The three-day Messari Mainnet conference in New York was less expensive and less fun than it was a year ago. That's the sense I got after spending three days rubbing shoulders with crypto founders, blockchain pros, politicians and executives at Messari Mainnet in New York City. Coinbase hosted reporters at a press breakfast during Messari Mainnet 2023. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe long shadow of Gary GenslerGary Gensler, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, did not attend Messari Mainnet, but no one could stop saying his name. "Gary Gensler cannot state whether ethereum is a security or not," Ramaswamy told the audience.

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Persons: Phil Rosen, Carlos Domingo, they're, Anthony Scaramucci, Jesse Pollak, Base, Coinbase, Crypto, Jess Houlgrave, WalletConnect, Houlgrave, Gary Gensler Gary Gensler, Scaramucci, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, Gensler, Gary Gensler, Coinbase's Pollak, Pollak, Messari Organizations: Service, Skybridge Capital, White House, Coinbase, Securities and Exchange Commission, Jiminy Cricket, SEC Locations: New York, Wall, Silicon, New York City, ethereum, Singapore, Hong Kong