Thinking Crypto News & Interviews

Thinking Crypto News & Interviews

The Thinking Crypto podcast consists of the most up to date crypto news and interviews with the folks who are building and investing in the crypto market. Episodes will cover the latest industry news, interviews, and analysis of cryptocurrencies and digital assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple XRP, Cardano ADA, Dogecoin and much more. Discussions will also touch on Web3, Blockchain adoption, digital currencies, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), stablecoins, tokenization, NFTS (non-fungible tokens), DeFi (decentralized finance), staking, memecoins, yield farming, metaverse and much more. You will also learn about the latest developments of technology in the crypto market, who is investing money in the space, crypto regulations and political influence on crypto. https://www.Thinkingcrypto.com/ Get the (Re)Thinking Crypto book on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2525DYX Disclaimer - Thinking Crypto and Tony are not financial or investment experts. You should do your own research on each cryptocurrency and make your own conclusions and decisions for investment. Invest at your own risk, only invest what you are willing to lose. This podcast is for educational purposes and NOT investment or financial advice. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thinking-crypto-news-interviews--3464539/support.

Episodes

December 21, 2025 17 mins
Adrian Wall, Senior Director of US Policy at TRON DAO, sat down with me at Chainlink SmartCon to discuss the Tron DAO and us crypto legislation.
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Dennis O'Connell, President ERC-3643, sat down with me at Chainlink SmartCon to discuss how the ERC3643 Association, a non-profit organization, is helping to standardize the tokenization market via ERC-3643.
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Clinton Donnelly, CEO of CryptoTaxAudit, joined me to discuss the IRS' new approach to crypto taxes.
Topics: 
- New 1099 DA Form 
- Proposed IRS rule and CARF membership would let the U.S. government track Americans’ crypto abroad for taxation 
- Privacy coins and IRS 
- Staking rewards and taxes 
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Crypto News: XRP exchange-traded funds have surpassed $1 billion in assets. Bitwise files with SEC to offer spot Sui ETF. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), owner of the NYSE, is in talks to invest in crypto payments firm Moonpay.
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Crypto News: Digital Wealth Partners introduces algorithmic XRP trading for qualified retirement accounts. Coinbase rolls out stock trading, prediction markets, tokenization platform. The Fed has just rolled back its 2023 policy, opening the door for uninsured and insured banks under its supervision to participate in crypto activities.
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Brian from Santiment joined me to review the metrics for Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Zcash. 🖥️ Sign up with Santiment to get quality crypto metrics - https://santiment.net/?fpr=thinkingcrypto Get 25% discount with code THINKINGCRYPTO

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Crypto News: Visa launches USDC settlement for US banks on Solana blockchain. US banks could soon issue stablecoins under FDIC plan to implement GENIUS Act. Marshall Islands launches world’s first blockchain-based UBI on Stellar blockchain.
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Charlie Lee, creator of Litecoin, joined me to discuss the latest developments in the Litecoin ecosystem.
Topics: 
- Creation, Adoption, and Growth of Litecoin 
- Litecoin Digital Asset Treasury 
- Lite Strategy 
- Litecoin spot ETF 
- Starting a new crypto
- Future of Crypto 
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Crypto News: Bitcoin price pullsback. JPMorgan Launches Tokenized Money Market Fund on Ethereum. The senate markup on the crypto market structure bill (CLARITY Act) gets delayed. Brought to you by 🏦 Learn about iTrustCapital’s powerful Premium Custody Account (PCA) and tax-advantaged Crypto IRA platforms https://www.itrustcapital.com/go/thinkingcrypto

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Matej Zak, CEO of Trezor, and I sat down at their Prague office to discuss the new Trezor Safe 7 hardware wallet and much more.
Topics:
- Trezor’s new device - Safe 7 
- Design and Security approach 
- The future of self custody 
- Preparing for potential quantum-computing threats to crypto security 
- Does Trezor have plans to go public? 
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Crypto News: The Securities and Exchange Commission publishes crypto custody guide. Standard Chartered, Coinbase deepen alliance to build institutional crypto infrastructure. Brought to you by ✅ VeChain is a versatile enterprise-grade L1 smart contract platform https://www.vechain.org/

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Mike O’Keefe, Head of Sales & Customer Success at Immunefi, sat down with me at Chainlink SmartCon to discuss how Immunefi’s security solutions are helping protect crypto assets for a wide range of companies. Brought to you by 🏠 Propy (PRO) is a blockchain-based real estate marketplace and decentralized title registry that leverages smart contracts to facilitate property transactions globally https://propy.com/home/ & http...
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Crypto News: THE OCC granted conditional approval for trust bank charters to Ripple, BitGo, Fidelity DigitalAssets, Paxos, and Circle. Wrapped XRP is coming to Solana for DeFi.
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Nick Ducoff, Head of Institutional Growth at the Solana Foundation, joined me to discuss the increasing adoption of Solana for Web3 and tokenization initiatives.
Topics: 
- Retail and institutional building on Solana
- Solana Firedancer upgrade
- Solana DATS and ETFs
- The future of Solana
- Tokenization and crypto legislation
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Crypto News: J.P. Morgan arranges landmark U.S. Commercial Paper issuance on Solana Public Blockchain for Galaxy Digital Holdings. Coinbase opens Solana DEX access as CeFi and DeFi converge. Fed will start QE (money printing) tomorrow. 
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Crypto News: The Federal Reserve cuts rates by 25 bps and will start money printing, they will begin purchasing US Treasury Bills on December 12th and will buy $40 billion of US Treasury bills in 30 days. Brought to you by 🔐 Safely Store your Crypto with Trezor Hardware Wallets - https://affil.trezor.io/SHlz

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Keith Grossman, President at MoonPay, joined me to discuss how the firm is unlocking crypto access for both retail and institutional users.
Topics: 
- MoonPay's crypto payment solutions 
- MoonPay Mastercard and Pump Fun integrations 
- TradFi Crypto Adoption
- Web2 and tech companies transitioning to Web3 
- Future of crypto payments 
- Tokenization of assets and human behavior
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Crypto News: The OCC clears national banks to facilitate crypto transactions. PNC Private Bank clients can now buy, sell, and hold bitcoin in their existing accounts.
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Dan Silverman, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Balcony, joined me to discuss how the firm is tokenizing billions in real estate on the Avalanche blockchain.
 Topics:
- Bergen County NJ tokenizing $240 Billion in Property on Balcony's Platform 
- Balcony Partners With Chainlink 
- Real Estate tokenization - current state and future outlook 
- Different ways blockchain can be used in the Real Estate process 
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Crypto News: CFTC clears path for ETH, Bitcoin and USDC to be used as collateral in derivatives markets. MAS has expanded Ripple’s MPI license which will increase regulated XRP and RLUSD services. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is promoting blockchain, tokenization, and stablecoins.

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