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Can CLARITY pass during the lame duck session?

White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt and Treasury official Luke Pettit said the Clarity Act is unlikely to pass in the lame duck session, with the focus now shifting to the SEC and CFTC. "There's no time to waste now," Witt said. 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.

A $3M bet on Bitcoin hitting $95K by October.

A single trader placed a $3.17 million options bet that bitcoin will reach $95,000 by the end of October, using a strategy that pays off most if BTC lands right at that level. CoinDesk's Uyen Truong hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

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This episode is brought to you by Grayscale, the world's largest digital asset-focused investment platform. Grayscale's mission is to make digital asset investing simple and open to every investor. Learn more at grayscale.com.

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This episode was hosted by Uyen Truong. “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 is joined by Strike CEO Jack Mallers, who explains why he stepped down as CEO of Twenty One Capital, makes his case for bitcoin as "the most American money," and unpacks the launch of Strike Private. Zero Knowledge Group Founder and CEO Austin Campbell breaks down the CLARITY Act's failure to advance in the Senate, why the GENIUS Act has already reshaped the regulatory landscape, and how crypto has become caught in a broader fight over congressional ethics heading into the midterms. Plus, Christian Lopez, Managing Director and Head of Blockchain and Digital Assets at Cohen & Company Capital Markets, on the Fed's rate hike, how Anthropic's looming IPO is soaking up market liquidity, and why the tokenization of real-world assets is pulling Wall Street into crypto.

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Chapters/Timecodes:

00:00 Welcome to Public Keys

00:26 Markets: Bitcoin Tops $85K After the Fed Hike

00:50 Oil, Iran and the Trump-Xi Summit

01:13 Anthropic Pushes Its IPO to November

01:31 Strike CEO Jack Mallers Joins

02:04 Why Mallers Left Twenty One Capital

04:28 Mallers' Bitcoin Outlook and Advice

06:22 Why Bitcoin Doesn't Need the CLARITY Act

08:19 Bitcoin as Legal Tender and 'The Most American Money'

09:50 Inside Strike Private and Bitcoin-Backed Loans

13:10 Austin Campbell on the CLARITY Act's Senate Defeat

14:58 Why GENIUS Already Changed the Game

16:01 Crypto, the Midterms and the Ethics Fight

18:00 Could a Future Administration Undo the Rules?

19:47 Stablecoins as the Leading Force

21:35 Bitcoin and Ether ETF Flows

22:24 Christian Lopez on the Fed and Risk Assets

24:28 How the Anthropic IPO Soaks Up Liquidity

26:21 Q3 Earnings and Tokenizing Real-World Assets

28:44 Why TradFi Is Racing Into Crypto

The SEC approved its "innovation exemption" that brings stocks on-chain.

Google and Apple are both hiring for digital-asset roles, from tokenizing real-world assets in Asia to Apple Pay strategy, a sign that stablecoins and tokenization are becoming core expertise inside Big Tech. CoinDesk's Uyen Truong hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

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This episode is brought to you by Grayscale, the world's largest digital asset-focused investment platform. Grayscale's mission is to make digital asset investing simple and open to every investor. Learn more at grayscale.com.

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

The SEC approved its "innovation exemption" that brings stocks on-chain.

The SEC approved a five-year "innovation exemption" that lets firms trade real tokenized U.S. stocks on public blockchains, favoring tokens that carry full shareholder rights over synthetic price-tracking products. The move opens a regulated lane for DeFi and puts pressure on offshore offerings like Robinhood's stock tokens and Kraken's xStocks. CoinDesk's Uyen Truong hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

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This episode is brought to you by Grayscale, the world's largest digital asset-focused investment platform. Grayscale's mission is to make digital asset investing simple and open to every investor. Learn more at grayscale.com.

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