Peter Van Valkenburgh’s speech at the 2026 Coin Center Annual Dinner

- Not on the manifest! Peter Van Valkenburgh reports "winning" has stalled. CLARITY Act dead in Congress—nine years for zero reassurance? Creative compliance by agencies like FinCEN and DOJ is failing devs. Treasury dropped two bad rules, but SEC/CFTC are charging ahead. Michael Lewellen’s case proves discretionary enforcement is a trap: promises aren’t law. We need legal limits, not lunch meetings. Stablecoin laws help institutions, but what about unhosted code? If crypto just becomes surveillance for big finance, we’ve failed. Audit trail or audit prison: demand clarity now. Sign here.