 42:18 Closing & Disclosures ------ RESOURCES Rep. Ro Khanna https://x.com/reprokhanna   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures