CoinDesk Podcast Network

Anthony Scaramucci, SkyBridge Capital founder and former White House communications director, shares bold market takes. He explains why older institutions favor gold over Bitcoin. He links meme-coin liquidity drains to the extended bear market. He defends Solana, predicts regulation will pass, and sticks to a $150K Bitcoin year-end target.

Charles Hoskinson, founder and CEO of Input Output and Cardano co-founder, shares big-picture takes on crypto’s future. He discusses retail fatigue and the rise of institutional federated custody. He talks about pivoting toward consumer-friendly wallets and apps. He explains using AI agents and digital twins, and why quantum threats force protocol upgrades.

They cover Michael Saylor and MicroStrategy increasing their Bitcoin holdings amid market turbulence. They report on Sam Bankman-Fried seeking a trial reset over missing testimony. They note JPMorgan cutting its outlook for CoinShares stock. Short, newsy updates on crypto markets and courtroom developments.

Kyle Torpey, veteran Bitcoin reporter known for deep investigative work at Bitcoin Magazine and Forbes, walks through what DOJ files reveal about Jeffrey Epstein’s crypto ties. He outlines Epstein’s Coinbase investment, meetings with key regulators and developers, and how funds touched rival projects. The conversation also revisits the Blocksize Wars, SegWit2x, and mining centralization.

Patrick McHenry, Vice Chairman at Ondo Finance and former House Financial Services chair, discusses U.S. crypto policy momentum. He covers market-structure legislation timing, harmonizing SEC and CFTC, the central role of DeFi, tokenized real-world assets returning markets onshore, and the stablecoin yield debate. He predicts a bill could reach the president before Memorial Day.

A look into why crypto advertisers largely skipped the 2026 Super Bowl and how that contrasts with the 2022 advertising frenzy. Discussion of soaring 30-second spot prices and AI hyperscalers seizing the broadcast. Tales of memorable past crypto ads from NFTs to big-budget celebrity spots. A spotlight on low-cost viral stunts that outperformed expensive buys.

A fiery debate about whether quantum computers are a real threat to Bitcoin or just FUD. They unpack the Factor 21 meme and why small-number demos may mislead. The conversation explores game theory around builders, the trade-offs of post-quantum signatures, and institutional pressure on developer decision-making. Tension between cautious research and investor urgency fuels the whole discussion.

Ian DeBode, President of Ondo Finance and builder of tokenized treasury and on-chain markets. He discusses scaling to $2B TVL and the race to tokenization. He explains retail demand for 24/7 tokenized stocks and how distribution partners fuel adoption. He unveils Ondo Perps, letting tokenized spot assets serve as collateral for perpetuals, and previews a one-app trading future.

Bitcoin plummets toward $65k amid a historic selloff and a steep 13% difficulty drop. France pushes back on a foreign miner's data center takeover, raising geopolitical and energy-security concerns. Major miners announce huge power builds while Cipher’s $2B note attracts $13B in bids and Tether moves $100M into custody infrastructure.

Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg Intelligence senior ETF analyst known for ETF research, explains why ETF investors stayed steady amid a 40% Bitcoin slide. He discusses investors treating Bitcoin as a small "hot sauce" allocation, compares Bitcoin to gold ETFs, and reviews flows into XRP, SOL and Ethereum-related products.