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2 Aug 2022 Acquired From NFL to Startup COO to Congressman Regulating Crypto (with Rep. Anthony Gonzalez)
“After that hour or however long it was, I thought, oh, my gosh, I feel like it's about getting red pilled or whatever, or orange peeled. That was my moment, where I thought to myself, okay, I think I've just learned something or stumbled onto something that can be unbelievably impactful for society, and helpful, and solving a lot of problems that I currently see in with the Internet, in our capital markets, with access to financial products and all these sorts of things.”
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…As Elon Musk says, I got a good meme guy. It sounds like you both share the same meme vendor. Yes, very similar meme vendors. People really started paying attention to it congressionally in a thoughtful way I would say in 2020, as the markets were going a little haywire. Frankly, when I got into it, I was on a family vacation with my wife's family. They do an annual trip to Nantucket every year. We were there. I was listening to Modern Finance, which is Kevin Rose's podcast. I know he's been a guest of this show. He had something on Flamingo DAO, which I had never heard of a DAO. I certainly didn't know what Flamingo DAO was. After that hour or however long it was, I thought, oh, my gosh, I feel like it's about getting red pilled or whatever, or orange peeled. That was my moment, where I thought to myself, okay, I think I've just learned something or stumbled onto something that can be unbelievably impactful for society, and helpful, and solving a lot of problems that I currently see in with the Internet, in our capital markets, with access to financial products and all these sorts of things. It was really my aha moment. And you were on the Financial Services Committee at this point?…
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