#46 - J.W. Verret: Securities Laws and the future of Crypto

Professor J.W. Verret (@JWVerret), teaches accounting and finance, securities law, M&A, corporate law and banking law at the George Mason University Law School. A Senior Advisor @messaricrypto, J.W. is a licensed CPA in the state of Virginia, is licensed in financial forensics by the AICPA, is a Certified Fraud Examiner and a Certified Valuation Analyst.  He has been a Visiting Professor at Stanford Law School.

J.W. served on the Investor Advisory Committee of the Securities and Exchange Commission, where he advised the SEC on matters of investor protection.  He serves on the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Committee, which advises on the development of Generally Accepted Accounting Standards (GAAP).  He also serves as faculty liaison to the American College of Business Court Judges.  He previously worked as the Chief Economist at the U.S. House Financial Services Committee. J.W. holds a Bachelors degree in Financial Accounting, a Masters in Economic Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss J.W.'s work as an advisor at the SEC, his new position at Messari, the future of disclosure, securities laws, and much more.

Show highlights:

[3:00] J.W.'s introduction to Bitcoin

[9:40] Story behind his twitter header

[16:30] Learning quickly

[22:00] Senior Advisor at Messari

[27:00] Understanding Gary Gensler

[34:43] Reg X Proposal by LeXPunK

[40:00] Crypto regulation

[45:00] Expanding the Howey test

[51:00] Pillars of securities law

[59:00] Crypto as the modern printing press

[66:00] Decentralization Disclosure

[72:00] DAOs

[76:00] Habits & career advice

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