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  1. "Chaos Is a Ladder”: Bitwise’s Matt Hougan on Bitcoin’s Path to $1M | Markets Outlook

    19H AGO

    "Chaos Is a Ladder”: Bitwise’s Matt Hougan on Bitcoin’s Path to $1M | Markets Outlook

    BTC's $1M prospects and Bitwise's Avalanche ETF with Matt Hougan. In today's Markets Outlook, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan joins CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie to make the case for $1 million bitcoin, breaking down why institutional demand is still just getting started and how global geopolitical chaos is actually accelerating crypto's rise as an apolitical currency. He also unpacks Bitwise's new Avalanche ETF (BAVA), what investors need to know about staking ETFs, and why Hyperliquid is forcing institutional players to rethink weekend trading. - Timecodes: 00:00 - Bitwise's Matt Hougan Joins Markets Outlook01:13 - Do We Need Another Bitcoin ETF?05:53 - Matt's Take on the Quantum Threat to Bitcoin07:30 - Geopolitical Chaos Is a Catalyst for Bitcoin12:16 - What It Will Take to Reach $1M Bitcoin13:28 - Bitwise's Avalanche ETF (BAVA)16:15 - What Investors Need to Know About Staking ETFs17:36 - Why HYPE is Appealing to Investors 19:16 - What Happens if Bitcoin Breaks $75,000? - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

    21 min
  2. Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF Hits $100M in Week One | CoinDesk Daily

    21H AGO

    Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF Hits $100M in Week One | CoinDesk Daily

    Morgan Stanley's MSBT pulled in $100 million in its first week. Morgan Stanley's spot bitcoin ETF pulled in $100 million in its first week, making it the firm's most successful ETF launch ever. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

    1 min
  3. What's Inside Kevin Warsh's Crypto Portfolio? | CoinDesk Daily

    1D AGO

    What's Inside Kevin Warsh's Crypto Portfolio? | CoinDesk Daily

    Fed Chari nominee Kevin Warsh has a crypto bag. The Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh's financial disclosure reveals equity positions in more than a dozen crypto companies including Solana, Compound, dYdX, Polymarket, and the Lightning Network. He's pledged to divest, but the potential next person to oversee stablecoin regulation and bank crypto custody has been deeply invested in the industry. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

    1 min

  4. 2D AGO

    Blockspace: Justin Sun vs. Trump, Blackrock’s BTC Income ETF, and Why AI Trading Agents Aren’t That Good (Yet)

    Justin Sun has had enough with Trump-connected World Liberty Financial, and Blackrock has filed for a fund that pays income from IBIT options. Get your tickets to OPNEXT 2026 before prices increase! Join us on April 16 in NYC for technical discussions, investor talks, and intimate conversation with the brightest minds in Bitcoin. Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Zack Pokorny from Galaxy Digital joins us to talk about AI crypto trading agents – specifically, why they aren’t ready for the big time just yet. We also dive into the evolving beef between World Liberty Financial and Tron’s Justin Sun following WLFI’s $75 million loan from a Dolomite lending pool. Plus, we cover Blackrock’s new bitcoin income ETF, discuss Circle’s refusal to freeze $270 million from the Lazarus Group Drift hack, and analyze last week’s $1.1 billion ETF inflow, the largest for crypto since January. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: • WLFI treasury borrows $75M on Dolomite. • Blackrock files for Bitcoin Income ETF. • Trump family scrubbed from WLFI team member page. • ETF inflows clock largest volume since January. • Circle refuses to freeze Drift hack funds. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 04:03 WLFI... umm WFT? 19:11 BITA covered call income 27:19 AI Agent & blockchains: a reality check 42:05 Circle & teken freezing 55:13 Coinshares high inflows 👉CleanSpark CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK) is a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. We own a portfolio of power, land, and data centers across the United States powered by globally competitive energy prices. Sitting at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship, we optimize our infrastructure to deliver superior returns to our shareholders. Monetizing low-cost, high reliability energy by producing a global emerging critical resource – compute – positions us to prosper in an ever-changing world. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool Bitcoin mining revenue changes every day. Difficulty adjusts. Fees move. Prices shift. And that makes it hard to plan. Luxor Pool’s Fixed Payouts let miners lock in revenue at a guaranteed daily rate for up to 18 months. According to Hashrate Index, miners who used rolling fixed payout strategies since the last halving have outperformed FPPS mining by up to 15 percent. Fixed Payouts give you predictable daily revenue, so you can plan, budget, and grow with confidence. With Luxor, uncertainty is optional. Learn more at luxor.tech/mining

    58 min
  5. Steve Aoki Liquidates Crypto and Fake App Drains $9.5 Million | CoinDesk Daily

    2D AGO

    Steve Aoki Liquidates Crypto and Fake App Drains $9.5 Million | CoinDesk Daily

    Steve Aoki liquidates his crypto holdings. DJ Steve Aoki, once one of the most visible celebrity NFT advocates, is liquidating his remaining crypto holdings. His seven Bored Ape NFTs, purchased for over $800,000, are now worth roughly $97,000 total. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

    2 min
  6. The Case for $50M Bitcoin and Patrick Witt 'Cautiously Optimistic' on Clarity Act

    3D AGO

    The Case for $50M Bitcoin and Patrick Witt 'Cautiously Optimistic' on Clarity Act

    Why this CEO sees bitcoin hitting $50M by 2041. On this episode of CoinDesk's Public Keys at the New York Stock Exchange, Jennifer Sanasie is joined by White House Executive Director of the President's Council of Advisors on Digital Assets Patrick Witt for the latest on the Clarity Act and why stablecoin yield poses limited risk to banks. EMJX CEO Eric Jackson explains his Gen 2 digital asset treasury strategy and makes the case for $50 million Bitcoin by 2041. Plus, Morgan Stanley Managing Director and Head of Digital Asset Strategy Amy Oldenburg discusses the firm's spot Bitcoin ETF launch and its expanding crypto product suite. - Timecodes: 00:00 Welcome to Public Keys 00:32 Tax Deadline, Inflation Data and Earnings Season Ahead 01:10 Barclays Downgrades Coinbase as Crypto Trading Declines 01:25 Senate Returns with Clarity Act on the Agenda 01:43 White House's Patrick Witt on Market Structure Timeline 04:41 Stablecoin Yield Poses Limited Risk to Banks, White House Finds 07:37 DeFi, Developer Language and Other Sticking Points 11:03 EMJX CEO Eric Jackson on 'Gen 2' Digital Asset Treasuries 16:12 Why AI Agents Will Use Ethereum, Not Solana 17:09 The Case for $50 Million Bitcoin by 2041 19:24 Crypto Equities to Watch: Bittensor, IREN, Cipher and Hut 8 23:33 Bitcoin and Ether ETF Flows 25:48 Morgan Stanley's Amy Oldenburg on the Firm's Spot Bitcoin ETF 27:00 Spot ETH, SOL Filings and E-Trade Crypto Trading 30:06 Tokenized Money Market Funds and the Road Ahead - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

    35 min
  7. SpaceX Holds $603M in Bitcoin Despite $5B Loss | CoinDesk Daily

    3D AGO

    SpaceX Holds $603M in Bitcoin Despite $5B Loss | CoinDesk Daily

    SpaceX is sitting on it's $603M bitcoin stash even after $5B loss in 2025. SpaceX holds 8,285 bitcoin worth $603 million despite posting a nearly $5 billion loss for 2025, making it the fourth-largest known corporate bitcoin holder as the company moves toward an IPO. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

    3 min

  8. 6D AGO

    Blockspace: Bitcoin is Already Quantum Resistant?! Plus, Inside Iran’s $3B BTC Economy, and U.S. States Are Banning AI Data Centers

    A new proposal for Bitcoin Quantum Computing resistance dropped this week, and we have an update on state-by-state data center moratoriums. Get your tickets to OPNEXT 2026 before prices increase! Join us on April 16 in NYC for technical discussions, investor talks, and intimate conversation with the brightest minds in Bitcoin. Welcome back to Block Space Live! Today, Luxor’s Kaan Farahani Luxor and MIT DCI Director Neha Narula join us to respectively discuss  the wild volatility of Bitcoin mining in Q1 and the question of Bitcoin’s quantum resistance. For news, explore a new stop-gap quantum-safe transaction fix that avoids soft forks, map out the states placing moratoriums on AI data center builds, and discuss the geopolitical shift of Iran accepting bitcoin for oil export tolls. We also break down reports of a buyer interest in Gemini’s defunct UK and European business arms and Nakamoto’s reverse stock split. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: * New quantum proposal costs ~$200 per transaction * Compute time takes roughly 6 hours * March difficulty drop ranked 10th at 7.76% * February saw 11.16% difficulty drop * Maine bans data centers >20MW until 2027 * Buyer interested in Gemini’s shuttered UK/EU exchange businesses  *NAKA seeks 1-for-20 or 1-for-50 reverse stock split Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:42 Hashrate Index Update 05:04 Quantum proposal-palooza 15:54 Kaan Farahani 32:42 Neha Narula 48:39 Datacenter Bans 1:02:25 Gemini 1:06:59 NAKA scramble to remain on Nasdaq 1:13:59 Iran & Bitcoin 👉CleanSpark CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK) is a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. We own a portfolio of power, land, and data centers across the United States powered by globally competitive energy prices. Sitting at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship, we optimize our infrastructure to deliver superior returns to our shareholders. Monetizing low-cost, high reliability energy by producing a global emerging critical resource – compute – positions us to prosper in an ever-changing world. 👉Luxor, Blockspace's preferred mining pool Bitcoin mining revenue changes every day. Difficulty adjusts. Fees move. Prices shift. And that makes it hard to plan. Luxor Pool’s Fixed Payouts let miners lock in revenue at a guaranteed daily rate for up to 18 months. According to Hashrate Index, miners who used rolling fixed payout strategies since the last halving have outperformed FPPS mining by up to 15 percent. Fixed Payouts give you predictable daily revenue, so you can plan, budget, and grow with confidence. With Luxor, uncertainty is optional. Learn more at luxor.tech/mining

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