Charles Hoskinson on the current administration's role in crypto, uninstalling X, and more.

Input Output Founder Charles Hoskinson joins CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie to discuss taking a break from X, the impact of political memecoins on regulation, his views on the White House's impact on the industry, and why decentralization must survive Wall Street’s institutional takeover. Plus, he outlines the road ahead for Cardano and what 2026 has in store for the privacy-focused Midnight protocol.

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Timecodes: 

01:57 - Why Charles Uninstalled X
03:57 - Is Crypto Losing Its Soul?
10:42 - Impact of the Trump Memecoin Launch & Trump's "Predatory Free-for-All"
14:53 - How the Government Should Regulate Digital Assets
19:40 - Failure of the Crypto Czar and Who Would Have Been the Right Choice
24:20 - Charles' Relationship with the White House
26:14 - Reaction to Venezuela Operation and the Administration's Strategy Failure
30:32 - We "Lost Our Window" on Market Structure
35:30 - "If I Was Speaker of the House...I Would That Day File Articles of Impeachment"
37:13 - Charles' Global Optimism for Crypto
40:44 - Cardano's Biggest Successes in 2025
46:48 - Where Does Programmable Privacy Go from Here with Midnight?
52:51 - Why AI Is a Greater Threat Than Quantum

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.