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Tom Emmer: “We wouldn't have had an FTX if we actually had a structure…”

Featuring: Tom Emmer, Republican | Majority Whip, U.S. House, Minnesota's 6th District

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Fireside Chat with Majority Whip Tom Emmer on Cryptocurrency and Legislative Priorities

Published | Video Starts at 20:21

The government isn't the innovator, the innovator is the entrepreneur. Which is why we've got to make sure these rules are in place. So the entrepreneurs can say yeah, I can do that. We wouldn't have had an FTX if we actually had a structure that people could look at and say, well we got to do business in the US. Even if it was a tougher government to deal with just one that was open to engagement. Take a meeting. I mean, you know some of the. (20:21–20:30)

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