Crypto is creeping again into the startup dialog, however at ETH Denver final week, the excitement was as a lot about Washington because it was about tokens. Coverage shifts are rippling by way of the market as Tether and stablecoins face scrutiny, gamers like Stripe re-enter the dialog, and startups both discover traction or flame out. The hype cycle is over, or at the least taking a break. So what comes subsequent?
On this episode of yourcryptonewstoday’s Fairness podcast, Rebecca Bellan sits down with Jacquelyn Melinek, CEO of Token Relations and host of the Speaking Tokens and Crypto in America podcasts, to make sense of how the market has modified and what on this planet of crypto is constructed to final.
Hearken to the complete episode to listen to about:
- Why ETH Denver fell flat regardless of a robust speaker lineup, and what it alerts about crypto’s shifting hubs.
- What White Home crypto adviser Patrick Witt and SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce are truly pushing for with The GENIUS Act and Readability Act.
- What Stripe is quietly constructing with Bridge, Privy, and Tempo, and whether or not it’s changing into the Visa of stablecoin settlement.
- Tether’s shrinking fairness cushion and what a de-pegging occasion might imply for the broader crypto market.
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