CoinDesk Podcast Network

Senator Angela Alsobrooks joins hosts Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti to discuss the three outstanding issues she needs resolved before voting Clarity off the Senate floor. Plus, insights into Jamie Dimon's criticism over stablecoin yield. And, former Congressman George Santos named person of the week for the Kalshi insider trading investigation.

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Timecodes:

00:00 Sen. Alsobrooks on Ethics

00:26 Welcome to The Policy Protocol

00:56 CFTC Greenlights Perps in 24 Hours

02:33 OFAC Sanctions Iran's Nobitex

05:56 Offshore Exchanges Coming Onshore

07:05 Senator Angela Alsobrooks Joins

07:45 Defending the Yield Compromise Against Jamie Dimon

10:21 What's Needed for an Ethics Compromise

12:17 How ClarityHelps Underbanked Constituents

15:03 Why More Democrats Aren't on Board

16:25 What It Takes to Get Clarity Across the Line

17:13 Sen. Alsobrooks's Approach

18:33 Why Clarity Is the World's Only DeFi Legislation

21:27 Senator Lummis Pushes Back on Jamie Dimon

22:31 George Santos Named Person of the Week

CFTC Chairman Mike Selig sits down on the mainstage at Consensus to break down the most consequential regulatory shift in crypto history: a joint SEC-CFTC taxonomy that finally defines what kind of asset everything is, effectively putting the Howey Test to rest. He also makes the case for why prediction markets belong under federal jurisdiction, not state gaming commissions, and why he's already suing multiple states to prove it. Operating as the sole commissioner on a five-member body, Selig is moving fast on rulemaking, AI-powered market surveillance, and cementing the US as the global home for crypto innovation.

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Timecodes:

00:00 - CFTC Chairman Mike Selig at Consensus Miami 2026

01:00 - The New Crypto Taxonomy

03:13 - Joint CFTC/SEC Rulemaking and Its Durability

04:34 - Protecting Software Developers

06:53 - Why Prediction Markets Belong With the CFTC

09:13 - Sports Wagers vs Event Contracts Explained

11:33 - State Lawsuits and the Path to the Supreme Court

13:36 - Using AI for Market Surveillance

15:09 - Operating as the Sole Commissioner

Market convictions with Helius' Mert Mumtaz.

On today's Markets Outlook, Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz tells CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie why he's tuning out the noise and staying convicted on Zcash, Solana, BTC and Hyperliquid. Plus, he weighs in on the Arthur Hayes drama, the Clarity Act, and why Bitcoin's transparency is actually a long-term vulnerability.

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Timecodes:

00:00 - Institutional Capital Rotating into AI IPOs

01:53 - Met's 'Shield and Chill' Strategy

04:29 - Responding to Arthur Hayes Selling HYPE and NEAR positions

08:44 - Mert's Zcash Thesis

13:00 - Solana as the "Silicon Valley of Finance"

15:43 - Hyperliquid Thesis

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

Charlie and Will break down the crash of Michael Saylor’s STRC, IREN's massive 800MW deal in Australia, a critical Zcash soundness bug, Google’s massive $80B equity raise for AI, and why Joe Wiesenthal calls this the coldest crypto winter ever.

Janusz, former engineer at Electric Coin Company, joins us to talk about a potential Zcash soundness bug and the trade-offs of privacy versus auditability. Plus, Charlie and Will dive into Michael Saylor's STRC asset crash, IREN’s massive 800MW data center agreement in Australia, Google's unprecedented $80B equity upsize for AI infrastructure, and why the Texas grid is moving away from the 4CP mechanism.

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Notes:

* Saylor's STRC credit dropped 5% to $94.

* IREN’s total power pipeline exceeds 5GW.

* Zcash Orchard pool holds 4.5M locked tokens.

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:07 STRC down bad

05:03 IREN back to the AUS

13:37 Zcash bug with Janusz

28:20 Google upsizes deal

31:50 Jeff Park tweet

41:15 Joe Weisenthal thread

46:56 ERCOT & 4CP

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Bitmine sitting on $9B of unrealized losses from its ETH bag.

Bitmine, the largest corporate holder of ether, is sitting on nearly $9 billion in unrealized losses as ETH falls below $1,800. Chairman Tom Lee still predicts a $250,000 price target, but shares of BMNR are down drastically since early May. 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.