BitGo CEO Rebuts Amodei's AI Regulation Proposal, States America is Built on Principles of Freedom and Free Speech
BitGo CEO Mike Belshe published a rebuttal to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's AI regulation proposal. Belshe stated that America is founded on principles of freedom and free speech, and government power should be limited to the minimum. He criticized Amodei's regulatory suggestions as directly stripping away freedom and endangering free speech. Belshe pointed out that Amodei claimed the technology is too powerful to be unregulated but did not provide evidence of danger. He argued that policies should start from freedom rather than fear of unverified risks. In market mechanisms, event-driven AI policy debates are diverging: funding and public opinion are concentrating on supporting open and minimal intervention positions, while regulatory proposals advocating for mandatory testing and deployment blockades face resistance from liberals and the crypto industry. Additionally, Belshe emphasized that his Bitcoin remains secure, echoing a decentralized stance. Source: Public Information
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Executives from crypto custody companies openly oppose the strong regulatory approach of frontier AI labs, anchoring the debate in the founding principles of the United States. On the capital path, resource investment counters the narrative of regulatory capture, motivated by the desire to protect open innovation and their own digital asset businesses from similar forced scrutiny as in aviation. Similar cases can be seen in the early internet's battle for net neutrality and the crypto industry's long-term struggle against the SEC; currently, the conflict between AI safety and freedom priorities is intensifying. Structural judgments belong to regulatory changes: the policy starting point shifts from risk prevention to a default of freedom, with mechanisms indicating that without empirical evidence of danger, mandatory rules may entrench existing giants' advantages and suppress competition. ABAB News · Cognitive Laws 1. Freedom precedes unproven risks 2. Lack of evidence undermines regulatory legitimacy 3. The principle starting point determines policy boundaries.