James Seyffart, ETF analyst at Bloomberg, joined me to discuss the launch and impact of the Bitcoin ETF options and much more. Topics: Bitcoin ETF Options explained Impact of ETF Options on Bitcoin's price Options for Ethereum ETFs Altcoin ETF approvals in 2025 - XRP, Solana, and Index products Links: https://x.com/JSeyff Watch the interview https://youtu.be/I-K0g-1tO9s Listen to the interview Timestamps 01:20 Bitcoin ETF options launch 03:09 ETF Options explained 04:40 Options impact on BTC's price 08:17 Ethereum ETF Options 09:36 New Bitcoin ETF products 14:10 Altcoin ETFs XRP Solana Show Sponsor Subscribe To The…

Charles Cascarilla, CEO and co-founder of Paxos, joined me to discuss the growing Stablecoin market, PayPal's PYUSD, and the new Global Dollar Network. Topics: The Stablecoin market's growth How Paxos helped PayPal to launch PYUSD The new Global Dollar Network (USDG) backed by Robinhood, Kraken, Paxos, Nuvei, Achorage Digital, and Bullish Incoming pro crypto president and congress Stablecoin legislation and what the regulators are requiring of stablecoin issuers How Stablecoin issuers generate revenue Links: https://x.com/Paxos https://paxos.com/ Watch the interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LYyWB5_uGI Listen to the interview Timestamps 01:41 Crypto market growth 03:25 Stablecoin adoption boom 06:15…

Cody Carbone, President of the Digital Chamber, joined me to discuss the latest with crypto regulations. Topics: Digital Chamber meetings this week with Fed and others to discuss stablecoins Gary Gensler resignation SEC being sued by 18 states Impact of elections - pro crypto congress and president Crypto legislation passed in lame duck? Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Bill Links: https://x.com/CodyCarboneDC https://digitalchamber.org/ Watch the interview https://youtu.be/gZ_PjPpqfa8 Listen to the interview Timestamps 01:29 Fed Stablecoin Legisliation 04:55 NYDFS Crypto regulation 07:08 Crypto Legislation passed in lame duck? 08:34 Trump and Congress Pro Crypto 12:12 Crypto regulation needed…

Nemil Dalal, Head of the Coinbase Developer Platform and Dan Kim, Head of Business Development of the Coinbase Developer Platform, joined me to discuss the convergence of AI and Crypto. Topics: The convergence of AI and Crypto How crypto is helping facilitate transactions to and from people and also between AI agents Coinbase conducting the first AI Agent to AI Agent payment with USDC Coinbase's developer platform solutions for AI Agent creation and crypto payments AI disruption of jobs and can AI Agents create new jobs Will AI Agent tokens and NFTs be considered…

Zach Pandl, Head of Research at Grayscale, joined me to discuss their approach to creating crypto ETF products and more. Get to know Zach: Metaverse theme – Lambeau Field Green Bay Favorite food – Butter Finger Candy Favorite musician/artist – Bob Dylan Favorite movie – Star Wars Favorite Book – The Basics of Bitcoin and Blockchains Hobby – Spending time with Family Topics: Grayscale's Crypto Financial Products Grayscale suing the SEC over the Bitcoin Spot ETF Relaunching the XRP Trust and will they file for an XRP Spot ETF Bitcoin's adoption and growth TradFi's…

Eric van Miltenburg, SVP Strategic Initiatives at Ripple, and I spoke at the Ripple Swell conference. We discuss Ripple's strategic initiatives such as Ripple Impact, Blockchain Education at Universities, and much more. Links: https://ripple.com/impact/ Watch the interview https://youtu.be/QvJd5Q_uL08 Listen to the interview Timestamps 01:14 Eric's background 03:00 Web3 education 05:25 Ripple Impact 08:24 Financial inclusion initiatives 11:40 University Blockchain initiatives 18:00 Roadmap Show Sponsor Subscribe To The Free Thinking Crypto Weekly Newsletter!