CoinDesk Live
The battle for market structure: Paul Grewal warns banks are re-litigating stablecoin yield to protect institutional profits
Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal joins Jennifer Sanasie and Renato Mariotti to discuss the banking industry’s latest attempt to strip economic benefits from crypto users. As the 2026 Market Structure bill hits the "last push" in Congress, Grewal reveals the high-stakes battle over stablecoin yield and why Coinbase is doubling down on prediction markets.
Why a leading Solana player is onshoring to the U.S.
Jito Labs’ Rebecca Rettig joins Jennifer Sanasie and Renato Mariotti to reveal why the Jito Foundation is officially moving back to the U.S. As Senate negotiations reach a fever pitch, Rettig provides an exclusive look at the leaked "closing offers" for the 2026 Market Structure bill. From the high-stakes debate over DeFi to the "one-yard line" of tax clarity, discover what it will take for the U.S. to finally become the global home for crypto innovation
Why DeFi Literacy is Critical on Capitol Hill
Despite the ongoing government shutdown, Kristin Smith, President of the Solana Policy Institute, shares insights from recent bipartisan meetings in Washington aimed at advancing crypto market structure reform. She details how lawmakers and industry leaders are rebuilding dialogue, addressing key education gaps on DeFi and digital assets.
Inside the Hype Machine: Behind the Scenes of the ICO Boom
Smart-contract auditors, PR pros, YouTube “influencers”: Meet the service class that was caught up in 2017’s ICO gold rush, selling metaphorical shovels to prospectors seeking billions in instant riches. Christie Harkin, Brad Laurie, Hartej Sawhney and David Wachsman relive the good, bad and ugly of that era.
DeGeneration: How Ethereum Is Making Finance Weird
CoinDesk senior business reporter Brady Dale hosts Priyanka Desai of Open Law, Mason Nystrom of Messari and Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX to assess the newest crazes sweeping the DeFi landscape. Yield farming used “cute” methods to find the right audience in the summer of Weird DeFi, but is the era of food tokens dead? In the crypto-era Web 3 world amid COVID, the idea to transfer property from one world to another is disruptive and will help bring non-crypto natives on board, says Desai, predicting NFTs to be the next big craze.
The Top Blockchain Universities in 2020
CoinDesk U reveals the top 20 universities making the biggest impact in the blockchain space this year. Stanford University researcher Reuben Youngblom explains how that list was created.
