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President Trump defends the CFTC's authority over prediction markets.

President Trump defended the CFTC's exclusive authority over prediction markets in a Truth Social post, calling state officials trying to regulate them "scum." His attack targeted Chris Christie, Letitia James, Tim Walz, and JB Pritzker — all of whom have moved against prediction market platforms in their states. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

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

Pope Leo has likened AI to the Tower of Babel, and the Chinese government is funding the push against AI data centers in the US.

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! For our top story today, Pope Leo’s latest encyclical – in which Leo likens AI to a modern, cyber Tower of Babel – gives us the Catholic Church’s official stance on AI. For interviews, Lygos Finance CEO Jay Patel touches on Strategy’s latest balance sheet clean up, and Sam Lyman of the Bitcoin Policy Institute joins us to talk about BPI’s new research on how China and other foreign actors are leveraging the media and dark money networks to astroturf opposition against AI data centers in the US. For other news, we break down TeraWulf’s plans for a 1 GW AI data center in Kentucky and Strategy’s repurchase of $1.5 billion in convertible notes and its latest BTC purchase.

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Arthur Hayes from Consensus Miami.

BitMEX co-founder and Maelstrom CIO Arthur Hayes took the Consensus Miami mainstage to make a provocative case: crypto regulation is irrelevant to Bitcoin's price performance. Hayes argues that fiat liquidity, not legislation, is the only variable that matters. He breaks down how money printing drove Bitcoin's historic gains, why the CLARITY Act won't move the needle, and where he thinks the crypto community should actually focus its political energy.

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Timecodes:

0:00 - Why Arthur Hayes Doesn't Care About Crypto Regulation
02:09 - Bitcoin's Value Proposition: Technology + Fiat Liquidity
04:50 - Obama, QE, and the Birth of Bitcoin
7:48 - Janet Yellen's Reverse Repo and the 200% Bitcoin Rally08:50 - Transformation in Trump's Rhetoric Around Bitcoin
11:12 - Why Regulation Is Irrelevant to Bitcoin's Price
12:10 - The Fed Balance Sheet vs. Bitcoin: The Only Chart That Matters13:16 - The Case for Supporting Open Source Developers

Hyperliquid has its prediction market now.

Hyperliquid is expanding its HIP-4 outcome contracts into real-world events like inflation data and Fed decisions, putting it in direct competition with Polymarket. The key difference: Hyperliquid handles dispute resolution in-house through its validators, rather than relying on an external oracle like Polymarket's UMA. 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.

On this episode of CoinDesk's Public Keys from the New York Stock Exchange, host Jennifer Sanasie unpacks a busy weekend — SpaceX's S-1 revealing 18,712 BTC on the balance sheet, Kevin Warsh's first full week as Fed Chair, and the SEC pushing back its innovation exemption for tokenized stocks. Bitwise Asset Management Head of Research Ryan Rasmussen joins to break down the bull and bear case for Hyperliquid, how Bitwise is differentiating BHYPE with in-house staking and 10% of management fees reinvested into HYPE, and why wealth managers are finally moving beyond BTC and ETH. Hyperliquid Strategies CEO David Schamis lays the foundation on how crypto margin trading works and why leverage amplifies timing risk. Plus, Calamos Global Head of ETFs Matt Kaufman explains how the firm's protected Bitcoin ETFs are pulling in fresh capital as spot Bitcoin funds bleed $1.26 billion in a single week.

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This episode of Public Keys is brought to you by Kraken. For more: https://pro.kraken.com/

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Timecodes:

00:00 Welcome to Public Keys

00:30 BTC Bounces as US-Iran Peace Talks Cool Oil Prices

01:00 SpaceX S-1 Reveals 18,712 BTC on the Balance Sheet

01:45 SEC Delays Tokenized Stocks Innovation Exemption

02:05 Kevin Warsh's First Week as Fed Chair Begins

02:30 HYPE ETFs Pull $72M, Bitwise's Ryan Rasmussen Joins

06:30 The Bull and Bear Case for Hyperliquid

11:30 Wealth Managers Move Beyond BTC and ETH

14:30 Margin Trading 101 With David Schamis

17:00 Crypto Margin vs. Equities and the Timing Trap

19:30 Trading 24/7 and the Rise of AI Agents

23:30 BTC ETFs Bleed $1.26B, Capital Rotates Into HYPE/SOL/XRP

25:30 Calamos' Matt Kaufman on Protected Bitcoin ETFs

28:30 Advisors Rotate From Spot BTC Into Protected Wrappers

30:00 The Calamos ETF Roadmap

32:30 Fear & Greed Index Sits at 34

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.