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What does it take for Wall Street to trust a crypto company?Mike Belshe, co-founder and CEO of BitGo, joins David Sencil at Korea Blockchain Week 2026 in Seoul. A Silicon Valley engineer by background, he now runs a crypto company listed on the New York Stock Exchange and regulated as a federally chartered bank.Belshe explains why he still sees self custody as essential even while running a custodian, why BitGo chose the scrutiny of the public markets, and what institutions and investors want to know before they commit.We cover:Why he's skeptical of Wall Street, and why regulation is still necessaryBitcoin maxis, stablecoins and the block size warsSelf custody vs custody, and passing Bitcoin on to familyWhy BitGo went public, and what FTX taught Wall Street about diligenceWhat an OCC federal charter means for BitGoCrypto IPOs under Gary Gensler, and quantum fears among investorsAI and securityFilmed at Korea Blockchain Week 2026.Host: David SencilCan crypto keep self custody alive while it goes mainstream?Chapters:(00:00) Interview highlights(00:37) Introducing Mike Belshe(00:59) A day in the life of BitGo's CEO(02:30) From Silicon Valley to Bitcoin(04:35) Bitcoin.com ad break(05:28) Bitcoin maximalism, stablecoins and crypto innovation(07:08) Custody vs. self-custody(09:37) Bitcoin inheritance and keeping control of your money(11:36) Why BitGo went public(14:10) What changes when a crypto company goes public?(15:32) BitGo's federal bank charter explained(17:07) Institutional adoption and the quantum threat(20:22) AI-powered attacks and cybersecurity🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcatcher to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance.Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews► OrangeRock on X: https://x.com/orangerockxyz► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

Can decentralized AI really compete with OpenAI and Anthropic?Bittensor co-founder Const joins Alex Richardson at Exploit Summit in Montreal to explain why he believes the future of artificial intelligence should be open, permissionless, and owned by its users rather than controlled by a handful of powerful companies.Const breaks down Bittensor’s vision as a Bitcoin-style network for intelligence, where people can contribute compute, mine subnets, participate in validation, and help shape a decentralized AI economy.They also discuss the rapid evolution of Bittensor subnets, incentive computing, private versus public inference, access to global compute, AI-driven validation, and what Const means by “harnessing the exploit” and “fighting the cabal.”🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcatcher to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance.Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews► OrangeRock on X: https://x.com/orangerockxyz► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

What happens when one of Wall Street's biggest banks goes all in on digital assets?Amy Oldenburg, Head of Digital Asset Strategy at Morgan Stanley, joins Bitcoin.com News' Live News Desk at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026. She explains how the bank passed $1 billion across its crypto ETPs in under six months, why some clients want an ETP while others insist on self-custody, and how its advisor models approach Bitcoin allocations.She also explains why digital assets change the economics of hacking, what Morgan Stanley's new Digital Asset Lab is testing, and why she expects AI agents and digital assets to converge.They discuss:Why crypto hacks pay off instantlyIs Morgan Stanley already the everything app?ETPs vs self-custodyHow advisor models treat BitcoinThe Digital Asset LabTokenized assets beyond stocks and bondsAI agents and the end of web browsersA Bitcoin.com Live News Desk interview recorded at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026. Not investment advice.🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance.Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️► OrangeRock: https://orangerock.com/► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

What happens when agentic AI produces more work than anyone can check?Will O'Brien, Founder & CEO of Provenonce and a co-founder of BitGo, joins Alex Richardson at Exploit Summit in Montreal. He explains the assurance gap, how a 2014 essay on machine-to-machine commerce became Subnet 87's Proof of Assurance (on testnet), and why he thinks the greater risk with AI is ignorance, not dystopia.Topics covered:From BitGo multi-sig to Proof of Assurance on BittensorThe Zappos / Gmail analogy for agent customer-service decisionsWhy enterprise will "come in droves" once assurance is solvedBittensor as Bitcoin circa 2013–2014Promethean fire, Elysium, and the 300 Spartans🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcatcher to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance.Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews► OrangeRock on X: https://x.com/orangerockxyz► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

What does it take for a crypto company to earn trust when things go wrong?Tim Stanyakin, Head of Growth at ChangeNOW, joins Matthew Owens at TOKEN2049. He traces ChangeNOW from a 2017 swap service to a crypto super app, and explains why crypto and traditional finance will collaborate rather than compete, and how compliance and security build user confidence.Topics covered:Building a crypto super app around what users ask forOn- and off-ramps under tighter regulationTradFi on crypto rails, US policy and MiCA in EuropeKYB/KYC, address scoring, AML partners and licensed custodyCrisis response, Bybit, and ChangeNOW's nine-year no-hack claimTokenized real-world assets and privacy vs compliance🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcatcher to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance.Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews► OrangeRock on X: https://x.com/orangerockxyz► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

Could autonomous AI agents become major users of blockchain payments?TRON founder Justin Sun believes machine-to-machine transactions could become a significant source of crypto adoption.In this interview at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026, Sun joins David Sencil to discuss TRON's position in stablecoin settlement and its plans to introduce tokenized U.S. stocks.They also examine TRON's U.S. expansion through the Canary Staked TRX ETF and a publicly traded TRX treasury company, alongside blockchain transparency, illicit finance investigations, and cybersecurity.Sun explains how B.AI connects users and developers with AI models and why cryptocurrency could become an important payment mechanism for autonomous agents.Chapters:(00:00) Interview highlights(00:33) Justin Sun at TOKEN2049 Singapore(00:59) Tokenized stocks and AI as crypto growth drivers(02:00) TRON’s stablecoin adoption and real-world use(05:29) Expanding global access to tokenized U.S. stocks(07:21) OrangeRock sponsor break(07:46) Blockchain transparency and tracing illicit funds(10:46) Cybersecurity and protecting crypto assets(12:37) TRON’s account growth and machine-to-machine payments(14:57) TRON’s U.S. strategy and institutional expansion(16:54) Why institutions choose crypto ETFs(17:35) AI agents, crypto payments and B.AI(20:01) B.AI explained: the toy-and-battery analogy(21:14) AI coding and the future of work🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcatcher to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance.Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews► OrangeRock on X: https://x.com/orangerockxyz► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

Is "crypto" about to disappear into finance?Robbie Klages, co-founder of fintech media channel The Rollup, joins Graham Stone at TOKEN2049 Singapore. He found Bitcoin through online poker, traded altcoins, and now hosts conversations at the point where TradFi and DeFi meet.Klages explains why he thinks the meme coin grift is dying while the useful parts of the industry become everyday finance, how he thinks about Bitcoin and Zcash as hard money, and why he's bullish on on-chain businesses that generate real revenue.We cover:Why the word "crypto" may not survive, and what willPatience, cash flow and time horizons in investingThe Bitcoin thesis in a money-printing worldZcash, privacy, and the gold-and-silver frameworkThe revenue meta and the token-versus-equity problemTokenization at a scale of trillionsHow to think about quantum riskFilmed at TOKEN2049 Singapore. Host: Graham StoneIs crypto dying, or just becoming finance?🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcatcher to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance.Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews► OrangeRock on X: https://x.com/orangerockxyz► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

Tony is Director of Institutional Propositions at RootstockLabs. Antonio brings 20 years of experience at the intersection of capital markets, derivatives, and digital assets, with a focus on Bitcoin monetisation at institutional scale. Before joining RootstockLabs, he served as CIO of a thesis-driven digital asset investment fund, delivering an average Sharpe ratio of ~2 and 80% positive months through the crypto winter, and structured over 1,000 BTC in institutional on- and off-chain yield strategies for large allocators. Earlier in his career, Tony led a global derivatives trading desk to average annual returns of 650% on AUM, and served as Group CEO of an award-winning Proptech business with £120m GDV.Follow RootstockLabs on X.

Who actually makes money in the meme coin game?Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly and co-host of The Chopping Block, joins Bitcoin.com News' Live News Desk at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026.He explains why riding launchpad meme coins is a losing game for anyone outside the supply chain, and why celebrity coins do lasting damage to crypto's reputation.He also breaks down why token markets reward Hyperliquid for burning nearly all of its revenue, why institutions may want their own chains, and why most predictions that AI agents would use crypto en masse were mostly wrong.They discuss:How much non-crypto retail has really come backDogecoin, celebrity coins and the launchpad wave machineToken-equity splits and why BNB is not equityHyperliquid's buybacks versus reinvesting in growthInstitutional chains and liquidity fragmentationWhere AI agents will and won't use cryptoWhy top new grads pick AI over cryptoA Bitcoin.com Live News Desk interview recorded at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026.🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance.Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️► OrangeRock: https://orangerock.com/► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/

Is crypto more undervalued now than it has ever been?Hunter Horsley, co-founder and CEO of Bitwise, joins David Sencil at TOKEN2049 Singapore. He describes the past 12 months as the best and worst of times: prices fell, but investors and large wealth managers kept leaning in.Horsley explains why he thinks crypto's substance has gotten ahead of its price, what the consolidation of digital asset treasury companies means, why newer crypto ETFs haven't seen Bitcoin-level demand, and what institutional allocators are asking about now.We cover:What a changing dress code says about institutions in cryptoBitwise's flows during a down yearWhy crypto may be the most undervalued it has beenDATs and why consolidation is constructiveETF demand beyond Bitcoin, and the BNB ETFHow mainstream investors evaluate crypto assetsWhy being out of the spotlight helps crypto buildFilmed at TOKEN2049 Singapore. Host: David SencilIs crypto's substance finally ahead of its price?🎧 Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcatcher to catch more conversations with industry leaders, economists, and builders shaping the future of crypto and finance.Then join our community and follow us for the latest updates ⬇️► YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BitcoincomNews► X (Bitcoin.com): https://x.com/Bitcoincom► X (Bitcoin.com News): https://x.com/bitcoinnews► OrangeRock on X: https://x.com/orangerockxyz► Telegram: https://t.me/www_Bitcoin_com► Discord: https://discord.gg/9NGNJEnwmW► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin.com/► LinkedIn (Bitcoin.com News): https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitcoin-com-news/