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Klages, The Rollup Co-Founder: Crypto's Dead, Long Live Finance Oct 24, 2026

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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 will
Patience, cash flow and time horizons in investing
The Bitcoin thesis in a money-printing world
Zcash, privacy, and the gold-and-silver framework
The revenue meta and the token-versus-equity problem
Tokenization at a scale of trillions
How to think about quantum risk

Filmed at TOKEN2049 Singapore. Host: Graham Stone

Is crypto dying, or just becoming finance?

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Gold Had a Century, Bitcoin Is Just Getting Started - Tony Di Carlo, Director of Institutional Propositions at RootstockLabs Oct 21, 2026

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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.

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Haseeb Qureshi on Meme Coins, Hyperliquid and Whether AI Agents Need Crypto Oct 21, 2026

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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 back
Dogecoin, celebrity coins and the launchpad wave machine
Token-equity splits and why BNB is not equity
Hyperliquid's buybacks versus reinvesting in growth
Institutional chains and liquidity fragmentation
Where AI agents will and won't use crypto
Why top new grads pick AI over crypto

A Bitcoin.com Live News Desk interview recorded at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026.

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Horsley, Bitwise CEO: Why Crypto's Substance Is Ahead of Its Price Oct 20, 2026

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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 crypto
Bitwise's flows during a down year
Why crypto may be the most undervalued it has been
DATs and why consolidation is constructive
ETF demand beyond Bitcoin, and the BNB ETF
How mainstream investors evaluate crypto assets
Why being out of the spotlight helps crypto build

Filmed at TOKEN2049 Singapore. Host: David Sencil

Is crypto's substance finally ahead of its price?

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Matt Hougan: Bitcoin Bottomed in June. Is the Next Bull Market Here? Oct 17, 2026

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Has Bitcoin already bottomed, and are we entering the next bull market?

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan joins Alex Richardson and David Sencil to explain why he believes Bitcoin bottomed in June and has since entered an early-stage bull market, despite potential volatility surrounding the U.S. midterm elections.

Hougan breaks down why Federal Reserve rate cuts may matter less than many investors think, how inflation, recession and government intervention could shape Bitcoin’s next move, and why institutional adoption still has significant room to grow.

The conversation also explores the future of Bitcoin self-custody, Bitwise’s investment thesis on NEAR and AI agents, the growth of tokenized assets, and why central-bank Bitcoin adoption could become one of the market’s most important yet overlooked narratives.

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Gate Founder: From Bitcoin Scam to Tokenized Stocks and Crypto Security Oct 14, 2026

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What if you never had to hold cash in a bank?

Dr. Lin Han, founder and CEO of Gate, joins Bitcoin.com News' Live News Desk at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026 on the day of Gate's "One Gate, Everything Money" upgrade. He explains his idea of holding Bitcoin, gold or stocks instead of cash and spending them directly, with the switch to fiat at the point of sale.

He also tells how a Bitcoin scam 13 years ago led him to build Gate, why he sees Bitcoin as a store of value that should change slowly, and why social engineering is now the biggest security risk for exchanges.

They discuss:

How a Bitcoin scam led to Gate
Bitcoin vs gold and the dollar as a store of value
Bitcoin's quantum risk
Tokenized stocks, dividends and 24/7 trading
Custody versus self-custody
North Korean hackers and social engineering
Gate's "One Gate, Everything Money" upgrade

A Bitcoin.com Live News Desk interview recorded at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026.

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WhiteBIT's Everything Exchange Vision: The Future of Crypto and Banking Oct 13, 2026

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Are crypto exchanges still competing with each other, or with your bank?

Alex Kozenko, WhiteBIT’s Group CMO and Denys Stukalenko, Chief Commercial Officer, join Bitcoin.com News' Live News Desk at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026.

Kozenko says the real rivals now are Robinhood, Revolut and Nubank, and that within a few years users won't see a line between banks, neobanks and Web3 banks.

Stukalenko explains why bank customers shouldn't have to leave their bank to access crypto.

They also share what WhiteBIT has learned from sponsoring Juventus and FC Barcelona, and what it means to build a global business from Ukraine.

They discuss:

Marketing a crypto exchange when the market moves daily
Why marketing only multiplies a good product
Crypto as a service for banks and brands
Hashbank and Web3-first banking
The WhiteBIT Nova card and everyday crypto payments
Football sponsorships and the Juventus jersey story
Building a global company from Ukraine
What's next for W Group

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Tom Schmidt, Dragonfly GP: Why Good Crypto Ideas Fail Before They Succeed Oct 10, 2026

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Why do so many good crypto ideas fail the first time?

Tom Schmidt, General Partner at Dragonfly, joins David Sencil at Korea Blockchain Week 2026 to talk about timing in venture: what made Polymarket click after years of trying, and why Ethena worked where an earlier version of the same idea didn't.

He also shares where he sees perp DEXs and prediction markets heading, why Dragonfly's AI investments stay focused on money and markets, and why crypto is becoming invisible inside everyday startups.

They discuss:

Crypto companies that don't call themselves crypto
Bottom-up vs. thesis-driven investing
The Polymarket moment
Right idea, wrong time: Ethena
Perp DEXs onshore and offshore
Prediction markets: feature or product?
AI, Venice and token-equity alignment

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Can Fomo Turn Trading Into the Next Social Network? Oct 09, 2026

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Fomo co-founder Se Yong Park joins David Sencil live from Korea Blockchain Week to discuss how fomo grew from a single-chain trading product into a broader platform spanning multiple chains, perps and social features.

They cover user growth, first-time traders, crypto’s onboarding problem, education, slippage and cross-chain execution, before moving into fomo’s longer-term vision for tokenized equities, RWAs, verifiable trading reputations and social finance.

Park also explains why fomo wants to become a distribution layer for assets moving on-chain, how the team approaches expansion into markets such as Asia, and why the company sees trading activity itself becoming a form of content.

A Bitcoin.com Live News Desk interview recorded at Korea Blockchain Week 2026.

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Robinhood Chain Hits $1.6B TVL in 3 Months: Stock Tokens, AI Agents & What Came Next Oct 06, 2026

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Three months after launching Robinhood Chain's mainnet, what has Robinhood learned?

Johann Kerbrat, SVP and GM of Crypto at Robinhood, joins David Sencil at Korea Blockchain Week to look back on the chain's first months, from its growth in TVL to the meme coins paired with tokenized stocks that even Robinhood didn't see coming.

He explains how Robinhood's stock tokens are backed one-to-one by shares, why he sees the recent public debate over them as more of a marketing stunt, and why he thinks tokenization can give billions of people outside the U.S. access to American stocks.

The conversation closes with Robinhood's new agentic trading accounts, announced at the HOOD Summit, and whether everyday investors will trust AI agents to trade for them.

They discuss:

Robinhood Chain's first three months on mainnet
Meme coins paired with stock tokens
How stock tokens are backed and regulated
Base vs. Solana vs. Robinhood Chain
Tokenizing assets beyond U.S. stocks
Agentic accounts and trading loops

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