Crypto Coin Show

Most blockchains were built to be transparent by design. That transparency is now the single biggest reason institutions won't put sensitive data on-chain — and why the Clarity Act, as written, still misses the point. Charles Hoskinson, Co-Founder of Ethereum and Founder and CEO of Input Output Global, joins Ashton Addison to cover the most consequential conversation in crypto right now: why the US regulatory framework needs a full overhaul, not just amendments, what the fourth generation of blockchain actually solves, and why privacy infrastructure is the unlock that brings real-world adoption at scale. We also go live on a demo of the Midnight Passport — showing what selective disclosure looks like on a real interface, not a whitepaper.
You'll learn:

• Why Charles argues the Clarity Act needs to be rebuilt, not refined, and what good crypto legislation actually looks like
• What the fourth generation of blockchain means and why privacy is a structural shift, not a bolt-on feature
• How Midnight's selective disclosure mechanism works in practice — demonstrated live with the Midnight Passport
• Why Google Cloud and MoneyGram committed to running infrastructure on day one, and how those conversations happened
• What the Glacier Drop's 4 billion token distribution across Cardano, Ethereum and other ecosystems signals about real demand
• How Midnight balances confidentiality with accountability — and why privacy on-chain is not a gift to bad actors
• What Charles didn't understand before building Cardano — and what he'd tell himself now

🔗 https://midnight.network
🐦 https://x.com/InputOutputHK

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Most Bitcoin miners are leaving money on the table by using traditional pools — and they don't know it. Right now, buyers on the NiceHash hashrate marketplace are paying nearly 3% above the standard hashprice benchmark, and that premium flows directly to miners. Filip Primec, Director of NiceHash AG and Member of the Management Board, joins Ashton Addison to break down how NiceHash operates the world's largest hashrate marketplace, what RTPPS means for your daily earnings versus a standard FPPS pool, and why demand for on-demand hashrate is surging in 2026. From the EasyMining story — a solo miner who turned a $70 package into a $200K+ block reward — to where Bitcoin mining and AI compute intersect, this is a practical look at how miners at every scale can earn more. You'll learn:

• Why buyers are paying a premium for hashrate and how it flows through to miners
• FPPS vs RTPPS in plain English — what it means for daily earnings and risk
• How NiceHash's real-time marketplace differs from traditional pools
• What the EasyMining story reveals about solo mining with rented hashrate
• Where Bitcoin mining and AI compute are genuinely converging
• How Lightning withdrawals, 4-hour BTC payouts, and Split Payments work

🔗 https://www.nicehash.com
🐦 https://x.com/NiceHashMining

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Cross-border payments have been broken for decades — slow settlement, high fees, and opaque FX spreads quietly draining money that should reach contractors, suppliers, and workers around the world. Teymour Farman-Farmaian, Co-founder and CEO of Higlobe, breaks down how the company built a stablecoin sandwich — bank in, stablecoin in the middle, bank out — that moves funds in under 60 seconds at near-zero cost, without requiring any API integration or crypto knowledge from the business using it. From the 2021 insight that made this viable (marginal cost collapses to near zero when you remove the netting model) to how Higlobe monetizes without charging for transfers, Teymour explains why pricing tends toward zero when the underlying cost structure changes, and what that means for the next decade of global payments. SOC2 Type 2 compliant, MSB-registered, and backed by two bank partners for redundancy — this is what enterprise-grade stablecoin infrastructure looks like in 2026. You'll learn:

• Why traditional money transfer rails (bank wires, SWIFT, netting models) cost so much and why the 6% industry average hasn't changed in 20 years
• How Higlobe's stablecoin sandwich works end-to-end: where funds enter, what moves them, and how "instant" is defined in practice
• Why pricing tends to zero when marginal cost collapses — and where Higlobe's revenue actually comes from
• How Higlobe competes with Wise, Payoneer, and crypto-native payment companies without charging per transfer
• What SOC2 Type 2, FinCEN MSB registration, and dual bank partners mean for enterprise buyers evaluating risk
• Where stablecoin yield regulation (Genius Act debate) could reshape the competitive landscape for Higlobe, Coinbase, and Circle
• Why Higlobe is protocol-agnostic: the decision framework for switching between stablecoins, Bitcoin-based rails, and CBDCs

🔗 https://higlobe.com

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Perps are where most traders blow up — and copy trading can either amplify that risk or make it manageable. Loki from OdinBot breaks down how perps copy trading works in plain English, why Odin started on Jupiter, and what guardrails matter most when you are mirroring someone else’s leverage. Get a clear view of what to look for when picking a trader to copy, how to think about liquidation risk, and what it takes to drive real volume without paying for hype.
You’ll learn:

• What perps copy trading actually is (and how it differs from spot copy trading)
• The risk controls that matter before you mirror a wallet or trader
• Why Jupiter was the first venue, and what Odin needs to support more platforms
• How to evaluate who is worth copying without guessing
• What Odin thinks is genuinely different about perps copy trading execution

🔗 https://www.odinbot.io/
🐦 https://x.com/OdinBotio

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Fixed-income yield onchain sounds simple — until you realise most "yield" products in crypto either hide the risk or require constant manual management to capture it.
Dan Hillery, Head of Treasury at Buck, breaks down how Buck is building the first SavingsCoin backed by Strategy's Bitcoin-collateralized perpetual preferred stock (STRC), targeting 10% APY with automated reward distribution and no manual claims. From designing the protocol's fee structure to managing flow-of-funds across DeFi lending markets and DEX liquidity pools, Dan explains what it takes to bridge traditional fixed-income mechanics into on-chain infrastructure — and why the timing matters now as institutional capital looks for yield that doesn't require trusting a counterparty.

You'll learn:
- What a SavingsCoin actually is and how it differs from a yield-bearing stablecoin
- Why Buck uses Strategy's STRC as collateral and what overcollateralization means for token holders in practice
- How the protocol raised yield from 7% to 10% APY and whether double-digit yield is sustainable long term
- What automated reward distribution changes for users and why removing manual claims matters for adoption
- How treasury strategy, DEX liquidity, and lending market distribution fit together as a system
- Who Buck is built for first — and which geographies borderless savings matters most for
🔗 https://buck.io
🐦 https://x.com/hillery_dan

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We speak with Shresth Agrawal, CEO and Co-Founder of Pod Network, about building fair, high-performance decentralized markets. Today’s prediction markets and on-chain trading systems often suffer from latency, MEV extraction, and information asymmetry that can disadvantage retail traders. Shresth explains how Pod Network is approaching market design differently to create systems that are faster, fairer, and capable of reaching NASDAQ-scale performance while remaining decentralized.We explore what’s broken in current prediction markets like Polymarket and other on-chain trading venues, why latency and finality are critical to fair trading, and how Pod’s architecture aims to eliminate structural advantages that sophisticated players exploit today. From the role of MEV in market outcomes to the technical roadmap for 200ms finality and institutional-grade infrastructure, this conversation looks at what it will take for decentralized markets to compete with traditional financial exchanges.
🔗 Learn more: https://pod.network
 Twitter (X): https://x.com/poddotnetwork

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 In this episode of Blockchain Interviews, Ashton Addison sits down with Shady El Damaty, Co-Founder of human.tech, to explore how privacy preserving digital identity is being built for Web3 at global scale. The conversation dives into Human Passport, proof of humanity systems, zero knowledge cryptography, and how decentralized identity can enable fair governance, Sybil resistance, and secure token distribution across crypto ecosystems.We also cover human.tech’s evolution from Holonym, the launch of Wallet as a Protocol, partnerships including national digital identity initiatives, and the growth of the Human Network securing millions of cryptographic keys backed by billions in restaked ETH. If you want to understand how identity, privacy, and infrastructure will shape the next phase of Web3 adoption, this interview breaks it down from research to real world deployment.

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RWA infrastructure is easy to hype and hard to ship — and most teams underestimate what institutions actually need to move real assets onchain.
Wish Wu, Co-Founder & CEO of Pharos Network, breaks down how Pharos is building an EVM-compatible Layer 1 designed for RWAs and cross-chain liquidity, with deep-parallel architecture aimed at scalable, real-time apps.
Get a clear view of where tokenization projects get stuck (compliance, custody, liquidity, technical scale), what “institutional-grade” means in 2026, and how security and interoperability decisions shape whether an RWA chain can support enterprise DeFi.
🔗 https://pharos.xyz

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Crypto feels loud, but the real shift is quiet — capital markets and payment rails are being rebuilt under the hood. Sam Hallene of CMT Digital breaks down what matters in crypto in 2026 as the industry moves from narratives to infrastructure, and why stablecoins, tokenized Treasuries, and institutional onchain settlement are turning into the real adoption curve. Get a clear view of where institutions are actually moving onchain (and why), how to think about market structure, and what founders should understand about building and fundraising when the next cycle is driven by utility, not hype. 
🔗 https://cmt.digital/

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Moving money is still messy in 2026 — and most companies do not realize where the real bottlenecks are until settlement breaks. Lux Thiagarajah, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at OpenPayd, breaks down what “financial infrastructure” actually means behind the scenes, and how modern businesses scale accounts, payments, FX, and reconciliation across geographies. Get a practical view of where global payments get stuck (licensing, compliance, bank partnerships, operations), when stablecoins add real value versus hype, and what reliability looks like for an infrastructure provider that businesses depend on every day.
You’ll learn:

• What OpenPayd provides that most teams should not build in-house (accounts, payments, FX, reconciliation)
• Where reconciliation breaks and how strong ops teams make it automatic
• When stablecoins help in payment flows and what must be true for enterprise adoption
• How founders should think about FX risk, pricing, and transparency
• What “reliability” means in payments infrastructure (uptime, settlement certainty, controls)

🔗 https://www.openpayd.com/

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