Bitcoin.com News Interviews

🎙️ Is the Bitcoin four-year cycle really dead, or is the next bull market just getting started? In this episode, Alex Richardson sits down with Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan to discuss why he believes retail investors still play a big enough role to keep Bitcoin's historic market cycle intact, even as institutional adoption accelerates. Hougan shares his outlook on where Bitcoin is headed next, why inst...

What does institutional crypto adoption actually look like beyond the headlines? Harriet Browning, Global VP of Sales at Twinstake, joins Bitcoin.com's Alex Richardson at Proof of Talk 2026 in Paris to discuss how institutional staking is evolving and why infrastructure, not speculation, is becoming the focus of the next phase of crypto adoption. Drawing on her background in TradFi derivatives, Br...

🎙️ How are crypto exchanges evolving after the FTX collapse, and what comes next for perpetual futures? In this episode, Bitcoin.com's Alex Richardson sits down with BitMEX ex-CEO Stephan Lutz at Proof of Talk 2026 to discuss the changing landscape of crypto trading, exchange security, and the convergence of traditional finance and digital assets. Lutz explains how BitMEX adapted to the post-FTX m...

What will bring the next billion users on-chain? At Proof of Talk 2026 in Paris, Alex Richardson sits down with Xen Baynham-Herd, Head of Marketing at Base, to explore how stablecoins, AI agents, tokenization, and open blockchain infrastructure are reshaping crypto adoption. In this episode, we discuss:- Why Base believes stablecoins are crypto's biggest breakthrough- How AI agents could accelerat...

Has AI replaced crypto as the most important technology story—or is it making crypto more important than ever? In this episode, Venice. AI founder Erik Voorhees joins Bitcoin.com's David Sencil to explore the intersection of artificial intelligence, Bitcoin, privacy, and permissionless technology. Voorhees explains why AI has captured the spotlight, why Bitcoin's core principles remain essential,...

🎙️ What if institutions adopt crypto not because they believe in decentralization, but because the technology simply works better? At Proof of Talk 2026 in Paris, Bitcoin.com's Alex Richardson sits down with Ben Nadareski, CEO and co-founder of Solstice, to explore how tokenized yield, stablecoins, and real-world assets are shaping the next generation of on-chain finance. Ben shares why institutio...

🎙️ What happens when payments, capital markets, and AI all move onchain? At Proof of Talk 2026 in Paris, Bitcoin.com's Alex Richardson sits down with Rob Hadick, General Partner at Dragonfly, to explore the trends shaping the next era of crypto and financial infrastructure. Hadick shares Dragonfly's investment thesis on the future of finance, why stablecoins are already disrupting cross-border pay...

Vidor Gencel co-founded Solflare in 2020 — Solana's first self-custodial wallet. He's been in crypto since 2016 and has spent five years doubling, tripling, and quadrupling down on a single chain while competitors went multi-chain. So when he says stablecoins matter most outside the West and the obsession with replacing banks is misguided, it's a contrarian take worth hearing. David Sencil sits do...

Fahmi Syed runs the Midnight Foundation, custodian of a fourth-generation privacy-first blockchain backed by Charles Hoskinson. Roughly $200 million spent. Zero VC funding. One of the biggest airdrops in crypto history. Jamie Redman sits down with Fahmi at Consensus 2026 for the full breakdown: programmable privacy, selective disclosure, the dual-token Night/Dust model, why Zcash and Monero keep g...

Eric Brown leads Developer Relations at BASE, Coinbase's L2. So when he says the chain sees over $4 trillion in monthly stablecoin payments and 25+ local stablecoins now circulate worldwide, it's worth interrogating closely. Jamie Crypto sits down with Eric at Consensus 2026 for a full read on what's actually shipping on BASE in 2026 — X402 as the default agent-payment rail, sub-cent fees and 5,00...

Brad Spies runs Consensus, the 11-year-old big-tent crypto conference operated by CoinDesk. On day three of Consensus Miami 2026 he sits down with David Sencil to walk through what's actually different this year: 15,000 attendees, JP Morgan, Fidelity, Schwab, DTCC and Swift on the sponsor list, and 1,200 "normie businesses" reached out to about stablecoin onboarding. He's also candid about the Gen...

Adeniyi Abiodun has been in crypto since 2012, built trading and risk systems at investment banks, and led R&D on Facebook's Project Libra at Meta before co-founding Mysten Labs. So when he says every other L1 has a "skill issue" baked in at architecture time, it's worth listening. David Sencil sits down with Adeniyi at Consensus 2026 to walk through how Sui solved horizontal-scale consensus, why...

Could AI agents soon handle purchases, manage finances, and automate entire job functions? According to Raja Rajamannar, that future may be arriving much faster than most people expect. In this episode, Jamie Redman sits down with Raja Rajamannar, Senior Fellow, Former CMCO, Mastercard and author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book Quantum Marketing, to discuss how artificial intelligence...

What does it take to organize the world's largest Bitcoin conference? In this episode, Justin Doochin, Head of Events at BTC Inc., joins David Sencil at Bitcoin 2026 Las Vegas to share an inside look at how Bitcoin conferences are built—from year-long planning cycles to last-minute pivots that reshape the entire event. Justin recounts the extraordinary 48-hour scramble that transformed Bitcoin...

In this exclusive Consensus 2026 Miami interview, Eric Trump joins David Sencil for a wide-ranging discussion on Bitcoin, cryptocurrency adoption, Bitcoin mining, AI infrastructure, energy policy, institutional investment, Bitcoin ETFs, regulation, and the future of digital finance in America. Eric shares his perspective on the rapid growth of American Bitcoin, the increasing role of Wall Street a...

Felix Fan runs Trust Wallet — 200 million users and, per his own numbers, the third-largest self-custodial wallet by Bitcoin transaction volume. At Consensus 2026 he sits down with David Sencil to drop the stats, the controversies, and the roadmap. The tension Felix is honest about: shipping innovations on Bitcoin — like inscriptions — that Bitcoin OGs don't love. The Trust Wallet bet is that...

Bank accounts frozen. Bitcoin entrepreneurs kidnapped. A digital euro that could track how you spend money. French MEP Sarah Knafo joins Bitcoin.com News to discuss Bitcoin, financial freedom, banking censorship, the digital euro, and Europe’s growing economic and political challenges. Recorded at Paris Blockchain Week, Knafo explains why she defended Bitcoin inside the European Parliament, how fr...

What is the future of Bitcoin and crypto regulation in the United States? In this exclusive conversation recorded at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas, Patrick Witt — Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council — joins David Sencil to discuss America’s evolving crypto strategy and the government’s approach to digital assets. The discussion explores:• The Clarity Act and its impact on the crypto i...

🎙️ Is the American Dream collapsing while financial markets keep soaring? In this episode, TXMC joins host Alex Richardson for a deep discussion on macroeconomics, Bitcoin, geopolitics, and the future of the global financial system. They explore: 🔹 The decline of the American Dream 🔹 Why markets rise while everyday people struggle 🔹 The weakening of Pax Americana 🔹 The future of the U.S. dolla...

In this episode of Token Narratives, Graham Stone, Alex Richardson, and David Sencil break down a market that still looks shaky on the surface but may be getting closer to a major turning point. They debate whether Bitcoin has more downside ahead, why some cycle indicators still point to a later bottom, and why others are turning more bullish despite ugly macro conditions. The conversation also di...

Austin Campbell ran roughly $23 billion in USDP and BUSD reserves at Paxos. Before that he was a fixed income trader running major funding desks at the banks. Today he's a Professor at NYU Stern and founder of Zero Knowledge advisory. So when he says the U.S. bank policy lobby is sabotaging itself, the mechanics matter. David Sencil sits down with Austin at Consensus 2026 for a dense, opinionated...

Wadoozie is a narrative-driven, on-chain attention network built on Ethereum, pairing a native ERC-20 token ($WADZ) with a real-world 48-state U.S. tour, 576 Signal Fragments redeemable for tokens (336 hidden across the 48 states, 240 in an online pool), and a Publishers Network that pays creators directly from a dedicated 7% of total supply. This episode features two guests from the Wadoozie team...

CFTC Chairman Mike Selig joins David Sencil to discuss the future of crypto regulation in the United States. He explains the shift away from enforcement-driven policy, the push to make the U.S. the crypto capital of the world, and what new legislation could mean for Bitcoin, markets, and innovation. Topics include:- CFTC vs SEC- Federal crypto legislation- Bitcoin futures and derivatives- Predicti...

ChangeNow Chief Strategy Officer Pauline Shangett sits down for her second Bitcoin.com News interview — this time from Consensus Miami, after six years away from the U.S. market. Her sharpest call of the day: "99% of crypto plus AI projects are going to go obsolete... launching a new chain is going to be, I think, like a desperate measure rather than a necessity."We also dig into ChangeNow's evolu...

Every year, Filipino workers abroad send over $35 billion back home to support their families. But a significant portion, sometimes up to 14% is lost to remittance fees. In this episode, Kengo Shoda (Founder, Stablecoin Club) shares insights into how stablecoins could offer a more efficient alternative for cross-border payments. He discusses a Philippine peso stablecoin initiative aimed at reducin...