This week, the crypto landscape witnessed significant developments: Circle's $1.05 billion IPO signals growing institutional interest; the SEC's appointment of Jamie Selway hints at potential regulatory shifts; and India's forthcoming crypto regulation paper marks a pivotal step in global digital asset governance. Meanwhile, Bitcoin maintains its position above $100,000, and Ethereum shows resilience amid market fluctuations
Jun 19, 2025•9 min
From a surprise SEC pivot that clears the way for staking-enabled ETFs to Wall Street banks quietly testing crypto desks, this week (May 23 – May 29 2025) delivered regulatory momentum and real-world adoption. Europe piloted blockchain-settled sovereign bonds, Chainlink and ZKsync shipped interoperability upgrades, and Telegram’s $300 million xAI deal sent TON flying. Meanwhile, Bitcoin held above $106 K and ETH pressed toward $2.6 K on record ETF inflows.
Jun 19, 2025•8 min
In this episode of the Bitcoin Podcast, hosts Dee, Corey, Jessie, and Ahmad cover a wide-ranging discussion about Bitcoin Ordinals, a new protocol for creating non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Bitcoin blockchain, highlighting the potential and ongoing debates about their utility. Corey offers a detailed explanation of the concept and its origin, tracing it back to the NFT craze on Ethereum and the broader development in the blockchain ecosystem. The team also touches on the broader implications...
May 27, 2025•36 min
This episode explores Binance’s massive settlement with the SEC, Ethereum ETF momentum, South Korea’s sweeping new crypto rules, Chainlink’s enterprise play, and Robinhood’s growing Web3 bet—all while BTC and ETH show signs of consolidation after recent rallies. Links:HIO Discord: https://discord.gg/Mq6TUHv4 Codex Discord: https://discord.gg/ChK3ew3A Waku Discord: https://discord.gg/UADwEA64 Status Discord: https://discord.gg/cWTjmjNK Logos Discord: https://discord.gg/SrtQBha3 Website: https://T...
May 23, 2025•11 min
Markets tread water while regulators turn the heat up: this week (10 – 16 May 2025) the Fed’s draft stable-coin framework lands alongside fresh FCA proposals, the SEC punts once more on the ETH ETF, and Hong Kong issues its first retail-ready trading licences. On the tech front Polygon unveils AggLayer and Uniswap super-charges cross-chain swaps, while PayPal and Shopify push crypto checkout to tens of millions of shoppers. BTC grinds above $104 k; MATIC jumps 20 %. Get every headline you need i...
May 17, 2025•17 min
This week on Dee Weekly we unpack the OCC’s surprise green-light for U.S. banks, Ethereum’s freshly-activated Pectra upgrade, a Bitcoin Core overhaul, and adoption moves from Morgan Stanley, Visa, and PayPal—all while BTC flirts with $103 K and ETH rockets 29 %. Stay ahead of the market with concise analysis across regulation, global policy, tech breakthroughs, price action, and real-world adoption. Links to All Articles Mentioned OCC clarifies bank authority to engage in crypto custody — https:...
May 09, 2025•19 min
Catch up fast with a Dee Weekly’s crypto update. We unpack Bitcoin’s latest bank-friendly green light, Ethereum’s May 7 “Pectra” upgrade, soaring ETF inflows, and Project Nexus’s game-changing cross-border payment rail—all in one streamlined episode. Dive into must-know regulatory shifts, Lightning Network adoption, and price action for BTC, ETH, and SOL. Subscribe now for authoritative crypto news, tech breakthroughs, and adoption trends delivered in under 20 minutes. Fed rescinds 2022 crypto-b...
May 03, 2025•11 min
The Bitcoin Podcast returns for its second season, exploring the latest in cryptocurrency news and discussions on Bitcoin's evolving landscape. Once focused heavily on initial adoption, the hosts now consider what true adoption means in the context of recent technological advancements like L2s and regulatory developments impacting the market significantly. They dive deep into the nuances of Bitcoin's network growth and the Lightning Network's capacity and implications, while also humorously refl...
Apr 27, 2025•38 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In this Logos Podcast episode, Jarrad Hope interviews Federico Ast, founder of Kleros, a decentralised arbitration service. Federico shares his journey into the crypto world, influenced by Argentina's economic challenges, and describes how he envisioned Kleros as a tool to globally democratise access to justice through low-cost arbitration. They explore the mechanics of Kleros, emphasising its use of blockchain for transparency and economic incentives to ensure fair decision-making. The conversa...
Sep 18, 2024•57 min•Ep. 14
This week Jarrad Hope spoke to Jameson Lopp to discuss his decade-long effort to promote self-custody in Bitcoin by lowering technical barriers for users, emphasizing the fight against human nature's preference for convenience over security. Lopp traces his journey into Bitcoin and Cypherpunk ideology, highlighting the appeal of cryptography in creating open and fair systems resistant to manipulation. Both Lopp and Hope explore various technological solutions and the challenges inherent in priva...
Sep 05, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 13
Jarrad Hope talks to Diego Gutierrez-Zaldivar , Chairman and Co-founder at IOVLabs and co-founder of Rootstock.io , about his lifelong mission to create an equitable society by integrating technology and social work. He believes that Bitcoin can transform society by establishing a peer-to-peer monetary system, merging his passion for technology with social transformation, particularly in financially unstable regions such as Latin America. By collaborating with governments and NGOs, Diego aims to...
Aug 22, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 12
Mark Lutter of the Charter Cities Institute and Braavos Cities discusses focusing on tangible, actionable research to help make better decisions for developing charter cities. Lutter explains the significant challenges in city development, including the necessity of political buy-in and complex stakeholder coordination amidst increasing global uncertainty. He notes that younger, growing populations often drive city growth. Alongside Jarrad Hope, they explore topics such as urbanization patterns,...
Jul 18, 2024•46 min
Jarrad Hope talks to Niklas Anzinger, Founder & CEO of Vitalia City and Founder & General Partner at Infinita VC, about building a decentralised city for crypto-driven biotech and the regulatory challenges these types of communities face.
Jul 04, 2024•55 min
"...the United States did not give satisfactory assurance in relation to Julian being able to rely on constitutional protections for freedom of speech " - Stella Assange on the decision made by the courts to allow Julian Assange to appeal his extradition to the United States. This episode originally aired in December of 2023. We bring it to you again, in light of the appeal decision. Jarrad Hope, co-founder of Logos, sits down with Stella Assange – lawyer, human rights defender, and wife of Juli...
May 22, 2024•1 hr 29 min
Robert Gehl and Jarrad Hope discussed the misconceptions and societal impacts of dark web technologies, emphasizing how they're often unfairly characterized by their negative uses, overshadowing their potential for positive, discreet communication and community building. Gehl shares his exploration into alternative social media and encryption technologies' ethical implications, particularly focusing on anonymity's role in protecting users' identities and enabling free speech. Through their dialo...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr 3 min
In the episode, Jarrad Hope talks to Professor Tom W. Bell about the process of shifting from traditional nation-states to more flexible, innovative, specialized jurisdictions. They also dive into the practical mechanisms for establishing such jurisdictions, the importance of foundational legal systems like Ulex, and the challenges posed by traditional copyright hindrances. Overall, Tom and Jarrad reflect on the need for resilient and adaptive models that can withstand the challenges of the futu...
Apr 10, 2024•1 hr 4 min
In this conversation, Jarrad Hope discusses the transformational impact of crypto and peer-to-peer technologies with Michel Bauwens, highlighting the potential seed forms for a new decentralized and commons-oriented societal organization. They acknowledge the complexity and the challenges of the current state of crypto, stressing the importance of building an inclusive and more user-friendly infrastructure while maintaining the pursuit of pluralistic and intelligent discourse.
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr 20 min
In a Logos Press Engine crossover, Jarrad Hope brings Corey Petty - Logos Program Lead & Hashing It Out host - to discuss the political and technological motivations behind their work and their aim of building infrastructure that supports civil liberties and resists centralization of power, using open-source tech. They question if the nature of technology is inherently neutral or not, the ethics of building technology, and how it relates to political structures.
Mar 14, 2024•52 min
Jarrad Hope, co-founder of Logos, sits down with Patri Friedman – Co-Founder and General Partner of Pronomos Capital – for an in-depth conversation about creating autonomous communities, from Seasteading to modern Charter Cities. They discuss the values and monetary incentives that bring people to these new spaces, and the challenges of turning ideas into reality.
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Jarrad Hope, co-founder of Logos, sits down with Ben Wizner – Director of the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project- for an in depth conversation about the intersection of technology and human rights. Since July of 2013, Wizner has been the principal legal advisor to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Feb 15, 2024•1 hr 34 min
The Hashing it Out team assembles the ultimate roundtable to discuss the state of P2P. Corey, D, and Jesse chat with DELV Co-Founder, Jonny Rhea, along with Astaria CTO, Joe Delong, and Managing Partner of the Number Group, Zak Cole.
Feb 08, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Peter Ludlow’s book Crypto Anarchy, Cyberstates, and Pirate Utopias inspired Jarrad Hope’s early interest in crypto anarchy. Jarrad Hope is the co-founder of Logos, a grassroots movement building the technology and community to launch corruption-resistant institutions.
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 4 min
In this episode, Paul Sztorc discusses his vision for drive chains, a concept he believes could advance Bitcoin by allowing for permissionless innovation and competition among developers, leading to a diverse array of L2 applications that work in tandem with Bitcoin's L1.
Jan 25, 2024•1 hr 29 min
Corey, D, and Jesse sit down with Robin Linus of ZeroSync – the team spearheading the development of proof systems for Bitcoin for scalability, interoperability, and privacy. Robin discusses everything from the recently published BitVM white paper, challenges and tradeoffs of validation proofs on Bitcoin, Zk Coins, and his birthday cake from Gisele Bündchen.
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 26 min
Jarrad Hope, co-founder of Logos, sits down with Stella Assange – lawyer, human rights defender, and wife of Julian Assange – for an in-depth conversation about Wikileaks, Julian Assange, and the role technology has played in shaping the global socio-political landscape.
Dec 13, 2023•1 hr 29 min
Edward Snowden is a former intelligence contractor and whistleblower, responsible for alerting the world to the existence of a pervasive, secret, illegal surveillance program conducted by the NSA against the American people. Jarrad Hope is the cofounder of Logos, a grassroots movement building the technology and community that will launch network states.
Dec 06, 2023•1 hr 30 min
The Hashing it Out team speaks with Ameen Soleimani, co-author of the Privacy Pools paper - Blockchain Privacy and Regulatory Compliance: Towards a Practical Equilibrium. Ameen, along with Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum Foundation), Jacob Illum (Chainalysis), Matthias Nadler (University of Basel), and Fabian Schär (Center for Innovative Finance, University of Basel; University of Basel - Economics Department) describe a novel smart contract-based privacy-enhancing protocol.
Nov 29, 2023•1 hr 17 min
This is a special episode of Hashing It Out in which Corey, D, and Jesse, meet with "Edgard" about the impending relaunch of Status – the super app for decentralised communities, and the recent launch of the new website (https://status.app/). Corey, former Chief Security Officer of Status and now involved in program management of Logos, is deeply familiar with Status and the challenges associated with building decentralised infrastructure. Edgard breaks down the last two years of developing Stat...
Nov 15, 2023•1 hr 5 min
The Hashing it Out team sits down with Jordi Baylina to discuss everything from his involvement in the Catalan Independence Movement, DApp Node, and Giveth to technical details associated in bringing privacy and compression to zk proofs via recursion.
Nov 08, 2023•1 hr 4 min
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Oct 20, 2023•39 min
