With former CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo, widely known as "Crypto Dad," to discuss his new book, The New Adventures of Crypto Dad. The episode covers some of the most pressing issues shaping the digital asset industry, including stablecoin surveillance, regulatory authority versus legislative clarity, prediction markets, and key lessons from major industry failures.

In this episode we discuss:
• What are the privacy and surveillance risks of digital currencies and stablecoins?
• Can U.S. crypto thrive without the Clarity Act?
• How are prediction markets different from gambling?
• Why did Chris Giancarlo turn down Sam Bankman-Fried's board offer?
• Why are government ethics and self-discipline essential for crypto adoption?

In this short video (recorded from the airport lounge in New York) I share my point of view on the what/when/who/how of the hack and most importantly what is the practical impact based on the information available.

With Albert Castellana, Co-Founder and CEO of GenLayer, we explore how GenLayer offers a scalable, cost-effective way to resolve complex disputes between AI agents, overcoming the limitations of traditional legal systems.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What Problem Does GenLayer Solve, and What Inspired Its Creation?
• How Does GenLayer Build Trust Between AI Models?
• How Do Intelligent Contracts Handle Subjective Decisions and Prevent Manipulation?
• How Is GenLayer Different From UMA and Kalshi, and How Are Decisions Enforced?
• Will AI Agents Replace Human Lawyers in Business Transactions?

with Vanessa Savino, Chief Legal Officer at tZERO, sharing insights on how tokenization is shifting from early experiments with illiquid assets toward highly liquid instruments like treasuries and equities.

• How has tZERO shifted its core business model to provide end-to-end "infrastructure as a service" for tokenized securities
• Why did early tokenization efforts fail to make illiquid assets like real estate liquid, and how did treasuries become the true "killer app"?
• What are the key structural differences between native on-chain tokens, security entitlements, and synthetic wrappers
• How are updated SEC guidance and single-license regulatory permissions shaping institutional adoption and compliance
• How is tZERO expanding beyond securities into CFTC-regulated derivatives, event contracts, and global partnerships?

With Keith Vander Leest, US General Manager at BVNK, to discuss crypto payments, stablecoins, AI-driven compliance, and how traditional finance is adapting to blockchain technology.

• How does BVNK function as a stablecoin payment infrastructure provider?
• Will tokenized deposits replace stablecoins in global financial flows?
• Why is market consolidation expected among on-chain digital assets?
• How is artificial intelligence transforming on-chain transaction monitoring?
• What compliance complexities do traditional financial institutions face on-chain?

With Kevin Carr, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at Rain, explains where card networks like Visa and Mastercard meet stablecoin settlement, how Rain manages risk on-chain, and how it handles diverging global regulations and AI in compliance without losing human oversight.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How does Rain connect card networks like Visa and Mastercard with stablecoin settlement, and what does that give cardholders?
• What can you see in a customer's on-chain data that you can't in traditional fiat, and where does that get harder to analyze?
• How does Rain keep one global compliance standard while adapting to different rules in each country?
• How is the compliance job changing as it starts to demand crypto data skills?
• Where does AI help most in investigations, and why do you still need a human in the loop?