CoinDesk Podcast Network

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse speaks at Consensus.

At CoinDesk's Consensus, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse joins the stage for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of crypto, regulation, and global payments. He breaks down why he believes stablecoins could reach a $3 trillion market cap by 2031 and what's driving that long-term growth. Garlinghouse also discusses the importance of regulatory clarity in the U.S., including the potential impact of the CLARITY Act on the digital asset industry.

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Timecodes:

00:00 - Brad Garlinghouse at Consensus Miami 2026
04:21 - Will the CLARITY Act Pass This Year?
06:04 - Why It Matters (and XRP's Existing Legal Clarity)
10:00 - Ripple's M&A Strategy
11:48 - G Treasury: $13T in Payments, Opportunity to Move On-Chain
14:53 - IPO Plans
17:44 - Stablecoins: $3T by 2031
19:01 - XRP News and Highlights

Taiwanese officials have apprehended three individuals accused of smuggling Nvidia chips to China, and we debunk the fears over AI’s water use.

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today for our lead story, we cover the latest Nvidia chip smuggling crackdowns in Taiwan, and then we hop into an interview with Udi Wertheimer of Taproot Wizards to discuss the current state of Ethereum, and why one of its chief proponents sold his entire bag of ETH. Then, Haley Thompson, Director of Energy at Luxor, joins us to talk about how the Iran War is impacting energy markets in the U.S.. Plus, we analyze Google's 200MW solar PPA in Oklahoma, concerns with Strategy’s STRC, and debunk the viral criticisms surrounding AI data center water usage.

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ICE CEO says Hyperliquid is "bigger than NASDAQ" by daily volume.

ICE CEO Jeffrey Sprecher said Hyperliquid is "bigger than NASDAQ" by daily volume, and disclosed his team has met its founders multiple times. The DeFi platform controls over 70% of the decentralized perp market and has been trading oil futures on weekends when traditional exchanges are closed. CoinDesk's Sam Ewen hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

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This episode was hosted by Sam Ewen. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

CoinDesk's The Policy Protocol hosts Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti dig into the New York Times investigation of the CFTC and Kalshi's latest lawsuit against Minnesota before sitting down with Aaron Klein, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Klein argues that independent financial regulators have been turned into "subsidiaries of the White House," warns that the CFTC is not structurally up to the jurisdiction CLARITY would hand it, and makes the case that the SEC and CFTC should be merged. He also unpacks lessons from Dodd-Frank and the savings-and-loan crisis. Plus, Rebecca and Renato debrief on the CFTC staffing debate and name House Agriculture Chairman GT Thompson and Ranking Member Angie Craig as their People of the Week for their bipartisan push to fill out the CFTC commission.

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Timecodes:

00:00 Welcome to The Policy Protocol

00:43 All Roads Lead to the CFTC

01:22 Unpacking the NYT's CFTC Investigation

02:41 Pendulum Swing: Reading the NYT in Context

05:11 Why the CFTC Needs Funding and Personnel

06:52 Aaron Klein Joins the Show

07:30 The History of the CFTC and the Great Salad Oil Swindle

08:10 Independent Regulators as White House Subsidiaries

09:39 Dodd-Frank Lessons for the CLARITY Era

11:47 The Case for Merging the SEC and CFTC

13:21 PolyMarket, Soft on Financial Crime, and CZ/Binance

15:06 SEC-CFTC Office Sharing and the Value of MOUs

18:16 Renato and Rebecca Debrief on the CFTC's Future

21:45 Trump on Prediction Markets and Expanded Jurisdiction

22:30 People of the Week: GT Thompson and Angie Craig

24:26 Tribute to Ondo CEO Nathan Allman

25:01 Closing Thoughts and Sign-Off

Altcoins have lost the plot with Scott Melker.

In today's Markets Outlook, Scott Melker, Host of Wolf of All Streets, tells CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie why altcoins have lost the plot, what's really driving the weird market we're all feeling, and why Bitcoin is still the only bet he's making long-term. Plus: are prediction markets, tokenized equities, and "private Bitcoin" just hype?

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Timecodes:

00:00 - Scott Melker Joins Markets Outlook

01:38 - Why Bitcoin Is Underrated

03:59 - Is Crypto Recreating the System It Was Built to Fight? 

06:08 - Scott’s Bitcoin Origin Story

08:04 - Why This Market Feels Impossible to Read

10:07 - How Prediction Markets Killed the Altcoin Casino 

13:33 - Teaching His Kids About Bitcoin and AI in a Complicated World

16:22 - AI Tokens and Zcash Outlook

18:33 - Zcash as Privacy Bitcoin: “It Makes Me Want to Puke”

19:46 - Scott's Bitcoin Price Outlook for the Rest of the Year

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.