The chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, said in a recent interview that he thinks pretty much every crypto asset other than spot bitcoin is a security. If that thinking prevails, what consequences would it have for the industry? Ash Bennington is joined Aaron Kaplan, a securities lawyer and the founder and co-CEO of Prometheum, Inc., the parent company of the SEC-registered trading platform Prometheum ATS, to answer that question. Plus, Silvergate Capital's woes grow larger, the EU is worried about metaverse competition, Japanese banks experiment with stablecoins, Australia starts a CBDC trial, and Binance launches an AI generator of NFT art. We want to hear from you — send us your questions, comments, and suggestions.