Crypto In America

Following two weeks of travel, the team is back together to break down the biggest crypto policy and market stories of the week — including insider trading allegations against Jane Street, a new pro–software developer bill introduced in the House that has the DeFi community buzzing, and the latest on the Clarity Act as February wraps and attention shifts to a Senate push to get it to the floor in March. Guests include Shane Molidor, CEO and Founder of Forgd; Amanda Tuminelli, Executive Director and Chief Legal Officer of DeFi Education Fund; and Collin McCune, Head of Government Affairs at Andreessen Horowitz.

Hester Peirce is the SEC Commissioner. We spoke to Hester live at ETH Denver to get the latest on the biggest accomplishments from the past year, what the defining moment of 2026 will be, transparency under the current admin, tokenization, balancing traditional financial vs. crypto, how AI will affect crypto, and the conversations around financial privacy.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Welcome Hester Perice To Crypto In America!

1:00 - Biggest Change & Accomplishments This Year 

3:40 - Defining Moment For 2026

5:30 - Transparency Under Hester - What She’s Learned Talking To Developers 

7:45 - Tokenization - Timeline For Capital Markets To Go Onchain 

11:00 - AI & Crypto 

13:45 - Tradition Institutions Arguing Against Crypto

15:45 - Financial Privacy 

18:30 - Balancing TradFi vs. Start Up Compliance

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Patrick is the Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets. We spoke to Patrick at ETH Denver to get the latest on Market Structure. Patrick discuses when the bill will pass, banks vs. crypto arguments, why developers should care about legislation, ethics concerns, if there will be enough Democrats to pass the bill, concerns with further delaying the bill, thoughts on David Sacks as Crypto Czar and who may replace him next 

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Welcome Patrick Witt To Crypto In America!

0:30 - Latest Update On Market Structure 

4:30 - Locked Phones During Meeting 

5:30 - Banks vs. Crypto Industry - Will They Find Common Ground? 

7:50 - Agreement Timeline - Will It Take Until March or Aprill? 

9:30 - Thoughts on Reconciliation Process 

12:00 - Patrick’s Message To Developers & Why They Should Care About DC Legislation 

14:10 - Ethics Concerns - Will There Be Enough Democrat Votes?

16:40 - Brain Drain Concerns From Delays

18:00 - Thoughts On David Sacks’ Time In DC As Crypto Czar

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Mo Shaikh is the CoFounder & General Partner at MFV. We spoke with Mo in Hong Kong about the latest developments in the crypto market and investment space. We discuss why there’s still plenty of signal in the noise, what the west gets wrong about crypto, how deglobalization is affecting investments, how the industry has changed post-GENIUS Act, missed opportunities in America under previous administrations, if VC is leaving crypto, and if we’re in for an extended crypto winter.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Welcome Mo Shaikh  To Crypto In America!

0:30 - What ‘Crypto In America’ Means To Mo

1:00 - Why There’s Still Plenty of Signal In Crypto

3:00 - What Is The West Missing In Crypto?

4:30 - Deglobilization In America 

7:15 - How GENIUS & Policy Has Changed Investments 

9:00 - Market Downturn - Are We In A Crypto Winter? 

12:30 - Building Aptos & Libra During Market Downturns & Previous Administrations

15:00 - Missed Opportunities In The US

17:30 - Which Direction Is Crypto Going? Web3 or Financial? 

10:45 - Is VC Leaving Crypto? 

25:00 - WhyHong Kong Is Still A Crypto Hub & Wants To Pass The US

27:00 - Mo Is Paying Attention To The Geopolitical Environment

27:30 - Thanks Mo For Joining! Like & Subscribe

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Bo Hines is the CEO of Tether US and former Executive Director of the President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets. In this conversation, we discuss the latest on Tether’s push into American markets with its “soft launch” of USAT, Bo’s thoughts on Clarity Act delays, where Tether stands on the yield debate, why he’s bullish on stablecoins expanding US global dominance, and why most securities will be tokenized.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Welcome Back Bo Hines To Crypto In America

0:30 - Update on Tether, Gold Holdings

1:45 - Launching USAT Stablecoin with Anchorage

2:40 - Soft Launch of USAT

4:30 - Similarities Of Working With David Sacks To Working With Tether 

6:30 - Understanding Market Structure Delays - Will It Pass?

12:00 - Where Does Tether Stand On Yield Debate? 

14:00 - How Stablecoins Impact Global Economy - US Dominance Through Stablecoins

17:00 - Banks Fighting Back Against Yield 

20:15 - Is USAT Competing Against USDC?

21:33 - Senate Banking 

24:00 - Career Advice From Bo 

27:00 - Most Securities Will Be Tokenized

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Today's special episode brings you inside Crypto In America's coverage of Consensus Hong Kong, where Eleanor and Jacquelyn sat down with Sharplink co-CEO Joseph Chalom and co-founder and CEO of Maple Finance Sidney Powell to dicuss the state of crypto in the region, why Hong Kong is looking to compete on the global stage with stablecoins and thoughts on U.S. policy hot topics like the stablecoin yield debate and when the Clarity Act might pass. Joseph explains why the future of DATs is making idle capital productive, while Sidney describes why the private credit market is ripe for tokenization.

A dramatic market sell-off saw Bitcoin fall more than 50% from its all-time highs by Friday morning, as forced liquidations and selling by large institutional investors continued to push the market lower. As crypto OGs white-knuckle it through the pain, we speak with former CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo about his amicus brief on behalf of Crypto.com, defending the CFTC’s jurisdiction over prediction markets.

Plus, Laura Dunn, who’s running to represent New York’s 12th District in Congress, joins us to discuss her pro-crypto campaign. We round out the episode with Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger to discuss stablecoin yield and the ongoing tensions between banks and crypto after Monday’s White House meeting.

Robert Lesher is the Co-Founder &CEO of Superstate. In this conversation, we discuss Superstate’s $82M raise, the future of tokenization on Wall Street, tokenized deposits, deciding what gets tokenized, the most overhyped use case of tokenization, DeFi, Stablecoins, DATs and when capital markets will embrace tokenization. 

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Welcome Robert Leshner To Crypto In America

0:30 - What Does ‘Crypto In America’ Mean To Robert

3:45 - $82M Raise To Bring Wall Street On Chain

7:30 - What Is Not Being Told About Crypto & Wall St In The Media - Every Bank Is Interested In Tokenization 

10:30 - Worried About DTC/Tokenization?

16:00 - Token Holders as Share Holders 

18:30 - Deciding What Gets Tokenized

22:55 - Most Overhyped Tokenization Use

24:00 - Surprised There Hasn’t Been More Adoption 

30:10 - Tokenized Deposits 

31:50 - Stablecoins Are A Bigger Market Than Tokenized Deposits 

35:00 - Previous Struggles Of Working Within US Regulations

41:00 - Lending & DeFi In Tokenization

47:40 - TradFi in Crypto

49:40 - DATs

51:25 - Robert Is Watching When Capital Markets Embrace Tokenization

#crypto #bitcoin #blockchain #investing #technology #america

Eleanor spoke to Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael S. Selig and Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul S. Atkins on Project Crypto and how they are working to fulfill Trump's mandate to make the U.S. the crypto capital of the world. 

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Intro 

0:01 - Regulatory Processes

2:54 - Project Crypto

6:26 - Modernizing US Securities Laws

8:52 - Tokenized Securities and Innovation Exemption

10:48 - Future of Capital Markets On-Chain

18:16 - Congress and Market Structure Legislation

22:59 - Futureproofing

25:31 - Final Thoughts

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After another busy week in crypto policy, Gerald and Eleanor break down the Senate Ag Committee’s party-line passage of its portion of the Clarity Act and what’s next as attention shifts to the Senate Banking Committee, joined by a16z’s Miles Jennings.

Then, following months of speculation, President Trump names Kevin Warsh as his pick for Fed chair. Veteran financial journalist Charlie Gasparino weighs in on what Warsh’s leadership could mean for markets and digital assets.

We wrap with MoonPay CLO and CAO Caroline Pham, former CFTC Chair, on SEC-CFTC harmonization efforts and whether Project Crypto can become a true joint agency initiative.After another busy week in crypto policy, Gerald and Eleanor break down the Senate Ag Committee’s party-line passage of its portion of the Clarity Act and what’s next as attention shifts to the Senate Banking Committee, joined by a16z’s Miles Jennings.

Then, following months of speculation, President Trump names Kevin Warsh as his pick for Fed chair. Veteran financial journalist Charlie Gasparino weighs in on what Warsh’s leadership could mean for markets and digital assets.

We wrap with MoonPay CLO and CAO Caroline Pham, former CFTC Chair, on SEC-CFTC harmonization efforts and whether Project Crypto can become a true joint agency initiative.