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The White House is intervening in the fight over stablecoin yield. And AI agents are… organizing?

In this special episode of DEX in the City, Zerohash CEO Edward Woodford joins hosts Jessi Brooks and Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos to unpack the White House meeting to resolve disputes over the CLARITY Act and the Moltbook craze.

Listen to find out why Edward thinks CLARITY should have a narrower focus and what he thinks is more important than the yield debate. Plus why Jessi thinks the crypto industry is pinning too much hope on the bill.

Don't also miss Edward's rationale behind rejecting $2B from Mastercard and KK's awkward interaction with a teacher after offering to teach crypto at her son's school.

Meanwhile, as AI agents proliferate, where does accountability lie?

Hosts:


Jessi Brooks, General Counsel at Ribbit Capital


Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos, General Counsel at StarkWare

Guest:


Edward Woodford, Founder and CEO of Zerohash

Links:

​​Crypto Market Structure Bill Clears Senate Committee — But the Hard Part Is Still Ahead

Senators Move to Curb Passive Stablecoin Yields in Market Structure Push

Mastercard in Talks to Buy Zerohash for $2 Billion: Report

How the GENIUS Act Creates a Built-In Advantage for Banks and Deposit Tokens

How Nansen’s New Trading Agent Makes It Easier to Follow the Smart Money Onchain

How the x402 Standard Is Enabling AI Agents to Pay Each Other

Reading is Fundamental

Stablecoin for Babies

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Bitcoin's collapse is accelerating. Continuing a descent that began last week, the asset this week has all the price progress made under the Trump administration. The price action begs the question why amid greater adoption and support.

In this episode of Unchained, FalconX Head of Markets Joshua Lim highlights two main reasons for Bitcoin's regression and offers his outlook for the year. Is it 2022 all over?

Plus, how gold's run resembles GameStop in 2021 and why Hyperliquid is a bright spot amid market weakness.

Guest:


Joshua Lim, Head of Markets, FalconX

Links:

Bitcoin Sinks as Markets Price In a More Hawkish Fed

Has Bitcoin Failed to Live Up to the Digital Gold Narrative?

Why HYPE Is Up While Every Other Crypto, Including Bitcoin, Is Down

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Crypto markets are under severe pressure, with Bitcoin sliding into one of the most oversold conditions in its history and Ethereum following closely behind. In this episode of Bits + Bips, Steve Ehrlich sits down with Fairlead Strategies founder Katie Stockton to walk through what the charts are actually signaling amid the selloff.

They discuss why oversold does not automatically mean a bottom, how technicians look for downside exhaustion, and what needs to change before confidence returns for Bitcoin and ETH.

Hosts:


Steven Ehrlich, Host, Bits + Bips

Guests:

Katie Stockton, Founder and Managing Partner, Fairlead Strategies

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The hosts dive into Bitcoin's volatility below $75K, dissect the explosive CZ vs Star Twitter battle over who caused the 10/10 liquidation cascade, debate the ethics of founder secondary sales with passionate disagreement, and explore the surprising crypto connections in the newly released Epstein files including Tarun's unexpected cameo.

Welcome to The Chopping Block — where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto.

This week, the crew tackles a volatile market with Bitcoin struggling below $75K and explores what's driving the uncertainty. They dive deep into the explosive Twitter battle between Binance founder CZ and OKX's Star over who really caused the catastrophic 10/10 liquidation event that broke crypto's correlation with traditional markets. The conversation gets heated as the hosts debate the ethics of founder secondary sales — with Haseeb taking a surprisingly libertarian stance against his co-hosts. Finally, they explore the unexpected crypto connections in the newly released Epstein files, including Tarun's own amusing cameo and connections to Coinbase, Bitcoin Core developers, and other industry figures.

From market analysis to Twitter drama to moral philosophy, this episode covers the full spectrum of crypto discourse. Let's get into it.

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.

Show highlights

🔹 Bitcoin below $75K signals uncertain market conditions with equal odds of hitting $40K or $130K

🔹 CZ vs Star Twitter battle over who caused the catastrophic 10/10 liquidation cascade  

🔹 Athena unwinding timeline analysis challenges Star's claims about Binance's role

🔹 Heated debate on founder secondary sales ethics with sharp disagreements among hosts

🔹 Tarun's unexpected appearance in Epstein files via Quora digest on homomorphic encryption

🔹 Epstein's 2014 Coinbase investment and connections to Brock Pierce revealed

🔹 Bitcoin developers' interactions with Epstein including Adam Back and Jeremy Rubin

🔹 MicroStrategy's break-even position becomes psychological market threshold

🔹 Quantum computing concerns emerge as potential Bitcoin selling catalyst

🔹 Post-10/10 correlation breakdown between crypto and traditional risk assets analyzed

Hosts

⭐️Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly

⭐️Robert Leshner, CEO & Co-founder of Superstate

⭐️Tarun Chitra, Managing Partner at Robot Ventures

⭐️Tom Schmidt, General Partner at Dragonfly 

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In this episode of Bits + Bips, Austin Campbell and Chris Perkins sit down with Cosmo Jiang to unpack what gold’s volatility shock revealed about market structure, why onchain venues like Hyperliquid are increasingly where price discovery happens, and how digital asset treasuries are being blamed for stress they did not create.

The conversation also turns to Kevin Warsh’s nomination as Fed chair and why it represents a deeper shift in institutional power, not just personnel.

Hosts:


Austin Campbell, NYU Stern professor and founder and managing partner of Zero Knowledge Consulting


Christopher Perkins, Managing Partner and President of CoinFund

Guest:


Cosmo Jiang, General Partner at Pantera Capital

Links:

Crypto at a Crossroads: Winter Fatigue Meets the Risk of Lower Lows

Weekend Drama Rekindles Debate Over What Really Caused the October 10 Crash

Crypto’s Weekend Washout Tests Conviction After a Brutal Week

Bitcoin Sinks as Markets Price In a More Hawkish Fed

Why HYPE Is Up While Every Other Crypto, Including Bitcoin, Is Down

Hyperliquid Prepares Prediction-Style Markets With HIP-4 Upgrade

Hyperliquid Sees Record Trading as Commodities Drive New Interest

​​Crypto Market Structure Bill Clears Senate Committee — But the Hard Part Is Still Ahead

Silver and gold extend losses after last week's historic plunge

Gold Volatility Tops Bitcoin in Wildest Price Swings Since 2008

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