Topics covered in this episode:

• El Salvador forced to ditch Bitcoin
• Crypto Index ETF Approved
• SpaceX using Stablecoins in foreign markets
• UAE Holdings $40B in Bitcoin
• IRS: crypto staking is taxable
• Russia: we are using Bitcoin to evade sanctions
• $USDT drop in supply
• Coinbase wins motion to pursue Interlocutory Appeal

Topics covered in this episode:

• Vote canceled on Crenshaw
• Doubts on $MSTR buying BTC
• Trump exploring Strategic Bitcoin Reserve EO
• $RLUSD launched
• Market Structure Bill in first 100 Days
• AI creating memecoins
• 2024 Quick Comments

Topics covered in this episode:

• Trump selects Paul Atkins for SEC Chair
• Crenshaw re-appointment being rushed
• Chair Powell cares about crypto?
• Electric bills paid via crypto
• $IBIT now over $50B
• Bitcoin hit $100k
• David Sachs named Crypto AI Czar
• SOL ETF will be denied
• Bitcoin on the balance sheet
• 60 Minutes crypto piece
• $RLUSD approved, launching in days

Topics covered in this episode:

• Russia recognizes Bitcoin as property
• $RLUSD approved, launching today
• Dino tokens (utility focus)
• XRP has out performed BTC from 2023 forward
  • XRP volume largely institutional
  • Trading volume BTC + ETH < XRP
  • No capital gains on US based tokens?
• SOL and XRP ETF applications making progress
• New SEC Chair Paul Atkins?
• Ex-SEC attorneys being blackballed?

Topics covered on this episode:

• Bitcoin up 30% since election, pulled back to $92k
• MicroStrategy continues to buy billions in Bitcoin
• Cboe Launched First Cash-Settled Options on Spot Bitcoin ETFs
• Cantor Fitzgerald Acquires 5% Stake in Tether
• SEC Commissioners stepping down
• Brad Garlinghouse "60 Minute" interview on 12/1
• Wisdom Tree files for XRP ETF
• CFTC new crypto regulator? Self-Regulatory Agency?
• Tornado Cash in the Fifth Circuit
• Chris Giancarlo would drop SEC case vs Ripple
• Fairshake crypto PAC has $103M for midterms
• Schwab CEO, "I feel silly"
• Market cap of next bear market bottom?

Topics covered in this episode:

• BTC news
  • MicroStrategy announces $42B plan
  • Vaneck: Bitcoin a reserve asset, 2% weight, $3M
  • BlackRock's $IBIT
  • The first U.K. pension fund invests in bitcoin, with up to a 3% direct allocation
  • Bitcoin ETF assets 2/3 to gold
• Tokenized Treasuries exploding
• Polymarket Whale Profits
• Gensler and the SEC
• Crypto PACs, 48 out of 48
• UBS Asset Management launches its first tokenized investment fund.
• Bernstein, "add crypto exposure ASAP"

Topics covered in this episode:

• Crypto ETFs Performance
• Election Betting Markets
• Russell 2000 & Bitcoin
• SEC v Ripple Case Update
• Microsoft voting on Bitcoin
• Emory University buys Bitcoin
• MrBeast investigation for ties into crypto

Topics covered in this episode:

• Bitwise updates XRP ETF S1
• Bitcoin ETFs crossed $20B
• Arrested, fake ETF announcement tweet
• Ripple was minting 20% of USDC
• SEC files Form C in Ripple appeal
• Kamala considering SEC nominees
• M&A - Stripe acquires stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1B