CoinDesk Podcast Network3 Des 2025

The Blockspace Pod: The Conspiracy Was True: Operation Chokepoint 2.0

A new House report confirms the Biden Administration's coordinated, extralegal "Operation Chokepoint 2.0" to debank the crypto industry. We review the timeline & confirmed shadow debanking conspiracies We discuss the bombshell report from the House Committee on Financial Services that confirms the existence of **Operation Chokepoint 2.0**—a coordinated, extralegal effort by the Biden Administration to push the crypto industry out of the US banking system. Review Nic Carter's original exposes, how the "conspiracy" became formal documentation, and the shift from an existential threat to a clearer path for conducting business in the United States. We also discuss the political "reckoning" ahead for the industry's single-issue campaign spending. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com **Notes:** * House report confirms debanking conspiracy. * Extralegal effort to cut crypto banking. * Nick Carter published OCP 2.0 exposes. * Existential risk to US crypto is not near-term. * Crypto actively supported Trump's campaign. * "Single issue PAC" raised biggest money ever. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:25 Chokepoint 1.0 04:08 Regulation as maze 07:14 FDIC letter 11:06 Charlie gets de-banked 13:12 Fed letter SR226 - 👋The Blockspace Pod is produced Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? hello@blockspace.media

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