Emily Parker

PayPal's move to issue a stablecoin is putting crypto legislation back in focus in Washington, D.C. Timothy Massad, former CFTC chairman and current director of the Digital Assets Policy Project at the Harvard Kennedy School, joins the conversation. tastycrypto head Ryan Grace shares his crypto markets outlook. And, The Sandbox co-founder and COO Sebastien Borget discusses the virtual world's latest collaboration.

Aug 9, 2023

Global payments giant PayPal is launching PayPal USD, a U.S. dollar stablecoin fully backed by U.S. dollar deposits, short-term U.S. Treasuries and similar cash equivalents. Paxos head of strategy Walter Hessert joins the conversation. Arca head of research Katie Talati shares her crypto markets analysis. And, Alchemy product manager Will Hennessy explains why Web3 developer activity is still on the rise in the second quarter.

Aug 8, 2023

Bitcoin remains stagnant at $29K, teasing $30K. What will it take to push it past $30K? The Crypto Trader author Glen Goodman weighs in. Sandra Leow from Nansen discusses the latest developments with Curve Finance as white hat hackers and attackers return over 73% of all funds stolen from the exploit. And, Moses Singer partner Howard Fischer reacts to the latest legal update between Coinbase and the SEC.

Aug 7, 2023

Coinbase beat analyst estimates for the second quarter, reporting revenues of $708 million and adjusted earnings of a loss of $0.42. Oppenheimer senior analyst Owen Lau joins the conversation. CoinShares CEO Jean-Marie Mognetti discusses the European digital asset manager's latest earnings results. And, Volatility Shares co-founder and CIO Stuart Barton weighs in on the ether futures ETF race kicking off in the U.S.

Aug 4, 2023

Semafor reports that Binance may face Department of Justice fraud charges, though prosecutors are weighing alternatives given the risk of an FTX-style bank run. Josh Sterling, Jones Day partner and former CFTC division director weighs in. Kaiko research analyst Riyad Carey and Sovryn core contributor Edan Yago discuss the future of DeFi in the wake of the Curve Finance exploit. And, CoinDesk's Emily Parker shares insights on Japan's plans for a CBDC.

Aug 3, 2023

The Wall Street Journal reports that China is Binance’s largest market, amounting to 20% of worldwide volume. ProChain Capital president David Tawil shares his crypto markets analysis and thoughts on MicroStrategy's latest earnings results. CertiK CEO Ronghui Gu weighs in on the Curve Finance exploit. And, Kraken CMO Mayur Gupta discusses the crypto exchange's ongoing partnership with the Williams Racing team.

Aug 2, 2023

The exploit at DeFi giant Curve Finance has driven down the price of its CRV token, putting a $168 million stash of founder Michael Egorov's money at risk of being liquidated. BlockSec co-founder Yajin "Andy" Zhou joins the conversation. Todd Groth, CFA, CoinDesk Indices head of research, discusses how the crypto markets performed in July. And, Koray Caliskan, author of "Data Money" shares his thoughts on the future of crypto regulation.

Aug 1, 2023

More than $100 million worth of crypto could be at risk due to a bug impacting Curve, a stablecoin exchange at the center of Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem. Ava Labs president John Wu weighs in on what this means for the state of the crypto industry, along with his thoughts on asset tokenization. eToro US investment analyst Callie Cox shares her outlook on bitcoin ahead of the July jobs report. And, DappRadar's Pedro Herrera discusses the future of decentralized social dapps.

Jul 31, 2023

Ripple VP of central bank engagements and CBDCs James Wallis explains why the country of Palau will be leveraging Ripple's CBDC platform. Bitwise Asset Management president Teddy Fusaro shares his crypto markets analysis as the highly anticipated project co-founded by OpenAI's Sam Altman launched its WLD token earlier this week. And, Eco App CEO Andy Bromberg discusses crypto wallet Beam going live.

Jul 28, 2023

The Justice Department wants Sam Bankman-Fried to go to jail ahead of his criminal trial. ZFZ Law co-founder Michael Zweiback shares his legal analysis. Morgan Creek Capital CEO Mark Yusko weighs in on the latest rate hike from the Fed. Journey's chief metaverse officer Cathy Hackl discusses Meta's latest earnings results. And, CoinFund CEO Jake Brukhman explains why he thinks Worldcoin could help onboard billions of users into the crypto economy.

Jul 27, 2023