Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Two Republican senators are opposed. One is incapacitated. That leaves the Clarity Act needing ten Democratic votes for cloture, and Salman Banaei has spent the last two weeks on the Hill counting them.
The General Counsel of Plume maps for Vy Le and Jessi Brooks where the ethics language stands with Ruben Gallego, Thom Tillis, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Adam Schiff, why Democrats want state attorneys general policing it, and what the fight is really about: the president's memecoin.
Host:
⭐️Jessi Brooks, General Counsel at Ribbit Capital - linkedin.com/in/jessi-brooks-8289ab32
⭐️ Vy Le - Co-host of DEX in the City and General Counsel of Veda - https://x.com/TuongvyLe12
Guest:
⭐️Salman Banaei - General Counsel of Plume, Former Head of Policy at Uniswap and Chainalysis, and Former SEC and CFTC Attorney - https://x.com/banamlas
This clip is from a longer conversation on Clarity's ethics fight and the cloture vote count. Full episode here: youtu.be/JkZzTOlvQXQ
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Chapters:
🏛️ 00:00 Salman Banaei on Ruben Gallego and Thom Tillis's push for ethics language
⚖️ 02:36 Jessi presses on the difference between policy and politics
🧮 03:10 Banaei's framework: political calculus versus policy disagreement
👽 05:29 Jessi's alien test for why ethics should be the easy part of Clarity
💰 06:26 Why Banaei calls Trump's $2 billion memecoin windfall unprecedented
🕵️ 08:19 Does the BRCA's DeFi developer carve-out help or hurt law enforcement
🗳️ 10:08 The cloture math, and why Adam Schiff's support could unlock 60 votes
🔑 10:16 Why Adam Schiff's support could unlock votes past 60
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Two Republican senators are opposed. One is incapacitated. That leaves the Clarity Act needing ten Democratic votes for cloture, and Salman Banaei has spent the last two weeks on the Hill counting them.
The General Counsel of Plume maps for Vy Le and Jessi Brooks where the ethics language stands with Ruben Gallego, Thom Tillis, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Adam Schiff, why Democrats want state attorneys general policing it, and what the fight is really about: the president's memecoin.
Host:
⭐️Jessi Brooks, General Counsel at Ribbit Capital - linkedin.com/in/jessi-brooks-8289ab32
⭐️ Vy Le - Co-host of DEX in the City and General Counsel of Veda - https://x.com/TuongvyLe12
Guest:
⭐️Salman Banaei - General Counsel of Plume, Former Head of Policy at Uniswap and Chainalysis, and Former SEC and CFTC Attorney - https://x.com/banamlas
This clip is from a longer conversation on Clarity's ethics fight and the cloture vote count. Full episode here: youtu.be/JkZzTOlvQXQ
We go live every Tuesday - subscribe to catch it live.
Thank you to our sponsor:
👉 Cape: Your biggest crypto vulnerability isn't your wallet, it's your phone number. Cape is America's privacy-first mobile carrier that rotates your SIM identity daily and blocks SIM swaps before they happen. Get 33% off your first six months at cape.co/unchained (use code: UNCHAINED).
Chapters:
🏛️ 00:00 Salman Banaei on Ruben Gallego and Thom Tillis's push for ethics language
⚖️ 02:36 Jessi presses on the difference between policy and politics
🧮 03:10 Banaei's framework: political calculus versus policy disagreement
👽 05:29 Jessi's alien test for why ethics should be the easy part of Clarity
💰 06:26 Why Banaei calls Trump's $2 billion memecoin windfall unprecedented
🕵️ 08:19 Does the BRCA's DeFi developer carve-out help or hurt law enforcement
🗳️ 10:08 The cloture math, and why Adam Schiff's support could unlock 60 votes
🔑 10:16 Why Adam Schiff's support could unlock votes past 60
_______________________________________________________
#bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies
_______________________________________________________
Subscribe to our channel!
Website → unchainedcrypto.com
Unchained Daily Newsletter (FREE!)→ unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Unchained X → https://x.com/unchained_pod
Apple → podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1123922160?ls=1
Spotify → open.spotify.com/show/1cJrrfGY1SKBIRn5noKSAf?si=6SI4qIcRTEO7EhOe0V9n4w
RSS Feed → https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LSHML4761942757
Unchained: Your no-hype resource for all things crypto!
