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  • Today · 42 min

    Hunter Biden Says Democrats Have It Wrong on Crypto

    Hunter Biden sits down with CoinDesk’s Nik De on Election Day to talk about his $LAPTOP meme token, Democrats’ crypto blind spot and why he’s done hiding. Biden blames the token’s chaotic launch on a market maker he says put just $5,000 to work. He calls himself a “true believer” in crypto, and says most Democrats who weigh in on it “don’t know anything about it.” He also argues that President Trump’s personal crypto ventures are a danger to the industry, and says Trump’s refusal to accept ethics provisions is the only reason market structure legislation stalled. Plus, his take on the swift dismissal of charges against two FBI agents tied to the laptop investigation why he chose to “walk through the fire” instead of disappearing. - Register for Consensus Hong Kong 2027 (February 1-3) and Consensus Miami 2027 (May 4-6) at events.coindesk.com. - Learn more about CoinDesk Data & Indices at coindesk.com/institutions. - Timecodes: 00:00 - Hunter Biden Joins CoinDesk 01:40 - Why He’s a Crypto “True Believer” 02:44 - The First Meme Coin With a Built-In Prediction Market 03:28 - Why Progressives Have Crypto Wrong 04:27 - What Happened at the $LAPTOP Launch 06:47 - $LAPTOP Tokenomics and the 5% Charity Floor 09:02 - Hunter Biden’s Election Day Predictions 12:56 - Why Crypto Money Is Flowing to Republicans 14:34 - Why He Says Trump’s Crypto Ventures Are “Dangerous” for the Industry 17:06 - The Ethics Fight That Stalled Market Structure Legislation 22:29 - Owning the Launch, and the Rug Pull Perception 23:52 - A Judge Tosses Charges Against FBI Agents in the Laptop Probe 26:18 - Comey, Don Lemon and the DOJ’s “Eye of Sauron” 29:58 - Can Government Weaponization Be Stopped? 35:00 - Iran, Vietnam and the Nuclear Codes 37:19 - Why Hunter Biden Stays in the Public Eye

  • Monday · 36 min

    Bitcoin ETFs Hit by $643M Selloff as Binance Hack Shakes Crypto

    On this episode of CoinDesk’s Public Keys from the New York Stock Exchange, Jennifer Sanasie is joined by co-host Tim Grant, Co-Founder and CEO of TensorX, as crypto reckons with the largest hack in its history. Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy at TRM Labs, breaks down the roughly $6.4 billion drained from Binance across 10 blockchains and what it means for exchange security. Rich Widmann, Director of Digital Assets Strategy at Google Cloud, explains the newly unveiled Google Multi-Party Compute custody system, and whether it could have stopped the Binance breach. Plus, Tim Grant unpacks TensorX’s push into sovereign AI compute, the rise of “neoclouds,” and the leverage risks hanging over the GPU buildout. - Learn more at bullish.com. - Register for Consensus Hong Kong 2027 (February 1-3) and Consensus Miami 2027 (May 4-6) at https://events.coindesk.com/. - Learn more about CoinDesk Data & Indices at https://indices.coindesk.com/institutions. - Chapters: 00:00 Welcome to Public Keys 00:32 Morgan Stanley Downgrades Coinbase to $120 02:26 Binance Hit by Crypto's Largest Hack 02:53 TRM Labs' Ari Redbord on the $6.4B Heist 03:32 "The Largest Bank Robbery in Human History" 05:33 Midterms, GENIUS and CLARITY in Focus 08:41 How the Breach Happened and Hardening Cyber 11:58 Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs See Outflows 12:55 Tim Grant on Flows and Institutional Risk 16:47 Private Keys, Crypto's Weak Point 17:15 Google's Rich Widmann on Multi-Party Compute 21:30 The Quantum and AI Threat to Custody 23:51 Could MPC Have Stopped the Binance Hack? 27:25 Tim Grant on TensorX and Sovereign AI 32:45 GPUs, Neoclouds and the CoreWeave Risk

  • October 26 · 14 min

    Erik Voorhees Predicts AI Will Generate Entire Movies in Minutes by 2030

    Venice.ai founder Erik Voorhees sits down with CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie ahead of the Lumara Film Festival to explore the fast-growing world of AI filmmaking. He says video generation has grown to about 30% of Venice’s usage since the company launched its video studio this spring, and that creators can now make a full movie with roughly $10,000 in AI credits. He also previews the festival’s roughly 750 submissions, most of them from amateur filmmakers, and predicts how AI could transform filmmaking by 2030. - Timecodes: 00:00 - Venice.ai’s Erik Voorhees Joins CoinDesk Spotlight 01:45 - Venice.ai: A Private, Uncensored ChatGPT 02:18 - How Video Grew to 30% of Venice’s Usage 03:33 - Why Privacy Should Be the Default 05:11 - What Creators Really Want 08:14 - Inside the Lumara Film Festival 12:18 - What AI Filmmaking Looks Like in 2030 - This episode is brought to you by Grayscale, the world's largest digital asset-focused investment platform. Grayscale's mission is to make digital asset investing simple and open to every investor. Learn more at grayscale.com [grayscale.com]. - Digital asset vaults are growing rapidly, but understanding the risks behind them requires more than on-chain data. S&P Global Ratings' Vault Risk Assessment (VRA) delivers independent, forward-looking insight into vault credit quality, governance, and risk management, helping bring institutional-grade risk transparency to digital asset markets. Learn more at https://www.spglobal.com/ratings/en/products/vault-risk-assessments. - Read CoinDesk Research's report on the future of equity ownership and the issuer-sponsored platform Bullish and Equiniti are building: https://www.coindesk.com/research/the-future-of-equity-ownership-an-issuer-s-guide-to-tokenized-equities

  • October 23 · 23 min

    Stablecoins Causing Bank Deposit Flight Is 'Mathematically Not Possible' Says CEO

    CoinDesk’s The Policy Protocol hosts Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti open on the OCC finalizing its stablecoin rules and dig into the OKXICE filing that showed a growing pile of blue-chip objections to tokenized equities. They’re then joined by Zero Knowledge founder and CEO Austin Campbell, who breaks down JPMorgan’s JPMD deposit token landing on Ethereum, and argue that crypto becoming “plumbing” is a sign it won. Austin also delivers his most controversial take: it is mathematically impossible for stablecoins to cause bank deposit flight. Plus, Rebecca and Renato name a16z Crypto, newly renamed a16z Frontier by Chris Dixon, as their Person of the Week. - This episode is brought to you by Grayscale, the world's largest digital asset-focused investment platform. Grayscale's mission is to make digital asset investing simple and open to every investor. Learn more at grayscale.com. - Digital asset vaults are growing rapidly, but understanding the risks behind them requires more than on-chain data. S&P Global Ratings' Vault Risk Assessment (VRA) delivers independent, forward-looking insight into vault credit quality, governance, and risk management, helping bring institutional-grade risk transparency to digital asset markets. Learn more at https://www.spglobal.com/ratings/en/products/vault-risk-assessments. - Check out CoinDesk Research's report, commissioned by RealFi, on real-world yield in productive stablecoins, at https://www.coindesk.com/research/beyond-the-risk-free-rate-diversified-real-world-yield-in-productive-stablecoins - Chapters/Timecodes: 00:00 Welcome to The Policy Protocol 01:44 A Nonstop Stretch for Crypto Policy 02:23 OCC Finalizes Its Stablecoin Rules 05:29 The TSV Land Rush and Tokenized-Equity Objections 08:54 JPMorgan's JPMD Deposit Token on Ethereum 12:07 Did Anyone Win the Stablecoin Yield Fight? 13:28 Tokenized Deposits and SoFi's FDIC Play 15:45 Is Crypto Just Plumbing Now? 17:05 Hot Take: Stablecoins Can't Cause Deposit Flight 19:52 Person of the Week: a16z Crypto

  • October 21 · 13 min

    Why Banks Can't Move Beyond Blockchain Pilots, According to Matter Labs | Markets Outlook

    Alex Gluchowski, CEO and co-founder of Matter Labs, joins CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie on Markets Outlook to unpack Prividium Commander, the company’s new product built to take digital assets from pilots to revenue. Gluchowski explains why operational friction, not technology, keeps institutions from moving digital asset experiments into production, and how Commander gives banks one control plane to run digital asset services under their own rules. - This episode is brought to you by Grayscale, the world's largest digital asset-focused investment platform. Grayscale's mission is to make digital asset investing simple and open to every investor. Learn more at grayscale.com. - Digital asset vaults are growing rapidly, but understanding the risks behind them requires more than on-chain data. S&P Global Ratings' Vault Risk Assessment (VRA) delivers independent, forward-looking insight into vault credit quality, governance, and risk management, helping bring institutional-grade risk transparency to digital asset markets. Learn more at https://www.spglobal.com/ratings/en/products/vault-risk-assessments. - Learn more about CoinDesk Data & Indices at coindesk.com/institutions. - Timecodes: 00:00 - Matter Labs’ Alex Gluchowski Joins Markets Outlook 01:40 - What Is Prividium Commander? 02:03 - Why Bank Blockchain Pilots Stall Before Production 04:30 - What Happens When Banks Build Their Own Plumbing 05:34 - How Cari Network Is Bringing 30 Banks to Tokenized Deposits 06:48 - The Path From Commander to ZK 09:06 - What Institutions Want From ZK Privacy 10:52 - Can Blockchains Handle Bank-Level Volume? 12:04 - Matter Labs’ Vision for a Global Digital Asset Economy

  • October 20 · 14 min

    S&P Global Ratings Launches New Risk Assessment for DeFi Lending Vaults

    S&P Global Ratings Managing Director and Digital Assets Analytical Lead Andrew O’Neill joins CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie to unpack the firm’s new Vault Risk Assessment (VRA). He explains how onchain lending vaults work, why transparency isn’t the same as understanding risk, and how the VRA looks at a vault’s portfolio, liquidity, curator, operational security and governance. Plus, how the VRA differs from a credit rating, how vaults could fuel a liquidity flywheel for onchain finance, and what agentic AI could mean for the pace of risk in financial markets. - Digital asset vaults are growing rapidly, but understanding the risks behind them requires more than on-chain data. S&P Global Ratings' Vault Risk Assessment (VRA) delivers independent, forward-looking insight into vault credit quality, governance, and risk management, helping bring institutional-grade risk transparency to digital asset markets. Learn more at https://www.spglobal.com/ratings/en/products/vault-risk-assessments. - Timecodes: 00:00 - S&P Global Ratings’ Andrew O’Neill Joins CoinDesk 02:00 - What Is a DeFi Lending Vault? 03:09 - How S&P Global Ratings Evaluates Vault Risk 05:14 - Is the VRA a Credit Rating? 07:07 - Why S&P Global Ratings Is Focusing on Vaults Now 08:25 - The Biggest Gaps in Onchain Finance 09:26 - S&P Global Ratings’ Vision for Tokenized Finance 11:08 - Agentic AI and the New Pace of Risk

  • October 19 · 23 min

    Citi Reveals Top Crypto Stock Picks Ahead of Q3 Earnings

    On this episode of CoinDesk’s Public Keys from the New York Stock Exchange, host Jennifer Sanasie is joined by Peter Christiansen, Director of Digital Assets Equity Research at Citi, who explains why the bank is turning more bullish on crypto equities ahead of Q3 earnings — breaking down its upgrades of Galaxy and Gemini, its downgrade of Securitize, the MSCI index-exclusion threat facing Strategy, and why Circle is his top pick with a $243 target. Plus, Bart Smith, CEO of Avalanche Treasury Co. (AVAT), makes the case that Wall Street’s tokenization push will land on Avalanche, and explains why a regulated permanent-capital vehicle offers investors different exposure than spot AVAX or an ETF — and why he sees bitcoin maturing into digital gold. - Learn more at bullish.com. - Register for Consensus Hong Kong 2027 (February 1-3) and Consensus Miami 2027 (May 4-6) at https://events.coindesk.com/. - Learn more about CoinDesk Data & Indices at https://indices.coindesk.com/institutions. - Chapters/Timecodes: 00:00 Welcome to Public Keys 00:21 Citi Turns Bullish on Crypto Equities 00:45 Citi's Pete Christiansen on the Infrastructure Trade 02:23 Why Citi Downgraded Securitize 03:47 What to Watch: NYSE, Nasdaq and DTCC Tokenized Trading 05:00 Collateral Mobility, Tokenization's Real Use Case 05:57 Strategy and the MSCI Index-Exclusion Threat 07:50 Citi's Bull, Bear and Base Case for MSTR 08:59 Bitcoin and Ether ETF Outflows Meet the Macro Backdrop 10:27 Why Circle Is Citi's Top Pick, $243 Target 13:36 Avalanche Treasury's Bart Smith Joins 13:43 The Bull, Bear and Base Case for Avalanche 15:18 How Avalanche Differentiates: Custom L1s 16:16 Why AVAT Over Spot AVAX or an ETF 19:32 The Tokenization-ETF Parallel 20:54 Tokenization Is Crypto Minus the Baggage 22:16 Why Bitcoin Is Now Digital Gold

  • October 16 · 18 min

    CFTC’s Michael Passalacqua Reveals Plan B for Crypto Regulation After CLARITY Act Stalls

    CoinDesk’s The Policy Protocol hosts Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti open on two hot topics: the CFTC’s interim final rule carving casino-style gambling out of the “swap” definition and the OCC’s “bombshell” report finding that America’s largest banks systematically debanked lawful businesses, based on a review of over 100,000 complaints from 2020–2025. Then they sit down with Michael Passalacqua, Senior Advisor to CFTC Chair Mike Selig and head of the agency’s Innovation Task Force, who walks through the Reg CM proposal creating a federal opt-in framework for retail crypto exchanges that offer leverage, previews the October 28th Frontier Forum on “super intelligence” and the thorny liability questions around agentic finance. Plus, Passalacqua lays out why he’s most excited about operationalizing the CFTC’s post-CLARITY rulemaking roadmap over the next six to twelve months. - This episode is brought to you by Grayscale, the world's largest digital asset-focused investment platform. Grayscale's mission is to make digital asset investing simple and open to every investor. Learn more at grayscale.com. - Digital asset vaults are growing rapidly, but understanding the risks behind them requires more than on-chain data. S&P Global Ratings' Vault Risk Assessment (VRA) delivers independent, forward-looking insight into vault credit quality, governance, and risk management, helping bring institutional-grade risk transparency to digital asset markets. Learn more at https://www.spglobal.com/ratings/en/products/vault-risk-assessments. - Learn more about CoinDesk Data & Indices at coindesk.com/institutions. - Chapters/Timecodes: 00:00 Welcome to The Policy Protocol 01:54 Renato at the Chicago Fed Payments Symposium 02:19 Hot Topic: CFTC Says Sportsbook Bets Aren't Swaps 03:51 Hot Topic: The OCC Debanking 'Bombshell' Report 06:02 Michael Passalacqua of the CFTC Joins 06:44 Reg CM: A Federal Path for Crypto Exchanges 10:24 Inside the CFTC Innovation Task Force 10:56 Super Intelligence and the Frontier Forum 12:04 The Phantom No-Action Letter and Industry-Wide IB Relief 14:47 Agentic Finance and Autonomous Trading 16:20 Defining 'Onchain Finance' 16:45 The Post-CLARITY Rulemaking Roadmap

  • October 15 · 13 min

    RealFi Says Its Stablecoin Yield Tops 12% as Ethereum Launch Nears

    RealFi Chief Business Officer Seny Orlov joins CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie to break down the protocol’s Cardano mainnet launch, which followed a public testnet with more than 3,000 verified wallets. He explains how staked USDr earns yield from real-world assets and why that portfolio is producing an annualized yield of over 12% right now. Orlov also covers why family offices and trading firms want a dollar that’s both durable and usable in DeFi, describes integrations with SundaeSwap and Strike Finance, and outlines the Ethereum mainnet launch planned for next month. - Timecodes: 00:00 - RealFi’s Seny Orlov Joins CoinDesk 01:04 - Inside RealFi’s Cardano Mainnet Launch 02:40 - How USDr and sUSDr Work 04:06 - Where the 12% Yield Comes From 05:43 - Why Institutions Want Yield-Bearing Stablecoins 07:35 - Building Out RealFi’s Cardano DeFi Ecosystem 09:11 - What the Ethereum Mainnet Launch Unlocks 11:08 - What Will Drive Institutions to DeFi - This episode is brought to you by RealFi, a smarter stablecoin, backed by real-world assets. Join the mainnet now at app.realfi.co.

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