Thinking Crypto News & Interviews

Brian Rudick, Chief Strategy Officer of Upexi, joined me to discuss the company’s Solana treasury strategy and why he believes SOL is the next major treasury asset. Topics: - Why Upexi chose Solana for its Treasury Asset  - Digital Asset Treasury trend, lifespan, and risks  - Are DATs operating as Banks?  - Why Crypto versus other assets for Treasury  - Solana Staking and DeFi Show  Sponsor - 🌟Up...

Crypto News: Blackrock buys more Bitcoin putting their holdings at 750K BTC. Ethereum and Solana treasury companies buy record amounts of the assets. CME reports XRP futures breaks record and Ripple is expanding RLUSD to Africa. Show Sponsor - 🏦 Learn about iTrustCapital’s powerful Premium Custody Account (PCA) and tax-advantaged Crypto IRA platforms https://www.itrustcapital.com/thinkingcrypto P...

Crypto News: Federal Reserve announces Conference to discuss Crypto, stablecoins, tokenization and more. US Bancorp has reentered the crypto space by relaunching its digital asset custody services aimed at institutional investment managers. Show Sponsor - 🔐 Safely Store your Crypto with Trezor Hardware Wallets - https://affil.trezor.io/SHlz  💡Get the (Re)Thinking Crypto Book on Amazon - https://...

Chris Perkins, President of CoinFund, joined me to discuss the current state of the crypto market and his outlook for what’s ahead. Topics: - Crypto companies going public and Tokenizing Private Markets - Banks and TradFi institutions entering Crypto  - Fed and OCC opening up restrictions on Banks to participate in crypto - The SEC's new approach to Crypto - Digital Asset Treasury companies  - Cry...

Crypto News: SEC & CFTC issued a joint statement clarifying that SEC and CFTC-registered exchanges are not prohibited from facilitating the trading of certain spot crypto asset products which would allow the NYSE, Nasdaq, CBOE, CME, etc, to have spot trading for BTC, ETH, and more. Show Sponsor - ✅ VeChain is a versatile enterprise-grade L1 smart contract platform https://www.vechain.org/ 💡G...

Kean Gilbert, Head of Institutional Relations at the Lido Ecosystem Foundation, joined me to discuss the latest on Lido’s liquid staking solutions for Ethereum and how institutions are adopting them. Topics:  - Institutions getting yield from Ethereum Staking  - Ethereum Treasury Companies  - SEC's new guidance on Liquid Staking  - Staking security and custody  - Staking in Ethereum ETFs  - Future...

Crypto News: September could be bullish for the crypto market as Bitcoin and Altcoins bottom and start a rally leading into Q4. Elon Musk's lawyer to chair Dogecoin treasury raising $200 million. Solana treasury firm DeFi Development Corp expands to UK, plans further global launches. Show Sponsor - 🏠 Propy (PRO) is a blockchain-based real estate marketplace and decentralized title registry that l...

Crypto News: New XRP ETF filing and Canary Capital CEO says XRP ETFs can do $5 Billion in first month. Solana Spot ETF Filers update their S1 filings. CFTC makes a huge update with crypto exchanges. Show Sponsor - 🌟Uphold - Signup with Uphold. https://uphold.sjv.io/gbED4X Terms Apply. Cryptoassets are highly volatile. Your capital is at risk.  💡Get the (Re)Thinking Crypto Book on Amazon - https:...

Ido Ben-Natan, co-founder and CEO of Blockaid, joined me to discuss how Blockaid is helping to secure billions of dollars in crypto. Topics:  - Blockaid's security services for exchanges, wallets and more  - Blockaid secured $50 million in Series B funding  - Common attacks, hacks, and scams in crypto  - Will AI Agents be a threat to crypto?  - Gemini and Hashgraph integration  - The future of cry...

Sreeram Kannan, Founder and CEO of EigenLabs, joined me to discuss the latest updates around Ethereum staking, restaking, liquid staking and much more. Topics: - EigenLayer's role in the Ethereum ecosystem  - Ethereum's growth and adoption  - Future of Staking  - SEC liquid staking guidance  - Ethereum treasury companies  - EigenLayer and EigenCloud are supercharging Ethereum yield and developer a...

Brian from Santiment joins me to review the crypto bull market metrics. We do a full breakdown of the metrics for Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Chainlink. 🖥️ Sign up with Santiment to get quality crypto metrics - https://santiment.net/?fpr=thinkingcrypto Get 25% discount with code THINKINGCRYPTO  💡Get the (Re)Thinking Crypto Book on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2525DYX  🖥️ Learn Cr...

Crypto News: US to publish economic data on blockchain says Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. SharpLink buys 56,533 Ethereum worth $252 million. Trump Media partners with Crypto dot com and will support CRO coin. Bitwise just filed for a spot Chainlink ETF. Show Sponsor - 🔐 Safely Store your Crypto with Trezor Hardware Wallets - https://affil.trezor.io/SHlz  💡Get the (Re)Thinking Crypto Book on...

Jan Liphardt, Founder and CEO of OpenMind, joined me to discuss the company's open, AI-native software stack that lets robots think, learn, and work together. Topics: - Building an Android type software for Robots  - Recent fund raise of $20 Million  - Robots using Ethereum Smart Contract tech - Impact of Robots on our lives and economy  - Data privacy with robots and AI  - How will robots be regu...

Crypto News: Bitcoin continues its downward price action. Gemini launches XRP card. Galaxy Digital, Multicoin & Jump look to Raise $1B for Solana Treasury Company, Chainlink forms partnership with SBI Group. Grayscale files S-1 with SEC to convert Avalanche Trust into spot AVAX ETF. Show Sponsor - ✅ VeChain is a versatile enterprise-grade L1 smart contract platform https://www.vechain.org/ ...

Megan Knab, Founder & CEO of Franklin, joined me to discuss Franklin's platform for businesses to manage their on and offchain financial operations in one place and enable crypto in payroll. Topics: - Megan's background with Consensys and Ethereum  - Businesses enabling payments with crypto  - Integrating blockchain in the Business financial operations  - Stablecoins and Crypto in payroll  - F...

Crypto News: A whale sells 24,000 plus Bitcoin causing altcoins and the crypto market to crash. Japan eyes 20% flat tax for crypto trades, path to ETF offering with tax code revision. Show Sponsor - 🔐 Safely Store your Crypto with Trezor Hardware Wallets - https://affil.trezor.io/SHlz 💡Get the (Re)Thinking Crypto Book on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2525DYX  🖥️ Learn Crypto with Expert...

Crypto News: XRP Spot ETFs filers update filings based on SEC feedback signaling approval is near. Fed Jerome Powell turns dovish signaling rate cuts which cause Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Stock market to pump. Show Sponsor - 🌟Uphold - Signup with Uphold. https://uphold.sjv.io/gbED4X Terms Apply. Cryptoassets are highly volatile. Your capital is at risk.  💡Get the (Re)Thinking Crypto Book on Amazon...

Tomas Susanka, CTO at Trezor, joined me to discuss the latest updates with Trezor and the future of crypto self custody. Topics:  - Trezor's hardware wallets  - Fighting against new scams and attacks  - Crypto security  - Seed Phrases innovation  - Future of self custody  - Trezor vs Ledger - Crypto market outlook  🔐 Safely Store your Crypto with Trezor Hardware Wallets - https://affil.trezor.io/...

Crypto News: Fed Chair Powell set to deliver big Jackson Hole speech tomorrow which could pump Bitcoin and the Crypto market. Big updates for Chainlink, Ripple XRP, & Stellar XLM. Show Sponsor - ✅ VeChain is a versatile enterprise-grade L1 smart contract platform https://www.vechain.org/ 💡Get the (Re)Thinking Crypto Book on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2525DYX  🖥️ Learn Crypto with...

Crypto News: China weighs yuan-backed stablecoins in major policy shift. Senator Cynthia Lummis says the Senate will have the crypto market structure clarity act passed this year. Show Sponsor - 🔐 Safely Store your Crypto with Trezor Hardware Wallets - https://affil.trezor.io/SHlz  💡Get the (Re)Thinking Crypto Book on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2525DYX  🖥️ Learn Crypto with Expert Com...

Shan Aggarwal, Chief Business Officer at Coinbase, joined me to discuss JPMorgan and PNC Bank’s partnership with Coinbase to offer crypto services to their clients. Topics: - JPMorgan & PNC Bank partnerships - Banks and Financial Institutions entry into crypto - Opyn Markets & Liquifi acquisition - Coinbase Tokenized Stocks and 24/7 markets - AI integration on Coinbase and in markets - Cry...

Crypto News: Fed Michelle Bowman talks Crypto at Salt Conference. Ripple XRP and RLUSD gets big adoption. Avalanche avax gets adoption from Japan, Wyoming, Toyota, and Skybridge Hedge Fund. Show Sponsor - 🌟Uphold - Signup with Uphold. https://uphold.sjv.io/gbED4X Terms Apply. Cryptoassets are highly volatile. Your capital is at risk. 💡Get the (Re)Thinking Crypto Book on Amazon - https://www.amaz...

Crypto News: SEC pushes back decisions on Truth Social, Solana, XRP crypto ETFs to October which aligns with other factors for the crypto market blow off top. Stellar XLM Development Foundation Invests in Archax, Aiming to Boost Tokenization. Show Sponsor - ✅ VeChain is a versatile enterprise-grade L1 smart contract platform https://www.vechain.org/  💡Get the (Re)Thinking Crypto Book on Amazon -...

McAndrew Rudisill, Board Chair for ETHZilla, joined me to discuss ETHZilla's Ethereum corporate treasury. Topics: - 180 Life Sciences Corp rebrand to ETHZilla  - Choosing Ethereum as a treasury asset  - Ethereum staking and DeFi  - Crypto Treasury strategy risks  - Crypto Legislation & Market Outlook  🏦 Learn about iTrustCapital’s powerful Premium Custody Account (PCA) and tax-advantaged Cryp...

Crypto News: Bitcoin and Ethereum consolidate. Ether accumulation heats up: $882M in ETH snapped up by Bitmine and unknown whale. S&P Dow Jones in talks to bring tokenized indexes to exchanges. US Treasury weighs digital ID verification in DeFi to tackle illicit finance. Show Sponsor - 🏠 Propy (PRO) is a blockchain-based real estate marketplace and decentralized title registry that leverages...