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In this week’s episode of Bits + Bips, the panel digs into why Tron’s rumored IPO is more than a headline, what Wall Street’s quiet shift into stablecoins signals, and how exchanges are racing to control token flow, even as regulation hangs in the balance.

They also explore:

• What the Israel–Iran conflict means for global markets, oil prices, and crypto positioning
• Whether banks can adopt stablecoins without threatening their own deposits
• If regulatory clarity will come fast enough to shape the next crypto phase
• How to tell if ETH’s revival has staying power

Sponsors:

• Bitwise

Hosts:

• Ram Ahluwalia, CFA, CEO and Founder of Lumida

• Steve Ehrlich, Executive Editor at Unchained

Guests:

• Christopher Perkins, President of CoinFund
• Vishal Gupta, Cofounder and CEO of True Markets.

Links

Tron and Justin Sun

• • FT: Crypto group Tron to go public after US pauses probe into billionaire founder
  • Unchained: Eric Trump Claims No Public Involvement in Tron’s Nasdaq Entity

• The Guardian: Crypto entrepreneur eats banana art he bought for $6.2m

Israel – Iran

• WSJ:
  • Israel Takes Control of Iran’s Skies—a Feat That Still Eludes Russia in Ukraine
  • How Israel’s Mossad Smuggled Drone Parts to Attack Iran From Within

Stablecoins and TradFi

• Unchained:
  • JPMorgan Files ‘JPMD’ Trademark, Hints at Bigger Crypto Offering
  • Coinbase and Amex Team Up on Bitcoin Card as Exchange Reveals Broad Expansion Plans
• Bloomberg: Bessent Says $2 Trillion Reasonable for Dollar Stablecoin Market.
• WSJ: Walmart and Amazon are considering launching U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins
• Reuters: French Societe Generale became the first major bank to launch a dollar-pegged stablecoin
• The Information: Financial markets giant DTCC is exploring a stablecoin, according to The Information

Regulation

• Unchained: White House Rejects Ban on Conflicts of Interest in Crypto’s CLARITY Act