Crypto Currents
Episodes
JPMorgan Shows the $MONY, Coinbase Paywalls the Money, SEC Impresses Katya
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Crypto Currents is a weekly digest of the most important news in crypto by people who actually work in the industry and interact with real crypto user...
Tether Robots, Solana Vampires, SpaceX Billions, Tokenization for World Peace
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 12/10/25In this week’s episode we discuss: Tether invests in roboticsBase builds a bridge to SolanaSpaceX IPO...and more!This week’s epi...
Kalshi vs Vegas, Etherscan Costs $50, You Can Just Build Things (On The L1)
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 12/3/25In this week’s episode we discuss: SheFi dramaKalshi's successEtherscan charging for APIVitalik recommends building on L1This we...
Pudgy Politicians, Kraken Going Public, Coinbase Flatters Robinhood
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 11/24/25In this week’s episode we discuss: Kraken IPOCoinbase Prediction Markets$JESSE by Jesse PollakPudgy PenguinsThis week’s episode w...
Aave Eats Tradfi, CashApp Picks Solana, Monad ICO Too Slow, Trenchers Can't Read
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 11/19/25In this week’s episode we discuss: The new AAVE AppCashApp stablecoin paymentsMonad IPO via CoinbaseThis week’s ...
Ethereum Makes Jurors Cry, Bitcoin Confuses Squares, Coinbase Brings Back ICOs
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Strictly no shilling. All blockchain, all crypto, all insight, every week.Recorded 11/12/25This week’s episode was hosted by:Katya ...
Amazon Adds NFTs to Cart, YouTube Takes NFTs Off Air, Balancer is Back to Hacked
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 11/5/25In this week’s episode we discuss:Amazon x Otherside CollabYoutube banning NFTs and crypto related contentBalancer hacked... againTh...
JP Morgan Collateral, Ledger Changing The Game, Solana and Western Union Collab
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 10/29/25In this week’s episode we discuss:- Western Union Launching on Solana- Ledger's New Multisig UI- JP Morgan Crypto CollateralThi...
Coinbase burns $25M, PayPal burns $300T, AWS burns down the Internet
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 10/22/25In this week’s episode we discuss:- Paxos mints 300 TRILLION $PYUSD- Coinbase buys Echo and UpOnly- AWS highlight...
Painful Liquidations, Privacy on Ethereum, Payments with Stripe
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 10/15/25In this week’s episode we discuss:- Kohaku on Ethereum by Vitalik and Nico- Recurring Payments by Stripe- Largest L...
Cryptos in a Basket, Polymarket in US, Private Coins in Vogue, XRP in Shambles
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 10/8/25In this week’s episode we discuss:BNB overtakes XRPPolyMarket gets $2bn investmentZcash pumpingThis week’s episode was hosted by:V...
SWIFT is Onchained, Vitalik is Based, Hollywood is Pumped, Tether is Delulu
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 10/1/25In this week’s episode we discuss:Pump.fun on Hollywood signTether valued at $500BVitalik loves BaseSWIFT is creating a blockchainTh...
Plasma App Comin In Hot, CZ Is Back In The Trenches, Wen Wallet Tokens??
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 9/22/25In this week’s episode we discuss:- Wallet Tokens- Plasma App- New ETF Rules- Aster DEXThis week’s episode was ...
Robinhood with Frens, NFT Passport Stamps, New Ethereum Department Who This?
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 9/17/25In this week’s episode we discuss:American Express Passport StampsRobinHood Social Media Platform?BASE announces plans for tokenThis...
Big Crypto is Big Business, Online Identity is Private Business, Stocks are 24/7
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 9/10/25 In this week’s episode we discuss:L1's are everywhereTokenizing stocksGemeni IPOThis week’s episode was hosted by:Katya Micha...
Pumpfun Loves Streamers, Bitcoin Loves DeFi, and Newsom Loves (trolling) Trump
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 9/3/25In this week’s episode we discuss:Gavin Newsom trolling Trump?Stocks on EthereumBitcoin introduces EVMThis week’s episode was hoste...
Bitcoin on edge, Gemini on top, GDP on blockchain, EURO on Solana??
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 8/27/25In this week’s episode we discuss:- Gemini flips Coinbase in App Store- EURO coming onchain- Bitcoin at risk of ...
Bullish IPOs, Ethereum queues, SEC makes an offer we can't refuse
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Crypto Currents is a weekly digest of the most important news in crypto by people who actually work in the industry and interact with real crypto user...
Crypto gets on 401k, Gemini gets on DeFi, Layer 1s get on our nerves
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 8/13/25In this week’s episode we discuss:- Stripe and Circle launch L1s- Gemini launching an L2? And wallet?- Crypto allowed in 401ksThis w...
Crypto Currents: 10 Years of MyEtherWallet
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 8/5/25 In this week’s episode we discuss: - MEW turns 10!- A summary of the last 10 years with MEW This week’s episode was hosted by:K...
Bluetooth Chat, Base down, Banking Crypto
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 8/6/25 In this week’s episode we discuss: - BitChat by Jack Dorsey- 10 Years of MEW- BASE goes down- Crypto Banks This week’s episode ...
10 Years of Ethereum: Where were you?
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 7/30/25In this week’s episode we discuss:Reflecting on 10 years of Ethereum!This week’s episode was hosted by:Katya Michaels (https://x.c...
Base is Square, GENIUS Act is Law, Telegram wants your money
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 7/23/25In this week’s episode we discuss: GENIUS Act PassesBase App LaunchesJesse Powell vs the FBIAre NFTs soo back?This week’s episode...
Pump.fun ICO, Amazon & Walmart Onchain, Crypto Bills Flip then Flop
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 7/16/25In this week’s episode we discuss: - Amazon and Walmart Stablecoins - Coinbase Day- Pump.fun ICOThis week’s episode was hosted by:...
Ethereum's Back, Kraken gets kInky, Robinhood is Big Chillin
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 7/9/25In this week’s episode we discuss:Inky by KrakenRobinhood vs OpenAIETHCC takeawaysThis week’s episode was hosted by:Katya Michaels ...
Addicted to Krak, Robinhood Crypto Perps, and Stocks Onchain
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 7/2/25In this week’s episode we discuss:Krak by KrakenRobinhood coming in with a bangCrypto mortgagesThis week’s episode was hosted by:Ka...
Ledger lands in Texas, Coinbase enters Europe, Mastercard arrives onchain
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Strictly no shilling. All blockchain, all crypto, all insight, every week.Recorded 6/25/25In this week’s episode we discuss:-Coinbase soon available...
Kraken gets INKED, Coinbase gets nerdy, JPM gets a D
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Strictly no shilling. All blockchain, all crypto, all insight, every week.Recorded 6/18/25In this week’s episode we discuss:Kraken launching $INKCoi...
AI on Ethereum, Polymarket on X, Circle on fire
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 6/11/25In this week’s episode we discuss:Polymarket & X.com partnershipVirtuals Protocol migrates to EthereumCircle IPOThis week’s ep...
Pump.Fun inspires, Robinhood acquires, Trump Wallet misfires
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 6/4/25In this week’s episode we discuss:Trump Wallet confusionBuilder.ai fallsPump.Fun launching a tokenThis week’s episode was hosted by...
Sui Succumbs, Security Sucks, Shitty Steaks
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Crypto Currents is a weekly digest of the most important news in crypto by people who actually work in the industry and interact with real crypto user...
Uniswap vs Bancor, Coinbase vs Everyone, and the Evils of Centralization
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 5/22/25In this week’s episode we discuss:Bancor suing UniswapCoinbase data breachRipple wants to buy CircleThis week’s episode was hosted...
Coinbase enters the S&P500, Robinhood buys an ETH L2, Stripe makes stables easy
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 5/15/25In this week’s episode we discuss:-Coinbase in the S&P500-Robinhood acquiring WonderFi-Stripe bringing stablecoins to the worldT...
Gamers on SUI, North Koreans at Kraken, US eyeballs on Worldchain Orbs
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 05/07/25In this week’s episode we discuss:- Ethereum's Pectra upgrade- Gaming Stablecoins on SUI- North Korean spies at Kraken- Worldch...
BTC Yields Sketchy, the Swiss Snub Crypto, Nike Just Rugs It
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 4/30/25In this week’s episode we discuss:Coinbase Yield for InstitutionsTrump Memecoin DinnerSwiss Bitcoin ReserveNike sued over NFTsThis w...
Tron files for ETF, Coinbase files for banking license, Bitcoin files for divorce
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 4/23/25In this week’s episode we discuss:Even more crypto ETFsBTC decouplingCoinbase buying a bankCircle and stablecoinsThis week’s episo...
Ethereum's Privacy Era, Base's Rugpull (Content) Era, and Kraken's TradFi Era
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 4/17/25In this week’s episode we discuss:Kraken adding stocksPrivacy on EthereumBase rugpullMarkets closed for Good FridayThis week’s epi...
Markets Whiplash, the Ripple ETFect, Proof of Kraken, and Judging the DOJ
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 4/10/25In this week’s episode we discuss:TariffsRipple ETFKraken VerifyThe DOJThis week’s episode was hosted by:Vince Major (...
Everything Tariffs, Everything Apps, and Doordash For Cash
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 4/2/25In this week’s episode we discuss:Robinhood Ethereum and privacyTariffsCircle IPOThis week’s episode was hosted by:Vince Major (...
Trump Goes to DAS, Tornado Cash Goes Free, and Crypto Goes for Tradfi
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 3/26/25In this week’s episode we discuss:Trump at DASSEC Round TableKraken acquires NinjaTornado cash sanctionsThis week’s episode was ho...
Robinhood bets, Bitcoin shorts, SEC tables... and Solana cringes
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 3/19/25In this week’s episode we discuss:Robinhood betting contractsSEC Round TableHyperliquid WhalesSolana advertThis week’s episode was...
Stables to the Moon(Pay), Reserve by Seizure, and the Who's That of Crypto
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 3/13/25In this week’s episode we discuss:Crypto SummitFidelity ETH stakingCrypto ReservesMoonpay and stablecoinsThis week’s episode was h...
RIP SEC lawsuits and Bybit hack, long live crypto reserves and memecoins
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 3/5/25In this week’s episode we discuss:SEC lawsuitsByBit HackCrypto ReservesMeme coinsThis week’s episode was hosted by:Vince Major (...
Ethereum Foundation tea, Pectra ELI5, and Solana
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 2/21/25Recorded early because of ETH Denver!In this week’s episode we discuss: The Ethereum Foundation's job posting Ethereum's Pec...
FTX, Robinhood, Crypto Policy and Argentina Rugs
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 2/20/25In this week’s episode we discuss: FTX Crytpo Policy Robinhood and Coinbase earnings Argentina Rug PullsThis week’s episode was ...
Crypto IPOs, next ETF, Berachain and more!
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 2/12/25In this week’s episode we discuss:Crypto ETFsCrytpo IPOsDave Portnoy's MemecoinThe rise of StablecoinsBerachain, Unichain, Story...
Tarrifs, Uniswap v4, Kraken staking and tanks(?)
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded 2/5/25 In this week’s episode we discuss: Tarrifs and their impact on crypto Staking returning to some states via Kraken V4 of Unis...