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Schwab Brings Crypto to 38M Users; North Korea 'Simply' to Blame for Recent DeFi Hacks Apr 24, 2026

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On this debut episode of CoinDesk's new show The Policy Protocol, co-hosts Renato Mariotti and Rebecca Rettig break down Schwab's rollout of crypto to nearly 40 million brokerage accounts and the Kelp DAO hack tied to North Korea. Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy at TRM Labs, joins to make the case for going on offense against DPRK hackers and cracking down on non-compliant offshore exchanges.

Timecodes:

00:29 Welcome to The Policy Protocol

00:56 Schwab Opens Crypto to 38M Brokerage Accounts

02:51 Aave and Kelp DAO Hack: Another DPRK Exploit

05:40 Ari Redbord of TRM Labs Joins

05:57 Going on Offense Against North Korean Hackers

06:58 Is DeFi Failing, or Are Bridges the Weak Link?

08:38 Did Aave Vet Assets Closely Enough?

11:37 Best Practices for DeFi

12:53 Person of the Week: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

14:02 Prediction Markets Headed to the Supreme Court?

This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

U.S. Military Confirms It's Running a Live Bitcoin Node | CoinDesk Daily Apr 23, 2026

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A four-star admiral says the U.S. military is running a live Bitcoin node.

Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, told Congress the military is running a live node on the Bitcoin network for monitoring and security tests. It's the first public confirmation from a sitting combatant commander, and signals that Washington is treating Bitcoin as a national security asset. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

Blockspace: Finding Satoshi Documentary, Justin Sun Sues World Liberty Financial, CORZ Opens $3.3B Raise Apr 23, 2026

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A new documentary claims to have solved the case of Satoshi’ identity, and Justin Sun is bringing World Liberty Financial to court.

Welcome back to Block Space Live! Today, William Cohan and Tyler Maroney of the Finding Satoshi documentary join us to talk about their years-long search for Bitcoin’s creator. We also dive into the wild crypto extortion scheme that scammers are waging against unwitting tanker crews in the Strait of Hormuz, and we break down the explosive lawsuit between Justin Sun and the Trump-linked World Liberty Financial. Plus, Core Scientific’s massive $3.3 billion raise, and how Bitget and Republic are bringing SpaceX investment to crypto rails before Musk’s company even goes public.

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Notes:

• Core Scientific to raise $3.3 billion via senior notes.

• Justin Sun's $45M WLFI investment allegedly worth $766M before it was frozen.

• Hormuz toll trolls: scammers trick Indian oil tanker crew into paying fake crypto toll

• Reuters: 20,000 seafarers currently in the Gulf.

• Finding Satoshi documentary 6 years in the making

• Bitget, Republic partner to list “mirror token” for pre-IPO SpaceX stock

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:22 Softwar Thesis is back baby!

09:16 Hormuz crypto scam

15:57 Justin Sun Sues WLFI

24:11 Finding Satoshi

41:44 CORZ $3.3B note

48:11 Bitget SpaceX IPO

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Trump's Iran Ceasefire Sends Bitcoin Past $78K | CoinDesk Daily Apr 22, 2026

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President Trump extends the Iran ceasefire.

President Trump extended the Iran ceasefire indefinitely, triggering a bitcoin rally past $78,000 and short-squeeze conditions in crypto markets. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

Finding Satoshi: Did A New Documentary Finally Unmask Nakamoto? Apr 21, 2026

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Bitcoin's origin story is the greatest unsolved mystery in financial history and the team behind Finding Satoshi spent years doing what dozens of others couldn't: actually closing in on an answer.

In this episode of Gen C, Sam sits down with documentary director Tucker Tooley, investigative journalist Bill Cohen, and private investigator Tyler Maroney to break down a multi-year investigation rooted in real methodology — cryptographers whispering names, blockchain data analysis, and years of trust-building with the cypherpunk community. Links mentioned from the podcast: Finding Satoshi Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVxAwomug08 Finding Satoshi Website: http://findingsatoshi.com -- Timestamps: 00:00 Who is Satoshi? 01:02 Meet The Filmmakers 02:30 Origin During Covid 03:26 Author, Bill Cohan and Private Investigator, Tyler Maroney Joins Quest 06:30 Bitcoin Roots And Cypherpunks 11:36 Explaining Bitcoin Simply 14:09 Narrowing The Suspects 15:42 Cryptographer Sources And Data 20:20 Why Some Refuse To Talk 23:34 NYT Article: Is Adam Back Satoshi? 27:12 Final Takeaways

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Strategy Surpasses BlackRock as World's Biggest Bitcoin Holder | CoinDesk Daily Apr 21, 2026

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Strategy surpasses BlackRock's IBIT to become the biggest bitcoin holder.

Strategy now holds 815,061 BTC, edging past BlackRock's IBIT for the first time since Q2 2024, after a $2.54 billion bitcoin purchase. It's the first time a single corporate treasury has outpaced the world's largest spot bitcoin ETF. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

Blockspace: DeFi’s $13B Exodus, OPNEXT 2026 Recap, NYDIG Eyes Alcoa Plant for BTC Mining Apr 21, 2026

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The latest Lazarus Group-led DeFi exploit set off a $13 billion exodus from DeFi platforms, and we cover the spiciest talk on Bitcoin and quantum computing at OPNEXT.

Get your tickets to OPNEXT 2026 before prices increase! Join us on April 16 in NYC for technical discussions, investor talks, and intimate conversation with the brightest minds in Bitcoin.

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today, Jay Patel, the CEO of Lygos Finance, and Aydin Kilic, CEO of HIVE Digital, join us to respectively discuss risk in crypto credit markets and Hive’s latest $100M senior note. For news, we break down the $293 million Kelp DAO hack by the Lazarus Group and the $13 billion ripple effect this had on other DeFi platforms like Aave. Plus, we give a recap of one of the most salient talks at Blockspace’s OPNEXT conference and break down NYDIG’s incipient deal to purchase an aluminum smelting site from Alcoa that has been dormant since 2014.

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Notes:

• $13.8 billion unwound from DeFi in 48 hours.

• Kelp DAO exploit led to $293 million loss.

• Aave protocol facing $195 million in bad debt.

• Bitcoin rallied back above the $75,000 level.

• NYDIG eyes Alcoa smelting site for BTC mining

Timestamps

00:00 Start

03:26 DeFi is NOT ok

13:58 Jay Patel, Lygos Finance

34:31 Aydin Kilic, HIVE

58:46 OPNEXT recap

1:11:33 NYDIG to buy defunct aluminium smelter

1:14:09 Strategy buying more BTC

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Strategy’s STRC Dividend Move and Tokenizing the $70T U.S. Equity Market Apr 20, 2026

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Tokenizing the $70T U.S. equity market.

On this episode of CoinDesk's Public Keys from the New York Stock Exchange, host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down Strategy's proposal to shift STRC preferred stock dividends from monthly to semi-monthly, and unpacks Wall Street's deepening crypto push: from Goldman Sachs's new Bitcoin Premium Income ETF filing to Morgan Stanley's record-breaking ETF launch. Brett Redfearn, President of Securitize, joins to discuss his new role, the $30 billion in tokenized assets on chain, the outlook for the Clarity Act. NYSE Senior Market Strategist and Head of the MAC Desk Michael Reinking weighs in on the macro picture heading into the week, Bitcoin's correlation with tech stocks, DeFi hacks, and ETF flows. Plus, AVAX One CEO Jolie Kahn explains her company's treasury strategy around Avalanche and its new initiative to develop an AI data center in Alberta, Canada.

Timecodes:

00:00 Welcome to Public Keys

00:24 Strategy Proposes Semi-Monthly STRC Dividends

02:05 Tokenized Assets On Chain Near $30B

02:13 Securitize's Brett Redfearn Joins Public Keys

05:53 Why Securitize Built Inside the Regulatory Framework

06:37 The Clarity Act and Market Structure

11:43 Tokenizing the $70 Trillion US Equity Market

13:51 NYSE's Michael Reinking on the Week Ahead

15:20 Bitcoin's Correlation With Tech Stocks

16:30 DeFi Hacks and Institutional Overhang

17:54 What's Driving $1B in BTC ETF Inflows

20:26 Bitcoin Miners Pivot to AI Data Centers

21:52 Goldman Sachs Files Bitcoin Premium Income ETF

22:38 Morgan Stanley's Record BTC ETF Launch

22:53 BTC ETFs see $1B in Inflows

24:44 AVAX One CEO Jolie Kahn Joins Public Keys

26:17 AVAX Bull and Bear Case

27:41 Inside AVAX One's Alberta AI Data Center Plan

30:45 Fear and Greed Index at 29

This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

$13B Exits DeFi in 48 Hours After Kelp DAO's Exploit | CoinDesk Daily Apr 20, 2026

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Kelp DAO's $292 million exploit wipes $13 billion from DeFi.

A $292 million exploit of Kelp DAO's cross-chain bridge has wiped $13 billion from DeFi in two days, with Aave alone losing $8.45 billion in deposits. LayerZero attributes the attack to North Korea's Lazarus Group and blames Kelp's single-verifier setup. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

What the SEC's New Statement Means for DeFi Apr 18, 2026

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Unpacking a landmark staff statement from the SEC with Amanda Tuminelli of the DeFi Education Fund.

The SEC's April 2025 staff statement quietly redrew the lines on who needs to register as a broker and and DeFi front ends are a major winner. Amanda Tuminelli, CEO and CLO of the DeFi Education Fund joins Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti to break down what the ruling means for tokenized securities, wallet providers, and the builders shaping the future of decentralized finance.

Timecodes:

00:00 - The SEC's Landmark Staff Statement
02:10 - Tokenized Securities & Front End Access Unlocked
03:07 - DeFi Education Fund's Role in Shaping the SEC Guidance
04:47 - How Durable Is the Guidance?
07:25 - TradFi vs. DeFi: The Letter War at the SEC

This episode was hosted by Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti.

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