Why Every Lawmaker In America Should Be Pro-Crypto with Cody Carbone
The Rollup8 Marras 2025

Why Every Lawmaker In America Should Be Pro-Crypto with Cody Carbone

The journey from knocking on doors to passing the GENIUS Act, this is how crypto won Washington.

In this episode of Stabled Up, we sit down with Cody Carbone from the Digital Chamber to discuss his seven-year journey advocating for crypto in DC, why the banking lobby's fight against stablecoins is already over, and how the GENIUS Act changes everything for American innovation.


We discuss:

- How Perianne Boring changed everything for crypto advocacy

- The Facebook Libra moment that sparked DC's interest

- Seven years of door-knocking that paid off

- The Streamline Act breakdown

- Stablecoin perception evolution in Congress

- Market structure vs bill reality check

- Crypto as a single-issue vote in politics

- The consumer protection paradox

- GENIUS Act implementation phase

- Banking lobby vs yield-bearing stablecoins

- TradFi adopting crypto infrastructure


00:00 Intro

00:37 Frax Ad

01:07 How Perianne Boring Changed Everything

02:46 The Facebook Libra Moment

04:31 Seven Years of Door-Knocking

07:08 The Streamline Act Breakdown

09:56 Stablecoin Perception Evolution

14:41 Market Structure vs Bill Reality Check

18:38 Talus Ad, Relay Ad, Alvara Ad

19:38 The Consumer Protection Paradox

24:37 GENIUS Act Implementation Phase

27:09 Hibachi Ad, Enso Ad

28:08 TradFi Adopting Crypto Infrastructure

32:17 How Businesses Can Prepare

35:07 Closing Thoughts


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𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥: 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘍𝘪 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬, 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘈𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭, 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴.

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