Within 72 hours of returning to the White House, President Donald Trump issued a landmark Executive Order aimed at reshaping US cryptocurrency policy and positioning America as a global leader in digital assets, blockchain innovation, and financial technology. Listen to a selection from a recent Digital Assets Forum briefing analyzing the order's impact, in which we explore what is changing and how this directive could influence US fiscal and monetary policy moving forward. For more, check out the entire briefing on our website to learn about the blockchain basics that underpin this technology and hear questions digging into the order's impact.

Join our co-hosts for a conversation with Michael Greenwald, AWS Global Head of Financial Innovation and Digital Assets, and Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer of Coinbase Global, to talk about the intersection of AI and blockchain. Michael and Paul cut through the buzz and hype to talk about how AI is actually driving better security, more efficient user onboarding, and better business practices for companies using digital assets. Listen now to hear more about how AI also makes it easier for people to use digital assets as a financial tool, adding healthy competition to the financial world and driving more innovation in both traditional finance and decentralized finance. For more from Michael and Paul on what's happening on the cutting edge, check out their October 2024 blog post on how these technologies combine.

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Join co-hosts Alan Rechtschaffen and Kellee Wicker for a wrap-up of 2024 and a brief review of what's ahead in 2025, in an episode recorded just before the close of 2024. Hear more about our take on the renewed focus on monetary and fiscal policy implications of crypto in the new administration, which is putting up pro-crypto picks for key roles, and why we think this is the year we'll see wider adoption of blockchain for faster and more innovative financial technology.