Crypto Market Structure & Stablecoin Legislation Timeline Revealed with Congressman Bryan Steil

Congressman Bryan Steil, Chairman of Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence, joined me to discuss the latest with Crypto market structure and stablecoin legislation. Get to know Bryan: Metaverse theme – Politics Favorite food – Italian Favorite musician/artist – Country Music Favorite movie – The Godfather Favorite Book – Read, Write, Own by Chris Dixon Hobby – Winter Cross Country Ski and Summer Biking Topics: Crypto's impact on the US Elections Crypto market structure and Stablecoin legislation status Timeline for Crypto legislation in 2025 Bitcoin Reserve & Digital Asset…

TradFi Can’t Ignore Crypto Anymore! with John D’Agostino

John D'Agostino, Head of Strategy at Coinbase Institutional, joined me to discuss TradFi entering Crypto and how Coinbase is servicing institutions such as BlackRock. John has an incredible story in TradFi that was told in the book Rigged, the True Story of an Ivy League Kid who Changed the World of Oil, written by Ben Mezrich. Get to know John: Metaverse theme – St Judes & helping kids Favorite food – Sushi Favorite musician/artist – Taylor Swift Favorite movie – Dead Poets Society Favorite Book – The Sorrows of Young Werther Novel by Johann…

XRP Ledger Adoption Surging! Institutions, DeFi, Stablecoins, Tokenization with Jasmine Cooper

Jasmine Cooper, Head of Product at RippleX, joined me to discuss the latest and the greatest with the XRP Ledger. Get to know Jasmine: Metaverse theme – Adventure sports Favorite food – Mozzarella Sticks Favorite musician/artist – Zach Bryan Favorite movie – Forest Gump Favorite Book – Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard Hobby - Outdoor activities Topics: XRPL decentralization Private vs Public ledger Institutional DeFi on the XRP Ledger XRPL DEX, AMM, EVM Sidechain, Multi-Purpose Token (MPT), Tokenization XRPL roadmap XRP ETFs Links: https://x.com/jazzicoop https://xrpl.org/ Watch the interview https://youtu.be/y3pLf3YhnpE Listen to…

SEC Drops Appeal in Ripple XRP Case – What happens with $125M Fine & Institutional Sales? with Fred Rispoli

Attorney Fred Rispoli, founder of HODL Law, joined me to discuss what happens next after the SEC dropped the appeal in the Ripple XRP case. Topics: Why the SEC dropped the appeal Will Ripple Cross Appeal? Will the $125 Million fee be thrown out or reduced? Ripple & SEC deal for institutional sales moving forward With the appeal dropped will XRP ETFs be approved Links: https://x.com/freddyriz https://hodllaw.org/ Watch the interview https://youtu.be/qQlWYMG1LRk Listen to the interview Timestamps 02:16 SEC drops appeal 03:51 Ripple cross appeal 07:50 $125 million fine 09:58 Institutional sales 14:01 XRP Price…

Hedge Fund Insider Reveals Crypto Investing Secrets! with Cosmo Jiang

Cosmo Jiang is a General Partner at crypto hedge fund Pantera Capital. He joined me to discuss the outlook for crypto in the US and the different sectors of the crypto market. Get to know Cosmo: Favorite food – Spicy Wings Favorite musician/artist – Kids songs Favorite movie – Trading Places Favorite Book – Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight Hobby - Doing research and leaning Topics: Pantera's Approach to investing in Crypto Projects Current Crypto market conditions and when recovery may happen Crypto in the US Meme…

The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Has a U.S. Marshals Problem with Les Borsai

Les Borsai, co-founder at Wave Digital Assets, joined me to discuss the problem the US Marshals has with accounting for Bitcoin and the impact it could have on setting up the strategic bitcoin reserve. Get to know Les Metaverse theme – AI themed Favorite food – Hamburgers and spaghetti and meatballs Favorite musician/artist – Blues - Brown & McGhee Favorite movie – Usual Suspects Favorite Book – Untethered Soul by Michael Singer Topics: Les's background in the Music Industry Being an advisor to Ripple Bitcoin Reserve The US Marshals Bitcoin problem Bitcoin & Altcoin…