Wyoming state senator and Minority Floor Leader in the Wyoming Senate, Chris Rothfuss joins the show. We cover Wyoming’s crypto efforts to date to create a stable and secure digital asset ecosystem. In this episode:

• Senator’s Rothfuss’ pre-politics career and how he came to grapple with the crypto space • Why Wyoming has an opportunity in digital asset policy • The origins of Wyoming’s blockchain select committee • How the NY Bitlicense inspired Wyoming’s efforts • Why crypto policy isn’t politically polarized in Wyoming • Wyoming’s foundational move to recognize digital assets under the uniform commercial code • The origin of the SPDI charter • Is there a future for the SPDI given that the Fed is denying master accounts? • How Wyoming’s SPDI emerged as a consequence of Chokepoint 1.0 • Is the Fed blocking state charters unconstitutional? • Wyoming’s Stable Token Act and the prospects for that product • How the WY Stable Token could be a huge windfall for Wyoming – and where the revenues would be directed • How Wyoming is thinking about the permissionless qualities of the stable token 

Further reading: 

• More about Chris Rothfuss • More on the Blockchain Select Committee • The Wyoming Stable Token Act