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Swan CEO Cory Klippsten is all-in on Bitcoin. Not only does he believe that bitcoin (BTC) is poised to reach $1 million by 2030, he also thinks most alt-coins add little to no value and will eventually all go to zero. Accordingly, his company is a massive bet on the future of Bitcoin, from educating people about the world’s first crypto and convincing them to eventually self-custody, to making private equity investments in the Bitcoin ecosystem.

2 янв. 2024 г.

Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart explains why it seems the SEC prefers cash vs. in-kind creation of spot bitcoin ETFs, and why this choice would negatively impact Grayscale.

18 дек. 2023 г.

The record $4.3 billion settlement reached between Binance and the U.S. government over charges of money laundering and sanctions violations calls for the world's largest crypto exchange to maintain an independent compliance monitor for the next five years. Michael Dawson, a partner at WilmerHale, and Dorothy DeWitt, founder and CEO of Tolt Strategies, a former director at the CFTC and former general counsel at Coinbase, discuss the developments.

18 дек. 2023 г.

On this episode of Unchained, the founder and CEO of Global Macro Investor, Raoul Pal, describes why a spot bitcoin ETF is such a significant development, likening it to a free trade agreement with the traditional financial world. He also discusses what effect a spot Ether ETF is likely to have on Ether prices, the relative merits of Ether vs. Solana, the usefulness of BRC-20 tokens and why 2024 is likely to be a very good year for crypto and the economy as a whole. 

18 дек. 2023 г.

On this episode of Unchained, Anatoly Yakovenko talks about the impact of FTX’s collapse, his early impressions of Sam Bankman-Fried, the SEC’s designation of SOL as a security, how entrepreneurs are leaving the U.S. because of the regulatory risk, SOL’s share of the stablecoin market, and why he thinks it’s inevitable that finance will eventually run on something like Solana.

18 дек. 2023 г.

With the 2024 U.S. presidential election less than a year away, candidates Vivek Ramaswamy, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson join the first bipartisan crypto presidential forum organized by the Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH. The presidential hopefuls discuss their views on the cryptocurrency industry and state of digital asset regulation in the U.S.

11 дек. 2023 г.

The GOP presidential candidate also talks about how pegging the dollar to a basket of commodities that could eventually include Bitcoin would help the U.S. economy, and why he hates the idea of a CBDC.

6 дек. 2023 г.

Lawrence Zlatkin, VP of Tax at Coinbase, and Shehan Chandrasekera, Head of Tax Strategy at tax software firm CoinTracker, discuss the crypto industry’s specific objections to the proposed new rules, and what might be a better way forward. They also delve into how the regulations would apply to stablecoins and NFTs, potential blockchain-based solutions for the reporting requirements, and what the likely outlook and timeline for the proposals to come into effect are.

6 дек. 2023 г.

Algorand Impact Summit, hosted in New Delhi, brings together developers, business leaders, policymakers, NGOs, and investors who see blockchain as part of the solution to the world’s most intractable challenges.

1 дек. 2023 г.

On this episode of Unchained, Tiffany Fong shares why she thinks SBF opened up to her, whether she ever had a romantic relationship with him, her unpleasant encounter with Sam Bankman-Fried’s mother at the trial, why she doesn’t really consider herself a crypto influencer and what her plans are now that the trial is over.

30 нояб. 2023 г.