Taking Stock

Taking Stock 55 - WhyDRS Year in Review and Plans for 2025

Hey all! Today we'll be taking stock of our progress this past year, and taking a look forward at what 2025 may look like. From porting our database infrastructure to GitHub and becoming the first American DUNA, there have been some awesome advancements. I'm looking forward to also discussing items on the near horizon, such as the hopeful approval to come for WhyDRS to operate as a charitable nonprofit. @wtfeweguys will join the show to talk about social engagement and scaling project development, leveraging what we have to grow what we can do. This will also be the last episode of 2024, as we break for the winter holiday. Be well and be merry! - Twitter/X Link: https://x.com/i/spaces/1jMJgBwQRgXGL [https://x.com/i/spaces/1jMJgBwQRgXGL] - Join the Community: Join us on Discord - https://mee6.xyz/en/i/vYJSX1ghMl [https://mee6.xyz/en/i/vYJSX1ghMl] Join us on Lemmy - https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/ [https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/] Visit https://www.whydrs.org [https://www.whydrs.org] - Links and Resources: WhyDRS GitHub: https://github.com/WhyDRS [https://github.com/WhyDRS] - Special Thanks to: Craiyon.com for help with the logo design [https://www.craiyon.com/] Wooch for the intro & outro music [https://www.youtube.com/c/WoochTAK]

Taking Stock Episode 54: Transfer Agent Regulations Past, Present and Future

This week on Taking Stock, we're speaking at length with John Wooten about his suggestions and work to see regulators update and modernize their approach to transfer agents. John is a hyperqualified person to speak with about these developments, as between his Transfer Agent BlockTransfer and his self-developed code concept TAD3, he is among the few pushing for meaningful under-the-hood changes in the TA industry. - Twitter/X Link: https://x.com/i/spaces/1mnGeAvoyjnGX [https://x.com/i/spaces/1mnGeAvoyjnGX] - Join the Community: Join us on Discord - https://mee6.xyz/en/i/vYJSX1ghMl [https://mee6.xyz/en/i/vYJSX1ghMl] Join us on Lemmy - https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/ [https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/] Visit https://www.whydrs.org [https://www.whydrs.org] - Links and Resources: John's Comment: https://github.com/WhyDRS/SEC-Comments/discussions/14 [https://github.com/WhyDRS/SEC-Comments/discussions/14] - Special Thanks to: Craiyon.com for help with the logo design [https://www.craiyon.com/] Wooch for the intro & outro music [https://www.youtube.com/c/WoochTAK]

Taking Stock Episode 53 - Power of Investor Community and becoming Activated with Michael AME

This week we're joined by Michael AME, a retail investor active in community development and in highlighting the efforts of the readers, writers and builders who are seeking to raise the floor for collective understanding among investors. These are intentionally complicated markets, and simplifying them isn't in everyone's interest. Michael tells us more about his personal journey to become invested and how he became interested to build a community and bring attention to niche but crucial details uncovered by it's members. - Twitter/X Link: https://x.com/i/spaces/1lDxLlaXqaMxm [https://x.com/i/spaces/1lDxLlaXqaMxm] - Join the Community: Join us on Discord - https://mee6.xyz/en/i/vYJSX1ghMl [https://mee6.xyz/en/i/vYJSX1ghMl] Join us on Lemmy - https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/ [https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/] Visit https://www.whydrs.org [https://www.whydrs.org] - Links and Resources: Michael AME on X: https://x.com/MindandEmotion7 [https://x.com/MindandEmotion7] - Special Thanks to: Craiyon.com for help with the logo design [https://www.craiyon.com/] Wooch for the intro & outro music [https://www.youtube.com/c/WoochTAK]

Taking Stock Episode 52 - Retail Investing in the Blockchain Era with Valentine

This week Chives and John were joined by Valentine, a Stellar community member and contributor who is becoming increasingly involved in the online advocacy space and is providing code improvements to the SDEX ecosystem. Valentine has some personal history as a retail investor and engaging with online communities, and was unfamiliar with DRS as an asset holding framework, so we covered some of these topics as well. - Twitter/X Link: https://x.com/i/spaces/1LyGBgrVjYPJN [https://x.com/i/spaces/1LyGBgrVjYPJN] - Join the Community: Join us on Discord - https://mee6.xyz/en/i/vYJSX1ghMl [https://mee6.xyz/en/i/vYJSX1ghMl] Join us on Lemmy - https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/ [https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/] Visit https://www.whydrs.org [https://www.whydrs.org] - Links and Resources: Valentine on X: https://x.com/VI54434 [https://x.com/VI54434] - Special Thanks to: Craiyon.com for help with the logo design [https://www.craiyon.com/] Wooch for the intro & outro music [https://www.youtube.com/c/WoochTAK]

Taking Stock Episode 51 - U.S. Treasury Digital Assets Study

Today on Taking Stock we'll follow up on last weeks discussion with an examination of the Treasury Department's study on Digital Assets, which also was released in October 2024. The Treasury takes a more direct approach reviewing how tokenization of treasuries could impact the market currently developing in the crypto space including effects on stablecoins, bitcoin, memecoins, and coins yet to come. It is a data driven and conservative take which is worth the read if you're interested to see how the coming years may integrate emergent blockchain technology. Make sure to check out some of the excellent included graphics and charts to follow along, as we'll praise heavily the diligence displayed by this team even if dismayed by the way in which the Treasury department is recommending to utlize distributed ledgers. - Twitter/X Link: https://x.com/i/spaces/1OdJrXAEbezKX [https://x.com/i/spaces/1OdJrXAEbezKX] - Join the Community: Join us on Discord - https://mee6.xyz/en/i/vYJSX1ghMl [https://mee6.xyz/en/i/vYJSX1ghMl] Join us on Lemmy - https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/ [https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/] Visit https://www.whydrs.org [https://www.whydrs.org] - Links and Resources: U.S. Treasury Digital Asset Study: https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/221/CombinedChargesforArchivesQ42024.pdf#page=107 [https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/221/CombinedChargesforArchivesQ42024.pdf#page=107] Conversation on Github referenced in the episode: https://github.com/JFWooten4/WhyDRS-docs/issues/6 [https://github.com/JFWooten4/WhyDRS-docs/issues/6] - Special Thanks to: Craiyon.com for help with the logo design [https://www.craiyon.com/] Wooch for the intro & outro music [https://www.youtube.com/c/WoochTAK]