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GENIUS Act

11 statements across 4 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jun 21, 2025 by David Sacks · said 32 times in 7 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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brought up most by David Sacks (11), Jason Calacanis (6), Brian Armstrong (5), Bo Hines (5), Kyle Samani (2), Jeremy Allaire (1), Chamath Palihapitiya (1), Anatoly Yakovenko (1)

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2026 11 mentions in 2 episodes 6 per episode
2025 21 mentions in 5 episodes 4 per episode

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Everything said about GENIUS Act, oldest first

Jun 21, 2025 bullish
Prediction Held up
Sacks: House will act on GENIUS Act in the next few weeks
“I would expect the House will act in the next few weeks on this, and then the president will have a bill he can sign.”
David Sacks Jun 21, 2025 ▶ 1:40:02 IPOs and SPACs are Back, Mag 7 Showdown, Zuck on Tilt, Apple's Fumble, GENIUS Act passes Senate
Jun 21, 2025
Assertion Supported
Sacks: GENIUS Act prohibits stablecoin issuers from paying interest to token holders
“The way the framework works is that the stablecoin issuers cannot pass on interest to the token holders.”
David Sacks Jun 21, 2025 ▶ 1:49:03 IPOs and SPACs are Back, Mag 7 Showdown, Zuck on Tilt, Apple's Fumble, GENIUS Act passes Senate
Jun 21, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Tether has three years under GENIUS Act to relocate to U.S.
“Tether will under this act will have three years to come on shore. But the bottom line is they will have to operate in the United States.”
David Sacks Jun 21, 2025 ▶ 1:44:22 IPOs and SPACs are Back, Mag 7 Showdown, Zuck on Tilt, Apple's Fumble, GENIUS Act passes Senate
Jun 21, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Sacks: GENIUS Act passed the Senate with 68 votes
“We had this genius act, which is the stable coin bill passed the Senate with 68 votes, got 18 Democrats.”
David Sacks Jun 21, 2025 ▶ 1:38:45 IPOs and SPACs are Back, Mag 7 Showdown, Zuck on Tilt, Apple's Fumble, GENIUS Act passes Senate
Jun 21, 2025 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Sachs: GENIUS Act requires quarterly independent audits for all stablecoin issuers
“Now, all stablecoin issuers under this bill will have to be audited quarterly.”
David Sacks Jun 21, 2025 ▶ 1:44:37 IPOs and SPACs are Back, Mag 7 Showdown, Zuck on Tilt, Apple's Fumble, GENIUS Act passes Senate
Jul 19, 2025 neutral
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Sacks: Offshore stablecoin issuers must move onshore within three years
“They will have to come onshore as part of this bill in the next three years.”
David Sacks Jul 19, 2025 ▶ 47:09 Trump vs Powell, Solving the Debt Crisis, The $10T AGI Prize, GENIUS Act Becomes Law
Jan 23, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Armstrong: USDC is the largest regulated stablecoin globally
“USDC is the largest regulated stablecoin, because it is compliant under Genius in the US, they're compliant under Mika in Europe, et cetera.”
Brian Armstrong Jan 23, 2026 ▶ 10:44 Coinbase CEO's Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2026 + More from Davos!
Jan 23, 2026 negative
Assertion Supported
Armstrong: Tether is not compliant under the US GENIUS Act
“It's not currently compliant under the genius act in the U S and so it doesn't follow those same hundred percent reserves in short term U S treasuries is my understanding.”
Brian Armstrong Jan 23, 2026 ▶ 12:38 Coinbase CEO's Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2026 + More from Davos!
Jan 23, 2026 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Armstrong: GENIUS Act requires US-regulated stablecoins to hold 100% Treasury reserves
“Under the Genius Act that got passed into law last year, US regulated stable coins have to have 100% of the assets stored in short term US treasuries.”
Brian Armstrong Jan 23, 2026 ▶ 6:19 Coinbase CEO's Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2026 + More from Davos!
Jan 23, 2026 negative
Disclosure
Armstrong: Undoing the GENIUS Act is a red line for Coinbase
“I think there's the bank trade groups, which I believe are trying to undo the genius act. Got it. It just got passed into law four months ago. And for us, that's a red line.”
Brian Armstrong Jan 23, 2026 ▶ 10:03 Coinbase CEO's Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2026 + More from Davos!
Jan 25, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Allaire: Genius Act prohibits Circle from paying interest to stablecoin holders
“Under the Genius Act, Circle, as a payment stablecoin issuer, we're prohibited from paying interest directly to stablecoin holders.”
Jeremy Allaire Jan 25, 2026 ▶ 17:12 The Future of Everything: What CEOs of Circle, CrowdStrike & More See Coming in 2026
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