Wisconsin Could Strip Your Voting Rights for Using Prediction Markets?

Summary

The episode covers the CLARITY Act's law enforcement provisions and political obstacles, the multi-state legal challenge against prediction markets including Wisconsin's use of an 1849 law to threaten voting rights, and a conversation with Anchorage Digital's Rachel Anderica about agentic banking and a cashless reserves model with JPMorgan. The hosts name BlackRock, Fidelity, and Goldman Sachs as the 'Person of the Week' for endorsing CLARITY.

• Ari Redbord details new CLARITY Act law enforcement tools like burn/reissue and hold provisions, while Renato Mariotti notes the bill faces insufficient bipartisan support.
• Wisconsin invokes an 1849 law to potentially deny voting rights to citizens who use prediction markets, drawing criticism and legal analysis.
• The state-federal conflict over prediction markets is creating circuit splits, with a possible Supreme Court ruling or Congressional action years away.
• Rachel Anderica explains Anchorage Digital's OCC trust is building agentic banking with built-in compliance, budget controls, and auditability for AI agents.
• Anchorage is developing a cashless reserves model using JPMorgan tokenized money market funds, eliminating idle cash buffers while maintaining liquidity and reducing counterparty risk.
• Renato Mariotti highlights BlackRock, Fidelity, and Goldman Sachs as TradFi endorsers of CLARITY, seeing it as a sign of blockchain integration into traditional finance.