The Blockchain Built to Pass Government Regulation, Not Dodge It W/Erai Beckman

Erai Beckman has spent his career building things before the regulations existed to govern them — co-founding the world’s first CBD pharmaceutical company to legally import into Latin America, helping legalize CBD and THC for medical use in Brazil in 2015, and scaling that venture to a $9 billion private valuation. Now he’s applying the same playbook — build according to the law before the industry gets regulated, not after — to Web3.

Erai joins Oto to break down Peace Through Trade, a layer 1 proof-of-work blockchain built on two pillars: full legal compliance (ICO 20022, KYC/AML) and sustainability, including the ability to mine from a home laptop instead of industrial-scale rigs. They cover his own first encounter with Bitcoin in 2012, why regulated industries always see a changing of the guard (and what that means for crypto right now), how AI is being used to secure the network, Peace Through Trade’s UN recognition and first official government partnership, and the legal distinction between a utility coin and a security that sank XRP’s court case.

Technical note: Around 1:20:35, Erai’s camera briefly cut out due to a connectivity issue on his end. We’ve left the audio intact through the transition — we apologize for the short visual interruption and appreciate your understanding.

DISCLAIMER: NOTHING IN THIS EPISODE IS FINANCIAL ADVICE. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. FOR EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Trailer

00:59 Welcome & introducing Erai Beckman

04:00 Erai’s entrepreneurial upbringing — two family influences

10:00 The CBD pharmaceutical story — saving kids’ lives in Brazil

19:00 What is Peace Through Trade? The two core pillars

22:00 Erai’s first brush with Bitcoin in 2012

30:00 Why build a new blockchain now — lessons from CBD and the dot-com era