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Ted Cruz: “Decentralized finance is producing all sorts of new…”

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Senator Ted Cruz Discusses Crypto Legislation and Policy Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 10:11

They don't have them, they never collect them. They're computer programmers. And this is something, as I said, most of my colleagues don't understand at all. But Decentralized finance is producing all sorts of new innovation. And to treat them as a broker dealer that takes custody of a stock or bond and has physical custody with a particular customer is just, it's putting a square peg in a round hole. (10:11–10:16)

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