Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScottBessent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScottBessent</span></a>, likely the next <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Secy, [attended]…<br /><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KohHarada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KohHarada</span></a>, COO of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aleo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Aleo</span></a>, a privacy-focused <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blockchain</span></a>, said Bessent was “pretty coy about things, but the fact that he was even there was very interesting.”</p><p>Aleo, which has raised &gt;$200M from investors including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SoftBank</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AndreessenHorowitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AndreessenHorowitz</span></a>, chose to establish in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>US</span></a> while many rivals launched from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/offshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>offshore</span></a> jurisdictions like the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CaymanIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CaymanIslands</span></a> as a shield from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>regulations</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>regulations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>