Teana Baker-Taylor spoke with Stephen Palley, partner at law firm Anderson Kill, about the recent decision by the U.S. 9th circuit of appeals in the Thomas Costanzo case. Costanzo in 2018 was convicted for selling bitcoin for USD to FBI agents posing as drug traffickers….

Chris Bendiksen, head of research at CoinShares, talked to Pavel Moravec, CTO at SlushPool, and Dr. Philipp Kallerhoff, co-founder and partner at Protos Asset Management, about the bitcoin mining landscape. He asked if the profitability of bitcoin mining plays into the bitcoin price, bringing in…

Philip Gradwell, chief economist at Chainalysis, discussed what’s been happening on the blockchain in the last week. (27:54) “The bitcoin price has continued to rise and it’s now approaching its longer-term levels, nearly reaching its 100 and 200-day average. So it appears there is a…

Multiple senators have introduced ideas for how a digital dollar could be included in COVID-19 relief and stimulus packages. John Collins, partner at FS Vector, an advisory firm assisting firms like fintechs, reg- techs and financial institutions, discussed some of the interesting points. (34:48) “There…

Yoann Turpin, head of trading at Wintermute, discussed how institutional investors are approaching crypto. (5:17) “I was talking to some large institutional brokers this week who were telling me that they’ve just opened shop. They mostly opened shop, and it could be an interesting point…

Philip Gradwell, chief economist at Chainalysis, discussed what happened on the blockchain last week, which was the week before the bitcoin halving. (28:36) The BTC price has been above its long-term averages between April 27-May 10. “Throughout that week, we’ve seen prices we haven’t seen…

Crypto UK formed a working group to respond to the European Commission’s comprehensive public consultation of more than 150 questions covering topics including taxonomy, a bespoke regime, security tokens, stablecoins, market participants and market integrity. Ian Taylor, Chair of Crypto UK, described the content of…

BlockFi Founder and CEO Zac Prince recently tweeted that in the aftermath of coronavirus, the company does not intend to participate in a recession. (16:01) “If there was ever a time for cryptocurrency to shine, especially bitcoin, I think it’s this macroeconomic environment. And for…

Philip Gradwell, chief economist at Chainalysis, discussed what’s been unfolding on the blockchain in the past week. (24:21) “It’s been a post halving week. The Bitcoin price came close to $10K, near its year-to-date highs, but it hasn’t had that post-halving rocket to the moon…

Binance US joined the Proof of Stake Alliance. Catherine Coley, CEO of Binance US, explained why the company got involved. (14:14) “One of the things we saw, not only just allowing access to trading, allowing people to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, was the ability for…

James Brodie, founding partner at ID Theory, and Lasse Clausen, founding partner at 1kx, joined Nisa to discuss the DeFi space. Nisa asked about the recent stress test and whether it set the space back in terms of trust. Clausen mentioned how there was a…