Episode 12 - The Stablecoin Strategist Intelligence Report Is Here

It's a milestone episode! Today marks the launch of the first-ever Stablecoin Strategist Intelligence Report — an in-depth breakdown of the proposed FinCEN/OFAC rules under the Genius Act, written through the lens of nearly 30 years of criminal defense experience. This isn't another compliance checklist. It's a guide to reading the rules for the enforcement actions and indictments that could follow if you get them wrong. Issue #1 is free on Substack; future reports go behind the paywall.Also in this episode:The Clarity Act stalls on ethics. The fight over restrictions on the Trump family's crypto dealings — including a constitutionally shaky proposal to let state AGs sue the DOJ — may be closing the window on a July 4th passage.Mastercard and Visa go agentic. Both credit card giants announced AI agentic payment integrations, validating the thesis that the AI economy will be built on crypto, with stablecoins as its currency.Data centers in space? Why the SpaceX IPO matters for AI's two biggest bottlenecks: energy and cooling.Coinbase builds the toll booth before the highway opens. A new bundle packaging licensing, custody, KYC/KYB, fiat on-ramps, Base, and x402 into one stablecoin payments stack — and why the endgame isn't banks vs. stablecoins, but banks becoming nodes on stablecoin rails.Download the free Intelligence Report at The Stablecoin Strategist on Substack, and catch the show live every Friday at 9 a.m. Eastern on X, YouTube, and LinkedIn.