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Vinny Lingham is a Bitcoin OG who pioneered gift card payments in 2012 with Gyft, served on the board of the Bitcoin Foundation, spearheaded blockchain identity verification with CIvic, and in more recent years moved on to managing risk with Praxos Capital. Thanks to some of his accurate price predictions, Vinny has also received the nickname "The Oracle". In this episode, we talk about his Bitcoin journey and how his views have evolved over the last 14 years. Time stamps: 00:01:06 Intro & sponsors: Vinny Lingham, 15 years in Bitcoin 00:02:04 Gyft: a dozen companies and one gift card problem 00:02:26 Chargebacks, stolen cards & getting attacked by scammers 00:04:13 Why Bitcoin looked like the perfect payment rail 00:04:51 Zero-conf payments and the first-seen rule 00:05:48 The Starbucks and McDonald's signature math 00:06:51 100,000 Bitcoin payments, zero double spends 00:07:13 Civic's Bitcoin patents & the 2017 fee explosion 00:07:37 Blockstream, Adam Back, MIT and the Epstein files 00:08:10 Core keeps pruning dissenting voices 00:08:55 Why Bitcoin still can't be the whitepaper's payment system 00:09:08 Counterparty, Mastercoin & the birth of Ethereum 00:09:34 "Nothing has happened in Bitcoin in five years" 00:10:16 Why he went and backed Solana instead 00:10:23 Sympathy for BIP 110 over Core 00:11:08 Inscriptions can be done many ways 00:12:27 "Lightning will be ready in 18 months" forever 00:13:26 Drivechains, BIP 300 & the Ecash fork paying miners 00:14:44 UX, mainstream users and idiot-proof money 00:15:17 People who don't know you can hold BTC outside an ETF 00:15:27 Is the ETF the real scaling layer? 00:15:37 What Vinny signed up for when he read the whitepaper 00:16:30 Wayne Vaughn in the chat 00:16:48 Saylor's Bitcoin Security Consortium and the $15M 00:17:24 Saylor argues against bigger blocks and covenants 00:17:49 How is this different from the Bitcoin Foundation? 00:18:36 Saylor as systemic risk: crashing the minority fork 00:19:43 Losing SPV and the simplicity of early Bitcoin 00:20:48 When did you last actually use Bitcoin? 00:21:22 Six confirmations vs Apple Pay 00:21:41 Gyft's customers who had no credit cards 00:22:07 Not a store of value: a store of liquidity 00:23:24 So what is a store of value, exactly? 00:26:00 The 100 year test: one ounce of gold buys one suit 00:27:09 Does the whitepaper ever say "digital gold"? 00:27:53 Saylor's redefinition: expensive to move, held by institutions 00:28:08 Privacy, tiny payments and why volume creates stability 00:28:42 Exchanges are layer two, Lightning is layer three 00:29:06 Solana at the World Series of Poker 00:30:07 BSV, Teranode, BCH and who actually handles volume 00:30:58 Does everyone really need to run a node? 00:31:30 Luke Dashjr, 16MB blocks and 50 billion Catholics 00:33:34 Arguing with someone who redefines words 00:34:33 How did Blockstream become so politically powerful? 00:35:40 Reid Hoffman's $20 million 00:36:26 Reading the Epstein files with Bitcoin eyes 00:36:45 Tether won the global south instead 00:37:42 "The community is people who never built anything" 00:38:00 Why Elon Musk walked away from Bitcoin 00:39:07 The ESG excuse & the Bitcoin Mining Council 00:40:05 Elon on bandwidth, latency and second layers 00:41:03 Why Civic started on Bitcoin and left 00:42:05 Multicoin, the Solana seed round & founding Praxos 00:42:29 Why "Civic" and not "Supra" 00:42:46 Nobody wants identity: crypto's actual number one use case 00:44:03 Zcash's comeback, Ironwood & the auditable supply 00:45:34 Delistings and the headwinds facing privacy coins 00:46:06 Why Zcash chose DeFi rails over merchant adoption 00:47:07 How to know you're in a bear market 00:47:25 Elgamarov & how small this world really is 00:48:10 What does Vinny actually hold today? 00:49:27 Praxos: delta neutral, funding rates and volatility 00:51:44 Sponsors: Braiins, Cake Wallet, SideShift, LayerTwo Labs, Orange Rock 00:54:40 Wayne Vaughn's question: will the CLARITY Act pass? 00:56:47 Michael Saylor and the Strategy problem 00:57:14 The GBTC discount scenario 00:58:16 Why August could be a bloodbath 01:01:56 Node counts, sybil attacks and hash rate 01:03:16 The rewritten history of SegWit and SegWit2x 01:04:19 How Bitcoin Cash became the fallback plan 01:04:59 Gavin Andresen and the word "bamboozled" 01:06:00 Was Craig Wright involved at all? 01:08:04 Hal Finney's logs and the Van Nuy, California IP address 01:08:55 GMX, German privacy law and the missing paper trail 01:11:17 Roger Ver, the checksum test and Craig 01:13:00 Asking Claude who Satoshi is 01:14:17 The case for Nick Szabo and the trusted third parties 01:15:31 The counterfactual: what if Bitcoin had scaled? 01:19:35 Tron, USDT and five years of outperforming BTC 01:20:09 Bitcoiners understand supply, not demand 01:20:36 What happens when the block rewards run out 01:21:15 Rentable SHA256 and the state actor attack scenario 01:22:54 Will Vinny claim the August fork airdrops?
The Tether ReportNews and Notes with Dr. ShortWelcome to The Tether Report, where today's headlines are connected to the historical, political, economic, and cultural forces that shape our world. Hosted by Dr. Short and presented by Let's Talk 2, this series goes beyond surface-level reporting to examine the deeper connections that mainstream coverage often overlooks.Each episode explores the stories driving national and international conversations, placing current events within their broader historical context. From politics and economics to education, geopolitics, culture, technology, and public policy, The Tether Report asks not only what happened, but why it happened, who benefits, and what it means moving forward.Rather than reacting to headlines, Dr. Short traces the threads that connect today's events to decades—or even centuries—of policy decisions, institutional change, and global power dynamics. Whether examining government actions, economic shifts, educational trends, international conflicts, or emerging social issues, viewers are challenged to think critically and evaluate evidence instead of accepting conventional narratives.With thoughtful analysis, historical perspective, and engaging conversation, The Tether Report equips viewers with the tools to better understand an increasingly complex world. Every discussion is grounded in research, encourages respectful dialogue, and invites audiences to examine issues from multiple perspectives while remaining focused on facts and context.Join Dr. Short and Let's Talk 2 for News and Notes that connect the past to the present, uncover overlooked perspectives, and help make sense of the stories shaping our future. Because understanding today's headlines requires understanding the forces that have always been tethered to them.
It's ok to cry out to God. On Sunday 26th July Roxy shared with us some of what she's learnt from Psalm 22 during the writing of her dissertation, and also weaved in stories from her personal experience. If you might be interested in pursuing some formal theological teaching check out guest speaker Reuben's message from earlier in the month For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website
RealFi CEO John O'Connor joins CoinDesk's Sam Ewen to explain how his platform is reimagining the stablecoin model, replacing reflexive DeFi yield with real-world fixed income assets, and giving holders of sUSDr the returns that issuers like Tether and Circle currently keep for themselves. He breaks down the portfolio construction behind USDr, why crypto treasurers are the ideal first customer, and what he learned from testnet ahead of a mainnet launch. - Timecodes: 00:00 - RealFi's John O'Connor Joins CoinDesk 00:56 - What Makes USDr Different From USDC and USDT 05:22 - Cross-Chain Interoperability and the New Risk Surface 06:46 - How RealFi Manages Portfolio Risk and Liquidity 11:39 - Who Is RealFi's Ideal Customer? 12:42 - The Pitch to Crypto Treasurers 14:22 - Yield-Bearing Collateral and Looping Strategies 15:44 - How TradFi Is Adopting DeFi's Best Ideas 18:10 - Testnet Learnings: UX Debates and Community Excitement 19:41 - What Success Looks Like in 18 Months - This episode is brought to you by RealFi, a smarter stablecoin, backed by real-world assets. RealFi is launching August 2026. Join the Testnet now at realfi.co.
Blue Alpine Cast - Kryptowährung, News und Analysen (Bitcoin, Ethereum und co)
Jetzt bei Kraken anmelden und 30 EUR Bonus erhalten: https://bit.ly/kraken-bonusThemen & Timestamps:00:00 Begrüssung und Themenüberblick01:26 Tether und die Nairobi Securities Exchange02:40 Zcash: Ironwood-Upgrade nach Orchard-Sicherheitslücke04:01 Emirates akzeptiert Kryptozahlungen für Flüge05:25 Visa: Stablecoin-Strategie und Agentic Commerce06:53 Russlands neue Kryptoregeln der Zentralbank08:10 Südkorea: Stablecoin-Gesetz und Digital Asset Basic Act09:28 OneInch lanciert Aqua für DeFi-Liquidität
A caller confidently claimed to be “200% Nigerian,” but this debate quickly turned into a heated discussion about identity, migration, nationality, culture, colonial history, and logic. Marquett challenges the caller's arguments point by point, questioning whether heritage alone defines identity and whether facts outweigh personal beliefs.Was the caller making a valid point—or did the debate completely fall apart?Watch the full discussion and decide for yourself.What do you think? Is nationality based on ancestry, citizenship, culture, or where you were raised?
De bitcoinkoers staat op zo'n 65.700 dollar, omgerekend 57.900 euro, ruim 2 procent hoger dan vorige week. Tussendoor zakte de koers nog onder de 63.000 dollar, toen de oorlog met Iran weer oplaaide en de olieprijs richting de 90 dollar kroop. Toch zijn er kopers terug: de Amerikaanse bitcoin ETF's noteerden zes groene dagen op rij, goed voor ruim 900 miljoen dollar instroom. Groot nieuws is de val van Knaken, een Rotterdams cryptobedrijf dat sinds 2017 euro's omwisselde naar crypto. Eind mei ging het platform op zwart, en vorige week verklaarde de rechtbank Rotterdam het bedrijf failliet op verzoek van het Openbaar Ministerie. Volgens het OM ontbreekt er 7 miljoen euro aan klanttegoeden: het gaat om een faillissement, geen veroordeling, en er is niemand aangehouden. Knaken had geen vergunning van de AFM, terwijl Nederland met 28 vergunningen tot de Europese koplopers onder MiCAR behoort. De deadline van 1 juli werd niet gehaald, en de rechtbank wees een eigen verdeelplan af. Gedupeerden verenigden zich in het Knaken Collectief. In Amerika stapt Jack Mallers op als topman van Twenty One, het bitcoin treasurybedrijf met ruim 43.000 munten, na Strategy van Saylor de grootste voorraad. In april kondigde grootaandeelhouder Tether een driewegfusie aan met betaalbedrijf Strike en mijnbedrijf Elektron Energy, maar die gaat niet door: Strike blijft zelfstandig en Mallers vertrok afgelopen maandag. Opvolger Raphael Zagury wil zich richten op cashflow en kapitaaldiscipline. Het aandeel verloor dinsdag zo'n 15 procent, ruim 80 procent onder de piek van vorig jaar. Ook de Clarity Act, de Amerikaanse cryptowet, is in beweging. Het Witte Huis ging akkoord met een ethiekpakket, en woensdag publiceerden de Republikeinen een nieuwe wettekst van 616 pagina's: de president, hoge functionarissen, congresleden en rechters mogen geen crypto uitgeven zolang ze in functie zijn. De handhaving ligt bij het ministerie van Justitie, de bepaling vervalt in 2029, en kinderen vallen erbuiten, terwijl het cryptobedrijf van de familie Trump wordt gerund door zonen Don Jr. en Eric. Zeven Democratische senatoren zeggen dat de tekst tekortschiet. Deze week in de Cryptocast Een gesprek met Geale Simon Postma over de wonderlijke wereld van Solana. Ook daar merkt men de gevolgen van de bearmarket, maar de positiviteit is niet verdwenen. Bij Solana bouwen ze gewoon door en blijven de nieuwe features, vooral bij de populaire wallets, komen. Co-host is Jacob Boersma. Rechtbank Rotterdam verklaart cryptohandelaar Knaken failliet OM verzoekt faillissement van cryptocurrencybedrijf Knaken FD over het faillissement van cryptohandelaar Knaken NOS over 7 miljoen euro zoekgeraakt klantengeld bij Knaken FD over gelijkenissen tussen Knaken en het FTX fiasco Jack Mallers stapt op als CEO van Twenty One Capital Tethers bitcoinfusie klapt na vertrek Jack Mallers Senator Lummis over ethiekbepalingen in de Clarity Act Democratische senatoren vinden Clarity Act tekortschieten op ethiek Conceptwetgeving Clarity Act rond ethiekregels voor Trump Cryptocast 439B | Bij Solana bouwt iedereen vrolijk door, ook in een bearmarket Met Daniël Mol (BNR Cryptocast) of Bart Mol (Satoshi Radio) bespreken we elke week de stand van de cryptomarkt. Luister live donderdagochtend rond 8:50 in De Ochtendspits, of wanneer je wilt via bnr.nl/podcast/cryptocast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
De bitcoinkoers staat op zo'n 65.700 dollar, omgerekend 57.900 euro, ruim 2 procent hoger dan vorige week. Tussendoor zakte de koers nog onder de 63.000 dollar, toen de oorlog met Iran weer oplaaide en de olieprijs richting de 90 dollar kroop. Toch zijn er kopers terug: de Amerikaanse bitcoin ETF's noteerden zes groene dagen op rij, goed voor ruim 900 miljoen dollar instroom. Groot nieuws is de val van Knaken, een Rotterdams cryptobedrijf dat sinds 2017 euro's omwisselde naar crypto. Eind mei ging het platform op zwart, en vorige week verklaarde de rechtbank Rotterdam het bedrijf failliet op verzoek van het Openbaar Ministerie. Volgens het OM ontbreekt er 7 miljoen euro aan klanttegoeden: het gaat om een faillissement, geen veroordeling, en er is niemand aangehouden. Knaken had geen vergunning van de AFM, terwijl Nederland met 28 vergunningen tot de Europese koplopers onder MiCAR behoort. De deadline van 1 juli werd niet gehaald, en de rechtbank wees een eigen verdeelplan af. Gedupeerden verenigden zich in het Knaken Collectief. In Amerika stapt Jack Mallers op als topman van Twenty One, het bitcoin treasurybedrijf met ruim 43.000 munten, na Strategy van Saylor de grootste voorraad. In april kondigde grootaandeelhouder Tether een driewegfusie aan met betaalbedrijf Strike en mijnbedrijf Elektron Energy, maar die gaat niet door: Strike blijft zelfstandig en Mallers vertrok afgelopen maandag. Opvolger Raphael Zagury wil zich richten op cashflow en kapitaaldiscipline. Het aandeel verloor dinsdag zo'n 15 procent, ruim 80 procent onder de piek van vorig jaar. Ook de Clarity Act, de Amerikaanse cryptowet, is in beweging. Het Witte Huis ging akkoord met een ethiekpakket, en woensdag publiceerden de Republikeinen een nieuwe wettekst van 616 pagina's: de president, hoge functionarissen, congresleden en rechters mogen geen crypto uitgeven zolang ze in functie zijn. De handhaving ligt bij het ministerie van Justitie, de bepaling vervalt in 2029, en kinderen vallen erbuiten, terwijl het cryptobedrijf van de familie Trump wordt gerund door zonen Don Jr. en Eric. Zeven Democratische senatoren zeggen dat de tekst tekortschiet. Deze week in de Cryptocast Een gesprek met Geale Simon Postma over de wonderlijke wereld van Solana. Ook daar merkt men de gevolgen van de bearmarket, maar de positiviteit is niet verdwenen. Bij Solana bouwen ze gewoon door en blijven de nieuwe features, vooral bij de populaire wallets, komen. Co-host is Jacob Boersma. Rechtbank Rotterdam verklaart cryptohandelaar Knaken failliet OM verzoekt faillissement van cryptocurrencybedrijf Knaken FD over het faillissement van cryptohandelaar Knaken NOS over 7 miljoen euro zoekgeraakt klantengeld bij Knaken FD over gelijkenissen tussen Knaken en het FTX fiasco Jack Mallers stapt op als CEO van Twenty One Capital Tethers bitcoinfusie klapt na vertrek Jack Mallers Senator Lummis over ethiekbepalingen in de Clarity Act Democratische senatoren vinden Clarity Act tekortschieten op ethiek Conceptwetgeving Clarity Act rond ethiekregels voor Trump Cryptocast 439B | Bij Solana bouwt iedereen vrolijk door, ook in een bearmarket Met Daniël Mol (BNR Cryptocast) of Bart Mol (Satoshi Radio) bespreken we elke week de stand van de cryptomarkt. Luister live donderdagochtend rond 8:50 in De Ochtendspits, of wanneer je wilt via bnr.nl/podcast/cryptocast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Connect with Early Riders — https://www.earlyriders.com/contactConnect with Onramp — https://onrampbitcoin.com/contact-us/Presented collaboratively by Early Riders & Onramp Media…Final Settlement is a weekly podcast covering capital markets, dealmaking, early-stage venture, bitcoin applications and protocol development.This week Michael, Liam, and Brian break down Moonshot's Kimmy K3 release and what a more open, cheaper Chinese frontier model means for the race against Claude Fable 5 and GPT 5.6, from cyber guardrails and export controls to the Trump administration weighing a ban on Chinese models. They dig into the AI capital markets: Anthropic and DeepSeek's IPO plans, Nous Research's $75 million raise at a $1.5 billion valuation, Gavin Baker's intelligence-per-dollar thesis, Liquid AI, and OpenShip's self-hostable app platform. The guys run through the payments story: the $53 billion Stripe, Advent, and Block bid for PayPal, Visa's new OUSD stablecoin platform, and Amazon Japan's move into a yen-backed stablecoin. They cover a stack of digital asset headlines: IBIT options limits rising to 1 million contracts, Citadel's $400 million investment in Crypto.com at a $20 billion valuation, the ECB's digital euro pilot, Velocity's $38 million Series A, Tether's Genius Act countdown, and Lynn Alden's new Bitcoin-focused PE firm. They close on where the Clarity Act stands, Early Riders' mid-year letter, Onramp's back-to-basics promo, and AI's arrival in film and music.Chapters00:00 - Introduction and Weekly Recap01:26 - Kimmy K3 Release and Open Source AI Models05:43 - Meta-level Analysis of AI Race and AGI08:04 - AI Development: Capabilities and Guardrails09:44 - AI as a Commodity and Data Strategies11:08 - Global AI Race and Export Controls13:13 - US-China AI Power Dynamics16:46 - US Regulatory Posturing and Competition21:55 - US and Chinese AI Model Competition24:58 - AI Infrastructure and Market Share Shifts31:40 - AI and Financial Markets: IPOs and Capital Flows36:29 - Open Source AI Projects and Sovereignty37:16 - Fintech and Payments: Stripe, PayPal, and Crypto49:05 - Digital Asset Headlines: Tether, Stablecoins, and Regulation52:58 - Crypto Market Dynamics and Capital Flows55:25 - Bitcoin and Digital Asset Strategies01:00:16 - AI and Bitcoin: The Future of Capital and Innovation01:12:50 - Closing Remarks and Future OutlookIf you found this valuable, please subscribe to Early Riders Insights for access to the best content in the ecosystem weekly: https://www.earlyriders.com/researchKeep up with Michael:https://x.com/MTangumaKeep up with Liam:https://x.com/Lnelson_21Keep up with Brian:https://x.com/BackslashBTC
Blue Alpine Cast - Kryptowährung, News und Analysen (Bitcoin, Ethereum und co)
Jetzt bei Kraken anmelden und 30 EUR Bonus erhalten: https://bit.ly/kraken-bonusThemen & Timestamps:00:00 Begrüssung und Themenüberblick00:35 Bitcoin-ETFs mit fünf Tagen positiver Zuflüsse01:54 Base setzt nach Strategiewechsel auf tokenisierte Aktien03:01 Bitmine nähert sich 5 Prozent aller Ethereum04:30 Orange Juice: Lynn Aldens Alternative zu Private Equity06:39 Tether Gold in Abu Dhabi als Rohstoff anerkannt07:47 CoinShares startet Mining-ETF an der Xetra
Ledn Founder and Chief Sales Officer Mauricio Di Bartolomeo joins CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie to discuss why his platform is adding tokenized gold alongside its flagship bitcoin-backed loan product and what shifting client behavior is telling him about where the market is headed. Plus, why he believes the bear market is nearing its end and where he sees bitcoin closing the year. - Timecodes:00:00 - Ledn Founder Mauricio Di Bartolomeo Joins CoinDesk 00:33 - Ledn Adds Tokenized Gold 03:24 - Are Gold Bugs Rotating Into Bitcoin? 05:05 - Addressing Tokenized Gold Custody Concerns 08:47 - Gold-Backed Loans Coming to Ledn This Year 10:29 - Bitcoin's Bear Market Bottom & Year-End Price Target - Ledn provides a secure and transparent way to access liquidity while maintaining your bitcoin holdings. Perfect 8-year track record of keeping clients' assets safe. Don't sell your bitcoin. Get a bitcoin-backed loan. Check out your rate using their loan calculator at ledn.io.
Two weeks after launch, 85% of Robinhood Chain's trading is memecoins and just 1% is RWAs. Johann Kerbrat says that doesn't change the strategy. ======================================================== Thank you to our sponsor! Cape: Your biggest crypto vulnerability isn't your wallet, it's your phone number. Cape is America's privacy-first mobile carrier that rotates your SIM identity daily and blocks SIM swaps before they happen. Get 33% off your first six months at cape.co/unchained (use code: UNCHAINED). ======================================================== Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev told CNBC on July 2 that real-world assets, not memecoins, were the future of crypto on Robinhood Chain. Two weeks after launch, the numbers disagree: roughly 85% of daily trading on the chain is memecoins, while tokenized RWAs sit at about 1%. Johann Kerbrat, Vice President and General Manager of Robinhood Crypto, joins Laura Shin to argue the split is not a problem. He makes the case that building the chain permissionless was deliberate, and that memecoin trading through CashCat and PumpFun brings the liquidity RWAs will eventually need. Kerbrat also defends building the chain's lending and margin system on USDG over USDC or Tether, walks through the separate, unshared liquidity instance behind Robinhood's new perps product with Lighter, and addresses Robinhood's 63% quarterly drop in crypto transaction revenue. His answer: Robinhood Chain was never meant to smooth out that swing, and the real test is whether tokenization can outrun regulation. Host: Laura Shin, Host / Unchained Guests: Johann Kerbrat - Vice President and General Manager of Robinhood Crypto Timestamps
The DTCC processed live production trades involving tokenized stocks, ETFs, and U.S. Treasuries with participation from firms including JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, and Vanguard. Matt explains why this is one of the clearest signs yet that tokenization is moving beyond pilot programs and into the core infrastructure of U.S. financial markets.The episode also covers Orange Juice's plan to buy cash-flowing businesses and use them as Bitcoin treasury companies, Volvo's latest blockchain experiment, the ethics fight holding up the Clarity Act, and the Senate's unanimous opposition to any pardon for Sam Bankman-Fried. Matt also looks at Europe's post-MiCA compliance problems, Tether freezing $131 million connected to Iranian sanctions, and Visa finally acknowledging that stablecoins may be better suited than card networks for machine-to-machine micropayments.Happy Hodling, Everyone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Questo agosto vedremo Bitcoin forkare per la prima volta dopo anni. Cosa accadrà? Cosa significa per chi oggi possiede sats? Quali sono i rischi di frode? Vi diamo qualche prezioso consiuglio.Inoltre: seconda luce verde per chat control 1.0, il 70% dei clienti Binance sta spostando su wallet non custodial, arriva USDT su RGB, è arrivato il primo ricorso al DAC8 in Europa, e chi è che ha davvero minato per primo bitcoin dopo SatoshI'It's Showtime!
Blue Alpine Cast - Kryptowährung, News und Analysen (Bitcoin, Ethereum und co)
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Tom Gadsden is Vice President of Product at Shufti, the London-based identity-verification and fraud-prevention platform built to let businesses onboard and screen users across borders in seconds rather than days. Gadsden has spent more than a decade building identity and financial-crime products, with earlier roles at credit bureau Experian and in card payments, giving him a close view of how fraud has scaled from a cottage problem into an industry. Why you should listen Shufti sits at an awkward and revealing intersection of the crypto economy. Bitcoin was designed to strip out gatekeepers; Shufti, and the compliance layer it represents, exists to put a version of them back. Gadsden doesn't pretend that tension away. He accepts that know-your-customer checks are anathema to part of the crypto community, and that self-hosted wallets will always let people move funds outside the system. But where crypto collides with fiat on- and off-ramps, governments have decided they want to see where money comes from and where it goes, and firms like Shufti, alongside chain-analytics players such as Chainalysis and Elliptic, are how businesses meet that expectation. He reaches for a useful historical parallel: the card-payments crackdown that arrived with Europe's PSD2 rules, when regulators decided the fraud losses banks had quietly tolerated were grey money the wider economy shouldn't have to absorb. Stablecoin growth, he argues, makes that scrutiny more likely, not less. The most gripping stretch of the conversation is on deepfakes, where Gadsden describes an arms race that has already run through several generations. Shufti is on the third iteration of its detection models, having moved past early metadata tells to techniques that examine how synthetic images blend, how their frequency signatures break down, and what shows up outside the visible spectrum where the generators stop trying. What has really changed, he says, is economics: AI dragged the cost of a convincing fake from tens of dollars to cents, turning fraud into something closer to a production line, with the same operator filing attempt after attempt from bed. The surge is real, with Shufti warning of a many-fold jump in deepfaked-document attacks year over year. The counterintuitive twist is that as detection has caught up, the pendulum has swung back toward human beings: real faces recruited down the pub, and money mules who sail through the initial check and only later start moving other people's money. Catching those cases, Gadsden explains, means watching for behavioral tells, funds fanning in and straight back out, high velocity and low retention, the classic setup where someone keeps fifty pounds for passing thousands through their account. Gadsden is also sharp on where the regulatory map is heading. He reads Tether's retreat from Europe, its USDT effectively pulled from regulated EU exchanges under MiCA, and Binance's withdrawn licensing bid in Greece, as a live test of whether hard rules end up pushing offshore the very firms regulators most want to supervise. On the perennial privacy question he's bracingly unsentimental: anyone uneasy about sharing their face should be far more wary of handing over an iris, a pointed nod to Sam Altman's World project, and even the privacy-forward EU Digital Identity Wallet will still ask for your name, date of birth and a biometric. His honest expectation is that a genuinely high-privacy identity system isn't coming for a decade or two. He closes on a contrarian note for his own industry: the physical passport and plastic driver's license that products like Shufti are built to read will, he suspects, erode faster than most insiders think as digital IDs become the default. It's a clear-eyed, occasionally unsettling tour of the machinery now standing between you and the fraudsters. Supporting links Stabull Finance Shufti Andy on Twitter Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.
Web3 Academy: Exploring Utility In NFTs, DAOs, Crypto & The Metaverse
In this episode of The Milk Road Show, we sit down with William Quigley, co-founder of Tether and an early investor in Coinbase, Kraken, and dozens of other crypto projects, to discuss the biggest shifts happening in crypto today. We break down why Tether chose to leave Europe under MiCA, what the U.S. Clarity Act could mean for digital assets, why Big Tech companies like Apple, Amazon, and Meta may eventually launch their own digital currencies, and whether regulation is strengthening or weakening the crypto ecosystem.~~~~~
How would you invest a fresh $500 million across public markets, private AI, venture capital, secondaries and Latin America?Valor Capital Managing Partner Paulo Passoni reveals how he would build the portfolio today—including why he would put just 15% into public markets and where he sees overlooked opportunities in LatAm growth.In this episode of TJC Debrief, Paulo joins Olga Maslikhova to discuss:• Why global AI mega-rounds are creating attractive valuations in Latin America• The LatAm businesses he is watching, including CloudWalk, Plata, QI Tech, iFood and Motu• Why AI orchestrators such as Perplexity and Higgsfield could capture more value than expected• The capital-intensity problem hiding behind AI gross margins• Why distribution—not the underlying model—could become AI's strongest moat• How CloudWalk could evolve from a Brazilian fintech into a global AI company• Why SpaceX could become the defining test for private-market secondaries• Tether's extraordinary economics and the future of stablecoin payments• What missing Anthropic and OpenAI taught Paulo about investment decisions and sunk costsThis is TJC Debrief—a monthly conversation decoding the most important developments across technology, venture capital, Latin America and global markets.Subscribe to The J Curve Insider newsletter for deeper insights and follow Olga on LinkedIn and Instagram.
Connect with Early Riders — https://www.earlyriders.com/contactConnect with Onramp — https://onrampbitcoin.com/contact-us/Presented collaboratively by Early Riders & Onramp Media…Final Settlement is a weekly podcast covering capital markets, dealmaking, early-stage venture, bitcoin applications and protocol development.This week Michael, Liam, and Brian break down the banks' accelerating tokenization push: BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan joining a 54-firm UK tokenization task force, Swift's blockchain ledger pilot with 17 banks, and what it means for Bitcoin's role in the emerging plumbing. They dig into Satya Nadella's AI sovereignty thesis, Microsoft's Frontier Company data play, Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI, and the Fed's new AI task force under Kevin Warsh. The guys run through a stack of deals: TerraWolf's $19 billion Anthropic infrastructure agreement, OLAMA's $65 million raise, Paradigm's $1.2 billion fourth fund expanding into AI and robotics, and Tether's $20 million investment in Mercado Bitcoin. They close on TradFi's crypto expansion via SBI Holdings and Russia's Alpha Bank, Kraken's $22 million lawsuit win, where the Clarity Act stands ahead of the midterms, and Spiral's new open source push to merge Bitcoin and AI.Chapters00:00 - Introduction and Show Overview00:18 - Market Sentiment and Show Focus01:15 - Banks and Traditional Enterprises in Digital Asset Space02:40 - UK Tokenization Task Force and Use Cases03:40 - Swift Blockchain Ledger Pilot with 17 Banks04:34 - Global Sprint in Tokenized Securities and Deposits07:23 - Bitcoin's Role in the Future of Digital Infrastructure09:39 - The Bullish Case for Bitcoin Amidst Tokenization12:28 - AI Tools and Sovereignty in Data Ownership15:37 - Microsoft's Investment in AI and Data Sovereignty22:16 - Microsoft Frontier Company and Proprietary Data Platforms25:07 - The Importance of Human Agency in AI Adoption28:40 - AI and the Disruption of Traditional Business Models29:08 - Apple Suing OpenAI Over Trade Secrets32:36 - The Long-Term Impact of AI and Open Source Models36:50 - DoorDash's AI Code Reviewer and Internal AI Adoption38:19 - Fed's AI Task Force and Economic Policy43:32 - Russia's Strategic Use of Bitcoin and Digital Assets50:07 - Paradigm's New Fund and Broader Tech Investment55:13 - Traditional Finance's Entry into Crypto and Digital Assets01:02:41 - Regulatory Developments and the Future of Crypto Legislation01:09:18 - Bitcoin's Role in the Future of Digital Infrastructure01:11:21 - Open Source AI and Bitcoin IntegrationIf you found this valuable, please subscribe to Early Riders Insights for access to the best content in the ecosystem weekly: https://www.earlyriders.com/researchKeep up with Michael:https://x.com/MTangumaKeep up with Liam:https://x.com/Lnelson_21Keep up with Brian:https://x.com/BackslashBTC
Blue Alpine Cast - Kryptowährung, News und Analysen (Bitcoin, Ethereum und co)
Jetzt bei Kraken anmelden und 30 EUR Bonus erhalten: https://bit.ly/kraken-bonusThemen & Timestamps:00:00 Begrüssung und Themenüberblick00:36 US-Regierung bewegt 300 Millionen US-Dollar an Kryptos02:26 Clarity Act macht Fortschritte04:30 Japans SBI und Solana kündigen Partnerschaft an06:29 Bolivien will USDT als Alltagswährung zulassen08:16 Hyundai testet grenzüberschreitende Zahlung mit USDT
MICAR moest de wildwestjaren van crypto in Europa achter zich laten. De verordening kwam er om consumenten te beschermen, marktmisbruik tegen te gaan en de versnipperde nationale regels te vervangen door één Europees kader. Het idee: haal je in één lidstaat een vergunning, dan mag je met dat paspoort in de hele Unie aan de slag. Nu de deadline achter ons ligt, maken we in dit tweede deel de balans op met Mauro Halve, voorzitter van branchevereniging VBNL en MICAR-trainer bij 2tokens. In de overgangsperiode mochten bedrijven die al bij De Nederlandsche Bank geregistreerd stonden onder het oude toezicht doorwerken aan hun MICAR-vergunning. Op 30 juni 2025 viel het doek. Wie sindsdien zonder vergunning cryptodiensten aanbiedt, is in overtreding. In Nederland was dat geen groot probleem, maar elders in Europa haalden een flinke hoeveelheid dienstverleners hun vergunning last moment. In Nederland stonden ooit 45 partijen geregistreerd bij DNB. Daarvan zijn er nu nog 28 over met een MICAR-vergunning. Dat is fors minder, te verklaren door de hoge nalevingskosten, fusies en overnames, en partijen die simpelweg afhaakten. Toch hoort Nederland tot de Europese koplopers, want de AFM was er vroeg bij en gaf als een van de eerste toezichthouders vergunningen af. Andere koplopers zijn Duitsland en Frankrijk, en vijf landen zijn samen goed voor ongeveer driekwart van alle vergunningen, terwijl Griekenland, Hongarije, Polen, Portugal en Roemenië achterblijven. Malta deelde vlak voor de deadline nog snel vergunningen uit, onder kritische blik van onder meer Italië en Frankrijk. Binance haalde zijn vergunning niet en moet uit Europa vertrekken. De AFM waarschuwde ondertussen tegen MEXC, dat zonder vergunning actief Nederlandse klanten bedient. Ook stablecoins waren een kernonderdeel van MICAR. Dat zijn cryptomunten met een vaste waarde, gekoppeld aan bijvoorbeeld de euro of de dollar. De regels moesten ze inkaderen en tegelijk ruimte geven om te groeien, maar een grote euro stablecoin kwam niet echt van de grond. Tether, uitgever van de grootste stablecoin USDT, vroeg nooit een vergunning aan omdat het zich niet kan vinden in de regels. Tot slot klinkt er in Brussel alweer gefluister over een MICAR2. We bespreken wat er nu buiten de wet valt en of dat in een volgende Europese cryptowet past. Over de podcast Cryptocurrency are here to stay. In deze wekelijkse podcast gidst Daniël Mol je door het belangrijkste cryptonieuws, langs hypes en trends, voor- en tegenstanders en winst en verlies. In het A-deel bespreken we het laatste nieuws en in het B-deel gaan we in gesprek met een gast. Van cypherpunkpioneers tot grootbanken die aan de haal gaan met stablecoins, van Bitcoin tot Ethereum tot CBDC's. Alles passeert de revue.Reageren? Stuur dan een mail naar cryptocast@bnr.nl Gasten Mauro Halve is voorzitter van branchevereniging VBNL en MICAR-trainer bij 2tokens. Links Amsterdam blijkt de crypto-hoofdstad van Europa: een data-analyse van alle 281 MiCAR-vergunningen in de EER, met de deadline rush vlak voor 1 juli en de opvallend TradFi-achtige vergunningen in Duitsland Nu de MiCAR-overgangsperiode in alle 30 EER-landen officieel is afgelopen, staat Nederland op de derde plek in Europa met 28 vergunningen, en hebben alle VBNL-leden hun licentie binnen Ook VBNL blikt terug op het einde van de overgangsperiode en de positie van Nederland als een van de koplopers binnen de EU Host Daniël Mol is presentator en redacteur van de Cryptocast. Hij is sinds 2017 met Bitcoin bezig en kwam in 2021 bij het team van de Cryptocast. Redactie Daniël Mol Matthijs Damsteeg See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Welcome to the latest episode of Harmonious World, where I interview musicians about how their music helps make the world more harmonious.It was great to be joined by sax player Alden Hellmuth just prior to the release of Tether. I reviewed her album just before our conversation and it captivated me straight away.Thanks to Alden for allowing me to play extracts from Tether alongside our conversation.Get in touch to let me know what you think!Thank you for listening to Harmonious World. Please rate, review and share: click on the link and subscribe to support the show.Don't forget the Quincy Jones quote that sums up why I do this: "Imagine what a harmonious world it would be if every single person, both young and old, shared a little of what he is good at doing."Support the showRead reviews of albums and gigs and find out more about me at hilaryseabrook.co.ukFollow me on instagram.com/hilseabrookFollow me on facebook.com/HilarySeabrookFreelanceWriterFollow me on twitter.com/hilaryrwriter
Justin C. Key is a speculative fiction and horror author whose new book, The Hospital At The End Of The World, is available in stores now. It's a murder mystery set in the last human-run hospital in a world overrun by a seemingly (but not quite) perfect AI algorithm overseen by a sinister corporation. Talk about an unfortunately timely premise.We sat down to play Tether, a two-player journaling game about people decades apart staring down the same supernatural curse, with only a journal spread across time to help them stop it.JUSTIN C. KEY: https://www.justinckey.com/THE HOSPITAL AT THE END OF THE WORLD: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-hospital-at-the-end-of-the-world-justin-c-key?variant=43822999928866TETHER: https://adambaffoni.itch.io/tetherALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormerFOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormerTHEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Connect with Early Riders — https://www.earlyriders.com/contactConnect with Onramp — https://onrampbitcoin.com/contact-us/Presented collaboratively by Early Riders & Onramp Media…Final Settlement is a weekly podcast covering capital markets, dealmaking, early-stage venture, bitcoin applications and protocol development.This week Michael, Liam, and Brian cover the Trump crypto roundup: over $1B in disclosed crypto earnings, American Bitcoin's 500 BTC add, the launch of Trump Accounts, and the Bitcoin Strategic Reserve back on the table. They break down Open Standard, the 140-company OpenUSD stablecoin consortium taking on Tether, and Cloudflare's x402 integration for internet micropayments. They run through record Bitcoin ETF outflows, Sberbank and German banks turning on crypto trading, MiCA going live, and Robinhood Chain's mainnet launch. They close on Crusoe's $30B valuation talks and OpenAI's proposed 5% stake to the Trump administration.Chapters00:00 - Celebrating Freedom and Independence02:50 - Trump's Crypto Ventures and Controversies05:57 - The Trump Family's Financial Moves09:08 - The Launch of Trump Accounts12:03 - The Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Discussion14:50 - Open Standard and the Future of Stablecoins40:34 - The Future of Internet Monetization42:25 - AI's Impact on Information Value45:24 - Navigating the Avalanche of Information48:04 - Market Dynamics of Bitcoin ETFs50:20 - Global Trends in Crypto Regulation53:38 - Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets55:18 - The Rise of Traditional Finance in Crypto58:32 - The Regulatory Landscape for Crypto in Europe01:01:47 - Robinhood's New Financial Ecosystem01:06:01 - Emerging Trends in AI and Crypto Investments01:12:41 - The Intersection of Energy and AI01:16:04 - OpenAI's Strategic Moves in WashingtonIf you found this valuable, please subscribe to Early Riders Insights for access to the best content in the ecosystem weekly: https://www.earlyriders.com/researchKeep up with Michael:https://x.com/MTangumaKeep up with Liam:https://x.com/Lnelson_21Keep up with Brian:https://x.com/BackslashBTC
Een consortium van meer dan 140 bedrijven, waaronder Visa, Mastercard, Google, BlackRock en Coinbase, kondigde eind juni de stablecoin Open USD aan. De munt moet later dit jaar live gaan en de concurrentie aangaan met gevestigde stablecoins als USDC van Circle en USDT van Tether. Wat Open USD anders maakt, is het verdienmodel. Gebruikers kunnen de munt gratis aanmaken en inwisselen, en vrijwel alle inkomsten uit de onderliggende reserves gaan naar de deelnemende bedrijven die volume aanbrengen. Circle en Tether houden dat geld nu juist grotendeels zelf. Daarom wordt Open USD gezien als een aanval op het verdienmodel van Circle, dat een groot deel van zijn omzet haalt uit de reserves achter USDC. De aankondiging kwam hard aan: het aandeel Circle zakte ongeveer 16 procent. Toch zit er een barst in het verhaal. Verschillende bedrijven op de deelnemerslijst, waaronder Samsung en de Zuid-Koreaanse beursuitbater Dunamu, lieten weten dat ze helemaal geen formele afspraken hadden gemaakt en hun naam pas via het nieuws op de lijst zagen verschijnen. Dat voedt de vergelijking met Libra, het gestrande stablecoinproject van Facebook, en de vraag of Open USD de macht van Circle wel kan breken. Bitcoin staat weer op zo'n 63.000 dollar, nadat de koers vorige week een bodem van 58.000 dollar raakte. In diezelfde periode verkocht Strategy 3.588 bitcoin voor ongeveer 216 miljoen dollar, om dividend op zijn schuldpapier te betalen, zonder dat de koers daar serieus op reageerde. De vraag is: hebben we daarmee ook de bodem bereikt? De eerste signalen zijn er. Tot slot een primeur uit de wereld van tokenisatie. Securitize ging deze week naar de New York Stock Exchange en zette tegelijk zijn eigen aandelen onchain op Solana en Avalanche. Daarmee werd het bedrijf het eerste dat bij de beursgang zijn eigen aandelen direct tokeniseerde, en meteen ook het grootste onchain aandeel ter wereld. De tokens vertegenwoordigen dezelfde gewone aandelen als op de beurs, inclusief stemrecht, en vormen geen aparte soort. Wat voegt die tokenisatie toe, en gaan meer bedrijven dit voorbeeld volgen? Co-hosts zijn Bert en Peter Slagter, beiden analist bij kennisplatform Bitcoin Alpha. Over de podcast Cryptocurrency are here to stay. In deze wekelijkse podcast gidst Daniël Mol je door het belangrijkste cryptonieuws, langs hypes en trends, voor- en tegenstanders en winst en verlies. In het A-deel bespreken we het laatste nieuws en in het B-deel gaan we in gesprek met een gast. Van cypherpunkpioneers tot grootbanken die aan de haal gaan met stablecoins, van Bitcoin tot Ethereum tot CBDC's. Alles passeert de revue.Reageren? Stuur dan een mail naar cryptocast@bnr.nl Gasten Bert Slagter is analist bij kennisplatform Bitcoin Alpha. Peter Slagter is analist bij kennisplatform Bitcoin Alpha. Links Aandelen Circle kelderen door de aankondiging van stablecoin Open USD Fed-voorzitter Warsh houdt een renteverhoging bij de volgende vergadering op tafel Officieel persbericht van Securitize over de tokenisatie van SECZ Securitize beursgang en 295 miljoen dollar aan getokeniseerde aandelen Securitize brengt eigen aandelen onchain als blauwdruk voor beursbedrijven Host Daniël Mol is presentator en redacteur van de Cryptocast. Hij is sinds 2017 met Bitcoin bezig en kwam in 2021 bij het team van de Cryptocast. Redactie Daniël Mol Matthijs Damsteeg See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Matthew Sigel from VanEck breaks down exactly how his Node fund has outperformed Bitcoin by 100 percentage points since launch, why he's been overweight miners pivoting to AI and underweight exchanges and altcoins, and why he believes Bitcoin will be materially higher a year from now. He explains why the OpenUSD consortium of 140 companies threatening Circle and Tether will likely struggle because consortiums historically fail without a clear business driver, reveals that Bitcoin's hash rate is in its longest decline ever without making a new high as listed miners exit for AI data centers, argues that alt season already happened in crypto equities rather than tokens, shares why he respects the four-year cycle and tells clients to have their full position by October, and makes the case that strategy DATs should carry a living will that forces an unwind if they trade below MNAV for too long. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, we're putting The Tonearm's needle on saxophonist and composer Alden Hellmuth. Alden grew up in Hartford, studying in the Jackie McLean tradition, and now works out of New York City.Her new album is called Tether, and it features a band centered on two bass players, rounded out by drums, piano, and trumpet. Alden wrote music for the ensemble that keeps them all tied together, no matter how loud or free it gets.We talked about our shared background in Connecticut, what she took from studying with Herbie Hancock, and how she writes for the specific people in the room.(The musical excerpts heard in the interview are from Alden Hellmuth's Tether)—Dig DeeperArtist and Album:Visit Alden Hellmuth at aldenhellmuth.com and follow her on Instagram and YouTubePurchase Alden Hellmuth's album Tether from LEITER, Bandcamp, or Qobuz, and listen on your streaming platform of choice.Collaborators:Logan Kane, bassistMiller Wrenn, bassistJustin Brown, drummerPaul Cornish, pianist, featured guestYakiv Tsvietinskyi, trumpeter, featured guestLabel:LEITER, the Berlin label co-founded by Nils FrahmEducation and Mentorship:Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLAJackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the Hartt SchoolMusical References:Jackie McLean, saxophonist and longtime Hartt faculty memberJoe Morris, guitarist/improviser Hellmuth credits as an early gateway into improvised musicSteve Lehman, saxophonist and composer, cited mentorDeerhoof, Breakup Song (2012)Otoboke Beaver, Japanese punk bandVenues:Real Art Ways, HartfordNon Plus Ultra, Los Angeles—Dig into this episode's complete show notes at podcast.thetonearm.com—• Did you enjoy this episode? Please share it with a friend! You can also rate The Tonearm ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. • Subscribe! Be the first to check out each new episode of The Tonearm in your podcast app of choice. • Looking for more? Visit podcast.thetonearm.com for bonus content, web-only interviews + features, and the Talk Of The Tonearm email newsletter. You can also follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, YouTube, and LinkedIn. • Be sure to bookmark our online magazine, The Tonearm! → thetonearm.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, we're putting The Tonearm's needle on saxophonist and composer Alden Hellmuth. Alden grew up in Hartford, studying in the Jackie McLean tradition, and now works out of New York City.Her new album is called Tether, and it features a band centered on two bass players, rounded out by drums, piano, and trumpet. Alden wrote music for the ensemble that keeps them all tied together, no matter how loud or free it gets.We talked about our shared background in Connecticut, what she took from studying with Herbie Hancock, and how she writes for the specific people in the room.(The musical excerpts heard in the interview are from Alden Hellmuth's Tether)—Dig DeeperArtist and Album:Visit Alden Hellmuth at aldenhellmuth.com and follow her on Instagram and YouTubePurchase Alden Hellmuth's album Tether from LEITER, Bandcamp, or Qobuz, and listen on your streaming platform of choice.Collaborators:Logan Kane, bassistMiller Wrenn, bassistJustin Brown, drummerPaul Cornish, pianist, featured guestYakiv Tsvietinskyi, trumpeter, featured guestLabel:LEITER, the Berlin label co-founded by Nils FrahmEducation and Mentorship:Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLAJackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the Hartt SchoolMusical References:Jackie McLean, saxophonist and longtime Hartt faculty memberJoe Morris, guitarist/improviser Hellmuth credits as an early gateway into improvised musicSteve Lehman, saxophonist and composer, cited mentorDeerhoof, Breakup Song (2012)Otoboke Beaver, Japanese punk bandVenues:Real Art Ways, HartfordNon Plus Ultra, Los Angeles—Dig into this episode's complete show notes at podcast.thetonearm.com—• Did you enjoy this episode? Please share it with a friend! You can also rate The Tonearm ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. • Subscribe! Be the first to check out each new episode of The Tonearm in your podcast app of choice. • Looking for more? Visit podcast.thetonearm.com for bonus content, web-only interviews + features, and the Talk Of The Tonearm email newsletter. You can also follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, YouTube, and LinkedIn. • Be sure to bookmark our online magazine, The Tonearm! → thetonearm.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matt and Nic are back with another week of news and deals. In this episode: Saylor releases Strategy's "Digital Credit Capital Framework" MSTR stabilizes for now though STRC is still discounted Is Saylor transitioning MSTR into a Bitcoin hedge fund? Is Strategy doing anything tricky with their mNAV calculation The OpenUSD consortium is announced Is the Tether and Circle duopoly broken? Can stablecoin consortiums work? What could cause OpenUSD to fail? Trump's 2025 diclosures include a lot of crypto Binance leaves the EU for now The K-pop DAT ends its digital asset ambitions Why the bottom might not be in
Demetrick, Dr. Corey Petty, and Jesse are back for an episode where the regulated players finish moving in and the outsiders start getting shown the door.BlackRock, Google, Visa, Stripe, MasterCard, Coinbase, and DBS just announced Open Standard USD. It is called open the same way OpenAI is called open. The reserve yield goes to the participating institutions instead of holders, minting and redemption fees get scrapped, and governance sits under a company collectively owned by the biggest financial players on the planet. The guys break down what happens when the payment rails, the asset managers, and the ad tech giants all agree on the same stablecoin at the same time.Meanwhile Tether is done in Europe. USDT trading pairs are gone from Coinbase, Kraken, Binance, and Crypto.com in the EEA because Tether refused to seek MiCA e-money authorization. Demetrick reveals he has an open short on Tether somewhere on the internet and would very much like to find it.The guys also cover the ENS drama that turned out not to be drama at all when the king of the castle stepped in and killed the privacy committee vote from the top. Plus Michael Saylor selling more Bitcoin, and the theory that this is less about strategy and more about staying out of jail.The back half of the show goes philosophical when Corey lays out an essay he wrote called the paradox of democratizing access. When you lower the barrier of entry to a specialized field, you do not get innovation. You get an army of newcomers who confidently reinvent things the experts already figured out, other people throw money at them because money attracts money, and eight moon markets later you are still watching the same cycle. Cue the pitch for Corey to play the Architect from The Matrix explaining this to a young crypto enthusiast in a gray suit.Drop questions in the YouTube comments. Join the Discord.
The crew is joined by Selini Capital's Jordi Alexander to break down Open USD, the no-fee stablecoin from a 140-firm consortium spanning Visa, Mastercard, BlackRock, Google and Coinbase, all aimed at the Circle and Tether duopoly. Plus Saylor's new Digital Credit framework for MicroStrategy, the Ansem-fueled memecoin comeback, and ENS reigniting the “DAOs are fake” debate. Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. Joining the panel “at the moment of max pain” is Jordi Alexander, CIO of Selini Capital. First up: MicroStrategy in crisis, with MSTR down about 30% in five days and STRC hitting $71, and Saylor's answer, a new Digital Credit framework with an 18-month cash cushion and a jumbo dividend hike to 12%. Then the headline story, Open USD: a no-fee stablecoin from a 140-member consortium including Visa, Mastercard, BlackRock, Google and Coinbase, built to break the Circle and Tether duopoly. The back half covers the memecoin comeback around the Ansem coin, and ENS reigniting the “DAOs are fake” debate after Nick Johnson single-handedly blocked a governance vote, before the crew debates whether consortia are just DAOs in a suit. Let's get into it. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. Show highlights
Regulators try to freeze illicit stablecoins, but the money's usually gone before the freeze lands. The hosts on why crypto sanctions keep failing. Thanks to our sponsor!
È un bagno di umiltà quello che ci portiamo a casa dalla fiera We Make Future, mentre Binance non ottiene la certificazione Mica e Strategy inverte la rotta promettendo di vendere sempre più spesso Bitcoin. È il finomondo?Inoltre: la BIS critica le stablecoin, nuovo bug fatale affossa Cardano e arriva il "player 2" nel ricco mercato delle stablecoin.It's Showtime!
Where have we been? The real question is — where have YOU been? Joel and Travis hit record with zero show notes for a fully spontaneous Episode 811. On the docket: the third bear market and the halving-cycle math that points to a bottom this winter and the next top around fall 2029; record June Bitcoin ETF outflows of roughly $4 billion; the launch of X Money with its 6% APY and metal Visa card; Trump's freshly-disclosed $1.4 billion in 2025 crypto earnings; the return of Anthropic's Fable 5 model; and two daredevils unfurling a peace banner on top of the Empire State Building while the guys were recording. Plus: why stablecoins are really just the digital dollar people wanted, MiCA and the Circle-vs-Tether split, the US debt clock spiraling past $39 trillion, and some genuinely good news — Travis's CoinResearch.ai tool drawing a majority investment from the Hilton family office technology fund. No plan. No polish. Pure bad. Stay bad. NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. For entertainment and informational purposes only. Crypto is volatile — do your own research and consult a licensed professional. Support the show: https://badcryptopodcast.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ledn Co-Founder Mauricio Di Bartolomeo joins Natalie Brunell for a first-time announcement: Tether's tokenized gold (XAUt) is coming to Ledn — the first step toward gold-backed loans later this year. He answers the Bitcoin purists on adding gold, breaks down Ledn's first S&P investment-grade bond backed by Bitcoin loans, and gives a firsthand account of Venezuela after Maduro's capture. Topics we cover: XAUt tokenized gold (real bars in Tether's Swiss vaults) coming to Ledn, with gold-backed loans later this year Inside Ledn's first S&P investment-grade bond backed by Bitcoin loans — and how the ABS market could scale Bitcoin credit toward $1 trillion Mauricio's answer to Bitcoiners who don't like credit products or investing in other assets Natalie's experience taking her first Ledn loan: https://youtu.be/xD3ZoZ2woPk?si=ix0HKnD85hqMTokU Why Ledn caps loans at 50% LTV, and how auto top-off protects borrowers from liquidation His read on "seller exhaustion" and why he expects a summer price come-back Venezuela after Maduro's capture — and the crackdown on its illegal gold mines Follow Mauricio Di Bartolomeo on X https://x.com/cryptonomista and sign up for Ledn at ledn.io/natalie to get .25% off your first loan. ---- Order Natalie's new book "Bitcoin is For Everyone," a simple introduction to Bitcoin and what's broken in our current financial system: https://amzn.to/3WzFzfU ---- Have you downloaded SPEED WALLET yet? It's my go-to Lightning wallet — send, receive, and swap Bitcoin, stablecoins, and digital gold in one app. Run a business? Speed powers Bitcoin payments for Steak 'n Shake, and it can do the same for you. Download at www.speed.app/natalie and use code COINSTORIES10 for 5,000 free sats after your first transaction. ---- Ledn is the global leader in Bitcoin-backed loans, issuing over $10 billion in loans since 2018, and they were the first to offer proof of reserves. With Ledn, you get custody loans, no credit checks, no monthly payments, and more. Get .25% off your first loan, learn more at https://www.Ledn.io/natalie ---- Abundant Mines is a fully-managed Bitcoin mining in the U.S. You own the miners. You keep 100% of the Bitcoin. Voted #1 mining company by peers. Get 1 month of free hosting: AbundantMines.com/Natalie ---- Natalie's Bitcoin Product Partners: Block's Bitkey Cold Storage Wallet was named to TIME's prestigious Best Inventions of 2024 in the category of Privacy & Security. Get 10% off using code STORIES at https://bitkey.world/STORIES Master your Bitcoin self-custody with 1-on-1 help and gain peace of mind with the help of The Bitcoin Way: https://www.thebitcoinway.com/natalie With BitcoinIRA, you can invest in bitcoin 24/7 inside a tax-advantaged IRA. Choose a Traditional IRA to defer taxes, or a Roth IRA for tax-free withdrawals later. Take control of your future with BitcoinIRA: https://www.bitcoinira.com/natalie ---- Natalie's Upcoming Events: Join us for the biggest Bitcoin conference in Europe at BTC Prague this June 10-13 with a keynote from Michael Saylor, Code HODL for discounted passes: https://btcprague.com/ The best time to plan for Bitcoin 2027 is right now. Early bird tickets are live — grab the lowest pricing available and use code HODL for 10% off: https://tickets.b.tc/event/bitcoin-2027?promoCodeTask=apply&promoCodeInput=HODL ---- Extra Services to Consider: Protect yourself from SIM Swaps that can hack your accounts and steal your Bitcoin. Join America's most secure mobile service, trusted by CEOs, VIPs and top corporations: https://www.efani.com/natalie Ditch your fiat health insurance like I did four years ago! Join me at CrowdHealth: www.joincrowdhealth.com/natalie ---- This podcast is for educational purposes and should not be construed as official investment advice. Ads in this episode are baked-in and may reference promotions or offers that are no longer available at the time of listening. ---- VALUE FOR VALUE — SUPPORT NATALIE'S SHOWS Strike ID https://strike.me/coinstoriesnat/ Cash App $CoinStories #money #Bitcoin #investing
Every popular stablecoin — Tether, USDC — is ultimately backed by US Treasuries, which means a handful of entities can freeze, seize, or censor your funds at will. In this conversation, David Seroy of Alpen Labs explains to Bitcoin Magazine's Shinobi why a Bitcoin-backed stablecoin is the credible alternative the space has been missing. They cover the immutable Liquity protocol, Bitcoin ZK rollups, and how to mint a dollar that inherits Bitcoin's security.Grab your copy THE 2036 ISSUE
Tether gold reserves reveal a hard-money warning for digital dollar holders as U.S. debt, stablecoins, and gold collide.Questions on Protecting Your Wealth with Gold & Silver? Schedule a Strategy Call Here ➡️ https://calendly.com/itmtrading/podcastor Call 866-349-3310
When Hashem is a Vendor, You're Just a CustomerThis class is the third in a series on a Maamar (discourse) by the Alter Rebbe, "Ani Hashem Elokeichem," which he said on Shabbos Parshas Shlach, 28 Sivan, 5570, June 30, 1810, published in Likkutei Torah Shlach. It was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Wednesday, Parshas Pinchas, 16 Tammuz, 5786, July 1, 2026, at Bais Medrash Ohr Chaim in Monsey, NY.View Source Sheets: https://portal.theyeshiva.net/api/source-sheets/9946
In this week's episode of the Coin Stories News Block powered exclusively by Ledn, we cover these major headlines related to Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and global finance: Strategy's preferred stock STRC crashed to $71 - then Saylor announced a plan to fix it: full breakdown on Strategy's Digital Credit Capital Framework Jeremy Grantham says Bitcoin will "dwindle away with a whimper" The IMF and UBS both just said the quiet part out loud about the dollar Ledn partners with Tether to let you borrow against gold - our interview with Mauricio drops tomorrow Illinois just passed the most punitive crypto tax in America ---- Order Natalie's new book "Bitcoin is For Everyone," a simple introduction to Bitcoin and what's broken in our current financial system: https://amzn.to/3WzFzfU ---- Upcoming Events: The best time to plan for Bitcoin 2027 is right now. Early bird tickets are live — grab the lowest pricing available and use code HODL for 10% off: https://tickets.b.tc/event/bitcoin-2027?promoCodeTask=apply&promoCodeInput=HODL ---- References mentioned in the episode: Michael Saylor — Digital Credit Capital Framework announcement Strategy Announces New Digital Credit Capital Framework Strategy Opens the Door to Selling Bitcoin Under New Capital Plan Saylor's Strategy Initiates Buybacks, BTC Monetization Program, Lifts STRC Dividend Strategy Says It May Sell Up to $1.25 Billion of Bitcoin Billionaire Investor Jeremy Grantham Says Bitcoin Will 'Dwindle Away With a Whimper' Stock-Bond Diversification Offers Less Protection From Market Selloffs Global Family Office Report 2026 ---- This podcast is for educational purposes and should not be construed as official investment advice. ---- VALUE FOR VALUE — SUPPORT NATALIE'S SHOWS Strike ID https://strike.me/coinstoriesnat/ Cash App $CoinStories #money #Bitcoin #investing
Connect with Early Riders — https://www.earlyriders.com/contactConnect with Onramp — https://onrampbitcoin.com/contact-us/Presented collaboratively by Early Riders & Onramp Media…Final Settlement is a weekly podcast covering capital markets, dealmaking, early-stage venture, bitcoin applications and protocol development.This week Brian, Michael, and Liam break down Saylor's five-point plan and Strategy's new BTC monetization program. On AI, they cover Sam Altman's government-restricted model launch (Soul, Luna, and Terra in limited preview) and Chinese resellers offering Claude tokens 70-90% below Anthropic's prices. They run through a wave of digital-asset deals: SpaceX's post-IPO slide, Franklin Templeton's new Franklin Crypto arm, the ICE and OKX joint venture and the broader tokenized-deposit wave, Kraken's 15% stake in Aave, SBI's acquisition of Bitbank, and Binance exiting the EU over its MiCA license. They close on Tether passing Ethereum as the second-largest crypto, Facebook's move into prediction markets, and Bitcoin sitting in deep value near $59K.Chapters00:00 - MicroStrategy's Strategic Shift19:55 - AI Developments and Government Regulations35:04 - Navigating Market Fundamentals36:34 - Innovations in Digital Assets38:10 - Tokenization Trends and Institutional Adoption40:58 - The Future of Financial Services43:51 - Education and Institutional Understanding of Bitcoin47:31 - Kraken's Strategic Moves in DeFi51:15 - SBI Holdings and the Japanese Crypto Market54:14 - MetaPlanet's Bitcoin Products and Market Dynamics57:21 - Regulatory Challenges in the EU01:00:19 - Prediction Markets and Future TrendsIf you found this valuable, please subscribe to Early Riders Insights for access to the best content in the ecosystem weekly: https://www.earlyriders.com/researchKeep up with Michael:https://x.com/MTangumaKeep up with Liam:https://x.com/Lnelson_21Keep up with Brian:https://x.com/BackslashBTC
In this episode, we cover Michael Terpin's journey from early internet PR (founding Globe Newswire, working with Motley Fool, Earthlink, and AOL) to becoming one of crypto's earliest and most recognized figures — a path that earned him the nickname "the godfather of crypto" from CNBC, by his account, for his PR work on Ethereum, Tether, and roughly 400 other early projects.Terpin walks through his "Four Seasons of Bitcoin" framework — his own thesis on how fear-and-greed cycles play out predictably between halvings — and shares his (unverified, forward-looking) outlook on where he believes Bitcoin's cycle lows and highs may land in the years ahead. He also discusses meeting Coinbase's Brian Armstrong at the first Bitcoin conference in 2013, and his book and fund, both built around the Bitcoin Supercycle thesis.Note: price levels and cycle predictions discussed are Terpin's own analysis and should not be taken as financial advice or confirmed fact.This episode is brought to you by FirstRead — use code BYNDTHECODE10 for 10% off at first-read.com/signup?ref=BEYOND2026.
Yesha Yadav is a professor of law, the Milton R. Underwood Chair, the Associate Dean & Robert Belton Director of Culture & Community, and the Co-Faculty Director, Master of Laws (LL.M) Program at the Vanderbilt University Law School. Chris Odinet is a professor of law, Mosbacher Research Fellow, and Affiliate Professor of Finance at Texas A&M University School of Law. Andrea Tosato is professor of law at the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. Yesha, Chris, and Andrea join the show to discuss their avenues into stablecoin regulation, their four-part definition of moneyness (nature of the claim, safety, discharge capacity, and negotiability), how Tether and Circle stack up to these definitions, the stablecoin bankruptcy conundrum, the progress the GENIUS Act made on closing legal loopholes, their prescriptions for policymakers, and much more. Watch the full length video on our new YouTube Channel! Check out the transcript for this week's episode, now with links. Recorded on May 20th, 2026 Subscribe to David's Substack: Macroeconomic Policy Nexus Follow David on X: @DavidBeckworth Follow Chris on X: @ChisOdinet Follow Andrea on X: @Andrea_Tosato Follow the show on X: @Macro_Musings Check out our Macro Musings merch! Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:26 - Career Backgrounds of Chris, Yesha, and Andrea 00:02:35 - Background on the Paper 00:06:52 - Structure of Money 00:17:33 - Moneyness: Nature of the Claim 00:22:37 - Moneyness: Safety 00:23:45 - Moneyness: Discharge Capacity 00:30:50 - Moneyness: Negotiability 00:31:55 - How Stablecoins Currently Hold Up in Moneyness 00:58:18 - Recommendations to Policymakers 01:10:51 - Outro
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Crypto markets remain under pressure as Bitcoin hovers around $61,000, but signs are emerging that volatility may be cooling. Matt breaks down the latest market data, including declining derivatives volume, lower liquidation levels, and why some analysts believe Strategy should pause its aggressive Bitcoin buying and rebuild cash reserves before continuing its accumulation strategy.The episode also covers 21Shares' prediction that Bitcoin could recover to $100,000 by year-end, Standard Chartered's surprisingly bullish long-term outlook for Aave, and growing activity on the Bitcoin network as Rune transactions surge to two-year highs. Matt also examines the Ethereum Foundation's staff reductions and what they signal about the project's future priorities.Finally, Matt dives into the politics of digital money as Congress advances legislation banning a Federal Reserve CBDC through 2030. While many in crypto celebrate the move, Matt questions whether blocking a government-issued digital dollar while promoting private stablecoins could simply shift control from public institutions to corporations like Circle, Tether, and major banks. The episode closes with a discussion about who should ultimately control the future of digital money and why that debate may be more important than Bitcoin's price action.Happy Hodling, Everyone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, Lex chats with Cactus Raazi — CEO Americas at B2C2, one of the original and largest institutional market makers in digital assets, serving roughly 1,500 institutions and pricing across more than 40 exchanges globally. They discuss what a market maker actually does, how balance sheet and signal generation underpin roughly $1 billion a day of stablecoin flow at B2C2, and why the two extremes of crypto market making - riskless principal aggregation versus proprietary alpha - produce very different client outcomes that buyers rarely understand. Cactus explains B2C2's 18-month bet that the Circle-versus-Tether debate would give way to a multi-issuer world, the launch of its PENNY product for instant zero-cost cross-stablecoin swaps, and they explore why programmability is the next frontier for digital dollars, why US capital markets have almost no structure for funding genuine risk-taking businesses, and whether the current combination of scale, speed, and complexity makes this the hardest investing environment Wall Street has ever faced. NOTABLE DISCUSSION POINTS: Market makers aren't a homogeneous category, and clients pay for the difference. At one extreme, a market maker is essentially a riskless agent - aggregating prices across 40+ exchanges and quoting on top with no real view. At the other extreme, a market maker is a proprietary quant shop running alpha signals on horizons from seconds to days, and the price you get is heavily conditioned by where the signal says the asset is going. B2C2 sits in the middle, partly because its public-company parent (SBI) constrains risk appetite. The implication for institutional buyers: who you trade with structurally determines the quality of execution, not just the spread. Algorithmic fixed income market making didn't fail on technology, it failed on capital structure. US capital markets are excellent at funding venture, growth equity, private equity, and buyouts, but there is almost no domestic pool of “risk equity” - capital comfortable with the possibility that the machines (or the humans) lose money on a given day. Market makers need exactly that kind of balance sheet, and the mismatch between what the business requires and what the US capital base offers is a structural reason firms like Elefant struggled, regardless of execution quality. The Circle-vs-Tether framing is already obsolete; the next product wedge is interoperability. B2C2 made an 18-month-old contrarian bet that the duopoly narrative was wrong and that Stripe (via Bridge), Western Union, Revolut, and many other consumer and platform companies would issue their own stablecoins. PENNY - instant, zero-cost, zero-counterparty-risk stablecoin-to-stablecoin swaps - is the product expression of that view. The deeper claim is that stablecoins are software, and the SaaS analogy (a base layer plus an app store of programmable financial logic) is the real reason institutional adoption accelerates from here, not the transfer-of-value benefit on its own. TOPICS B2C2, Goldman Sachs, SBI Group, Binance, Coinbase, Circle, Tether, Stripe, Kraken, Credit Suisse, Market making, institutional liquidity, stablecoins, fixed income, risk management, algorithmic trading, crypto exchange infrastructure ABOUT THE FINTECH BLUEPRINT
Bitcoin just RIPPED to $66k as Trump confirmed the U.S.-Iran peace deal will be signed Friday in Switzerland — ending the 15-week war that's been crushing risk assets all month. WTI oil collapsed 5%, the Strait of Hormuz reopens within 30 days, Nasdaq futures ripped +1.5%, and Glassnode flagged $68K-$80K as the next bullish marker. Add SpaceX's record-breaking IPO closing +19% at a $1.77 trillion valuation, Tether briefly flipping Ethereum for the first time in 8 years, and Mike McGlone forecasting USDT could eventually top Bitcoin — and today's setup is the cleanest bullish inflection we've seen since October. We break down whether the Iran peace deal marks the cycle bottom and which catalysts could keep this rally running through the G7 summit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mike Dudas holds zero ETH and sees Hyperliquid as crypto's Tether moment. He also has a clear framework for what makes a token worth buying. ======================================================== Thank you to our sponsor! Fidelity: Explore crypto careers and make the decision that could change your future at https://crypto.fidelitycareers.com ======================================================== Strategy sold 32 Bitcoin, worth just $2.5 million, and the market didn't miss it. For Mike Dudas, Managing Partner at 6th Man Ventures, the sale broke the "never sell" promise that sustained the company's premium. He doesn't see how the narrative gets rebuilt. Dudas applies the same unsentimental read to the rest of the L1 landscape. His firm holds zero ETH — five years of contradictory narratives have left the market unable to value it. In his view, Solana's decline is simpler: memecoin activity peaked and hasn't recovered. Hyperliquid, in his view, is closer to Tether than a competing L1: the no-KYC international market is enormous, and asset quality is the moat. His framework for tokens worth owning: programmatic buybacks and consistent communication from leadership. On AI, he argues agentic trading will far outpace agentic payments — Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe are moving too fast for new entrants to displace them. Host: Laura Shin, Host / Unchained Guests: Mike Dudas - Managing Partner of 6th Man Ventures - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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