{"podcast":{"title":"Bankless","slug":"bankless-357756","podcast_index_feed_id":357756,"rss_url":"https://feeds.flightcast.com/p83fuj0y0u58o82l41xei7zo.xml","website_url":"http://podcast.banklesshq.com/","image_url":"https://assets.flightcast.com/workspaces/vzyepv1wunc8uo4au6e1tld4/podcasts/p83fuj0y0u58o82l41xei7zo/qytiwwt972ormowswu9ysv65.png","author":"Bankless","episode_count":1342,"summary":"The Ultimate Guide to Crypto Finance. DeFi, NFTs, and cryptocurrencies. Level up. Go bankless.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T20:21:45.866230+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bankless-357756"},"episode":{"title":"Capitol Hill War Stories from a DC Lobbyist Who’s Seen It All (SBF, Gensler, Elizabeth Warren)","slug":"capitol-hill-war-stories-from-a-dc-lobbyist-who-s-seen-it-all-sbf-gensler-elizabeth-warren","published_at":"2026-06-04T10:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bankless-357756/capitol-hill-war-stories-from-a-dc-lobbyist-who-s-seen-it-all-sbf-gensler-elizabeth-warren","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bankless-357756","url":"https://episode.flightcast.com/01KT8XACNRKP16XJ3S939HYTCD.mp3","audio_url":"https://episode.flightcast.com/01KT8XACNRKP16XJ3S939HYTCD.mp3","summary":"Crypto policy in Washington has gone from punchline to power center. David sits down with Ron Hammond, Head of Policy and Advocacy at Wintermute, for a rare inside look at how crypto actually moves through DC: the SBF era, Elizabeth Warren’s anti-crypto army, Gary Gensler’s SEC, bank lobby pressure, Trump’s crypto conflicts, the Clarity Act fight, and why privacy and self-custody may be the next major battleground. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔮POLYMARKET | #1 PREDICTION MARKET https://bankless.cc/polymarket-podcast 🧭OKX | TRADE, EARN, PAY to OKX | 120M+ USERS WORLDWIDE https://app.okx.com/join/USBANKLESS 🦊 METAMASK | DOWNLOAD NOW https://go.metamask.io/BL-Pod-Download 🌐BRIX | EMERGING MARKET YIELD https://bankless.cc/brix 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Becoming “Captain Crypto” in DC 4:03 From Joke to Serious Political Force 6:19 Why Crypto Punches Above Its Weight 10:28 How SBF Captured Washington 13:26 The FTX Fallout in Capitol Hill 16:25 Elizabeth Warren and Crypto’s Proxy Wars 19:04 How DC Letters Actually Get Written 25:33 How Powerful Is the Crypto Lobby? 27:28 Who Is Playing on Crypto’s Side? 31:01 Democrats, Gensler, and the 2024 Lesson 35:07 The Gensler Era and Prometheum 41:21 Will Warren Ever Pivot? 43:20 Trump, the Crypto Ball, and World Liberty 49:30 Will the Clarity Act Pass? 53:30 Privacy, Self-Custody, and the Next Front 56:23 The Social Side of Crypto in DC --- RESOURCES Ron Hammond https://x.com/RonwHammond --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures","meta_description":"Crypto policy in Washington has gone from punchline to power center. David sits down with Ron Hammond, Head of Policy and Advocacy at Wintermute, for a ra…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3534,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bankless-357756/episodes/capitol-hill-war-stories-from-a-dc-lobbyist-who-s-seen-it-all-sbf-gensler-elizabeth-warren/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bankless-357756/capitol-hill-war-stories-from-a-dc-lobbyist-who-s-seen-it-all-sbf-gensler-elizabeth-warren.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}