The SEC has swatted down so many spot bitcoin ETF applications that crypto diehards simply gave up caring. Then comes TradFi giant BlackRock – at the height of the SEC’s crypto crackdown, no less – with an ETF application that has seemingly changed the calculus. Bloomberg Intelligence ETF watcher James Seyffart joins the show to unpack the odds of BlackRock being the first to win approval, and what it would mean for other players in the space chasing down TradFi’s “holy grail.”
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Why the Crypto Industry Is So Upset About the IRS’ Proposed New Tax Reporting Rules - Ep. 575
Sam Bankman-Fried Whisperer Tiffany Fong Spills Some Tea - Ep. 574
The Chopping Block: What Does Binance’s Record $4.3 Billion Settlement Mean for Crypto? - Ep. 573
Why Financial Advisors Are So Excited About a Spot Bitcoin ETF - Ep. 572
Could the Bank Secrecy Act Harm Crypto? Coin Center Thinks So - Ep. 571
How Much Money Are Terrorists Actually Raising in Crypto? - Ep. 570
The Chopping Block: Why Vivek Ramaswamy Wants Less Crypto Regulation - Ep. 569
How Can OpenSea Regain Dominance After Layoffs and the NFT Market Decline? - Ep. 568
The Chopping Block: Did Blur Cause a Decline in the NFT Market? - Ep. 567
A 20+ Year Sentence? Why the Evidence Against SBF Was Too Hard to Overcome - Ep. 566
Two Genesis Creditors Describe Their Frustrations With the Bankrupt Crypto Lender - Ep. 565
SBF Trial, Day 18: Sam Bankman-Fried Found Guilty on All 7 Counts in Swift Verdict
SBF Trial, Day 17: Closing Arguments Ask: ‘Villain or Good-Faith Actor?’
The Chopping Block: Nic Carter on Hamas’ Crypto Funding, SBF’s Courtroom Collapse, and Dramas Involving Lido and dYdX - Ep. 564
SBF Trial, Day 16: In Final Cross Examination, SBF Gets Caught Again by His Own Words
SBF Trial, Day 15: Prosecutors Hammer Bankman-Fried’s Contradictions With Reams of Evidence
Why SBF's Testimony So Far Has Likely Already Doomed Him - Ep. 563
SBF Trial, Day 14: Sam Bankman-Fried Casts Blame on Others for Key Decisions at FTX
How Much Money Will Flow Into Bitcoin ETFs? Here’s One Projection - Ep. 562
SBF Trial, Day 13: Before Judge, Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Gives Few Straight Answers
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