PGP* Briefings 2025
who it's for
crypto policy makers, policy advocates and lobbyists, blockchain developers, privacy and civil-rights advocates, compliance and legal teams, community and platform managers
topics
zero-knowledge smart contracts; privacy-preserving smart contracts; on-chain compliance rules; crypto regulation updates; developers rights in regulation; private stablecoins and DeFi; KYC versus privacy tradeoffs; crypto security incident trends; state legislative blockchain committees; decentralized social networking (Farcaster); policy education and advocacy
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| Mission and History of Project Glitch | Mike Orcutt | 05m |
Project Glitch claims mainstream coverage lacks reporting on the novel civil‑rights, privacy and identity questions raised by blockchain, runs a team of three… | ||
| Crypto Policy Update | Jessica Martinez | 05m |
Senior Director role emphasizes tech policy, privacy and network infrastructure with specific Capitol Hill experience including leading a team that produces… | ||
| Navigating Crypto Regulation -- Privacy, Policy, and Progress | Michele Korver | 08m |
a16z Crypto manages $7 billion portfolio across over 100 web3 companies, from wallets and DeFi to NFTs, and reports companies are actively hiring policy and… | ||
| Advancing Crypto Policy -- Education, Advocacy, and Developer Rights | Jason Somensatto | 07m |
Two weeks into the new policy role at Coin Center and recounting a decade of prior work from law firm explainers to ZeroX Labs, the CFTC and Chainalysis, the… | ||
| Aleo -- Pioneering Privacy-Preserving Smart Contracts for Blockchain Compliance | Ian Miers | 04m |
Aleo applies zero-knowledge proofs to run privacy-preserving smart contracts on a live layer-1 listed on Coinbase, letting developers deploy private… | ||
| Sounding the Alarm --Protecting Privacy and Security in the Crypto Ecosystem | Josh Swihart | 12m |
Masked attackers try to kidnap a founder’s family member in Paris, gunmen in Las Vegas steal $4 million in crypto at gunpoint, Ledger’s retired co‑founder is… | ||
| Shaping Virginia’s Blockchain Future --The Joint Committee on Technology and Science | Eric Burger | 02m |
Virginia creates a Joint Committee on Technology and Science Subcommittee on Blockchain that is half legislative, half private-sector with leadership by… | ||
| Building Community on Farcaster -- Connecting Crypto’s Law and Policy Leaders | Ari Mannan | 02m |
A Law and Policy channel on Farcaster grows from 500 to nearly 2,000 members, claiming a high-signal, low-noise environment that converts online ties into… | ||
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