Everyone Else Has Crypto Rules. Why Doesn’t America?

Keira sits down with Adrian Wall, Managing Director of the Digital Sovereignty Alliance, a nonprofit in Washington DC that helps write the crypto laws senators vote on.Adrian explains why America is at risk of losing the dollar's place at the centre of world finance, not to a war or a crash, but to paperwork. While Washington argues, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore are writing their rules, and the bill that would set America's has sat in the Senate for a year.From there the conversation moves to the question he keeps coming back to: why is it so slow? Adrian is blunt. It is not the ethics or the hard questions. It is politics, and he no longer thinks the bill passes this fall.He breaks down what clear rules would unlock, what happens if nothing passes, and why a retired school teacher in Ohio who bought crypto completely legally could still end up being sued. He explains why stablecoins were invented, the questions to ask before you trust anyone offering interest on one, and why Amazon, Meta and Home Depot are not allowed to make their own money.The conversation also covers twenty years brokering deals across China, Latin America, Africa and the US, the timber deal in Papua New Guinea that fell apart because nobody offered the one thing the tribe wanted, what Harvard did not teach him, and the steakhouse he loved for three years before admitting nobody was coming.Plus, whether AI will get the same political treatment as crypto, how far away he thinks we are from AGI, and the one message he would send back to his 17 year old self.Key takeaways: The US dollar buys America time, but that time is running out. Without clear rules, the money and the builders go somewhere else. People who bought crypto legally can still be left exposed by the law. If someone cannot tell you who backs your stablecoin, that is your answer. The store should not also print the money you spend in it. Access without education is a bridge to nowhere. Your AI is only as smart as the person using it. Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:24 Where US crypto law stands today06:45 Two futures for American crypto12:03 Why Washington is moving so slowly15:24 Are crypto founders leaving America?17:28 Why new technology needs new laws19:48 The retired teacher in Ohio23:18 Inside the Digital Sovereignty Alliance28:40 "Isn't crypto a scam?"32:42 Why stablecoins were invented34:59 Stablecoin interest vs your bank account39:04 Why big retailers cannot issue their own money42:25 A bridge to nowhere48:46 Doing deals across cultures51:54 The church that killed a timber deal56:31 What Harvard did not teach him58:06 The steakhouse nobody came to1:06:24 Will AI get the same treatment as crypto?1:09:58 How close are we to AGI?1:13:04 A message to his 17 year old selfGUESTAdrian Wall, Managing Director, Digital Sovereignty AllianceX: https://x.com/AdrianWall8395X: https://x.com/DiscoverDSALinkedIn: / adrian-wall-8b50002 Website: https://discoverdsa.orgHOSTKeira Nesdale, Portfolio Manager at MH VenturesX: https://x.com/RealMissAILinkedIn: / keiranesdale Instagram: / realmissai Dealflow PodcastX: https://x.com/dealflowpodcastApple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6RKf6kR...YouTube: / @dealflowpodcast MH VENTURESWebsite: https://mhventures.ioX: https://x.com/mhventuresLinkedIn: / mhventure