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, Mastercard, BlackRock, Google and Coinbase, all aimed at ...
2 Jul 1h
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 attempt from getting her to download software and run a...
2 Jul 14min
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 story. ===========================================...
30 Jun 51min
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. In this segment from Bits + Bips: The Interview, she walks Stev...
30 Jun 8min
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 Twitter thinks. Thanks to our sponsor! 👉 F...
27 Jun 50min
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 that could slow the bleed. =======================...
26 Jun 25min
Ex-Ethereum Foundation Researchers Launched Their Own 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 nobody expected. ===================================...
26 Jun 1h 11min
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 down the CME's lawsuit against the CFTC to kill dome...
25 Jun 1h 4min
