Crypto In America

Will Corkin, Co-founder and COO of SOMA.Finance, a regulated digital asset platform focused on tokenizing traditional capital markets. He discusses SOMA’s multi-year regulatory approvals, non-custodial on-chain AMM model, and how nearly every U.S. capital market can be tokenized. He previews pre-IPO tokenization, retail fractional access, and why these products will drive adoption.

Collin McCune, Andreessen Horowitz policy lead on stablecoin yield and market structure. Amanda Tuminelli, DeFi Education Fund legal chief focused on developer protections and clarifying money‑transmission law. Shane Molidor, Forgd founder with market‑maker data expertise. They discuss Jane Street insider trading claims, a House bill for software developer certainty, and fresh moves on the Clarity Act.

Hester Peirce, an SEC Commissioner known for a pro-innovation stance and leading the agency's crypto task force, discusses rulemaking hopes for 2026 and the push for durable, clear regulations. She talks tokenization timelines, AI’s role in crypto, and the balance between traditional finance and startups. Conversations about financial privacy and rebuilding trust with builders also feature prominently.

Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, who led White House negotiations on market-structure and stablecoin policy. He discusses timing for the market-structure bill, banks versus crypto tensions, why developers should care about DC legislation, ethics and vote-count concerns, and the politics around key players like David Sacks.

Mo Shaikh, co-founder and GP at Maximum Frequency Ventures who helped build Aptos and worked on Facebook/Libra, shares sharp on-the-ground views from Hong Kong. He discusses why quality founders still signal amid the downturn. He explores deglobalization’s impact on investing. He weighs whether VC is pulling back and if a longer crypto winter is coming.

Bo Hines, former Executive Director on digital assets and now CEO of Tether US, discusses Tether’s USAT soft launch and its Anchorage partnership. He talks market-structure delays, the yield debate and how licensing and UX intersect. He argues stablecoins could boost US dollar influence globally and predicts widespread tokenization of securities.

Sidney Powell, CEO of Maple Finance, builds tokenized private credit and on-chain institutional lending. Joeseph Chalom, Sharplink co-CEO and ex-BlackRock digital asset lead, focuses on treasury tokenization and staking. They discuss Hong Kong's stablecoin push and Asia liquidity, tokenization of real estate and funds, the rise of dollar stablecoins for lending, and how tokenized private credit and DATs could reshape institutional finance.

Summer Mersinger, CEO of the Blockchain Association, pushes policy and stablecoin coordination. Laura Dunn, civil rights attorney running for NY-12, champions blockchain adoption and financial literacy. Chris Giancarlo, former CFTC chair, brings regulatory and derivatives expertise. They discuss a dramatic market sell-off, prediction market jurisdiction, bank‑crypto tensions, stablecoin talks, and political implications for crypto.

Robert Leshner, co-founder and CEO of Superstate and former Compound Labs founder, builds tokenized financial products for institutional markets. He discusses Wall Street’s quiet rush toward tokenization. Short takes cover tokenized deposits, why T-bills and equities are early fits, different token models, and which tokenization use cases are overhyped.

Michael S. Selig, Chairman of the CFTC, a derivatives and commodities overseer coordinating crypto market structure. Paul S. Atkins, former SEC Commissioner and current SEC Chair, focused on modernizing securities law and Project Crypto. They discuss harmonizing SEC and CFTC rules, practical coordination steps like substituted compliance and MOUs, tokenized securities and innovation exemptions, and strategies to make the U.S. the crypto capital of the world.