2025 Will Be A HUGE Year for Crypto Regulations! with Ron Hammond

Ron Hammond of the Blockchain Association joined me to discuss the latest US crypto regulation news: Topics: Senate Digital Asset Subcommittee Scott Bissent confirmation - Elizabeth Warren’s crypto questions Gary Gensler's exit interviews When will Paul Atkins be confirmed? SEC Coinbase - SEC takes loss and gets called arbitrary and capricious again Trump executive orders on Crypto first week - repeal of SAB121? Crypto inauguration ball Links: https://x.com/RonwHammond https://theblockchainassociation.org/ Watch the interview https://youtu.be/O9g7VfFXaSs Listen to the interview Timestamps 02:30 Senate digital assets subcommittee 03:37 Senate passing crypto bill in 2025 04:59 Elizabeth Warren Scott…

The FIRST Bitcoin-Focused Investment Platform with Dr. Arman Meguerian

Get to know Arman: Metaverse theme – Bitcoin focused Favorite food – Sushi Favorite musician/artist – Radiohead Favorite movie – Godfather 2 Favorite Book – Divine Comedy Hobby – Watching movies, playing guitar Topics: How TimeStamp helps you to invest in Bitcoin focused companies Bitcoin's adoption and growth Bitcoin's impact on society Bitcoin ETFs & Strategic Reserve Crypto Regulations Links: https://www.timestampfinancial.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/armanmeguerian/ Watch the interview https://youtu.be/un0dSNQdAY0 Listen to the interview Timestamps 01:54 Arman's background 03:11 First encounter with Bitcoin 06:30 Bitcoin's global impact 20:11 Hyperbitcoinization 27:22 Bitcoin ETFs 30:29 Political embrace of Bitcoin 32:00…

Crypto Hedge Fund Pantera Capital’s 2025 Investment Strategy with Franklin Bi

Franklin Bi is a General partner at Pantera Capital. He previously worked at JPMorgan leading their Blockchain and Digital Assets strategy. Get to know Franklin: Metaverse theme – Fantasy Dungeons and Dragons Favorite food – Pizza Favorite musician/artist – Sleep Token Favorite movie – Gladiator Favorite Book – The Phantom Tollbooth Hobby – Spending time with Family Topics: Pantera Capital's approach to crypto investing Franklin's time at JPMorgan leading Blockchain and Digital Asset Strategy - developing JPM Coin and Quorum Growing institutional demand for crypto Gaming and Crypto - will GameFi takeoff in 2025?…

Fixing Ethereum’s Layer 2 Fragmentation with Former Ripple Employee Austin King

Austin King is the Co-Founder and CEO of Omni Network, the abstraction layer for the Ethereum ecosystem. With a background in computer science from Harvard, Austin began his entrepreneurial journey by creating a payment network that scaled to over 10 billion transactions before being acquired by Ripple. Today, Austin, alongside Co-Founder Tyler Tarsi, is leading Omni's mission to empower application developers to access users and liquidity across the entire Ethereum ecosystem without smart contract upgrades. Get to know Austin: Metaverse theme – Solar Punk, Sci Fi Favorite food – Thai Favorite musician/artist – Boris…

VeChain’s 2025 Strategy Revealed! VeBetterDAO, VeChain Renaissance, & Partnerships With Sunny Lu

Sunny Lu is the co-founder and CEO of VeChain. He joined me to discuss the latest updates with VeChain and 2025 plans. Topics: VeBetterDAO and its mission - $B3TR token and VeWorld wallet VeChain Renaissance technical roadmap to deliver enhanced tokenomics, increased APY, interoperability boost via JSON RPC, EVM equivalence VeChain partnerships - updates on existing and expected new ones in 2025 Boston Consulting Group Decentralized Networks UFC Partnership next steps Crypto Regulations in the US and Global markets Links: https://x.com/sunshinelu24 https://vechain.org/ Watch the interview https://youtu.be/kc39fGJY57c Listen to the interview Timestamps 02:44 VeBetterDAO explained…

Suing the IRS & Treasury Over Their DeFi Broker Rule with Amanda Tuminelli

Amanda Tuminelli is the Chief Legal Officer at the DeFi Education Fund. She joined me to discuss the recent lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury over their DeFi broker rule. Topics: Details of the IRS DeFi dealer rule and lawsuit New SEC Chair Paul Atkins - will non fraud cases be dropped? Updates on other cases: Beba SEC Lawsuit and more Will we see crypto legislation passed this year with a pro crypto congress and president coming into office Links: https://x.com/amandatums https://www.defieducationfund.org/ https://www.defieducationfund.org/_files/ugd/84ba66_b6af3a8d9414462d8a34897cfec39c5e.pdf Watch the interview https://youtu.be/yrZ6daO8NWk?si=bV7QghmcvkcXkC5m Listen to the interview Timestamps 02:27 IRS…