Thinking Crypto News & Interviews

Austin Federa, Co-Founder of DoubleZero and former Head of Strategy at the Solana Foundation, joined us to discuss how the company is building a new internet layer to improve blockchain and crypto performance.
Topics:
- Improving blockchain performance starting with Solana 
- Internet and Blockchain Tech stack 
- Future of Blockchain adoption 
- Wall Street tokenization 
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⏰ Time Stamps ⏰
00:00 Intro
02:56 Austin's background
05:10 Blockchain scaling 
06:40 Moving from Solana to DoubleZero 
09:24 Support other blockchains 
11:27 Blockchain layers 
13:35 Market infrastructure
14:46 Bandwidth & Security
18:10 Payments on DoubleZero
20:03 DoubleZero's mission
22:29 Crypto infrastructure
24:55 Supporting TradFi
26:25 Future of DoubleZero
28:35 Tokenization market
31:15 Data vs Assets
33:40 Future of markets
35:25 Clarity Act 
40:38 Wrap up questions 
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Zach Pandl, Head of Research at Grayscale Investments, joined us at the SPI Summit to discuss Grayscale’s latest crypto ETFs and his outlook on the ETF market.
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00:00 Intro 
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#Crypto #ETFs #Grayscale #CryptoNews #Cryptocurrency #Bitcoin #BTC #BitcoinNews #ETF #News #Ripple #XRP #XRPNews #RippleXRP #Ethereum #EthereumNews #ETH #Solana #money #investing #trading #Altcoin #Altcoins #NFTs #Metaverse #Podcast #ThinkingCrypto ================================================= 
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Christopher Perkins, CEO of 250 Digital Asset Management, joined us to discuss Franklin Templeton launching a dedicated cryptocurrency division with a planned acquisition of crypto investment firm 250 Digital. Recorded on May 8th
Topics: 
- Franklin Templeton Crypto 
- Crypto’s Institutional Era 
- TradFi vs Native Crypto firms
- Privateers and Bitcoin Reserve
- Crypto market outlook 
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⏰ Time Stamps ⏰ 
00:00 Intro 
3:10 Franklin Templeton 250 digital acquisition
09:22 Getting into Crypto with Sandy Kaul
11:01 250 Digital overview
11:44 Benji Tokens
13:35 Institutional crypto race
16:25 Crypto learning from TradFi
19:04 TradFi vs Crypto native firms
24:52 Private Equity tokenization
27:08 Privateers Bitcoin Reserve
33:20 Clarity Act
35:25 Crypto market outlook
37:42 Inflation & Market data accuracy
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Crypto News: Rep. Nick Begich with 16 original cosponsors introduced a new legislation to establish a U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and digital asset stockpile. TradFi giant IG to expand crypto trading across Europe through Bitpanda. MoonPay expands into tokenized assets and DeFi markets with new platform for banks.
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⏰ Time Stamps ⏰
00:00 Intro
00:25 Bitcoin analysis
02:58 US Bitcoin Reserve bill
10:19 TradFi Giant EU Crypto Trading
11:58 EU Blockchain settlement
13:27 MoonPay Tokenized Assets DeFi
16:06 SEC Tokenization 
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#Bitcoin #BitcoinReserve #Crypto #CryptoNews #Cryptocurrency #BTC #BitcoinNews #ETF #News #Ripple #XRP #XRPNews #RippleXRP #Ethereum #EthereumNews #ETH #Solana #money #investing #trading #Altcoin #Altcoins #NFTs #Metaverse #Podcast #ThinkingCrypto ================================================= 
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Brian from Santiment joined me to review the crypto market metrics for Bitcoin, Ripple XRP, Ethereum, Hyperliquid, and Solana.
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⏰ Time Stamps ⏰
00:00 Intro 
00:56 Bitcoin analysis
09:27 BTC Stocks & Gold comparison
11:48 Ethereum analysis
17:09 XRP analysis
20:23 Hyperliquid analysis
25:03 Solana analysis
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#Crypto #Bitcoin #XRP #Hyperliquid #CryptoNews #Cryptocurrency #Bitcoin #BTC #BitcoinNews #ETF #News #Ripple #XRPNews #RippleXRP #Ethereum #EthereumNews #ETH #Solana #money #investing #trading #Altcoin #Altcoins #NFTs #Metaverse #Podcast #ThinkingCrypto ================================================= 
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