CoinDesk Podcast Network

A last-minute tweak in the Clarity Act may punch DeFi .

A last-minute amendment to the Senate's Clarity Act stripped out protections for non-controlling blockchain developers. They could now be folded into financial regulations as "securities intermediaries" if regulators argue they have any level of control over a protocol. 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.

Iran wants tankers to pay for maritime insurance in BTC with its Hormuz Safe program, and the Prime Trust estate is suing Swan to claw back nearly $1B in assets.

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, we cover the bombshell news that Iran is now accepting bitcoin for maritime insurance for tankers trapped in the Strait of Hormuz. Francis Corvino of Lygos Finance joins us to talk about why he believes this is the greatest threat to the Bitcoin network yet, plus his takes on STRC, SATA, and “digital credit.”. We also break down the lawsuit where the Prime Trust Bankruptcy Trust is seeking to claw back nearly $1 billion from Swan Bitcoin, as well as similar clawbacks from Circle, Strike parent company Zap, and Huobi. We also look into the public backlash surrounding a proposed 9-gigawatt data center in Utah, IREN’s acquisition of Awaken Media, and Hive's 320 MW AI data center in Canada.

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Strategy spent $2B on Bitcoin last week.

Strategy purchased 24,869 bitcoin last week for roughly $2 billion at an average price of $80,985 per coin, bringing its total holdings to 843,738 BTC at an aggregate cost of $64 billion. The purchase was funded almost entirely through sales of its STRC preferred stock. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie 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, Jennifer Sanasie is joined by Fundstrat Head of Digital Asset Strategy Sean Farrell to unpack the crypto IPO slowdown, the Fed's hawkish pivot, and why Bitcoin miners pivoting to AI infrastructure remain one of the year's best places to hide in crypto. 21Shares Global Head of Research Eli Ndinga breaks down the launch of the first Hyperliquid ETF in the U.S. market, makes the bull and bear case for HYPE, and shares his $75 price target. Plus, NUVA Labs CEO Anthony Moro discusses the company's launch with nearly $19 billion in tokenized real-world assets from Figure Technologies and his vision for bringing TradFi to DeFi.

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Timecodes:

00:00 Welcome to Public Keys

00:38 Clarity Act Passes, Macro Headwinds Hit Crypto

01:53 Crypto IPO Boom Hits a Speed Bump

02:09 Fundstrat's Sean Farrell Joins Public Keys

03:30 Why AI Is Driving the Tech IPO Market

05:00 Bitcoin Miners Pivot to AI for Higher Yields

06:13 Macro Outlook and Fed Chair Warsh

08:12 Hyperliquid's $850M Revenue and Pre-IPO Markets

12:23 Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs See Major Outflows

13:48 Two HYPE ETFs Launch on Wall Street

14:25 21Shares' Eli Dinga on the THYP Debut

17:30 The Bull and Bear Case for Hyperliquid

22:30 21Shares' $75 Price Target for HYPE

23:55 Nuva Labs Launches with $19B in Tokenized RWAs

30:00 The Nuva Roadmap and Token Generation Event

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

AI compute futures are now live on the CME, and IREN has raised $3B in a new convertible note offering.

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today for news, we cover IREN’s new $3B convertible note – the largest convert ever for a public bitcoin miner – Trump’s Q1 bitcoin equity buys, and the 90-day pause on zoning discussions for Hut 8’s proposed 500 MW data center in Logan County, Illinois. Plus, Mike Alfred of Alpine Fox Hedge Fund joins us to discuss his top stock picks for AI, and Kush Bavaria of Ornn jumps on to discuss how Ornn is providing an H100 index for the CME’s new AI compute futures – and his thoughts on the future of these incipient compute futures markets. Mike San Miguel of Luxor also joins us to discuss the latest in GPU markets and AI ASICs, and pseudonymous user Soup explains how he used Claude and $15 in tokens to spin up 3.5 trillion passwords to crack his long-lost bitcoin wallet.  

👉CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success.

👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool. Start hashing today with Luxor!

👉Lygos Finance, Borrow against your Bitcoin, without compromising on custody.