Certifying Blockchain Projects with the XRP Ledger: Antony Welfare

Antony Welfare is the CEO & Founder of the Commercializing Blockchain Research Centre (CBRC). The CBRC offers the first in the world “CBRC Use Case Register” which captures over 100 real world use cases built on Blockchain Technology, and verifies these using XRP Ledger – issuing a certificate for each verified Use Case Project. Topics: CBRC Overview Building on the XRP ledger Ripple's upcoming stablecoin and the stablecoin market outlook Blockchain use cases CBDCs Bitcoin ETFs Crypto Regulations Links: https://www.commercializingblockchain.com/ https://x.com/AntonyWelfare Watch the interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxF7rJKxUIk Listen to the interview Timestamps 01:40 Antony's background 05:17 CBRC overview…

Moonbeam is Uniting Ethereum, Cosmos, & Polkadot for True Crypto Interoperability with Aaron Evans

Aaron Evans is the Head of Operations at the Moonbeam Foundation. Topics: Moonbeam overview Use Cases, GLMR token - Connecting Ethereum, Polkadot, and Cosmos Raising $13M in Funding to Advance Key Areas Companies transitioning from Web2 to Web3 Bitcoin ETFs Crypto Regulations Tokenization Links: https://moonbeam.network/ https://moonbeam.foundation/ https://x.com/DoubleARon2048 Watch the interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0AOAj2hEgk Listen to the interview Timestamps 02:33 Aaron's background 06:20 Reasons for crypto adoption 12:01 Moonbeam overview 15:40 Polkadot parachain 18:11 Moonbeam use cases 22:07 Pitching Web3 to Web2 companies 27:33 Tokenization 33:22 Moonbeam protocol & GLMR token 35:49 2024 Roadmap 39:16 Bitcoin ETFs…

Investing $2 Billion in Crypto With Avichal Garg

Avichal Garg is a Co-Founder and General Partner on the investment team at Electric Capital. He spent time Google and Facebook before entering into the investment space. Topics: Raising $2 Billion to invest in Crypto Investment strategy for tokens and companies Pitching Crypto to institutional investors Bitcoin ETF inflows and the upcoming Ethereum ETF Tokenization Having Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton as an advisor US Crypto Regulations Crypto's impact on politics: Fairshake raising over $150 Million Google and Facebook moving to Web3 Links: https://www.electriccapital.com/ https://x.com/avichal Watch the interview https://youtu.be/-2TWa-16zLc Listen to the interview Timestamps…

Adding $40 Million in Bitcoin to Defi Technologies’ Balance Sheet with Russell Starr

Russell Starr is the Head of Capital Markets at DeFi Technologies. Topics: DeFi Technologies crypto products Adding 110 Bitcoin to DeFi Technologies balance sheet Bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset Bitcoin adoption and future outlook US Bitcoin ETFs and Global ETPs Crypto Regulations Links: https://defi.tech/ https://x.com/Russ_N_Starr Watch the interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT5W0-04lGo Listen to the interview Timestamps 01:40 Russell's background 04:16 TradFi to Bitcoin 05:52 DeFi Technologies overview 09:42 Crypto Spot ETPs 14:29 Crypto Regulations 16:12 Adding Bitcoin to balance sheet 19:43 Cash allocation to Bitcoin 24:49 Valour subsidiary ETPs 27: 21 Basket Altcoin ETPs 29:49…

Ro Khanna’s Crypto Roundtable & Donald Trump to Speak at Bitcoin 2024 with Ron Hammond

Ron Hammond is the director of government relations at the Blockchain Association. Topics: SAB 121 veto overturn failed Ro Khanna crypto roundtable takeaways Donald Trump to speak at Bitcoin 2024 conference FIT21 Bill Updates Stablecoin Regulations - Wiley Nickel and Fed Jerome Powell CFTC Rostin Behnam says 70-80% of crypto are not securities Links: https://x.com/RonwHammond https://theblockchainassociation.org/ Watch the interview https://youtu.be/s28i4hqbC9U Listen to the interview Timestamps 02:11 SAB 121 veto repeal failed 04:14 SEC SAB 121 budget constraints 05:35 Ro Khanna roundtable 10:33 Donald Trump Bitcoin 2024 12:19 Fairshake crypto donations 14:44 CFTC chair Behnam…

The War Against Crypto is Not Over with Austin Campbell

Austin Campbell is the founder and managing partner at Zero Knowledge Consulting. He s also an Adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. Topics: SEC drops investigation into Ethereum SEC approval of ETH ETFs Gary Gensler’s recent comments about crypto CEOs Crypto’s impact on Politics: Donald Trump, Democrats 180, Biden and Elizabeth Warren Winklevoss Twins donate to Donald Trump Consumer First's FUD campaign against Tether USDT Coinbase's new lawsuit against SEC and FDIC Links: https://www.zeroknowledge.consulting/ https://x.com/CampbellJAustin Watch the interview https://youtu.be/xIKdnWRQFaA Listen to the interview Timestamps 02:17 SEC Ethereum investigation 03:35 ETH ETF approval catalysts 05:56…