Join Matt and Nick as they break down Trump’s new crypto project, World Liberty Financial, and Japan’s largest energy company expanding into Bitcoin mining. They also discuss certain altcoin updates related to Solana, EigenLayer, Ethereum Name Service, and more.
Key Takeaways
- Crypto prices have rebounded, led by BTC. Notably, the ETH/BTC pair hit its lowest level since April 2021.
- World Liberty Financial, the upcoming DeFi project tied to the Trump family, is gearing up for launch. More details to come this week when Donald Trump appears on an X Space.
- A subcommittee of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee gathered for a 90-minute hearing devoted to DeFi for the first time. More crypto hearings will take place before the end of the month.
- Japan continues to adopt crypto and blockchain technology, with recent news highlighted by the country’s largest energy company announcing that it had started mining BTC with excess energy.
- Coinbase’s launch of cbBTC, a wrapped BTC token, may spur additional growth in the Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem.
- Among the altcoin updates covered: Solana Breakpoint 2024, Chainlink SmartCon 2024, EIGEN stakedrop, and ENS integrating into PayPal and Venmo.
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Important upcoming macro dates:
- Sep. 18: U.S. interest-rate decision and Fed Chair Powell’s press conference
00:00 Intro
00:40 Market Overview and Crypto Bounce Back
02:30 U.S. Election Impact on Crypto
03:58 Trump’s DeFi Platform: Risks and Implications
07:48 Coinbase’s Wrapped Bitcoin Launch
09:15 U.S. Congress and DeFi Hearings
12:15 Japan’s Growing Crypto Adoption
15:12 Swift’s Blockchain Pilots and Chainlink Collaboration
17:53 Solana Breakpoint 2024 Preview
23:25 EigenLayer and Ethereum Name Service (ENS) Updates
30:00 Emerging Trends in Stablecoins