CoinDesk Podcast Network

This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and the Galaxy Brains Podcast. The most valuable crypto stories for Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. Fallen FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried borrowed hundreds of millions of dollars from Alameda Research to purchase his monster stake in Robinhood Markets Inc., according to court documents. Plus, the team behind DeGods and Y00ts, two of the top non-fungible token (NFT) proje...

Hear how TokenProof is making Web3 safer while bringing utility, identity and access points to brands and NFT communities for live events around the world. This week’s guest is Fonz, Founder and CEO of TokenProof. Hear how TokenProof started and why the growing platform is the chosen method of ticketing and wallet identification for events from NFTNYC to Art Basel to brand activations large and sm...

The Stillmark venture capitalist shares what makes her optimistic about Bitcoin for 2023. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and Kraken. Today’s guest is Alyse Killeen, founder and general partner at Stillmark.  Find our guest on Twitter: @AlyseKilleen - Nexo is a security-first platform where you can buy, exchange and borrow against your crypto. The company ensures the safety of your fu...

This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and the Galaxy Brains Podcast. A holiday short of the most valuable crypto stories for 2022. “Hash” host Jen Sanasie answers what the biggest story of the year was for her and why? In addition, what is her main focus in the crypto industry? - This episode has been produced and edited by Michele Musso. Our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is...

From Lightning startups to Taro and beyond. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and Kraken. On this year’s final “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads “The 10 Biggest Developments in Bitcoin in 2022” by Cory Klippsten, Tomer Strolight and Sam Callahan.  - Nexo is a security-first platform where you can buy, exchange and borrow against your crypto. The company ensures the safety of your funds and...

This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and the Galaxy Brains Podcast. The most valuable crypto stories for Friday, Dec. 23,  2022. The disgraced founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX is reportedly now under house arrest in California after being released on $250 million bail secured with a bond.  "The Hash" hosts discuss the latest developments as FTX seeks help from a U.S. bankruptcy judge over a...

NLW is joined by Messari CEO Ryan Selkis after he dropped his Crypto Theses for 2023. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and Kraken. Today’s guest is Messari CEO Ryan Selkis.  Find our guest on Twitter: @twobitidiot Read Crypto Theses for 2023: messari.io/crypto-theses-for-2023 - Nexo is a security-first platform where you can buy, exchange and borrow against your crypto. The company ens...

This episode is sponsored by Roofstock onChain By what means do we think about identity? A substantial amount of regulation and policy work that is happening in crypto right now is about how and when one will need to classify a transaction or exchange and to what extent pre-existing rules apply in the Web3 space. On this “Best of” episode of “Money Reimagined,” recorded in September at Converge22...

This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and the Galaxy Brains Podcast. The most valuable crypto stories for Thursday, Dec. 22,  2022. “The Hash” hosts discuss the latest legal developments for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried after his arrest. Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang pleaded guilty to charges tied to FTX's collapse, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams anno...

After pleading guilty, the two FTX/Alameda leaders face 50 and 110 years in prison, respectively.  This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and Kraken. In breaking news last night, Sam Bankman-Fried was extradited from the Bahamas to the U.S. to face charges ranging from wire fraud to campaign finance fraud. Almost as soon as the plane took off, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of N...

CoinDesk Reporter Cheyenne Ligon joins to recount her experiences sitting behind SBF in a Bahamian courtroom. Plus: Trump NFTs and Binance news. On “Carpe Consensus,” hosts Ben Schiller, Danny Nelson and Cam Thompson chime in on the latest crypto news and chat with Cheyenne Ligon about her experience at Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) first court appearance. [1:52] Inside the Desk: Trump NFTs take off w...

This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and the Galaxy Brains Podcast. The most valuable crypto stories for Wednesday, Dec. 21,  2022. "The Hash" group discuss today's top stories, including another domino falling during crypto winter as bitcoin miner Core Scientific files for chapter 11 bankruptcy. Plus, a creditor committee that includes crypto exchange Gemini has presented a plan to Genesis and D...

104 bitcoins are moving from wallets controlled by the deceased CEO of QuadrigaCX. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and Kraken. Ah, what a perfect way to end a year of fraud, deception and disappointment. Earlier this week, on-chain sleuths noticed that more than 100 BTC were on the move from wallets that were controlled by and theoretically only accessible to former QuadrigaCX CEO Ger...

This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and the Galaxy Brains Podcast.   The most valuable crypto stories for Tuesday, Dec. 20,  2022. "The Hash" group discuss today's top stories, including the mystery behind more than 100 BTC tied to QuadrigaCX being moved out of cold storage wallets. Plus, bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi wants to allow some customers to withdraw their digital assets locked up on t...

It’s been a tumultuous week for Twitter and Elon Musk. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and Kraken. On today’s episode, NLW looks at the latest out of Twitter, including a dust-up about location doxxing and the journalists who were suspended as a result, a new policy banning links to external social networks and a poll from Elon Musk asking whether he should step down as CEO.  - Nexo i...

This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and the Galaxy Brains Podcast. The most valuable crypto stories for Monday, Dec. 19,  2022. The Hash hosts discuss today's top stories: Sam Bankman-Fried reportedly is expected to agree to extradition to the U.S. according to several media outlets. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is voicing concerns about Elon Musk’s recent Twitter decisions, writing in pa...

Mazars and Armanino are getting out of the crypto audit game after a wave of negative PR. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and Kraken. On today’s episode, NLW catches up on the latest in the crypto industry, including: Sam Bankman-Fried changes his tune on extradition DCG-owned coins on the move Audit firms ceasing crypto operations  (CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of...

For big corporations like PepsiCo, we talk about the challenges of bringing their heritage brands into the space. This week’s guest is Kate Brady, Head of Next Gen DTC Connections and Innovation of PepsiCo. Brady has helped bring highly beloved brands including Cheetos, Gatorade and Pepsi into the metaverse and Web3. She discusses the mindset needed to bring Web3 innovation to a large, cross-funct...

If artificial intelligence disrupts search, will it disrupt the search business model as well? This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle, Kraken and the Galaxy Brains Podcast. On this week’s “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads: “Starlink, Verizon 5G and Crypto: What the New ‘War of the Currents’ Means for Decentralization” by Tim Kravchunovsky “ChatGPT Will Kill Search and Open a Path to Web3” by Mi...

This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and the Galaxy Brains Podcast. A roundup of the week’s most valuable crypto stories for Saturday, Dec. 17,  2022. Missed any episodes of “The Hash” this week? Today’s recap episode will get you caught up. “Hash Headlines” rounds up this week’s headline stories, including: Former Alameda CEO Reportedly Taps Ex-SEC Crypto Regulator as Lawyer New FTX CEO Testifie...

Binance spent much of the week beating back accounting concerns. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle, Kraken and the Galaxy Brains Podcast. On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at how the FTX bankruptcy is proceeding following the arrest of disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried, as well as the concerns surrounding Binance that have been present all week.  - Nexo is a security-fi...

This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and the Galaxy Brains Podcast. The most valuable crypto stories for Friday, Dec. 16,  2022. "The Hash" team discusses some of the top news stories shaping the crypto markets today. New papers from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said that decentralized finance (DeFi) could lead to bumpier financial markets and may not fix problems of large interme...

The former U.S. president banked $4.4 million on the sale.  This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle, Kraken and the Galaxy Brains Podcast. On today’s episode, NLW catches up on the latest non-FTX crypto news, including: Former President Trump’s NFT sellout Jack Dorsey funding decentralized social networks PayPal partnering with MetaMask  - Nexo is a security-first platform where you can buy,...

This episode is sponsored by Roofstock onChain What went wrong? How could companies valued in the tens of billions of dollars a few months ago suddenly be worthless? Was everything that came before FTX a mirage? Is it nothing but a shell game? A Ponzi scheme? What let us down wasn't a technology failure; it was a human one. On this episode of “Money Reimagined,” hosts Michael Casey and Sheila Warr...

This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and the Galaxy Brains Podcast. The most valuable crypto stories for Thursday, Dec. 15,  2022. "The Hash" hosts tackle today's top stories including PayPal teaming up with MetaMask to make crypto buying easier and the United Nations using Stellar's blockchain to help get funds to war-impacted Ukrainians. Plus, former President Donald Trump's new NFT trading car...