Ron Hammond is director of government relations at the Blockchain Association. We discuss: Repeal of SAB 121 - Democrats and Republicans join forces Vote on the FIT Bill coming up plus CBDC ban bill Donald Trump crypto statements Gary Gensler hearing SEC Robinhood Wells Notice Ethereum ETF Deadline https://youtu.be/w1iht-z3CNI
Simon McLoughlin CEO of Uphold. We discuss: Uphold Vault support for Bitcoin and XRP Uphold Ripple partnership and ODL XRP usage my institutions Ripple's Stablecoin Bitcoin ETF performance and crypto market outlook Tokenization https://youtu.be/V3EfasfH3-Y
Bill Barhydt is the CEO of Abra. We discuss: Abra's new Private and Prime services SEC compliant crypto staking service Bitcoin ETF pros and cons Ethereum Spot ETF Monetary policy, Debt, and CBDCs Memecoins Crypto Regulations https://youtu.be/EyNo8xJ61fE
Clinton Donnelly is the CEO of CryptoTaxAudit. Learn more https://www.irsguarddog.com?afmc=thinkingcrypto Topics: The IRS' new Form 1099-DA will require broker-dealers to report not just transaction details but also the digital asset addresses involved. Roger Ver aka Bitcoin Jesus tax evasion arrest Senator Elizabeth Warren proposes an "anti-millionaire tax," potentially transforming the IRS into a financial panopticon, watching over all American wealth. President Biden's proposed 2025 budget, which includes tax increases https://youtu.be/AAoQWfN0gac?si=PHDmj2sWTRlhTwvN
Bam Azizi is CEO & Co-Founder at Mesh. He is a serial entrepreneur and founded NoPassword which was acquired by LogMeIn. We discuss: Mesh's Crypto connectivity solutions to improve crypto payments, deposits and more Investment from PayPal, $5 Million in PYUSD Recent Integration with MetaMask Tokenization Global adoption of Stablecoins Crypto Market Outlook https://youtu.be/ynxfBs_Y8pU
Philip Forte is the founder and CEO of Elixir, a liquidity infrastructure layer that helps power decentralize orderbook exchanges, both spot and perpetual futures. Prior to founding Elixir, Philip was the co-founder of BlockVenture, an alliance of university blockchain groups and blockchain funds. Philip was also an advisor to a number of projects such as Solana and Moonbeam. Creating a liquidity infrastructure layer that helps power decentralize orderbook exchanges Recent $8 Million funding round which included Arthur Hayes Tier 1 crypto exchange partnership incoming Bitcoin ETF performance Crypto market outlook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z351HulwUOQ
