The Bitcoin Policy Institute is an interdisciplinary cohort of economists, coders, lawyers, climate scientists, philosophers, and policy analysts, providing research, fact checking and commentary on Bitcoin. We will discuss with Mathew Pines what they do, who their message is for, why there has been recent changes to the U S government's approach to crypto, whether crypto can help avoid sanctions and whether the U S makes the distinction between Bitcoin and other crypto.  Time stamps 00:06 Hook - decentralisation 01:20 Introduction 06:17 Bitcoin Policy Institute, role and audience 11:03 Financing and different interests 17:02 What subjects do they advise on 21:00 Why the approach of US government evolved 31:27 US government, centralisation vs decentralisation  45:07 US government and distinction between BTC, CBDC and stablecoins Links https://www.btcpolicy.org/ twitter @mathew_pines shift crypto affiliate link https://shiftcrypto.ch/bitbox02/?ref=W7XHHFMKYt Blockfi https://blockfi.mxuy67.net/6bRDLq cointelegraph https://marketspro.sjv.io/BXY1M9 descript https://www.descript.com/?lmref=m0U0LA Braintrust https://app.usebraintrust.com/r/didier3/ If you enjoyed this episode, share this link on your favorite social networks https://anchor.fm/didier-borel or share the link you are listening to in your podcast now Visit the website and support the podcast with BTC or fiat https://www.theswissroadtocrypto.com/