How Crypto Holders Can Protect Their Crypto in Case of Kidnappings? My interview with @tokarev_d , Founder of @bronwallet The full interview is available on my YouTube and podcast platforms. YouTube: Apple: Spotify: Learn more about Bron:

Are Prediction Markets Really All About Sports Betting? My interview with @Polymarket General Counsel @HereComesKumar The full interview is available on my YouTube and podcast platforms. YouTube: Apple: Spotify: Sponsored by ACX Compliance - the largest and most specialized digital assets compliance firm globally. Learn more at

Will the rise of RWAs push users towards self-custody or third-party custodians? My interview with @tokarev_d, Founder of @bronwallet. The full interview is available on my YouTube and podcast platforms. YouTube: Apple: Spotify: Learn more about Bron:

What a week in crypto! #Bitcoin# is up 25% in recent days, @SECGov issues crypto rules, @CFTC states that it will issue rules if the Clarity Act fails, FASB accounting body issues guidance to consider stablecoins as cash equivalents and @tether completes its first financial audit by a Big 4. Are we finally seeing the light at the end of the crypto bear market? Sponsored by @acxcompliance - the first, largest and most specialized crypto compliance services firm globally. #Bitcoin# #Stablecoins# #Crypto#

Rethinking Self Custody, From Seed Phrases to Kidnapping to Inheritance. My interview with @tokarev_d , Founder of @bronwallet In this episode, we discuss why the seed phrase is on its way out and what self custody looks like when institutional grade security finally reaches everyone. The full interview is available on my YouTube and podcast platforms. YouTube: Apple: Spotify: Learn more about Bron:

Why compliance is very challenging in prediction markets. My interview with @Polymarket General Counsel @HereComesKumar The full interview is available on my YouTube and podcast platforms. YouTube: Apple: Spotify: Sponsored by ACX Compliance - the largest and most specialized digital assets compliance firm globally. Learn more at

Why insider trading is easier to catch on a blockchain. My interview with @Polymarket General Counsel @HereComesKumar The full interview is available on my YouTube and podcast platforms. YouTube: Apple: Spotify: Sponsored by @acxcompliance - the largest and most specialized digital assets compliance firm globally. Learn more at

What is the practical impact of Tether getting its first financial audit from KPMG? My latest Crypto Capsule Commentary. For more Crypto Capsule Commentary make sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel

Prediction Markets, Insider Trading and Regulatory Oversight. My interview with @Polymarket General Counsel @HereComesKumar The full interview is available on my YouTube and podcast platforms. YouTube: Apple: Spotify:

The two banknotes below may look identical, but there is a small and very important difference. The banknote on top is a Silver Certificate from 1935. It promises "One dollar in silver payable to the bearer on demand." The bottom one promises just "One dollar", which can be printed at will. Many don't know that Silver Certificates were the primary form of currency for much of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the U.S. Around the mid-20th century, the amount of silver and silver dollars in the Treasury declined, threatening the actual backing of these certificates. In 1963, Congress decided to end their issuance. To compensate for the loss, Federal Reserve Note production and issuance were expanded, resulting in the bottom banknote we still use today. Such silver backing gave comfort to the public that their currency would not be devalued, as it was backed by hard money. Otherwise, a government can easily print money and devalue its currency to fund say foreign wars, pre-election welfare programs, or simply close a large deficit gap. It is a great reminder that the current fiat period we live in is an anomaly for most of modern human history. This Silver Certificate is part of my personal collection. I have been collecting old banknotes, share certificates, and bonds for many years because I believe they are critical to understanding the history of money, which in turn allows us to better imagine the future of money and finance. I will try to share more pieces from my collection and similar history of money soundbites over the coming months! Make sure to subscribe to my YouTube page not to miss them: #Finance# #Bitcoin# #Crypto# #Money#

Why banks are structurally unfit to conduct crypto lending. My interview with @maplefinance CEO @syrupsid The full interview is available on my YouTube and podcast platforms. YouTube: Apple: Spotify:

Do You Want to Be a Great Speaker and Panelist on Stage? Here Are My 5 Tips! Hope this video will be useful to many of you, especially as interpersonal and public speaking skills become critically more important in this AI age. You can find this video and many similar ones on my YouTube page:

Why crypto’s biggest risk today are hacks. My interview with @maplefinance CEO @syrupsid The full interview is available on my YouTube and podcast platforms. YouTube: Apple: Spotify:

A major Bitcoin hardware wallet attack is currently ongoing. I cover what we know so far in the Coldcard case. I also share interesting data on tokenization at investment banks, further stablecoin updates from Samsung and the BIS completing another cross border test. Sponsored by @acxcompliance Compliance - the largest and most specialized digital assets compliance firm globally. #Bitcoin# #Crypto# #Stablecoins#

Want to Be a Good Speaker on a Panel? Here Are My 5 Tips I have spoken on hundreds of panels over the years. In this video, I share my 5 tips. 1. Share the energy 2. Always stay present (no phones!) 3. Body posture and language (especially for men) 4. Don’t ask the audience (I show you how to do it instead) 5. Prepare, prepare and prepare

Why many crypto firms are shutting down? My latest Crypto Capsule Commentary. Check out my YouTube page for many more similar videos: Want privileged access to my content? Join my private WhatsApp group: #Bitcoin# #Crypto# #Stablecoins#

The latest survey on #tokenization# at investment banks is out. We often talk about the benefits of stablecoins and digital assets in cross-border payments, but some of their most game-changing benefits will be in the less sexy areas of finance, including collateral mobility and the intra-day repo market. Some interesting takeaways from the @SODApublicmoney report include: 1. Tokenization is not an “innovation team” or “IT team” initiative but rather one from the front office and trading desk. Such initiatives have direct PnL implications, which eliminates the need for “window dressing” FinTech experiments we saw in the past decade. 2. Front offices have active involvement in the design and implementation of such projects. And the budget is coming from the business (not the cute innovation budgets like we saw in previous years). 3. The highest priority use cases in the space of collateral mobility consist of using smart contracts for repo contracts, tokenised bonds for collateral and tokenised deposits for settlements. Trillions of dollars are effectively trapped in the global financial ecosystem every day, on top of the high headcount costs incurred by banks. This is a change from previous years where CEOs or COOs would rather kick the can down the road as they would never see the benefits during their tenure. 4. Most banks are still at the early stages but have a defined strategy. When it comes to clients, the biggest challenge remains tech integration (not regulatory uncertainty, as was the case in previous years). 5. An increasing percentage of clients are happy to pay a pricing premium if the benefits are explained. This is also different from previous years where the banks were simply viewing this as an internal cost reduction exercise. This report is worth reading for anyone at the intersection of TradFi and tokenization and interested in the “less sexy” parts of digital assets. Full report is available here: Sponsored by @CantonNetwork

Some personal takeaways from @consensus2026 in Miami last week: - I have attended and spoken at every single Consensus event for the past decade (except one in Toronto) and this was by far the one with the most TradFi presence. Lots of TradFi attending for the first time to learn about crypto and TradFi firms trying to showcase their crypto initiatives. Even JP Morgan had a booth. And this is in a long bear market. - Main topics of discussions that stood out were stablecoins, RWAs and agentic crypto payments and all the related topics from adoption to compliance. - the U.S. is clearly open for crypto. In addition to the regulatory and policy catalysts, the crypto firms (mainly U.S. based) and banks (from GSIBs to regionals) are spending tremendously with services providers from law firms and Big 4 to tech and infrastructure providers thus catalyzing a bigger buzz. - challenges remain including hack and exploits risks (ie North Korea), compliance challenges (eg no likely enforcement for the next two years in the U.S.) and crypto becoming politicized (eg Trump family activities). And we are in the middle of a bad bear market which has a massive negative impact on everything. Congrats to @mikelaujr and the entire Consensus team for another successful event.