CoinDesk Podcast Network

Senate has a markup date for the Clarity Act.

The Senate Banking Committee has scheduled a May 14 markup for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, the bill's first serious shot at advancement after a January delay. The White House wants it passed by July 4, but the banking industry still has reservations. CoinDesk's Sam Ewen hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

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This episode was hosted by Sam Ewen. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

This episode of CoinDesk's Public Keys at the NYSE features three conversations with the most closely watched voices in crypto's institutional moment. ProCap Financial founder Anthony Pompliano argues that 75% of crypto companies "aren't going to be here in five years," and lays out the four areas he believes will survive — Bitcoin, equity infrastructure, stablecoins, and tokenization. Angus Fletcher, Head of Digital Assets at State Street, breaks down how the $30 trillion-plus custody bank is building the bridge between traditional finance and tokenized markets, including a new tokenized fund service launching from Luxembourg by the end of 2026. Plus, SharpLink CEO Joseph Chalom on the publicly traded Ethereum treasury company's 46% institutional ownership, why permanent ETH capital is reshaping on-chain finance, and why he believes ETH's risk/reward "has never been better."

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Timecodes:

00:00 Welcome to Public Keys at NYSE

00:14 Pomp on 75% of Crypto Being "Dead and Never Coming Back"

02:30 The Four Survivors: Bitcoin, Infrastructure, Stablecoins, Tokenization

04:30 Ghost Chains and Why Crypto Needs to Grow Up

05:30 BlackRock Is Now a Bitcoin Company

09:00 Pomp on Prediction Markets and ETFs as "Biggest New Category"

12:30 State Street's Angus Fletcher Joins

14:30 Why Traditional and Digital Will Run Together

17:00 Regulatory Clarity as a Stamp of Approval

18:30 State Street Picks Luxembourg for Tokenized Funds

20:30 SharpLink CEO Joseph Chalom on Ethereum as Infrastructure

23:30 Permanent ETH Capital and Institutional Standards

26:30 Why Stablecoins Will Outpace Bitcoin Payments

31:00 Chalom: ETH Risk/Reward "Never Been Better"

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

Everyone and their grandmother waited to disclose AI deals during quarterly earnings, with IREN, Hut 8, and Cipher Digital announcing new tenants and massive expansion plans.

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Charlie and Colin cover a flurry of deals and quarterly earnings in the bitcoin miner-AI space. We break down IREN’s roadmap to 5 GW and their new Nvidia partnership, Hut 8’s $9.8B contract with an undisclosed hyperscaler, and Cipher Digital coming out with its 3rd AI data center deal but with undisclosed details. We also sit down with Lygos’ co-founder Francis Corvino to address the news that Strategy may sell bitcoin in the future and review Luxor’s April hashrate lookback series with Kaan Farahani. Plus, quarterly results from $IREN, $HUT, $WULF, $CORZ, and $CIFR.

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Taylor Lindman, chief counsel of the SEC Crypto Task Force, joins CoinDesk Live at Consensus 2026 in Miami to outline the agency's two-bucket approach to crypto regulation, why the CLARITY Act will "supercharge" the SEC, and the open questions around tokenized securities. Plus, the chief counsel's personal crypto origin story: buying Bitcoin in Korea in 2013 and learning self-custody after his exchange went bust.

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Timecodes:

00:00 SEC Crypto Chief Counsel Taylor Lindman Joins CoinDesk Live at Consensus 2026

01:07 The Two Buckets at the SEC Crypto Task Force

01:50 Future-Proofing Crypto Regulation: From Staff to Rulemaking

03:08 How the CLARITY Act Will "Supercharge" the SEC

04:22 First Bitcoin in 2013: and the Bankrupt Exchange

05:46 Why SEC Staff Need Hands-On Crypto Experience

06:40 Tokenization After the $4.2B Bullish-Equiniti Deal

07:07 Native, Synthetic, and Security Entitlement Tokens Explained

08:57 The "Cold Start Problem" for Tokenized Securities

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) joins CoinDesk Live at Consensus 2026 in Miami to make the case for an ethics provision banning members of Congress and senior administration officials from issuing or promoting cryptocurrencies — calling it "against the Constitution." Plus, why she's optimistic on market structure before midterms, why Democrats are the "party of the future" on crypto, and her new prediction markets bill with Sen. McCormick.

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Timecodes:

00:00 Sen. Gillibrand Joins CoinDesk Live at Consensus 2026

00:27 Crypto Market Structure Before Midterms?

01:16 The Ethics Provision: "Against the Constitution"

03:21 70% of Voters Want Officials Out of Crypto

04:40 Tension Around the President's Crypto Involvement

05:43 The Clarity Act and the Alsobrooks-Tillis Compromise

06:07 Banks, GENIUS Act Rulemaking, and the Comment Phase

07:18 "Democrats Are the Party of the Future"

09:49 AI, Jobs, and Rebuilding the Education System