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173 - SEC vs Uniswap, Pavel Durov with Tucker, and Yana AI

Release Date: 04/25/2024

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Compliance That Makes Sense

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Compliance That Makes Sense

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195 - Live Webinar Recording: How to Assess Impact of Compliance Function

Compliance That Makes Sense

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194 - How to Assess Your Results and Why Success Is Not Linear

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193 - Fork in the Road: DOGE and Deregulation in Americas vs EU Jihad on Crypto and Digitalization

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192 - How to Evaluate Your Compliance Results in 2024

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191 - What Sets Some Immigrants Apart: The Triple Package Theory

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190 - Why ECB Hates Bitcoin

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189 - Why IP Rights and Patents are Irrelevant and Should Be Abolished

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188 - Politics, Confidence, and Success in Compliance

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In this episode, I take you on a journey through my thoughts on what is going on with the SEC and Uniswap, what I learned about the future of instant messaging from Tucker Carlson’s interview with Pavel Durov, why I decided to digitally “clone” myself, and more!

If you found value in this episode, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a review! My mission is to help and support as many FinTech startups as possible, and when you leave a positive review, more people can find this podcast and help their companies! If you are on Apple, just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and tell me what your favorite part of the podcast is.

Today's episode:

[01:23] The three topics that will be covered in this episode.

[02:24] Exploring what is going on with the SEC and Uniswap.

[07:03] What to expect from the SEC in the coming years.

[08:12] How people often react when they are under pressure to achieve a particular outcome.

[10:45] The size of Pavel Durov’s company, Telegram.

[12:20] Innovation that is taking place in the instant messaging space.

[14:04] How buying decisions are likely to be made in the future.

[17:58] Why and how I digitally “cloned” myself.

[19:22] How you can interact with Yana AI.

[20:33] The benefits of creating an AI version of yourself.

Show links:

Check out Yana AI: https://www.delphi.ai/yana
Listen to Tucker Carlson’s interview with Pavel Durov: https://tuckercarlson.com/the-tucker-carlson-interview-pavel-durov/
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