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Bitcoin.com News Interviews
Interviews with the most interesting leaders, founders and investors in Bitcoin and cryptoverse.
Episodes
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsCrypto’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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsBitcoin’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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsAptos 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsInside 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsCan 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsBitcoin 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 News InterviewsInside 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsFranklin 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsWhy 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsGauntlet 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsReal 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsTaiwan'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.com News InterviewsCharles 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsAnthony 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsUneducated 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsMatt 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsHarriet 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsStephan 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsHow 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsErik 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsBen 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsRob 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsGencel, 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsSyed, 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsBrown, 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsSpies, 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsAbiodun, 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsWill 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsBTC 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsEric 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsFan, 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…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsSarah Knafo: Why a French MEP Is Fighting for Bitcoin Inside the EU
Bank accounts frozen. Bitcoin entrepreneurs kidnapped. A digital euro that could track how you spend money.French MEP Sarah Knafo joins Bitcoin.com News to…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsWhite House Crypto Chief Patrick Witt on Bitcoin & U.S. Crypto Policy
What is the future of Bitcoin and crypto regulation in the United States?In this exclusive conversation recorded at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas, Patrick Witt —…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsTXMC on Bitcoin, the Death of the American Dream, Pax Americana & the Future of the Dollar System
🎙️ Is the American Dream collapsing while financial markets keep soaring?In this episode, TXMC joins host Alex Richardson for a deep discussion on…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsIs Crypto Near the Bottom? Bitcoin, Hyperliquid, and the Self-Custody Crisis
In this episode of Token Narratives, Graham Stone, Alex Richardson, and David Sencil break down a market that still looks shaky on the surface but may be…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsCampbell, Ex-Paxos Risk Lead — The Bank Lobby Is Sabotaging Itself
Austin Campbell ran roughly $23 billion in USDP and BUSD reserves at Paxos. Before that he was a fixed income trader running major funding desks at the banks…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsCommunity Is King: Why Wadoozie Is Ditching Online Hype for Real-World Participation
Wadoozie is a narrative-driven, on-chain attention network built on Ethereum, pairing a native ERC-20 token ($WADZ) with a real-world 48-state U.S. tour, 576…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsThe Future of Crypto Regulation in the U.S. | Mike Selig (CFTC Chairman)
CFTC Chairman Mike Selig joins David Sencil to discuss the future of crypto regulation in the United States.He explains the shift away from enforcement-driven…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsPauline Shangett: '99% of Crypto+AI Projects Are Going Obsolete'
ChangeNow Chief Strategy Officer Pauline Shangett sits down for her second Bitcoin.com News interview — this time from Consensus Miami, after six years away…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsWhy Filipino Workers Lose Billions in Remittance Fees | Can Stablecoins Help?
Every year, Filipino workers abroad send over $35 billion back home to support their families.But a significant portion, sometimes up to 14% is lost to…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsIs Circle’s ARC Token Legit? Bitcoin, Clarity Act, and Crypto’s Next Big Fight
In this episode of Token Narratives, Graham Stone and Alex Richardson break down two of the biggest crypto stories right now: Circle’s new blockchain and token…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsReynolds, SoFi SVP — Why Most New Stablecoins Are Doomed to Fail
Ben Reynolds was Silvergate's first Bitcoin-side hire back in 2016 and the company's president when it wound down in 2023. After stops at BVNK and BitGo, he…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsIs Anonymity Really Dead in Crypto? | Concordium CEO Explains
Is anonymity in crypto really coming to an end?In this episode, Alex Richardson sits down with Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki, CEO of Concordium, to unpack one of the…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsMichael Saylor: Bitcoin’s Next Phase - 30% Growth, Yield, and a New Financial System
What if Bitcoin isn’t just digital gold… but the foundation of an entirely new financial system?Michael Saylor, Founder and Chairman of Strategy, joins David…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsJapan’s Only Licensed Stablecoin Exchange | SBI VC Trade CEO Kondo Tomohiko
What does crypto look like in one of the world’s most regulated markets?At TEAMZ Summit 2026 in Tokyo, Matthew Owens sits down with Kondo Tomohiko, CEO of SBI…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsArthur Hayes: Why Bitcoin Isn’t in a Bull Run Yet
Arthur Hayes breaks down his macro framework for Bitcoin in this conversation with David Sencil at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas.Key topics:- Why Bitcoin tracks…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsInside the SEC's Enforcement-First Era — From a Former Insider
Ashley Ebersole spent his early SEC years on the distributed ledger working group. He has a vantage on the agency's crypto enforcement era that very few…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsMercuryo's CBO on Why DeFi Will Live Inside Revolut, Not Replace It
Arthur Firstov, Chief Business Officer at Mercuryo, joined Alex Richardson at Paris Blockchain Week 2026 to challenge the dominant DeFi narrative.The future…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsFrom 15 Banks to 250: Inside Paris Blockchain Week's Institutional Wave
Michael Amar founded Paris Blockchain Week in 2019 because U.S. and Asian investors told him Paris had no crypto ecosystem. This year, 250 banks showed up.At…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsAnimoca's Robby Yung on Why Crypto's Real Customer Was Always AI
Robby Yung runs Animoca Brands' investment business — 650 portfolio companies across Web3. At Paris Blockchain Week 2026, he sits with Alex Richardson to argue…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsUnregulated Crypto Loans in Europe? 😳 | Bybit EU CEO
Georg Harer was a financial lawyer for 10 years before joining Bybit. Now Co-CEO of Bybit EU, he sits with David Sencil at Paris Blockchain Week 2026 to walk…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsSatoshis as Gas: Cardano Foundation's Frederik Gregaard on Bitcoin + Cardano, Quantum, and On-Chain Audit
Frederik Gregaard, CEO of the Cardano Foundation, sits down with David Sencil at Paris Blockchain Week 2026 for a wide-ranging conversation that starts with…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsStablecoin Payments in 12 Months: Myles Harrison on AMINA Bank's Build
"Absolutely not multi-decade." That's AMINA Bank CPO Myles Harrison's window for stablecoin payments going mainstream — if the US and UK get their legislation…
Bitcoin.com News Interviews1M Shares in 4 Days: Amy Oldenburg on Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF
Morgan Stanley's spot Bitcoin ETF traded a million shares by day four — at 14 basis points. Not bad for a firm that spent years on the sidelines of the ETF…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsErald Ghoos, OKX Europe CEO — MiCA, Malta, and the 80% Exchange Reckoning
In 2017, a Bitcoin-maxi friend tried to convert Erald Ghoos. He didn't buy it — he'd spent his career building bank startups across Europe and was, in his own…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsBanks Are Racing to Tokenize European Equity — WhiteBIT's Vlad Maltsev on the "Financial Supermarket" Era
Tokenized stocks trading 24/7 alongside crypto on one app. One European bank planning on-chain equity infrastructure by year-end. A "financial supermarket"…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsKuCoin EU's Sabina Liu: A TradFi Veteran's Reality Check on Tokenization
Tokenizing an asset doesn't automatically make it liquid. After 14 years at the London Stock Exchange, KuCoin EU's Managing Director Sabina Liu has a reality…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsReal Finance's Brandon Kazakoff: Why RWAs Need Their Own Layer 1
Most RWA projects bolt onto Ethereum or Solana. Real Finance didn't — they built their own chain. VP of Ecosystem Growth Brandon Kazakoff joins Alex Richardson…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsBitpanda's Mathieu Henry: Why Europe's Crypto Goes Mainstream by 2028
Is Europe on a countdown clock? Bitpanda's Enterprise lead for France, Mathieu Henry, thinks so — and he's marking 2028 as the year crypto becomes fully…
Bitcoin.com News InterviewsBybit's Ambroise Helaine: Why 93% of France Knows Crypto but Only 11% Owns It
France has a crypto paradox. 93% of adults know what it is. Only 11% actually own any. Bybit France Country Manager Ambroise Helaine thinks the gap has almost…