Thinking Crypto Interviews & News

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 - ✅ VeChain is a versatile enterprise-grade L1 smart contract platform https://www.vechain.org/ 

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 -

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 -

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 -

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 - Chainlink partnership Show Sponsor -

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 -

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 -

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- TradFi going all in on CryptoShow Sponsor - ✅ VeChain is a versatile enterprise-grade L1 smart contract platform https://www.vechain.org/ 

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 -

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 -

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 -

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 -

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 - Crypto regulation - GENIUS & CLARITY Act - AI's impact on markets, investing, and funds - Using Letters Of Marque to go after state-sponsored cyber hackersShow Sponsor - 

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/

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 of Staking Show Sponsor -

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 -

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 -

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 crypto security Show Sponsor -

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 adoption - Institutions earning yield via staking and DeFi Show Sponsor -

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.

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 -

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 regulated in society Show Sponsor -

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 - Future of crypto and stablecoin payments - US Crypto legislation Show Sponsor -

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 -

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 -

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 

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/

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 -

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- Crypto legislation & market outlookShow Sponsor -

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 -

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/ 

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 

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 -

Crypto News: BlackRock Bitcoin, Ether ETFs buy $1B as BTC price mostly fills CME gap. US Fed to end oversight program for banks' crypto activities. Wellgistics debuts XRP payments for independent US pharmacies. Show Sponsor -

Crypto News: Bitcoin and crypto market flash crash. US Treasury Secretary Bessent on Crypto reserve: We are not going to be buying it, will use confiscated assets. Citigroup looks to add payment services & custody for crypto and stablecoins.Show Sponsor - ✅ VeChain is a versatile enterprise-grade L1 smart contract platform https://www.vechain.org/ 

Crypto News: Bitcoin rallies to a new high of $124,000 and Ethereum crosses $4,700. Bullish asset exchange goes public on the NYSE. Google tries to bank non custodial crypto wallets.Show Sponsor -

Brian from Santiment joined me to review the metrics for Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and SUI.

Crypto News: Ethereum rallies to $4,600. Circle to launch Layer 1 blockchain Arc using USDC stablecoin as native gas token. XRP Treasury company Vivopower partners with Crypto dot com. Show Sponsor -

Crypto News: Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin will accept crypto payments for space flights. Asset include Bitcoin, Ethereum Solana, USDT, USDC. Chainlink partners with the Intercontinental Exchange. Paxos joins Ripple and Circle in pursuit of seeking national bank charter licenses.Show Sponsor -

Crypto News: Bitcoin pumps past $121,000 again and looks to make a new all time high this week and also laying the path for Altcoins to rally.Show Sponsor -

Crypto News: Ethereum breaks $4,000 and rallies to $4,300 setting up the Altcoin market for a major rally. Harvard endowment invests $116M into BlackRock Bitcoin ETF.Show Sponsor -

Christopher Jensen, Portfolio Manager & Director of Digital Asset Research for Franklin Templeton, joined me to discuss the firm's crypto initiatives—including ETFs, tokenization, and much more. Topics:- Franklin Templeton's crypto strategy - The Benji Tokenization Platform- Market outlook for real-world asset tokenization - Traditional finance's (TradFi) entrance into crypto - The GENIUS Act and its impact on the stablecoin market - What to expect from the upcoming CLARITY Act - The broader outlook for crypto adoption Show Sponsor - ✅ VeChain is a versatile enterprise-grade L1 smart contract platform https://www.vechain.org/ 

Crypto News: The SEC vs Ripple XRP case is over with both parties filing Joint Dismissal of the Appeals. President Trump officially signs executive order opening the $12.5 trillion 401(k) retirement market to crypto investments.Show Sponsor -

Crypto News: SBI outlines plans to launch Japan's first Bitcoin-XRP dual ETF. XRP custody goes live for Korean institutions via BDACS. Dubai officially approves first crypto options license. Show Sponsor -

Nate Geraci, President of NovaDius Wealth Management, joined me to discuss the latest SEC crypto ETF updates.Topics:- SEC approves in-kind creations and redemptions for Crypto ETPs - SEC approves but delays launch of index ETFs (Grayscale, Bitwise) - Will Staking in Ethereum ETFs be approved soon? - Bitcoin & Ethereum ETF inflows - BlackRock XRP & Solana Spot ETFs- GENIUS Act Passed & Upcoming CLARITY Act Show Sponsor -

Crypto News: SEC says certain liquid staking tokens are NOT securities, this bodes well for approval of staking in Ethereum ETFs this month. Coinbase BASE goes down, Brazil's lower house to hold hearing on creating national Bitcoin reserve.Show Sponsor -

Vlad Tenev, CEO of Robinhood, joined me to discuss the company's plans for the crypto asset class, its blockchain initiatives, and more.Topics: - Robinhood's strong business and financial results- Plans for Tokenized Stocks - 24/7 Markets - Launching a public blockchain on Arbitrum - Robinhood's crypto service expansion - USDG Stablecoin and Robinhood's role in the consortium - AI integration into investing and markets - Meme coins - Future of marketsShow Sponsor - 

Crypto News: CFTC will launch an initiative for trading spot crypto asset contracts. The White House is preparing an executive order to target banks that discriminate against conservatives and crypto companies, addressing debanking practices with potential fines and penalties, per WSJ. Show Sponsor -

Crypto News: Citigroup, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs lead TradFi's cryptocurrency charge according to a new report by Ripple in partnership with CB Insights and the UK Centre for Blockchain Technologies. Show Sponsor -