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The Chopping Block: Visa, Mastercard & 140 Firms Take On Circle, Saylor’s Digital Credit Reset & the DAO Reckoning
The crew is joined by Selini Capital’s Jordi Alexander to break down Open USD, the no-fee stablecoin from a 140-firm consortium spanning Visa, Master…
4 months ago
How a Fake Podcast Invite Nearly Hacked Laura Shin
Laura Shin has reported on crypto scams since the early days and wrote one of the first stories on sim swaps. That did not stop a spear-phishing atte…
4 months, 1 week ago
How the New Ethlabs Plans to Make Ethereum More Intentional in Designing ETH
Is it Ethereum or bust? Ansgar Dietrichs makes the case that only Ethereum can anchor the financial system, and admits ETH still lacks a clear value …
4 months, 1 week ago
A Perp Venue Asked Her to Trade Her Own Benchmark. She Said No
Carmen Li thought it was a joke when a perpetual futures marketplace asked her to become the market maker for her own index. It wasn't.
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4 months, 1 week ago
Why CME Sued the CFTC Over the Kalshi Bitcoin Perp Approval
A regulated exchange suing its own regulator almost never happens. The hosts trace why CME did it, and why the CFTC may have better odds than crypto …
4 months, 1 week ago
How the Strategy Empire Breaks, and Whether Saylor Can Stop It
Vinny Lingham warned 18 months ago that Michael Saylor would harm Bitcoin more than FTX. Now he maps how the Strategy empire breaks and the one move …
4 months, 1 week ago
Why Fable's Shutdown Is a Warning for Every AI Lab: Uneasy Money
An anti-MEV activist spent weeks building 66 fake contracts to trap the sandwich bot jaredfromsubway.eth. Then jared's operators did the one thing no…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Chopping Block: Is Strategy the Luna for Suits?, ETH Labs Shakeup & CME vs Perps
The crew debates whether Saylor's STRC preferred shares are "Luna for suits," unpacks the ETH Labs spin-out and Ethereum Foundation layoffs, breaks d…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Are Perpetuals Swaps or Futures? The CME Picks a Fight
Three years ago, Chris Perkins sat across from Terry Duffy in Congress and made the case for perpetuals. Duffy pushed back — hard. Now Duffy's CME is…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
How Digital Credit Assets like STRC and SATA Differ from Bitcoin or DAT Stocks
Was Michael Saylor wrong to sell Bitcoin? Matt Cole breaks from his fellow critics on Strategy, S&P's junk rating on MSTR, and whether the model is b…
4 months, 2 weeks ago