Hackers Steal Bitcoin, Visa Outlines Stablecoin Plans | Bloomberg Crypto 8/4/2026
"Bloomberg Crypto" covers the people, transactions, and technology shaping the world of decentralized finance. Today's guests: Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy, Blockchain Association CEO & CFTC
"Bloomberg Crypto" covers the people, transactions, and technology shaping the world of decentralized finance. Today's guests: Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy, Blockchain Association CEO & CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger, 21Shares Co-Founder & President Ophelia Snyder, and VISA Head of Crypto Cuy Sheffield. Chapters 00:00:00 - Bloomberg Crypto opens 00:01:49 - Coinbase on Crypto's Institutional Future 00:02:56 - Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy on Institutional Crypto Trading Surges 00:03:52 - Gaevoy on Institutions Focus on Bitcoin & Major Tokens 00:07:02 - Gaevoy on Clarity Act as Crypto's Next Major Catalyst 00:09:19 - Blockchain Association’s Summer Mersinger on Senate Negotiations & Ethics Debate 00:12:09 - Mersinger on Consumer Protections in the Clarity Act 00:14:37 - Mersinger on Whether Congress Can Pass the Bill Before Recess 00:17:11 - Bloomberg’s Lauren Tara LaCapra Explains How $100M Was Stolen from Cold Wallets 00:22:42 - CME Announces Plans For Computing Power Futures Product 00:30:31 - 21Shares Co-Founder Ophelia Snyder on AI Infrastructure vs. Bitcoin Mining 00:32:27 - Snyder on Whether Tokenization Moving Too Fast 00:35:28 - What Needs to Happen Before Tokenization Scales?
00:37:52 - Visa Head of Crypto Cuy Sheffield on New Stablecoin Platform 00:39:28 - Sheffield Explains Why Stablecoins Still Need Visa 00:40:26 - Sheffield on Why Visa Chose OpenUSD 00:41:34 - Sheffield on Measuring Success for Visa's
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