Thinking Crypto News & Interviews

Charles Cascarilla, CEO and Co-Founder of Paxos, joined me to discuss the impact of stablecoin legislation on the crypto market and what the future of payments looks like with stablecoins. Topics: - GENIUS Act passing impact on the Stablecoin market  - Paxos application to convert NYDFS trust charter into a national trust charter under the OCC  - Global Dollar Network (USDG)  - PayPal's PYUSD - To...

Crypto News: Expect market volatility as the Fed announces on Wednesday if they will cut rates by 25 bps. Investment giant Capital Group’s $1B bet on Bitcoin treasuries balloons to $6 billionPakistan's crypto regulator invites crypto firms to get licensed, serve 40 million local users. Show Sponsor - 🏦 Learn about iTrustCapital’s powerful Premium Custody Account (PCA) and tax-advantaged Crypto IR...

Crypto News: Tether Unveils USA₮, its Planned U.S.-Regulated Dollar-Backed Stablecoin. Gemini stock soars in Nasdaq debut amid crypto IPO boom. Polymarket turns to Chainlink oracles for resolution of price-focused bets. Show Sponsor - 🏠 Propy (PRO) is a blockchain-based real estate marketplace and decentralized title registry that leverages smart contracts to facilitate property transactions glob...

Dom and Phil Kwok, CoFounders of EasyA, joined me to discuss EasyA's mission to educate folks about crypto, blockchain, and web3. Topics:  - EasyA's hackathon with Algorand - Ripple XRP & SEC Case over - Crypto Education needed for mass adoption - SEC and US crypto legislation - Memecoins and blockchain network effects - Crypto tribalism - Outlook on the crypto market and Web3  Show Sponsor -...

Crypto News: BlackRock weighs crypto ETF tokenization following the strong performance of its spot Bitcoin ETFs. DTCC lists Fidelity's Solana ETF and Canary's XRP ETF. Chainlink, UBS, DigiFT launch Hong Kong pilot for automated tokenization fund. Show Sponsor - 🌟Uphold - Signup with Uphold. https://uphold.sjv.io/gbED4X Terms Apply. Cryptoassets are highly volatile. Your capital is at risk.  💡Get...

Eric Piscini, CEO of Hashgraph, joined me to discuss how institutions are leveraging Hedera for tokenization and much more. Topics: - HashGraph and the Hedera ecosystem - HashSphere: A Private, Permissioned Network  - Private vs Public blockchains - Tokenization market  - DeFi for Tokenized assets  - CLARITY Act and Crypto's growth  - Digital Asset Treasury companies  Show Sponsor - 🔐 Safely Stor...

Crypto News: Binance and Franklin Templeton join forces on tokenization ventures. SEC chair says most tokens are not securities, backs ‘super-app’ platforms. Prospective CFTC chair releases private texts with Winklevoss twins, hours before IPO. Show Sponsor - 🏠 Propy (PRO) is a blockchain-based real estate marketplace and decentralized title registry that leverages smart contracts to facilitate p...

Yuval Rooz, co-founder and CEO of blockchain firm Digital Asset, joined me to discuss the Canton Network's unique blockchain that is built for institutions. Topics:  - Canton Network's unique public and privacy blockchain  - Raising $135 Million  - Institutions need for privacy with Blockchain transactions  - Zero Knowledge proof - Tokenization of assets - 24/7 Markets - Stablecoin market  - Chain...

Crypto News: SEC pushes back decisions on Bitwise Dogecoin ETF, Grayscale Hedera HBAR ETFs to November. US Senate Democrats offer competing framework for crypto market structure. Ripple is expanding its partnership with BBVA. 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 Cry...

Crypto News: Crypto users urged to take extreme care as NPM attack hits core JavaScript libraries. SwissBorg hacked for $41M SOL after third-party API compromise. CoinShares to go public in the US through $1.2B SPAC merger. HashKey launches $500M digital asset treasury fund in Hong Kong. Show Sponsor - 🏦 Learn about iTrustCapital’s powerful Premium Custody Account (PCA) and tax-advantaged Crypto...

Yoni Assia, Co-founder and CEO of eToro, joined me to discuss the company’ public listing on the Nasdaq and its future in crypto. Topics: - eToro's IPO and listing on the Nasdaq  - eToro's Crypto services and Tokenization plans  - Tokenized assets and 24/7 markets  - Digital Asset Treasury companies  - GENIUS Act and the Stablecoin Market  - CLARITY Act passing in the Fall  - AI and markets - Trad...

Crypto News: Bitcoin looks like it has more downside before finding the bottom and start rallying again. SEC announces formation of Cross-Border Task Force to Combat Fraud and pump and dumpers. SEC & CFTC are ramping up coordination to support crypto, DeFi, prediction markets, perpetual contracts & portfolio margining. Show Sponsor - 🏠 Propy (PRO) is a blockchain-based real estate marketp...

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...