Amanda Tuminelli is the Chief Legal Officer at the DeFi Education Fund. She joined me to discuss the recent lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury over their DeFi broker rule. Topics: Details of the IRS DeFi dealer rule and lawsuit New SEC Chair Paul Atkins - will non fraud cases be dropped? Updates on other cases: Beba SEC Lawsuit and more Will we see crypto legislation passed this year with a pro crypto congress and president coming into office Links: https://x.com/amandatums https://www.defieducationfund.org/ https://www.defieducationfund.org/_files/ugd/84ba66_b6af3a8d9414462d8a34897cfec39c5e.pdf Watch the interview https://youtu.be/yrZ6daO8NWk?si=bV7QghmcvkcXkC5m Listen to the interview Timestamps 02:27 IRS…

Clinton Donnelly is the CEO of CryptoTaxAudit. He joined me to discuss the details of the IRS Crypto Safe Harbor Plan. Topics: IRS Safe Harbor Plan 1099 DA Form Preparing for the 2025 Tax Season Will Trump Remove Taxes from Crypto? Links: https://www.cryptotaxaudit.com/1099 Signup - https://www.cryptotaxaudit.com/guard-dog?afmc=thinkingcrypto Watch the interview https://youtu.be/VpYlJKa8Qno Listen to the interview Timestamps 01:53 CryptoTaxAudit Overview 03:35 IRS Crypto Safe Habor 09:15 Details for snapshot 16:25 Donald Trump Crypto Taxes 20:33 2025 Tax Season prep and 1099 DA Show Sponsor Subscribe To The Free Thinking Crypto Weekly Newsletter!

Lincoln Murr and Dan Kim of Coinbase joined me to discuss leveraging AI Agents to earn crypto. Links: https://docs.fileverse.io/0x0241792d29d6467B64B723B60736A34866dc3C77/4#key=rwYJnCBdwFlYa6dAx-azOZEbF4GDrp4cIigYaLLKLWqTDvEFP-9pIdKGNqvVZACx https://www.coinbase.com/developer-platform Watch the interview https://youtu.be/qHY0xz8WEaA?si=tyAOrPIxHEeXSzUd Show Sponsor Subscribe To The Free Thinking Crypto Weekly Newsletter!

Sandy Kaul is the Head of Innovation Strategies at Franklin Templeton. She joined me to discuss Franklin Templeton's crypto and tokenization initiatives. Topics: Sandy's The Future of Investing: 2024/25 Edition Report Benji tokenization platform launching on Ethereum Franklin Templeton's OnChain U.S. Government Money Market Fund (FOBXX) Tokenization Outlook Impact of Crypto on TradFi Franklin's Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs and plans for future Crypto ETFs Crypto 2025 Outlook Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandy-kaul-8571877/ https://www.franklintempleton.com/articles/2024/disruption/the-future-of-investing-money Watch the interview https://youtu.be/CQuikPjyUCY Listen to the interview Timestamps 02:04 The Future of Investing Report 05:50 Crypto's Rise 07:59 Benji Tokenization platform 12:08 Tokenized…