CoinDesk Podcast Network

President Trump's crypto ties.

President Trump earned more than $1 billion from crypto last year, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire defends USDC and Anthropic is restoring access to Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

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

Upbit's next move: from Korea's #1 to global contender.

SeonJoo Yoon, Chief Brand & Impact Officer at Upbit, joins CoinDesk’s Sam Ewen to break down why Korea is one of the most fascinating crypto markets on the planet and how Upbit, the country's dominant exchange with 13 million KYC'd users and $1.5 trillion in cumulative trading volume, is now setting its sights far beyond its home turf.
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Upbit’s SJ Yoon Joins CoinDesk’s Spotlight

01:50 - SJ's Early Career Path

05:35 - What Led SJ Yoon Into Web3 and Crypto

14:17 - Korean Tech Culture: Adoption, Connectivity, and Retail Trading Appetite

20:19 - Upbit's Stablecoin Project and Why Stablecoins Matter in Korea's Mobile-First Economy

23:58 - AI-Era payments, CBDC vs. Stablecoin Debate, and Upbit's Layer 2 (with Optimism)

26:03 - Bridging Korean Users to Global Institutions

28:51 - GIWA Web3 Infrastructure, AI Agent Wallets, GASOK accelerator

30:29 - Upbit’s Global Expansion

32:52 - Korea's Regulatory Landscape and the Digital Asset Act

34:42 - Upbit’s Presence at Korea Blockchain Week

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Ledn provides a secure and transparent way to access liquidity while maintaining your bitcoin holdings.

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JPEG Trading is a global proprietary trading firm specializing in cryptocurrency and decentralized finance markets. From market structure and liquidity provision to quantitative trading strategies, JPEG Trading operates across the full spectrum of blockchain-based assets. Follow @jpegtrading on X to stay ahead of the latest developments in digital asset markets: https://x.com/jpegtrading

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"Spotlight" features host Sam Ewen.

The White House pushes for CLARITY.

The White House is meeting with law enforcement groups to resolve objections to the crypto market structure bill. At issue is a provision shielding software developers from money-transmitter rules, which sheriffs argue would exempt mixers and tumblers from anti-money-laundering law. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

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

On this episode of CoinDesk's Public Keys from the New York Stock Exchange, host Jennifer Sanasie is joined by CoinDesk Indices and Data to break down nearly $1.8 billion in weekly Bitcoin ETF outflows, Strategy's new capital plan, and whether the digital asset treasury narrative is back.

SharpLink CEO Joseph Chalom joins to unpack the Ethereum Foundation's funding crisis, the launch of ETHlabs, and the company's $75 million raise, as he makes the case for an institutional supercycle in ETH. In this week's 10X, Kaizen founder Brian Jung breaks down his MicroStrategy short.

Moody's Ratings Managing Director and Global Head of Digital Economy Fabian Astic explains how the firm is embedding credit ratings into tokenized securities on Solana and unveils the first-ever credit rating methodology for stablecoins.

Plus, Midnight Foundation President Fahmi Syed details the partnership with Bank of England-regulated Monument Bank and why privacy is becoming the missing piece for institutional adoption.

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Timecodes:

00:00 Welcome to Public Keys

00:52 BTC ETFs See $1.8B in Weekly Outflows

02:57 Strategy's Capital Plan and Bitcoin's Week

04:12 Is the Digital Asset Treasury Narrative Back?

06:37 Ethereum Foundation Departures and ETHlabs

07:06 SharpLink CEO Joseph Chalom Joins

08:15 Ethereum's Funding Crisis and the ETH Bull Case

10:25 Inside SharpLink's $75M Raise

13:36 ETH's Institutional Super Cycle and Price Outlook

15:19 Will the Clarity Act Pass This Year?

17:45 10X: Brian Jung's Strategy Short

19:16 Moody's Ratings Brings Credit Ratings On-Chain

19:46 Fabian Astic on the First Stablecoin Credit Rating

21:36 Do Stablecoins Need Ratings After the Genius Act?

23:17 Why launch token ratings on Solana and Canton first?

25:36 Collateral Mobility and $255T in Trapped Liquidity

28:46 Is Privacy the Missing Piece for Institutions?

29:02 Midnight's Fahmi Syed on the Monument Bank Deal

33:46 The Collateral Warehouse and Global Expansion

36:38 Thanks for Watching

Strategy's new capital framework clears the way for selling BTC.

Michael Saylor's Strategy unveiled a new capital framework that clears the way to sell bitcoin for the first time, authorize up to $2 billion in buybacks, and raise its STRC preferred dividend to 12%. 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.