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Bitcoin.com News Interviews
by Bitcoin.com
Interviews with the most interesting leaders, founders and investors in Bitcoin and cryptoverse.
Episodes
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Matt Hougan: Bitcoin Bottomed in June. Is the Next Bull Market Here?
Has Bitcoin already bottomed, and are we entering the next bull market? Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan joins Alex Richardson and David Sencil to explain why he believes Bitcoin bottomed in June and has since entered an early-stage bull market, despite potential volatility surrounding the U.S. midterm...
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Gate Founder: From Bitcoin Scam to Tokenized Stocks and Crypto Security
What if you never had to hold cash in a bank? Dr. Lin Han, founder and CEO of Gate, joins Bitcoin.com News' Live News Desk at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026 on the day of Gate's "One Gate, Everything Money" upgrade. He explains his idea of holding Bitcoin, gold or stocks instead of cash and spending…
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WhiteBIT's Everything Exchange Vision: The Future of Crypto and Banking
Are crypto exchanges still competing with each other, or with your bank? Alex Kozenko, WhiteBIT’s Group CMO and Denys Stukalenko, Chief Commercial Officer, join Bitcoin.com News' Live News Desk at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026. Kozenko says the real rivals now are Robinhood, Revolut and Nubank, and…
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Tom Schmidt, Dragonfly GP: Why Good Crypto Ideas Fail Before They Succeed
Why do so many good crypto ideas fail the first time? Tom Schmidt, General Partner at Dragonfly, joins David Sencil at Korea Blockchain Week 2026 to talk about timing in venture: what made Polymarket click after years of trying, and why Ethena worked where an earlier version of the same idea...
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Can Fomo Turn Trading Into the Next Social Network?
Fomo co-founder Se Yong Park joins David Sencil live from Korea Blockchain Week to discuss how fomo grew from a single-chain trading product into a broader platform spanning multiple chains, perps and social features. They cover user growth, first-time traders, crypto’s onboarding problem,...
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Robinhood Chain Hits $1.6B TVL in 3 Months: Stock Tokens, AI Agents & What Came Next
Three months after launching Robinhood Chain's mainnet, what has Robinhood learned? Johann Kerbrat, SVP and GM of Crypto at Robinhood, joins David Sencil at Korea Blockchain Week to look back on the chain's first months, from its growth in TVL to the meme coins paired with tokenized stocks that...
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Why AI Startups Are Raising Bigger Rounds Even as Building Gets Cheaper
AI was supposed to make startups cheaper to build. So why are founders still raising big rounds? Tobias Bauer, who runs venture fund TBV and events company The Best Event, joins David Sencil at Korea Blockchain Week to explain how AI is changing venture capital. A lot of pitches, he says, now…
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Austin Federa: Why Crypto Needs a Faster Internet
Is the public internet too slow for the future of finance? Austin Federa, CEO and co-founder of DoubleZero, joins David Sencil at Korea Blockchain Week 2026 in Seoul to talk about building a dedicated high-performance network for blockchains and markets, and why he thinks connectivity needs the...
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Arthur Hayes: Why an AI Crash Could Send Crypto Soaring
What happens to crypto if the AI boom suddenly breaks? Arthur Hayes joins David Sencil at Korea Blockchain Week 2026 to explain why an AI downturn could ultimately unleash trillions of dollars in new liquidity. Hayes breaks down the financial pressure building around AI data centers, why...
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Bitcoin to $115K Before the Next Market Crash? Henrik Zeberg’s Outlook
Could Bitcoin still have one major move higher before markets turn? Henrik Zeberg joins Alex Richardson and David Sencil for Bitcoin.com’s first quarterly check-in to reassess his outlook for Bitcoin, the U.S. economy, and global markets. Zeberg believes risk assets may still have one final...
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Stablecoins Could Become the Default Money by 2030 | Reeve Collins
Could stablecoins become the default way we hold and move money by 2030? WeFi Chairman Reeve Collins Reeve Collins joins Alex Richardson to discuss what could drive the next phase of stablecoin adoption and why banks may soon have little choice but to participate. Collins explains how the GENIUS...
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The CLARITY Act Failed in the Senate. What Comes Next for Crypto?
The CLARITY Act failed to advance in the U.S. Senate leaving one of crypto’s biggest regulatory questions unresolved. So what happens now for DeFi, crypto companies, developers, and users in the United States? Orest Gavryliak, Chief Legal Officer at 1inch, joins the conversation to break down…
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Lynette Zang: Why Today’s Financial System Could Be More Fragile Than 2008
Is the global financial system more vulnerable today than it was before the 2008 financial crisis? Economist and Zang International founder Lynette Zang joins Alex Richardson to examine the growing risks she sees across debt, leverage, derivatives, inflation, and the declining purchasing power of...
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Why Bitcoin Miners Are Becoming AI and Energy Companies
Bitcoin mining is no longer just about mining machines and hash rate. It is increasingly becoming a story about energy, infrastructure, AI, and compute. Gwyn Lauber, Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Canaan, joins David Sencil to explore how the Bitcoin mining industry is evolving — and why...
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Inside the Rise of Crypto Wrench Attacks
Crypto security isn’t just about protecting wallets from hackers. Increasingly, the person holding the crypto can become the target. In this episode, David Sencil sits down with Dr. Marilyne Ordekian Panossian, incoming Assistant Professor at Durham University Law School and researcher in...
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Are Politicians Better at Trading Than You? Inside Congressional Stock Trades
Why do politicians keep making stock trades that catch the market’s attention and should everyday investors be following them? Jackson Woods, co-founder of Altoneer, joins Alex Richardson to unpack how congressional stock trading actually works, how public disclosures are tracked, and why those...
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Bitcoin Miners Are Pivoting to AI. What Happens to Bitcoin Mining?
Bitcoin miners are increasingly turning toward AI and data centers, but that shift could create new opportunities for the miners who stay focused on Bitcoin. In this episode, David Sencil sits down with Karun Mackencherry, Senior Director of Mining Services at Compass Mining, to unpack what the…
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Digital Sovereignty and the Global Race for Stablecoin Regulation
The Digital Sovereignty Alliance (DSA) is a nonprofit social welfare organization committed to advocating for public policies that support ethical innovation in decentralized technologies, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Web3, and artificial intelligence. DSA conducts research, organizes educational...
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Why Korea Blockchain Week 2026 Is Betting Big on Institutions
FactBlock CEO Andrew Park joins David Sencil to discuss how Korea Blockchain Week has evolved and why KBW 2026 is leaning further into institutions, policy, real-world assets, stablecoins, tokenized equities, and B2B dealmaking. Park shares how KBW grew from a 400-person event in 2018 into one of...
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Crypto’s $70B vs. $8B Divide: Where Is the Value Really Going?
Who is actually capturing the value being created in crypto? In this episode, David Sencil sits down with Lorenzo Valente, Director of Research for Digital Assets at ARK Invest, to unpack a striking gap: centralized crypto companies generated roughly $70 billion in revenue in 2025, compared with...
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Bitcoin’s 2030 Turning Point: The Cycle Most Investors Aren’t Watching
Could Bitcoin’s biggest opportunity still be years away? In this episode, Alex Richardson sits down with Dr. Branimir “Brana” Vojcic, founder and editor of Bravo Cycles, to explore the long-term cycles shaping Bitcoin, stocks, gold, inflation, and the global financial system. Brana combines…
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Aptos CEO: How AI, Regulation & On-Chain Finance Could Reshape Crypto
Aptos Labs CEO and co-founder Avery Ching joins David Sencil to unpack how regulation, AI, and blockchain infrastructure are shaping the next phase of crypto and global finance. Ching explains why regulatory clarity in the U.S. matters for developers, how the Clarity Act could influence America’s...
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Inside Bitcoin Mining: Energy, Uptime & the Business Behind BTC | Compass Mining
What does it really take to keep a large-scale Bitcoin mining operation running? In this episode, Compass Mining’s Curtis Harris, Senior Director of Growth, and Cameron Morsey, Director of Operations, unpack the business, infrastructure, and energy strategy behind Bitcoin mining. They explain how...
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Can Bitcoin Mining Save Renewable Energy in the AI Era?
Bitcoin mining may be one of the most unexpected solutions to a major renewable energy problem: what happens when electricity has nowhere to go? In this episode, David Sencil sits down with Spencer Marr, President of Sangha Renewables, to explore how Bitcoin mining can turn stranded, curtailed…
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Bitcoin to $16K? Henrik Zeberg’s Warning Before the Next Market Crash
Could Bitcoin be heading for one final rally before a historic market downturn? In this episode, Swissblock Head Macro Strategist Henrik Zeberg joins Bitcoin.com to explain why weakening employment, unaffordable housing, declining consumer strength, and excessive speculation may signal that the...
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Inside Bittensor: The Race to Decentralize AI
In this episode, Alex Richardson sits down with Jacob Steeves, co-founder of Bittensor, to explore how the network is creating an open marketplace for intelligence—where anyone can contribute computing power, train AI models, and earn rewards through decentralized incentives. The conversation…
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Franklin Templeton: The $Trillion Tokenization Opportunity Explained
Franklin Templeton believes tokenization is more than a crypto trend—it’s the next evolution of financial markets. In this episode, David Sencil sits down with Chetan Karkhanis, Senior Vice President at Franklin Templeton, to explore how one of the world’s largest asset managers is approaching...
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Why Fidelity Says Institutions Are Finally Buying Bitcoin
Institutional investors are no longer asking whether crypto matters—they're asking how to use it. In this episode, Fidelity International digital asset strategist Giselle Lai joins David Sencil to discuss why Bitcoin is becoming the first step for institutional portfolios, how spot Bitcoin ETFs…
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Gauntlet CEO Tarun Chitra on DeFi Risk, RWAs, Japan & Crypto’s AI Moment
How is DeFi evolving as crypto matures? What role will AI play in blockchain security? And why is Japan becoming an important market for digital assets? In this episode, Gauntlet CEO and co-founder Tarun Chitra joins David Sencil at WebX Tokyo to discuss: The evolution of DeFi and on-chain risk...
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Real Finance CEO on RWAs, Tokenization & the Future of Onchain Finance
Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization is still in its early stages—and according to Real Finance CEO and co-founder Ivo Grigorov, tokenized Treasuries are only the beginning. In this conversation, Alex Richardson speaks with Ivo about building an EVM-compatible Layer 1 purpose-built for RWAs, the...
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Taiwan's First Bitcoin-Holding Lawmaker Wants a National BTC Reserve
🎙️ Should Bitcoin become part of a nation's strategic reserves? Taiwan legislator Ju-Chun "JC" Ko joins David Sencil to discuss Taiwan's evolving approach to Bitcoin, stablecoins, and digital asset regulation. As the first member of Taiwan's parliament to publicly disclose owning Bitcoin, Ko...
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Charles Guillemet, Ledger CTO — AI Agents, Self-Custody & Wallet Security
🎙️ As AI agents become more capable, who should control your crypto wallet—you or the AI? Charles Guillemet, CTO of Ledger, joins Alex Richardson at Proof of Talk 2026 to discuss the future of crypto security and why self-custody will become even more important in the age of AI. Guillemet shares...
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Anthony Bassili: Bitcoin, Digital Gold, and the Future of Institutional Crypto
🎙️ How are institutional investors really approaching Bitcoin? Anthony Bassili, President of Coinbase Asset Management, joins Bitcoin.com News with Alex Richardson to discuss how institutions are evaluating Bitcoin, tokenization, and the evolving role of digital assets in modern portfolios....
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Uneducated Economist on the Fed, Housing, Bitcoin & the Future of Money
🎙️ What happens when monetary policy, housing, Bitcoin, and stablecoins all collide? In this episode, Uneducated Economist joins Alex Richardson for an in-depth discussion on the Federal Reserve, R-star, the Cantillon effect, housing affordability, Bitcoin, stablecoins, and the long-term...
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Matt Hougan: Why Bitcoin's Four-Year Cycle Isn't Over
🎙️ Is the Bitcoin four-year cycle really dead, or is the next bull market just getting started?In this episode, Alex Richardson sits down with Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan to discuss why he believes retail investors still play a big enough role to keep Bitcoin's historic market cycle intact, even as...
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Harriet Browning, Twinstake — Institutional Staking & the Future of Crypto Adoption
What does institutional crypto adoption actually look like beyond the headlines?Harriet Browning, Global VP of Sales at Twinstake, joins Bitcoin.com's Alex Richardson at Proof of Talk 2026 in Paris to discuss how institutional staking is evolving and why infrastructure, not speculation, is…
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Stephan Lutz on Crypto Trading, Perpetual Futures, Exchange Security & TradFi
🎙️ How are crypto exchanges evolving after the FTX collapse, and what comes next for perpetual futures?In this episode, Bitcoin.com's Alex Richardson sits down with BitMEX ex-CEO Stephan Lutz at Proof of Talk 2026 to discuss the changing landscape of crypto trading, exchange security, and the...
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How Base Plans to Bring the Next Billion Users On-Chain | Xen Baynham-Herd
What will bring the next billion users on-chain?At Proof of Talk 2026 in Paris, Alex Richardson sits down with Xen Baynham-Herd, Head of Marketing at Base, to explore how stablecoins, AI agents, tokenization, and open blockchain infrastructure are reshaping crypto adoption.In this episode, we...
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Erik Voorhees on AI Freedom, Bitcoin & Why Crypto Principles Still Matter
Has AI replaced crypto as the most important technology story—or is it making crypto more important than ever?In this episode, Venice.AI founder Erik Voorhees joins Bitcoin.com's David Sencil to explore the intersection of artificial intelligence, Bitcoin, privacy, and permissionless...
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Ben Nadareski on Tokenized Yield, DeFi Principles & Institutional Crypto Adoption
🎙️ What if institutions adopt crypto not because they believe in decentralization, but because the technology simply works better?At Proof of Talk 2026 in Paris, Bitcoin.com's Alex Richardson sits down with Ben Nadareski, CEO and co-founder of Solstice, to explore how tokenized yield…
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Rob Hadick on Stablecoins, AI Agents & the Future of On-Chain Finance
🎙️ What happens when payments, capital markets, and AI all move onchain?At Proof of Talk 2026 in Paris, Bitcoin.com's Alex Richardson sits down with Rob Hadick, General Partner at Dragonfly, to explore the trends shaping the next era of crypto and financial infrastructure.Hadick shares…
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Gencel, Solflare Co-Founder — The Stablecoin Take That Got Him Almost Booted
Vidor Gencel co-founded Solflare in 2020 — Solana's first self-custodial wallet. He's been in crypto since 2016 and has spent five years doubling, tripling, and quadrupling down on a single chain while competitors went multi-chain. So when he says stablecoins matter most outside the West and the...
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Syed, Midnight President — $200M Spent, Zero VCs, and Why Anonymity Isn't Privacy
Fahmi Syed runs the Midnight Foundation, custodian of a fourth-generation privacy-first blockchain backed by Charles Hoskinson. Roughly $200 million spent. Zero VC funding. One of the biggest airdrops in crypto history.Jamie Redman sits down with Fahmi at Consensus 2026 for the full breakdown:...
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Brown, BASE DevRel — $4T Stablecoins, X402, and the Agent Economy
Eric Brown leads Developer Relations at BASE, Coinbase's L2. So when he says the chain sees over $4 trillion in monthly stablecoin payments and 25+ local stablecoins now circulate worldwide, it's worth interrogating closely.Jamie Crypto sits down with Eric at Consensus 2026 for a full read on...
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Spies, Consensus MD — How the Institutions Showed Up to Crypto's Biggest Tent
Brad Spies runs Consensus, the 11-year-old big-tent crypto conference operated by CoinDesk. On day three of Consensus Miami 2026 he sits down with David Sencil to walk through what's actually different this year: 15,000 attendees, JP Morgan, Fidelity, Schwab, DTCC and Swift on the sponsor list…
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Abiodun, Mysten Labs CPO — The Paper That Killed Single-CPU Consensus
Adeniyi Abiodun has been in crypto since 2012, built trading and risk systems at investment banks, and led R&D on Facebook's Project Libra at Meta before co-founding Mysten Labs. So when he says every other L1 has a "skill issue" baked in at architecture time, it's worth listening.David Sencil…
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Will AGI Arrive Within 3 Years? Raja Rajamannar on AI, Jobs, and the Future of Commerce
Could AI agents soon handle purchases, manage finances, and automate entire job functions? According to Raja Rajamannar, that future may be arriving much faster than most people expect. In this episode, Jamie Redman sits down with Raja Rajamannar, Senior Fellow, Former CMCO, Mastercard and author...
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BTC Inc Events Head Justin Doochin: 48 Hours to Rewrite Bitcoin 2024
What does it take to organize the world's largest Bitcoin conference?In this episode, Justin Doochin, Head of Events at BTC Inc., joins David Sencil at Bitcoin 2026 Las Vegas to share an inside look at how Bitcoin conferences are built—from year-long planning cycles to last-minute pivots that...
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Eric Trump: Inside American Bitcoin, Trump's Crypto Vision & the Race to Become a Bitcoin Superpower
In this exclusive Consensus 2026 Miami interview, Eric Trump joins David Sencil for a wide-ranging discussion on Bitcoin, cryptocurrency adoption, Bitcoin mining, AI infrastructure, energy policy, institutional investment, Bitcoin ETFs, regulation, and the future of digital finance in America.…
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Fan, Trust Wallet CEO — 200M Users, #3 in Bitcoin Volume, and Inscriptions OGs Won't Like
Felix Fan runs Trust Wallet — 200 million users and, per his own numbers, the third-largest self-custodial wallet by Bitcoin transaction volume. At Consensus 2026 he sits down with David Sencil to drop the stats, the controversies, and the roadmap. The tension Felix is honest about: shipping...
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