CoinDesk Podcast Network

RealFi Chief Business Officer Seny Orlov joins CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie to break down the protocol’s Cardano mainnet launch, which followed a public testnet with more than 3,000 verified wallets. He explains how staked USDr earns yield from real-world assets and why that portfolio is producing an annualized yield of over 12% right now. Orlov also covers why family offices and trading firms want...

Juan Otero, CEO of Travala, joins CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie on Markets Outlook to explain how the company’s new AI travel agent lets you book any of 2.2 million hotels in more than 230 countries just by chatting. Otero walks through how Travala uses BNB Chain’s machine payment protocol for gasless transactions and Binance Pay for settlement. Plus, he lays out the bigger plan: a future where agen...

Larry Finks warns the data center halt would lead to a recession. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says halting the U.S. data center buildout would tip the economy into recession, pointing to the trillions in AI capital spending now driving growth. He also flagged a national debt that has climbed from $8 trillion in 2000 to $40 trillion today. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This epi...

Ripple brings crypto wallets to AI agents. Ripple is bringing Stripe-owned Privy’s wallet technology to the XRP Ledger, letting apps and AI agents create accounts, hold crypto, and make payments on their own. The push comes as agent payments already account for roughly 25% of activity on the network. CoinDesk’s Uyen Truong hosts “CoinDesk Daily.” - This episode is brought to you by Grayscale, the...

On this episode of CoinDesk’s Public Keys from the New York Stock Exchange, Jennifer Sanasie is joined by Nick Ducoff, General Manager of Institutional at the Solana Foundation, to unpack Samsung’s move to bring USDC stablecoin transfers to 82 million Galaxy devices in the US. Nuva Labs CEO Anthony Moro breaks down HOME, a new token that gives non-US investors a 7% target yield backed by tokenized...

Ledger says hackers hid spy chips in wallets sold by reseller. Ledger says covert hardware implanted in wallets sold by reseller CryptoBilis read users' recovery phrases off the screen and beamed them to attackers over a cellular connection. Onchain researchers estimate up to $93.2 million stolen across more than 300 wallets. CoinDesk's Uyen Truong hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode is brought...

CoinDesk’s The Policy Protocol hosts Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti open on the week’s biggest stories: the CFTC’s new advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to regulate spot crypto exchanges without Congress, and Justin Drake’s “bunker mode” warning about AI breaking wallet cryptography. Then they sit down with Jonathan Jachym, Chief Policy Officer at Payward, who explains how Payward’s...

Iran tanker attacks pulled Bitcoin lower. Bitcoin fell to around $84,000 as stepped-up Iranian attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz lifted oil, Treasury yields, and the dollar. Traders are now watching the $83,000 level that FxPro says would confirm sellers are in control. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode is brought to you by Grayscale, the world's largest d...

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince sits down with CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie to explain why the internet as we know it is about to be rewritten. Prince reveals that AI agent traffic has already overtaken human traffic online, more than a year ahead of his own forecast, and he predicts it will be 1,000 times larger within five years. He breaks down why agents don't click on ads, why Cloudflare needs a...

Acronym Foundation President Tyler Spalding joins CoinDesk's Kate Irwin on Markets Outlook to break down the launch of the Anvil Protocol's SDK and what it means for bringing DeFi into everyday business. Spalding explains how Anvil works as a letter of credit protocol, and how CoinDesk parent company Bullish is among the first companies to integrate the SDK. Plus, why Bitcoin, Ethereum and tokeniz...

One year after Grayscale unlocked Ethereum staking inside an ETF for the first time, Head of Index Steve Vanourny breaks down what they've learned and why the results speak for themselves. Steve makes the case that unstaked ETH ETF investors are leaving money on the table and looks ahead at where Grayscale is taking its product roadmap next, from income strategies to the convergence of crypto and...

The CFTC proposes two crypto trading rules. The CFTC is proposing two rules to regulate leveraged and margin-based crypto trading and create a new category of exchanges, but spot markets remain largely under state oversight. CoinDesk's Uyen Truong hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode is brought to you by Grayscale, the world's largest digital asset-focused investment platform. Grayscale's missio...

OKXICE files for 24/7 tokenized U.S. stock trading. OKXICE, a joint venture between OKX and NYSE parent ICE, has told the SEC it plans to launch a tokenized stock trading venue starting with more than 60 U.S.-listed companies. Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, the venture's co-chair, says it's just the first step. CoinDesk's Uyen Truong hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode is brought to you...

CoinDesk's The Policy Protocol hosts Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti open on a busy policy week from the UK's FCA opening its crypto firm authorization process to the SEC's new staff FAQ on crypto asset classification, and Robinhood's launch of AI agents that trade for retail customers. They then sit down with former House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry, who argues the CL...

Chronicle Founder Nik Kunkel joins CoinDesk's Kate Irwin on Markets Outlook to unpack their new report that found over $12 billion in tokenized assets falling short on transparency. Kunkel breaks down the five pillars every tokenized asset needs to meet, why roughly 70% of the assets reviewed don't clear the bar, and what real-time, verifiable proof-of-asset data means for institutions like BlackR...

Major AI firms sign voluntary White House safety pact. OpenAI, Google, Meta and three other AI giants signed a voluntary White House pact to bring in outside auditors for their safety controls, which Trump called "morally binding." The move follows a string of crypto security breaches this year where frontier AI is suspected of helping attackers find and exploit code. CoinDesk's Uyen Truong hosts...

Robinhood's AI agents that trade for you. Robinhood unveiled AI agents that can research markets, build strategies, and place trades on a customer's behalf at any hour, alongside crypto perpetual futures with up to 10x leverage. CoinDesk's Uyen Truong hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode is brought to you by RealFi, a smarter stablecoin, backed by real-world assets. Find out more at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Anthropic's IPO plan. Anthropic's IPO prospectus reveals plans to spend $518 billion on computing and infrastructure, with a listing that could value the AI company above $2 trillion. But crypto traders betting on its valuation through pre-IPO perpetual futures barely reacted. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode is brought to you by RealFi, a smarter stablecoin, back...

On this episode of CoinDesk's Public Keys from the New York Stock Exchange, host Jennifer Sanasie is joined by Lynq CEO Jerald David to break the news that Goldman Sachs' FTIXX treasury fund, which manages roughly $100 billion in assets, is now available on the Lynq network. And, Twenty One Capital CEO Raphael Zagury discusses his plan to build a Bitcoin operating company around one of the largest...

Gavin Newsom's "The Opposite of Trump" law. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law barring state officials from issuing memecoins, part of a package his office branded "The Opposite of Trump." The move directly targets the president's $TRUMP coin, which earned Trump $636 million in royalties while nearly 989,000 buyers lost a combined $3.81 billion. CoinDesk's Uyen Truong hosts "CoinDesk Da...

BTC ETFs are back in the green. U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs are now up nearly $800 million in net inflows for the year, a full reversal from a $5.8 billion deficit in July. The funds have logged six straight days of inflows as bitcoin climbed back to $85,000. CoinDesk's Uyen Truong hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode is brought to you by RealFi, a smarter stablecoin, backed by real-world assets. Fin...

CoinDesk's The Policy Protocol hosts Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti unpack the stalling of the CLARITY Act in the Senate before sitting down with Taylor Lindman, Chief Counsel of the SEC's Crypto Task Force, who explains why the newly unveiled innovation exemption is being resoundingly well-received across TradFi and crypto, and how much the SEC can accomplish under existing authority without...

Transform Ventures CEO and author of "Bitcoin Supercycle” Michael Terpin joins CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie on Markets Outlook to explain why he believes the bear market is over and "Bitcoin winter," the long climb back to the top, has officially begun. Terpin lays out his path to $120K by late next year, why 2028-29 could bring a rare collision of presidential and stock market cycles, when he sees...

Securitize is tokenizing ARK's Venture Fund, putting stakes in OpenAI, Anthropic and Stripe onchain. CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie caught up with Securitize CEO and Co-Founder Carlos Domingo at the Avalanche Summit to get more insight on the fund. He shares why it's launching on Ethereum first and what a daily NAV and on-chain trading mean for investors. Plus, he weighs in on the tokenized equities...

Can CLARITY pass during the lame duck session? White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt and Treasury official Luke Pettit said the Clarity Act is unlikely to pass in the lame duck session, with the focus now shifting to the SEC and CFTC. "There's no time to waste now," Witt said. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode is brought to you by RealFi, a smarter stablecoin, ba...