On-chain Corps, World Liberty Financial, Trump vs. Harris and ETH Roadmap With Lex Node

Gabe Shapiro, crypto lawyer and co-founder of MetaLeX Labs, joins The Gwart Show to discuss DeFi regulation, tokenized securities, and the future of crypto under Trump or Kamala. Follow our guest on Twitter: @lex_node Chapters 00:00 Start 00:42 Gabe's background 01:21 MetaLeX & Borgs 04:16 Problems with DAOs 09:40 Foundations vs corporations in DAOs 15:03 Well run DAO examples 18:06 The risks of tokens + equity 21:53 Regulating conflicts of interest 24:12 What don't lawyers understand? 27:21 Liquid staking tokens 30:39 Legalities of MEV 36:25 Changing rules 43:25 Governance attack vs code exploit 48:19 People are the DAO attack vector 54:41 Legal risks of single sequencers 55:20 WTF is a tokenized security? 59:50 Bearer asset laws 1:02:46 Crypto corp structures 1:07:51 World Liberty Financial 1:09:54 Trump vs Harris crypto regulation 1:14:37 Regulation = good? umm.. 1:18:50 Stablecoins 1:21:50 Does USDC now control ETH roadmap? 👋The Gwart Show is proudly presented by Ellipsis Labs! Ellipsis Labs is building foundational products in DeFi. Their first product @PhoenixTrade is the leading orderbook DEX on Solana. The team is growing—visit ellipsislabs.xyz for engineering opportunities. Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices