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Farcaster's mini-apps, stablecoin bill, market's outlook, and more!
Don’t miss this week’s content and interviews!
Linda Xie on How Mini-Apps Are Helping Farcaster Take on Web2 Social Media
From Coinbase to crypto VC to Farcaster, Linda Xie has had a storied career. She explains legacy social media’s failures and how mini-apps and open social graphs can resolve them.
Legacy social media platforms lock you in, control your audience, and exploit your data.
Farcaster aims to fix those problems. But how can it attract developers and users in an already saturated media environment?
Developer Ecosystem Lead Xie joins the show to explain:
How Farcaster addresses social media’s structural flaws
How Farcaster’s mini-app ecosystem is helping to grow the user base
The most popular apps taking off on the platform
How the whole crypto community could benefit from gathering on Farcaster
Why she believes crypto communities belong on open, portable networks
And why her family’s history helped her grasp the significance of Bitcoin in 2011
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.
Why a U.S. Ban on Yield-Bearing Stablecoins Would Help 'Too Big to Fail' Banks
The Senate may soon pass a ban on interest-bearing stablecoins in the U.S. NYU Business School professor Austin Campbell explains why that would be a “mistake” — one that the U.S. made before.
Yield-bearing stablecoins have had decent growth, now topping $6 billion in supply and paying out nearly $600 million to users, according to data from Stablewatch. But just as these products go mainstream, the U.S. Senate is moving forward with a stablecoin bill that could ban them outright in America.
In this episode, NYU professor and Zero Knowledge Consulting founder Austin Campbell joins Laura to break down:
Why yield-bearing stablecoins are under fire in Washington
Why Dems are pushing for the ban and who stands to benefit
How this bill could give foreign issuers an edge over U.S. ones
Whether yield-bearing stablecoins are securities under U.S. law
And what the future holds for projects like Ethena, Sky, and others
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.
Bits + Bips: Why Rate Cuts Are Less Likely This Year, but Crypto’s Outlook Is Positive
The panel discusses Moody’s downgrade of U.S. debt, why the Fed may hold off on rate cuts, how markets are pricing risk, and Coinbase’s new milestone.
U.S. credit got downgraded. Fed policy expectations are flipping. And Coinbase hit the S&P 500 (while also being extorted).
What does all of this mean for crypto?
On this week’s Bits + Bips, James Seyffart, Alex Kruger, Ram Ahluwalia, and Noelle Acheson break down:
Why the Moody’s downgrade doesn’t mean much for markets
Whether Fed rate cuts are now further away than expected
Why Alex says Coinbase is a “horrible product” despite S&P inclusion
How stablecoins tie in to U.S. geopolitical strategy
Whether Circle should sell to Coinbase
And what the altcoin ETF delay really tells us
Plus: unemployment, yield curve control, the “Consensus vibes,” and Ram’s wild anecdote about workers gaming unemployment benefits.
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform.
In Case You Missed It 👀
Crypto gaming has long failed to live up to its considerable hype, but now one of its earliest adopters has found financial footing in this challenging industry.
According to the GENIUS Act, stablecoin companies like Tether and Circle will be money-printing machines and won’t have to share any spoils with depositors.
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