CoinDesk Podcast Network

Asher Genoot, CEO of Hut 8, leading AI data center builds like Riverbend. Matt Williams, Head of Financial Services at Luxor, focused on energy products and GPU/ASIC financing. Ken Egan, Head of Government Affairs at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, advising on crypto legislation. They discuss Hut 8’s AI expansion, CLARITY Act stablecoin rulemaking, Luxor’s AI energy and financing offerings, and Marathon’s $1.1B BTC sale.

Report on a $171 million withdrawal from U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs and what that might mean for institutional interest. Recap of a regulator’s policy work on stablecoin rules and market structure. Coverage of GameStop using thousands of bitcoins as collateral for a covered-call income strategy.

Will McEvoy, Cypherpunk CIO and Winklevoss Capital principal focused on privacy-preserving tech, argues privacy is massively undervalued. He discusses why AI will amplify privacy demand. He outlines Zcash as a tradable privacy monetary unit and sketches scenarios for its price. He also covers regulatory resilience and front-end adoption strategies like ZODL.

A fast-moving crypto token doubled as staking surged across decentralized AI subnets. The conversation covers a marketplace where developers submit models and top performers earn token rewards. Listeners hear about a recent distributed 4B-parameter training milestone and how staking signals drive a feedback loop of builders and demand.

Jay Patel, founder of Lygos Finance and private credit expert, explains strains in private credit and how they could shape bitcoin‑backed lending. Gwart, a provocative crypto commentator, dissects crypto’s lull, VC retrenchment, and market maturity. They also cover Tether’s Big Four audit, the CLARITY Act’s tilt toward banks, and a new conservative Bitcoin client.

Fahmi Syed, President of the Midnight Foundation, who led Midnight's privacy-forward mainnet launch. Mintoo Bhandari, Founder of Monument Bank, building regulated tokenized deposit products. They discuss tokenizing retail deposits on a privacy-first public chain. They cover programmable privacy, hiding blockchain complexity for customers, GDPR-friendly proofs, and phased rollout and banking-as-a-service plans.

Shares of major crypto firms plunged after a draft U.S. bill threatened stablecoin yield structures. A giant Bitcoin options expiry and signs of institutional positioning in options markets were discussed. Research on retail losses in prediction markets was highlighted. The episode also covered a major stablecoin issuer hiring auditors to shore up confidence.

Cronos Labs CEO, Ryan Wyatt, reveals the roadmap to fix the "bad taste" crypto left for Gen Z by trading technical jargon for a mobile-first investment engine Ryan Wyatt, CEO of Cronos Labs, joins Gen C to reveal why the biggest disruption for blockchain is no longer in gaming, but in a multi-trillion dollar financial overhaul. Ryan breaks down the strategy behind building a mobile-first app that strips away crypto jargon to onboard the 90% of Gen Z who have been "screwed" by traditional economic promises.  - Links mentioned from the podcast: Ryan's Twitter Cronos Website - Follow us on Twitter:  ⁠⁠⁠Sam Ewen⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠CoinDesk⁠ - To attend or for more information on Consensus Miami 2026, visit: https://consensus.coindesk.com/. - "Gen C" features host Sam Ewen. Executive produced by Uyen Truong.

A new Clarity Act draft would ban paying yield just for holding stablecoins. Discussion of Larry Fink's push for tokenization and regulated digital wallets to modernize finance. Coverage of Invesco taking over and rebranding a tokenized U.S. Treasury fund. Short updates and pointers to further coverage.

Ryan Gentry, CEO of Bitcoin Infrastructure Corp and creator of 402index.io, is a Lightning Network and machine-payment builder. He discusses machine-to-machine payments and the 402 standard. The conversation also covers recent crypto layoffs, Strategy’s massive $44B stock filing, and market moves tied to Fed hawkishness and geopolitical risk.