CoinDesk Podcast Network

RealFi Chief Business Officer Seny Orlov joins CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie to break down the protocol’s Cardano mainnet launch, which followed a public testnet with more than 3,000 verified wallets. He explains how staked USDr earns yield from real-world assets and why that portfolio is producing an annualized yield of over 12% right now. Orlov also covers why family offices and trading firms want a dollar that’s both durable and usable in DeFi, describes integrations with SundaeSwap and Strike Finance, and outlines the Ethereum mainnet launch planned for next month.

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Timecodes:

00:00 - RealFi’s Seny Orlov Joins CoinDesk

01:04 - Inside RealFi’s Cardano Mainnet Launch

02:40 - How USDr and sUSDr Work

04:06 - Where the 12% Yield Comes From

05:43 - Why Institutions Want Yield-Bearing Stablecoins

07:35 - Building Out RealFi’s Cardano DeFi Ecosystem

09:11 - What the Ethereum Mainnet Launch Unlocks

11:08 - What Will Drive Institutions to DeFi

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Juan Otero, CEO of Travala, joins CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie on Markets Outlook to explain how the company’s new AI travel agent lets you book any of 2.2 million hotels in more than 230 countries just by chatting. Otero walks through how Travala uses BNB Chain’s machine payment protocol for gasless transactions and Binance Pay for settlement. Plus, he lays out the bigger plan: a future where agents anywhere can book hotels, flights, activities and car rentals on crypto rails.

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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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Digital asset vaults are growing rapidly, but understanding the risks behind them requires more than on-chain data. S&P Global Ratings' Vault Risk Assessment (VRA) delivers independent, forward-looking insight into vault credit quality, governance, and risk management, helping bring institutional-grade risk transparency to digital asset markets. Learn more at https://www.spglobal.com/ratings/en/products/vault-risk-assessments.

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Learn more about CoinDesk Data & Indices at coindesk.com/institutions.

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Timecodes:

00:00 - Travala’s Juan Otero Joins Markets Outlook

01:51 - Travala’s AI Travel Agent

02:25 - How AI Agents Pay With BNB Chain’s Machine Payment Protocol

03:16 - Why BNB Chain and Binance Pay?

04:17 - Booking a Hotel by Chatting With an Agent

07:05 - Can You Trust an AI Agent With Your Wallet?

08:00 - Crypto Rewards vs. Credit Card Points

09:29 - Who Is Travala’s AI Agent For?

11:12 - The Future of Agentic Travel on Crypto Rails

Larry Finks warns the data center halt would lead to a recession.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says halting the U.S. data center buildout would tip the economy into recession, pointing to the trillions in AI capital spending now driving growth. He also flagged a national debt that has climbed from $8 trillion in 2000 to $40 trillion today. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie 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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Digital markets move fast. Move forward with clarity from S&P Global Ratings’ risk analysis spanning stablecoins, tokenized funds, digital bonds, DeFi protocols, and more. Explore digital asset solutions with S&P Global Ratings at https://www.spglobal.com/ratings/en/products/solutions/digital-assets?utm_campaign=Global-DA-Vaults&utm_source=digital-ads&utm_medium=link&utm_content=CoinDesk1

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

Ripple brings crypto wallets to AI agents.

Ripple is bringing Stripe-owned Privy’s wallet technology to the XRP Ledger, letting apps and AI agents create accounts, hold crypto, and make payments on their own. The push comes as agent payments already account for roughly 25% of activity on the network. 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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Digital markets move fast. Move forward with clarity from S&P Global Ratings’ risk analysis spanning stablecoins, tokenized funds, digital bonds, DeFi protocols, and more. Explore digital asset solutions with S&P Global Ratings at https://www.spglobal.com/ratings/en/products/solutions/digital-assets?utm_campaign=Global-DA-Vaults&utm_source=digital-ads&utm_medium=link&utm_content=CoinDesk1

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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, Jennifer Sanasie is joined by Nick Ducoff, General Manager of Institutional at the Solana Foundation, to unpack Samsung’s move to bring USDC stablecoin transfers to 82 million Galaxy devices in the US.

Nuva Labs CEO Anthony Moro breaks down HOME, a new token that gives non-US investors a 7% target yield backed by tokenized US home equity loans originated by Figure, and how on-chain, loan-level data reinvents asset-backed finance.

Plus, David Duong, former head of research at Coinbase, reads the macro picture after a hot CPI print, and why Ethereum could take the lead again.

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Learn more about CoinDesk Data & Indices at https://indices.coindesk.com/institutions.

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Chapters/Timecodes:

00:00 Welcome to Public Keys

00:41 Samsung Puts Stablecoins on 82M Galaxy Devices

01:08 Solana's Nick Ducoff Joins

01:52 Inside the Samsung Wallet Experience

04:17 Stablecoin Supply Tops $15B on Solana

05:01 When Will AI Agents Out-Use Humans?

06:21 Stablecoins and the Token Super Cycle

08:12 Breakpoint Heads to London in November

10:09 Nuva's HOME Token: 7% Yield on US Home Equity

10:32 Anthony Moro on Tokenizing Home Loans

12:05 Why HOME Is Non-US Only for Now

13:52 Stress-Testing the Housing Exposure

15:21 On-Chain Transparency and Data Privacy

18:11 David Duong on Macro and the Hot CPI Print

20:01 Bitcoin's Levels to Watch into Year-End

21:12 The Bull Case and the Midterm Elections

23:10 Will AI IPOs Pull Capital From Crypto?

24:17 Ethereum's Comeback Story

25:59 Crypto Fear & Greed Index at 62