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Thanks for all of the good wishes. I am feeling better and will send a short newsletter Sunday evening. Unfortunately, my recovery has been slowed by an acute case of Bigbabyitis.1
See two announcements from readers, below:
July 17 protests
Reader Tom H sent the following:
Here is a link to one of the organizations promoting and coordinating events for July 17: Good Trouble Lives On.
Here is a link to the call to action - last words essay by John Lewis, published posthumously, on the day of his funeral, in the NY Times:
Partners for Democracy educational seminar on cryptocurrency:
Partners for Democracy (www.Partners4Democracy.org) is taking a break from our normal focus on electoral politics to offer a primer on Cyptocurrencies – what it is and what it isn’t. The timing is important - the Senate has already acted and the House is rushing to enact its own bill during “Crypto Week”. These bills purport to regulate this rapidly evolving industry but they are being highly influenced by those with a direct financial stake.
The stakes are high because the legislation will give the industry the momentum to grow more rapidly. The so-called Genius Act, which establishes the first federal framework for stablecoins,passed the Senate on June 17, 2025, with a 68-30 bipartisan vote. The House is due to take up the bill July 14-18.
Our webinar is designed to be a one-hour Crypto 101 short course for non-experts featuring speakers with deep experience in the field.
Keynote: What Is at Stake? Simon Johnson (Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management and 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences)
Our panel of experts includes:
Introduction to Crypto: Corey Frayer, Director of Investor Protection, Consumer Federation of America and former advisor to the Chair of the SEC for crypto markets and financial security
Stablecoins: Arthur Wilmarth, Professor Emeritus of Banking Law at George Washington University, and
Market Structure and Regulatory Issues: Amanda Fischer, Policy Director and COO of Better Markets, and former Chief of Staff to the Chair of the SEC
The one-hour Webinar will be held at 7:00 pm EDT on Wednesday, July 16.
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