Ollie Acuna

[Ollie Acuna @OllieCoinDesk]

Mexican billionaire #TioRichie with 70% of his investment portfolio in #bitcoin says it's better than real estate. House in London that in 2016 cost 4000 #BTC today costs less than 27 bitcoin:native.
https://t.co/B2B6oRAqit via @coindesk

[Hedera @hedera]

As the @ecb rolls out Pontes, its wholesale platform for connecting DLT with existing payment rails, it is also introducing a digital euro pilot to prepare for the potential issuance of a CBDC in 2029.

VP of Global Policy Isadora Arrendondo told @CoinDesk that the success of the trial hinges on the number of places where consumers can pay using digital euro.

Read more by @OllieCoinDesk: https://t.co/Qq8vYvmHBQ

[Hedera @hedera]

A setback, not a stop.

@nilminirubin on the Clarity Act vote: "most of the industry is still as ambitious as ever."

The momentum for U.S. crypto clarity isn't going anywhere.

Full story via @CoinDesk @OllieCoinDesk

https://t.co/baGSM4GrNj

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

LATEST: The European Central Bank is seeking e-commerce and mobile-commerce merchants to join a 12-month digital euro pilot beginning in the second half of 2027.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

INSIGHT: @SenLummis on the CLARITY Act vote, "If it fails, Democrats own what comes next, consumers with zero federal protection, no disclosure rules, no delisting requirements for bad actors. They wrote the fix. They must pass it."

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

LATEST: @MoneyGram launches a $USDC-powered @Visa card letting customers spend stablecoins anywhere Visa is accepted, launching first in Colombia with physical card and ATM withdrawals to follow later this year.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

.@OpheliaBSnyder says most people don’t want to manage their own transactions, and crypto needs traditional institutions on board to reach real scale:

“If you want the flows, if you want the volumes, if you want people to actually participate, you wanna change the world, you wanna democratize access to finance, you need these people on board.”

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

.@RebeccaRettig1 and @renato_mariotti say crypto is pushing TradFi toward 24/7 markets, despite the challenges for traditional trading desks and compliance teams:

“Crypto has really pushed the traditional markets in this perspective.”

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

MARKETS: @BlackRock's $IBIT posts record weekly volume for a positive week, as Head of Digital Assets Robbie Mitchnick says fiscal debt concerns make the case for $BTC stronger than ever.

[Ollie Acuna @OllieCoinDesk]

@MattPinner_ I'm shocked to see how many people are wrongly holding the cyclist responsible, when the vehicle is clearly inside the wrong side of the road. The driver turned left inside the left-side lane. Totally on him.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

Is blockchain having its Fannie Mae moment? On the latest Public Keys from the @NYSE:

@Figure's “Rule of 150” and tokenized lending with @MBTannenbaum, The Bitcoin treasury shakeout with @TDCowen’s Lance Vitanza – and who survives, and @Coinbase’s bet on AI agents that can pay with @sid_coelho.

Watch the full episode with @jennsanasie:

Chapters/Timecodes:
00:00 Welcome to Public Keys
00:20 Figure's Record Quarter and the "Rule of 150"
00:50 Figure CEO Michael Tannenbaum Joins
04:05 Figure as the "Fannie Mae of Blockchain"
06:44 Cutting Diligence Costs and Fighting Loan Fraud
08:10 Unlocking $35 Trillion in US Home Equity
09:57 Responding to the Morpheus Research Report
12:16 The Digital Asset Treasury Shakeout of 2026
12:55 TD Cowen's Lance Vitanza Joins
15:00 Why Strategy Is Built for a Bitcoin Bear Market
17:02 Strive, Smarter Web and Nakamoto in the Win Column
20:00 Treasury Companies vs. Spot Bitcoin ETFs
23:19 Coinbase Bets on Payments from AI Agents
23:41 Coinbase Business Head Sid Coelho-Prabhu Joins
24:45 How AI Agents Are Already Spending Money
27:03 Why Stablecoins Are Winning Agentic Payments
30:25 Inside the x402 Payment Protocol
32:06 What Still Needs Solving in Agentic Payments

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

INSIGHT: Stand With Crypto backs 32 U.S. House incumbents in 2026, with more endorsements on the way.

The crypto advocacy group rates politicians on industry friendliness and is expanding its congressional ally list ahead of midterms.

@jesseahamilton reports.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

.@SuperstateInc General Counsel @AlexZozos says the SEC's "Reg Crypto" creates a "barbell" that gives crypto projects a path into securities laws to raise funds and a way back out.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

LATEST: The fate of the CLARITY Act may come down to stablecoin yield, as banks fight to prevent crypto platforms from paying rewards on holdings ahead of a final Senate vote in September.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

COINDESK DAILY: Kalshi is in talks to raise $750M at a $40B valuation, Delio CEO gets 15 years in prison for a $50 million fraud, and Metaplanet launches a new bitcoin-backed bond program.

@JennSanasie has what you need to know.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

ACCESS: @RobinhoodApp CFO @ShivVerma makes the case for why everyday investors, not just VCs, should be able to get in on @YCombinator startups at the ground floor. Robinhood Ventures Fund II began trading today on NYSE

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

NEW: The @SECGov schedules an August 14 meeting to propose "Regulation Crypto", a formal rule creating a legal path for crypto firms to raise capital without triggering SEC registration requirements.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

Strategy wants to be the "central bank of Bitcoin."

On CoinDesk's Public Keys at the @NYSE, @Strategy's @phongle makes the case for beating BTC with digital credit, @Bitwise's Ryan Rasmussen (@RasterlyRock) says the market is mispricing @circle, and Deus X Capital's Tim Grant on sovereign AI and the best week for BTC ETFs since April.

Watch with @JennSanasie.

Chapters/Timecodes:
Welcome to Public Keys00:00 Welcome to Public Keys
00:21 Sleepy Markets and 'Groundhog Week' With Tim Grant
02:08 The Coldcard Hack and the Self-Custody Debate
03:15 Strategy's Phong Le Joins Public Keys
03:46 Why Strategy Expects to Beat Bitcoin
04:20 Inside 'STRC' and the Digital Credit Play
09:38 $4.75B in Cash and the Preferred Stock Lesson
11:47 Strategy: 'The Central Bank of Bitcoin'
12:19 Where Strategy's Software Business Fits
14:55 Circle, Galaxy and American Bitcoin Earnings
15:12 Why Bitwise Says Circle Is Mispriced
19:37 Circle's Arc Mainnet and the GENIUS Act
21:07 Galaxy's Pivot From Crypto to AI
24:05 American Bitcoin and the Miner Shakeout
27:41 Trump Ties and CLARITY Act Ethics Risk
30:14 ETF Flows: Bitcoin's Best Week Since April
32:52 Tim Grant on Sovereign AI and Data Privacy

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

"AI didn't invent the product.”

@Strategy CEO @PhongLe pushes back on the idea that the company simply asked AI what to do when developing STRC, saying AI instead helps accelerate ideas by playing “the role of the attorney, of the banker, of the accountant.”

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

NEW: Galaxy Digital and BNY partner to bring institutional staking to BNY's Digital Asset Custody platform, combining custody, fund accounting and staking rewards in a single servicing model for institutional clients.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

🎥 Clear Street's Brian Dobson says Michael Saylor's Strategy still has substantial upside if it can continue generating incremental satoshis per share.