Topics covered in this episode:

• Russia recognizes Bitcoin as property
• $RLUSD approved, launching today
• Dino tokens (utility focus)
• XRP has out performed BTC from 2023 forward
  • XRP volume largely institutional
  • Trading volume BTC + ETH < XRP
  • No capital gains on US based tokens?
• SOL and XRP ETF applications making progress
• New SEC Chair Paul Atkins?
• Ex-SEC attorneys being blackballed?

Topics covered on this episode:

• Bitcoin up 30% since election, pulled back to $92k
• MicroStrategy continues to buy billions in Bitcoin
• Cboe Launched First Cash-Settled Options on Spot Bitcoin ETFs
• Cantor Fitzgerald Acquires 5% Stake in Tether
• SEC Commissioners stepping down
• Brad Garlinghouse "60 Minute" interview on 12/1
• Wisdom Tree files for XRP ETF
• CFTC new crypto regulator? Self-Regulatory Agency?
• Tornado Cash in the Fifth Circuit
• Chris Giancarlo would drop SEC case vs Ripple
• Fairshake crypto PAC has $103M for midterms
• Schwab CEO, "I feel silly"
• Market cap of next bear market bottom?

Topics covered in this episode:

• BTC news
  • MicroStrategy announces $42B plan
  • Vaneck: Bitcoin a reserve asset, 2% weight, $3M
  • BlackRock's $IBIT
  • The first U.K. pension fund invests in bitcoin, with up to a 3% direct allocation
  • Bitcoin ETF assets 2/3 to gold
• Tokenized Treasuries exploding
• Polymarket Whale Profits
• Gensler and the SEC
• Crypto PACs, 48 out of 48
• UBS Asset Management launches its first tokenized investment fund.
• Bernstein, "add crypto exposure ASAP"

Topics covered in this episode:

• Crypto ETFs Performance
• Election Betting Markets
• Russell 2000 & Bitcoin
• SEC v Ripple Case Update
• Microsoft voting on Bitcoin
• Emory University buys Bitcoin
• MrBeast investigation for ties into crypto

Topics covered in this episode:

• Bitwise updates XRP ETF S1
• Bitcoin ETFs crossed $20B
• Arrested, fake ETF announcement tweet
• Ripple was minting 20% of USDC
• SEC files Form C in Ripple appeal
• Kamala considering SEC nominees 
• M&A - Stripe acquires stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1B

Topics covered in this episode:

• SEC files notice of appeal
• FTX is paying 118% to customers
• True or False
  • The SEC wants 3+ years to fulfill a FOIA request in the Coinbase case
  • A former SEC chair says the regulator’s approach would change if customized rules were written for industry
• Another XRP ETF filing
• FBI creates cryptocurrency to catch criminals
• Schwab survey on investing
• Kamala announces crypto "policy"

Topics covered in this episode:

• Gensler “so-called” exchanges
• Trump buys hamburgers in NYC with BTC
• Smoking gun: Silvergate was solvent
• SEC approves options for BlackRock’s BTC spot ETF
• SEC chairs in front of the Financials Services Committee
• FTX Estate starts distributions
• BNY Mellon approved for crypto custody
• October 7th, last appeal date
• CZ was released from prison, 2 days early
• Bitwise files for XRP ETF

Topics covered in this episode:

• UK law recognizes crypto as personal property
• Greyscale launching XRP trust
• Joint CFTC and SEC crypto oversight?
• Game: true or false?!
• Bitstamp / Robinhood launching derivatives on XRPL
• All five SEC commissioners testify in Congress
• Volatility galore
• Crypto in Congress

Topics covered in this episode:

• SEC warns FTX estate about stablecoin usage
• Ripple will soon be launching RLUSD
• Ripple filed a request to stay monetary portion
• Mastercard is launching a Bitcoin card
• BTC vs ETH ETFs
• BlackRock $IBIT is now 2%

Topics covered in this episode:

• Norway tax returns are public and crypto tax non-compliance is pervasive National Bureau of Economic Research and Financial Times 8/26
• HM (Her Majesty) Revenue & Customs warns crypto investors in ‘nudge’ campaign.
• Fed announces the time for rate cuts has arrived in attempt at soft landing
• SEC loses phrase "crypto asset security"
• Tokenized bank deposits, $200T
• SEC sues again... 
  • Abra, unregistered offers and sales
  • OpenSea NFT marketplace
• Paypal stablecoin PYUSD surpasses $1B