On today's show, Jake Chervinsky, head of policy at the Blockchain Association, looks at how stablecoins are already expanding the reach of the U.S. dollar, but if the government were to restrict stablecoins in favor of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), that trend could quickly reverse.
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This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io a ... Show More
Sep 16
Circle Launched Its Own Blockchain. What Happens to Ethereum? | Markets Outlook
Nikhil Chandhok, Chief Technology and Product Officer at Circle, joins CoinDesk Contributor Kate Irwin on Markets Outlook the day Arc mainnet goes live. Chandhok explains why gas on Arc is USDC and not a native token, how opt-in privacy works, why BlackRock and Visa signed on as ... Show More
20m 17s
Sep 10
Is Bitcoin on the Verge of Its Biggest Bull Run? | Markets Outlook
Ran Neuner, Founder of Crypto Banter, joins Coindesk’s Jennifer Sanasie on Markets Outlook with charts in hand to explain why Bitcoin's pullback from $82K is textbook post-golden-cross behavior, and why he thinks the real story is what comes next. Neuner breaks down Scott Bessent ... Show More
22m 54s
Dec 2021
SOB: Can Stablecoins Survive?
Join hosts Adam B. Levine and Stephanie Murphy along with special guest Josh Scigala, CEO of Vaultoro, for a wide-ranging exploration of the growing asset class of "Stablecoins."
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, KuCoin and DeFiHorse.
On this episode we discuss:
The possibil ... Show More
58m 40s
Aug 2022
The US Appears in No Rush on CBDCs
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US.On today’s episode, NLW looks at the state of the U.S. discussion about a central bank digital currency. Based on statements from the Federal Reserve, members of Congress and others, does it look like the U.S. is heade ... Show More
20m 1s
Aug 2022
BREAKDOWN: Tether Chooses to ‘OFAC Around and Find Out’
The stablecoin issuer says it won’t blacklist addresses unless law enforcement specifically asks it to do so.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US.
On today’s episode, NLW looks at the latest news on Tornado Cash sanctions. Specifically, he looks at Tether ... Show More
20m 7s
Sep 2022
MONEY REIMAGINED: How Should a Blockchain Project Build in the Midst of this Crypto Winter?
This episode is sponsored by Circle and NEAR.
In the attempt to contain the inflationary outbreak in the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening by hiking interest rates will continue for some time. Recently, the U.S. central bank’s chair, Jerome Powell, made it c ... Show More
37m 11s