The timeline has been littered with 'don't start a crypto company in America' and 'the regulatory state is driving talent offshore' takes this week. Funding smart teams doing important work (with the receipts to prove it) is how we get to stay here.

*So* proud to be on BoD of DeFi Education Fund, which just put in a proposal to Uniswap Labs 🦄 gov for addt'l funding. Tweet from hayden.eth 🦄 is a fraction of what DEF has accomplished to date. Vote *yes* to continuing to protect open source decentralized permissionless DeFi tech.

DeFi Education Fund's Amanda Tuminelli unpacks the SEC's Wells notice to Uniswap Labs 🦄:

🏛️ Possible securities classification of Uniswap tokens
👩‍⚖️ DeFi Education Fund's lawsuit against SEC
📜 How U.S. legislation could better support crypto

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Since our founding in 2021, DeFi Education Fund has advocated and fought for DeFi in legislative discussions, regulatory debates, and in the courts.

We are eager to do so much more and appreciate your consideration:
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I am extraordinarily proud to serve on the board of DeFi Education Fund.

CEO Miller + CLO Amanda Tuminelli have built DEF into one of the strongest organizations in crypto: a policy powerhouse and fearsome litigation shop.

If all you remember is its rocky start, it’s time to catch up.

fiskantes.lens ⭐️🩸 Some recent examples of what they're spending the money on

1) suing the SEC to rule airdrops are not securities offerings twitter.com/fund_defi/stat…

2) amicus brief in tornado cash suit
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3) amicus brief in kraken suit
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4) comment…

In our latest blog post, DEF's Laz discusses the fallacy of terrorist financing & crypto and how the groups like Hamas still prefer to use traditional means to finance their campaigns of terror.

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PREMIERE:

Crypto vs the World 🌎

w/ Jake Chervinsky & Amanda Tuminelli

This is the crypto lawsuit episode. Every single court case -- we cover 5 in this episode -- brings new precedent & new clarity to the crypto space; this is about crypto fighting back 👊

Jump in👇

Today Uniswap Labs 🦄 Labs received a Wells notice from the SEC.

I’m not surprised. Just annoyed, disappointed, and ready to fight.

I am confident that the products we offer are legal and that our work is on the right side of history. But it’s been clear for a while that rather than…

1/ Today’s Wells notice against Uniswap Labs 🦄 is disappointing, but is not unexpected from this SEC

It’s another abuse of power – unsurprising from an SEC that:

Last month, a federal judge ruled committed a 'gross abuse of power' by lying in court about a crypto project

🚨New DEF Weekly is Live 🚨

From Commissioner Peirce's 🔥comments at SEC Speaks to updates in the case against Tornado Cash developers, we got you covered this week🫡

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The day Amanda Tuminelli and DeFi Education Fund submitted their brief in the Roman Storm Tornado Cash matter, Amanda and Jake Chervinsky joined Law of Code to unpack the case.

Anyone interested in the future of financial privacy will benefit from their perspectives.

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Still itching to learn more about this case and DEF's amicus?

Lucky for you, Jacob Robinson chats w/ the authors (@amandatums & Jake Chervinsky) about our brief and the implications of the case on the latest episode of Law of Code 👇

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Today, DEF filed an amicus brief in support of dismissing the indictment against Roman Storm in US v. Storm.

This case has broad implications for the future of this industry and software developers more generally.

Our phenomenal CLO Amanda Tuminelli breaks down what's in our brief…

Will Crypto Have to go to the Supreme Court For Clarity?

Amanda Tuminelli, Chief Legal Officer at the DeFi Education Fund, joins me to discuss this and more. Amanda Tuminelli

WATCH ▶️ youtu.be/v7_0PKZ-HrU

Topics:
- #DeFi Education Fund's Mission
- Suing the #SEC over the Beba…

1/ Given lots of recent news, it’s a good time to give you all an update on the latest in crypto litigation.
SEC v. Coinbase 🛡️
Custodia Bank v. Federal Reserve
CFTC v. KuCoin
Beba & DeFi Education Fund v. SEC
LEJILEX v. SEC
SEC v. Debt Box
MFA v. SEC
ShapeShift
Genesis
🧵👇

See y'all in Texas 🤠

Heading to the inaugural Yale Blockchain Club Conference this week?

You won't want to miss DEF's Amanda Tuminelli as she discusses the current regulatory landscape alongside a stellar panel including Alexander Grieve, Julie Stitzel, Jason Allegrante, and Yuliya Guseva.

'The root of the problem is that the commission discourages staff from offering much more than shrugs, silence, slow walking, sighs...'

Commissioner Peirce always brings it 🫡

Haven't had a chance to read the latest DEF Weekly?

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Here is a quick preview of what we cover this week 👇