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Peterson argues that crypto regulation doesn’t need to be lighter—it needs to be smarter. With trillions in market value at stake, growing institutional buy-in, and consumer usage climbing, the U.S. faces a choice: evolve its regulatory frameworks or risk ceding leadership in a defining 21st-century financial frontier.

In this episode of Capital Ideas, we’re joined by David Weild IV—former NASDAQ Vice Chair and widely recognized as the “father of the JOBS Act.” With decades of Wall Street experience and a fierce passion for fixing broken systems, Weild delivers a searing critique of the U.S. capital formation landscape.

Mohit Bhansali, founder and CEO of EquiDeFi, the platform powering the $500 million Los Angeles Times offering, joined ICAN’s Capital Ideas podcast to explain how media companies are emerging as facilitators of capital formation, why their campaigns are exposing a two-tier system, and how existing technology could finally democratize investing.

As crypto adoption spreads across retail and institutional markets, one group remains surprisingly unprepared: financial advisors. In Episode 33 of Capital Ideas, Don Friedman, CEO of the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals (DACFP), breaks down why traditional advisor education has failed to keep pace—and how DACFP is stepping in to change that.