A blue wave and a black swan. Democrats sweep Congress, markets whipsaw into a $2 trillion selloff, and Bitcoin holds its 50-week moving average through the biggest heist in history: $6 billion stolen from Binance. Ryan and David break down how North Korea pulled it off, how a French bank got robbed with crypto as the getaway car, Ethereum's December 2028 qu ... Show More
Today
Tokenizing Latin America: Six Currencies, One Financial System | Sebastian Serrano
What if the next stablecoin boom isn't in dollars? Ripio co-founder and CEO Sebastian Serrano joins David Hoffman to unpack how Latin America is bringing six local currencies onchain, why self-custody wallet deposits are still so expensive, and how stablecoins could improve cross ... Show More
53m 34s
Sep 2024
🚨Bitcoin EXPLOSION Ahead? Fed Rate Cuts, Trump vs Harris, Coinbase BlackRock ETF, SEC Gary Gensler!
Crypto Water Cooler Ep 016 - David from the <a href="https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCE4o509uGtygf_gAEbVgH0A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> @TheNextBlock3 </a> joins me to discuss the lates in the crypto market: Topics:<br />- Fed Cuts Rates and When Bitcoin and ... Show More
37m 28s
Jan 2025
Crypto ETF Explosion! Bitcoin, XRP, Solana, Litecoin, Ethereum Staking, & Meme Coins with Nate Geraci
Nate Geraci, President of The ETF Store joined me to discuss the latest with Crypto ETFs.<br />Topics:<br />- In-kind creation and redemption for the BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) <br />- Altcoin ETF filings - XRP, Solana, Litecoin, TRUMP <br />- Staking in ETH ETFs <br ... Show More
32m 23s
Oct 2021
E50: Crypto investing deep dive, Facebook's whistleblower fallout, Chappelle's new special & more
Show Notes: 0:00 Mercury is in retrograde & impacting the besties 2:01 Sacks on Solana, sophisticated crypto strategies, crypto deep dive 26:23 Building regulatory framework for utility tokens, institutional money in crypto 40:59 Facebook whistleblower, potential ramifications & ... Show More
1h 23m
Dec 2021
Crypto Update 12/1/21 | Planet of the Ape (NFTs)
With ether testing a run towards $5K, leading the way for alternative cryptocurrencies to follow and a look at how some NFTs are serving as a gateway for crypto adoption, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io an ... Show More
14m 40s
Jun 2022
E85: SBF's crypto bailout, Zendesk sells for ~$10B, buyout targets, US diplomacy, AlphaFold & more
0:00 Bestie intros 4:09 Assessing SBF bailing out major crypto players & the state of the market 18:24 Classifying crypto assets, high-yield crypto lending 34:17 Zendesk sells for $10B, accounting for stock-based comp, evergreen standard in tech 1:01:24 Buyout targets, public mar ... Show More
1h 35m
Apr 2022
Web 3 and the Rise of Small Media
On today’s show Joon Ian Wong, the Founding co-president of the Association of Cryptocurrency Journalists and Researchers, takes a look at new models for media and why tokenized solutions show promise.
Read the full story here.
This episode is sponsored by Kava, BCB Group and Koi ... Show More
9m 23s