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Charles Hoskinson and Ding X on Predict.Fun, privacy and building in public

Charles Hoskinson and former-anonymous PancakeSwap founder Ding X discuss the shift from pseudonymous building to public leadership and the launch of Predict.fun's yield-bearing NFT prediction markets.

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The Blockspace Pod: Big Oil Wants Dollars, Not Bitcoin w/ Chris Alfano

Feb 17, 2026, 2:00 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: Bitdeer's Clarington Lawsuit, $IREN's MSCI Index Listing, and Bitcoin's Quantum Step

Feb 14, 2026, 2:00 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: What Bitcoin Miners Need to do to Survive w/ Tom Masiero

Feb 13, 2026, 6:13 a.m.

The $300M move: Richard Teng on tokenizing Wall Street

Feb 12, 2026, 6:05 p.m.

ICE goes live with futures tied to CoinDesk Indices

Feb 12, 2026, 4:26 p.m.

Fighting for the soul of crypto: Charles Hoskinson on institutional "federation" and the rise of AI agents

Feb 12, 2026, 2:47 a.m.

The Blockspace Pod: What Epstein’s Bitcoin Investments Really Reveal w/ Kyle Torpey

Feb 10, 2026, 2:00 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: Quantum: The Next Battleground For Bitcoin

Feb 7, 2026, 2:00 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: Bitcoin Craters, French Gov't Challenge MARA Acquisition, Cipher's Note Sees $13B But Interest

Feb 6, 2026, 2:04 p.m.

Patrick Witt says 'let's not let perfect be the enemy of good' in stablecoin standoff

Feb 3, 2026, 11:26 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: What’s Really Driving Bitcoin’s Price w/ Rory Murray

Feb 3, 2026, 3:30 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: How North Korean Hackers Stole $300M+ Via Telegram w/ Taylor Monahan

Jan 31, 2026, 2:00 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: Understanding Thursday’s Market Meltdown

Jan 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m.

SEC and CFTC join forces to harmonize crypto leadership

Jan 29, 2026, 6:30 p.m.

How Anvil Protocol is Making 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Safer and More Efficient

Jan 28, 2026, 5:52 p.m.

How Anvil Protocol is making 'buy now, pay later' safer and more efficient

Jan 28, 2026, 5:52 p.m.

WH Advisor Patrick Witt Defends Stablecoin Yields: 'Consumers Win When There’s Choice'

Jan 27, 2026, 2:00 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: Understanding ERCOT’s Massive Overhaul w/ Tom Kleckner

Jan 27, 2026, 1:40 p.m.

Fight Over Stablecoin Yield Is the 'Tip of the Iceberg': TuongVy Le

Jan 24, 2026, 3:00 p.m.

Fight Over Stablecoin Yield Is the 'Tip of the Iceberg': TuongVy Le

Jan 24, 2026, 3:00 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: How Bitcoin engineers are solving the quantum risk

Jan 24, 2026, 2:00 p.m.

Why Coinbase Pulled Support for the Market Structure Bill

Jan 23, 2026, 3:47 p.m.

Blockspace Podcast: BitGo’s $2 Billion IPO, OpenAI’s Data Center Cost Dispute, ZBD Raises $40 million, and Farcaster Founder Steps Down

Jan 23, 2026, 2:05 p.m.

Charles Hoskinson Warns Partisan Politics Could Kill Crypto in the U.S.

Jan 22, 2026, 3:48 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: Inside China’s Control of the Critical Metals Supply Chain w/ Craig Tindale

Jan 20, 2026, 1:56 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: Inside China’s Control of the Critical Metals Supply Chain w/ Craig Tindale

Jan 20, 2026, 1:56 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: Inside Bitcoin Core's Newest Maintainer

Jan 17, 2026, 2:00 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: Galaxy’s 830 MW Expansion, BitGo’s $1.96B IPO, BitMine’s $200M Bet on MrBeast

Jan 16, 2026, 1:31 p.m.

Hoskinson Slams Trump's Crypto Involvement and David Sacks' Leadership

Jan 13, 2026, 2:40 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: The Metric That Will Signal A Bitcoin Bottom w/ Checkmatey

Jan 13, 2026, 2:26 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: Unraveling Bitcoin's Quantum Problem

Jan 9, 2026, 8:55 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: Hut 8 Eyes 500MW Site, MSCI Keeps MSTR, Florida Revisits a BTC Reserve

Jan 9, 2026, 2:28 p.m.

Does Venezuela Really Hold $60B in Bitcoin?

Jan 6, 2026, 8:06 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: The State of Crypto Media w/ Brady Dale

Jan 5, 2026, 11:07 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: Our Predictions For 2026

Jan 5, 2026, 2:05 p.m.

Why Chairman Hill Believes Stablecoins Need the Clarity Act to Truly Thrive

Jan 2, 2026, 5:28 p.m.

Privacy Is a “Must” for Global Blockchain Adoption in 2026

Jan 2, 2026, 5:22 p.m.

Pantera Capital's Top Crypto Predictions for 2026

Jan 2, 2026, 5:20 p.m.

THE MINING POD: TeraWulf’s $1.3B Raise, Riot’s $500 ATM, SMLR-ASST Merger, Beckham Bends Away from BTC

Jan 2, 2026, 2:26 p.m.

THE MINING POD: The 2025 Hashies: Introducing Blockspace’s Annual Awards Show

Dec 30, 2025, 2:51 p.m.

THE MINING POD:Bitcoin Mining Stocks Vibe Rankings: 2025 Year-End Edition

Dec 26, 2025, 2:28 p.m.

Why 2025 Was a 'Big Year for Scam Activity

Dec 24, 2025, 3:45 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: Our Top Stories From 2025

Dec 23, 2025, 8:57 p.m.

THE MINING POD: 2025: The Year of the Bitcoin ETF w/ Jean-Marie Mognetti

Dec 23, 2025, 2:19 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: Quantum's $100 Billion Threat To Bitcoin

Dec 20, 2025, 2:00 p.m.

Saylor: 'I Expect Bitcoin Will Appreciate 30% a Year for the Next 20 Years'

Dec 19, 2025, 4:42 p.m.

THE MINING POD: China Mining Crackdown, Hut 8’s $7B Fluidstack Deal, CoreWeave Site Delays

Dec 19, 2025, 2:04 p.m.

Mert Mumtaz on Why Internet Capital Markets Are "Finally Actually Happening" on Solana

Dec 18, 2025, 12:21 p.m.

Seeker Phone Moved $2 Billion in Just 4 Months - Solana Mobile GM

Dec 18, 2025, 12:19 p.m.

THE MINING POD: How Coinbase is Quietly Driving Bitcoin's Hashrate Growth w/ Doug Wilson

Dec 16, 2025, 3:58 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: Inside the $220M Bitcoin Infrastructure SPAC w/ Ryan Gentry

Dec 15, 2025, 1:53 p.m.

THE MINING POD: ERCOT’s 266 GW Surge, IREN’s $2.3B Raise, GPUs > ASICs, Whatsminer M70

Dec 12, 2025, 3:57 p.m.

Zcash Founder Zooko Wilcox: Surveillance Is a "Dangerous Experiment"

Dec 11, 2025, 5:25 p.m.

Inside the CFTC's Digital Asset Pilot Program with Acting Chairman Caroline Pham

Dec 11, 2025, 5:24 p.m.

Why CZ Endorses This Viral Perp DEX

Dec 11, 2025, 5:22 p.m.

Binance Unveils Binance Junior Account and Children’s Book to Teach Crypto to Kids 6-17

Dec 11, 2025, 5:20 p.m.

Pakistan Confirms Plans to Launch National Stablecoin to Collateralize Debt

Dec 11, 2025, 5:16 p.m.

Binance's Yi He and Richard Teng Detail Path to One Billion Users

Dec 11, 2025, 5:15 p.m.

The Blockspace Podcast: This New Bitcoin Proposal Would Steal Your Bitcoin

Dec 10, 2025, 2:33 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Kevin O’Leary: 50% of AI Builds Will Fail

Dec 9, 2025, 3:17 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Why The 2025 Bitcoin Bull Run Failed Us

Dec 5, 2025, 5:32 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Why The 2025 Bitcoin Bull Run Failed Us

Dec 5, 2025, 5:32 p.m.

The Growing Dominance of Crypto KOLs

Dec 5, 2025, 4:38 p.m.

THE MINING POD: ABTC Investor Unlock, IREN’s $3.6B Capital Raise, Greenidge’s Fire and Land Sale

Dec 5, 2025, 4:09 p.m.

The Blockspace Pod: The Conspiracy Was True: Operation Chokepoint 2.0

Dec 3, 2025, 9:26 a.m.

The Blockspace Pod: The Conspiracy Was True: Operation Chokepoint 2.0

Dec 3, 2025, 9:26 a.m.

THE MINING POD: CleanSpark FY 2025 Recap: It's Not an AI Pivot, It's an Expansion w/ Matthew Schultz

Dec 2, 2025, 2:13 p.m.

Erik Voorhees: The Danger of Gov Bitcoin, ‘Gross’ Politics, and Losing 50,000 BTC to the SEC

Dec 2, 2025, 1:48 p.m.

Erik Voorhees: The Danger of Gov Bitcoin, ‘Gross’ Politics, and Losing 50,000 BTC to the SEC

Dec 2, 2025, 1:48 p.m.

Blockspace Pod: Bitcoin Ruined Your Thanksgiving (Here's What To Do)

Nov 29, 2025, 2:00 p.m.

Blockspace Pod: Bitcoin Ruined Your Thanksgiving (Here's What To Do)

Nov 29, 2025, 2:00 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Operation Red Sunset, the White House’s Genesis Mission, Tether Buys BTDR, RAM Prices Soar

Nov 28, 2025, 5:07 p.m.

Blockspace Podcast: Why Most Bitcoin Treasury Companies Are Struggling — and the One That's Getting It Right

Nov 26, 2025, 2:31 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Bitcoin Mining Isn't Dead w/ Steve Barbour

Nov 25, 2025, 1:53 p.m.

Blockspace Podcast: Bitcoin Collapse: Here's Who's Bleeding In The Street

Nov 22, 2025, 12:33 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Nvidia’s Q3 Earnings, ERCOT Power Market Update, Cipher Lands $830M Fluidstack Expansion

Nov 21, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Bitcoin & Islamic Finance

Nov 19, 2025, 1:55 p.m.

THE MINING POD: TeraWulf Q3 Recap: Future AI Deals, Capital Structure, and the Future of WULF’s BTC Mining

Nov 18, 2025, 3:15 p.m.

Mike Novogratz on BTC, Immigration, and the Ayahuasca Trip That Inspired Billions | Spotlight

Nov 18, 2025, 3:02 p.m.

The Blockspace Podcast: Did Jack Dorsey Fix The Bitcoin Merchant Problem?

Nov 16, 2025, 12:48 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Bitcoin Mining Stock Prices Lose $20B, Bitdeer’s Data Center Fire, Auradine’s New Unit, Jim Cramer Yells at CRWV

Nov 14, 2025, 2:28 p.m.

The Blockspace Podcast: $120K Bitcoin Call, Stablecoins, and 2026 Outlook

Nov 12, 2025, 3:17 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Unpacking MARA's AI Plans w/ CEO Fred Thiel

Nov 11, 2025, 3:44 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: The 7 Indicators Saying The Bull Market Isn't Over

Nov 7, 2025, 7:43 p.m.

WH Advisor Patrick Witt: Shutdown's "Strange” Silver Lining For Crypto Bill Talks

Nov 7, 2025, 4:37 p.m.

Sergey Nazarov on Crypto Bill: "Possible, if the Government Turns Back On"

Nov 7, 2025, 4:35 p.m.

Brad Garlinghouse on Ripple's $40B Valuation & "Imminent" XRP ETF

Nov 7, 2025, 4:34 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Cipher’s Amazon Deal, IREN’s Microsoft Deal, Q3 Earnings Recap, and is China Winning the AI Race?

Nov 7, 2025, 1:40 p.m.

What You Missed at the Stellar Meridian Conference

Nov 6, 2025, 6:46 p.m.

PayPal -> LinkedIn -> AI -> Crypto: Reid Hoffman's Innovator Journey | CoinDesk Spotlight

Nov 6, 2025, 2:43 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Inside Russia's Secret Bitcoin Mining Industry

Nov 5, 2025, 2:48 a.m.

THE MINING POD: Picking Winners in the Bitcoin Miner AI Race w/ Kevin Dede

Nov 4, 2025, 1:43 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Gold Investors Are Taking A Victory Lap

Oct 31, 2025, 8:14 p.m.

THE MINING POD: CoreWeave-Core Scientific Deal Fails, CleanSpark Eyes 285 MW AI Site, TeraWulf’s $9.5B Fluidstack Deal

Oct 31, 2025, 1:58 p.m.

THE MINING POD: CoreWeave-Core Scientific Deal Fails, CleanSpark Eyes 285 MW AI Site, TeraWulf’s $9.5B Fluidstack Deal

Oct 31, 2025, 1:58 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Bitcoin’s Newest Soft Fork Is Insane

Oct 29, 2025, 1:28 p.m.

Taking a Page From 'Elon's Book': Mo Shaikh on His New $50M Fund | Markets Outlook

Oct 28, 2025, 9:04 p.m.

Why Jan van Eck's Firm Sat Out the Digital Asset Treasury Wave | Markets Outlook

Oct 28, 2025, 3:19 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Has the Market Left MARA Behind?

Oct 28, 2025, 1:54 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Strategy's Path To $10 Trillion

Oct 24, 2025, 5:56 p.m.

How Blockchain Adoption is Moving Beyond the ‘Crypto Casino’ | Markets Outlook

Oct 24, 2025, 5:31 p.m.

Why Zcash Is the 'Fastest Horse' for Privacy: Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz

Oct 24, 2025, 4:54 p.m.

Was the Democrat DeFi Doc Leaked in 'Bad Faith'? Senator Mark Warner on a Way Forward for Market Structure

Oct 24, 2025, 4:42 p.m.

THE MINING POD: TeraWulf’s Record $3.2B Note, Miner Debt Tops $20B, and Why AI Companies Are Buying Jet Engines

Oct 24, 2025, 2:17 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: What we know about the FTX insolvency 3 years later

Oct 22, 2025, 12:57 p.m.

THE MINING POD: How the BTC ETF Changes Investor Time Horizons

Oct 21, 2025, 7:57 p.m.

Why Eric Trump Wants to Make Big Banks 'Irrelevant' | CoinDesk Spotlight

Oct 21, 2025, 12:10 p.m.

Samson Mow Says 'Time is Running Out to Buy Bitcoin at Low Prices' | Markets Outlook

Oct 18, 2025, 11:32 a.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Bitcoin "Dusting" Attack You Didn't Know About W/ Galaxy Digital

Oct 18, 2025, 11:27 a.m.

THE MINING POD: MARA’s CTO Shakeup, BlackRock’s $40B AI Deal, Bitdeer’s $2B AI Plans, Ionic Digital’s Microsoft Deal

Oct 17, 2025, 1:29 p.m.

Is A Bull Run Still in Play for Q4?

Oct 15, 2025, 1:11 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Strategy's Path To $10 Trillion

Oct 15, 2025, 12:40 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Bitcoin’s 4 Year Cycles Are Over w/ Rory Murray

Oct 14, 2025, 1:44 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Bitcoin Miners Don’t Care About The Filter Debate

Oct 10, 2025, 12:48 p.m.

THE MINING POD: IREN $875M Note, Luxor Energy, Record BTC ETF Flows

Oct 10, 2025, 12:03 p.m.

Why CCP Games is Building a New Universe for EVE Frontier on Sui

Oct 8, 2025, 1:58 p.m.

Matt Hougan: 'Solana Has One of the Best Setups for a Crypto Asset in 8 Years'

Oct 8, 2025, 1:57 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Why Filters Are Playing Into The Fed's Hands w/ Fluffypony

Oct 8, 2025, 1:55 p.m.

THE MINING POD: JPMorgan Says Buy These Bitcoin Mining Stocks

Oct 7, 2025, 12:16 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Larry Fink’s Bitcoin ETF Is Eating Wall Street

Oct 4, 2025, 10:57 a.m.

Trader Warns of 'Pandemonium' if Bitcoin Breaks This Critical Price Level

Oct 3, 2025, 7:01 p.m.

THE MINING POD: ICE Raids BTC Mine, EOY Hashrate Forecast, Core Scientific CRWV Vote, Tether’s BTC Holdings

Oct 3, 2025, 1:31 p.m.

Is Crypto The Way Out for US Debt?

Oct 2, 2025, 8:41 p.m.

Will a Government Shutdown Slow Crypto Legislation?

Oct 2, 2025, 8:40 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Bitcoin's Missing Piece: Zero-Knowledge Proofs

Oct 1, 2025, 12:57 p.m.

If Bitcoin Is for the 'Kings,' Is Litecoin for the People? | CoinDesk Spotlight With Charlie Lee

Sep 30, 2025, 1:40 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Trading the AI/HPC Sector, Bitdeer's ASIC, Bitcoin’s Parabolic Hashrate w/Pennyether

Sep 30, 2025, 12:37 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Inside the Mind of Luke Dashjr, Bitcoin's Most Polarizing Developer

Sep 26, 2025, 9:20 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Cipher Lands Google Deal, MicroBT Opens U.S. Shop, IREN Doubles GPU Fleet

Sep 26, 2025, 1:11 p.m.

Arthur Hayes: 'Hyperliquid is Facing its Gentrification Moment'

Sep 24, 2025, 3:41 a.m.

PayPal's PYUSD Launches on Stellar to "Revolutionize Commerce" | Markets Outlook

Sep 24, 2025, 3:40 a.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Inside The Secret World Of Bitcoin Scammers w/ Junseth

Sep 24, 2025, 3:38 a.m.

THE MINING POD: Lunar Data Centers Aren’t Sci-Fi, They’re Reality w/ Chris Stott

Sep 23, 2025, 4:23 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Kevin Durant’s Coinbase Debacle, Saylor’s Using AI & Monero’s Reorg

Sep 19, 2025, 9:00 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Bitcoin Mining News: Bitcoin Mining Stocks Surge, SEALMINER A3 Launch, NAKA Stock Crash

Sep 19, 2025, 5:08 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Astrology Tells Us What Bitcoin Is Going To Do in 2026

Sep 17, 2025, 12:54 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Mike Alfred on IREN, Fintwit, and the Digital Infrastructure Thesis

Sep 16, 2025, 1:43 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: How Nepal Used Discord to Elect its Next PM

Sep 13, 2025, 1:08 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Bitcoin Mining News: Tether’s Court Win, US Gov’t Eyes Bitmain, AI’s Hashrate Impact

Sep 12, 2025, 12:08 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: How To Beat Coinbase On-chain w/ Flashnet’s Ethan Marcus

Sep 10, 2025, 12:23 p.m.

THE MINING POD: This BTC Business Model is a Quiet Cash Cow w/ Brandon Mintz

Sep 9, 2025, 1:49 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Jack Dorsey's Proto Miner is Coming For Bitmain

Sep 8, 2025, 2:50 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Filters Are Futile

Sep 6, 2025, 2:20 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Bitcoin Mining News: Trump-Backed ABTC Goes Public, IREN Overpriced? And CORZ Deal Trouble

Sep 5, 2025, 9:56 a.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Bears Are Wrong About Strategy’s Bitcoin Play

Sep 3, 2025, 12:39 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Is Bitcoin’s Mining Revenue Model Broken?

Sep 2, 2025, 2:20 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: Tether on RGB, finding UAE's $700mm in btc, and USGox data on Bitcoin

Aug 29, 2025, 10:05 p.m.

THE MINING POD: ABTC Could Go Public Next Month, IREN Expands its GPU Feet, Ocean Pool Has a Glitch

Aug 29, 2025, 3:58 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Google Ups TeraWulf Stake, MSTR’s New Stock Guidance, Kanye’s Memecoin

Aug 22, 2025, 9:59 a.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: The Tornado Cash Trial, Explained

Aug 20, 2025, 11:53 a.m.

THE MINING POD: Leadership Change, 50 EH/s, and HPC W/ CleanSpark's Harry Sudock

Aug 18, 2025, 10:45 p.m.

Why Former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond Is Bullish on HYPE | Markets Outlook

Aug 18, 2025, 9:06 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: We're in a Recession on TikTok, But Not in the Market

Aug 15, 2025, 6:51 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Proto ASIC Miner, MARA’s AI Move, Google Invests in Terawulf, Ethiopia Mining Ban

Aug 15, 2025, 2:48 p.m.

BITCOIN SEASON 2: The Economic Case for Bitcoin Treasury Companies

Aug 12, 2025, 7:44 p.m.

Why Cathie Wood's ARK Invest Modified Its $1.5M Target | CoinDesk Spotlight

Aug 12, 2025, 12:58 p.m.

THE MINING POD: Pacific Northwest Bitcoin Mining w/ Beau Turner

Aug 12, 2025, 11:56 a.m.