going through old memorabilia and found my Dad’s certificate from the London Stock Exchange in the early 1980s, so cool

🚨WATCH: Fresh off the House floor, @RepBryanSteil, Chair of the House Financial Services Digital Assets Subcommittee, joins us to break down the biggest week for crypto legislation in U.S. history. The House passed three major crypto bills — the CLARITY Act, the GENIUS Act & the Anti-CBDC Act — with surprising bipartisan support. And today, the GENIUS Act will become the first crypto bill ever signed into U.S. law. Inside the strategy, the stakes, and what’s next on Congress’s crypto agenda. 👇🏼 TIMESTAMPS: 0:40 - Historic Legislative Wins For Crypto 01:31 - Transformative Impact of New Legislation 04:54 - Behind-the-Scenes Insight Into The Regulatory Challenges 09:22 - Achieving Bipartisan Support 12:43 - Future Legislation 19:42 - The Importance of Regulatory Clarity  28:37 - Broader Implications for Innovation in America 32:50 - What Does Crypto In America Mean To Bryan?

From the House Floor to the @CryptoAmerica_ podcast Congressman @RepBryanSteil joined us to discuss CLARITY Act and GENIUS Act, right after they passed Bonus episode drops tomorrow, subscribe below to hear it first 🎙️

Lol a GENIUS Act x referral program sale is crazyyyy leave it to crypto to do this

What a Crypto Week it has been for the US Buckle up, we still have Friday left And the Genius Act landing on President Trump's desk tomorrow

IT'S OFFICIAL: US House has passed the GENIUS Act stablecoin bill

Even though @Metaplex powers 99% of token and NFT issuance on Solana, its founder @meta_hess sees most token launches as broken. So the team launched Genesis, a new framework to fix onchain token offerings, he shared on @_TalkingTokens. We discuss why memecoins, stablecoins, and RWAs are converging into a single unstoppable wave and how transparency and permissionless innovation are key for the future of crypto capital markets. Timestamps: 0:00 – Metaplex's Dominance on @Solana: 99% of NFTs and Tokens 1:26 – Stephen's Background: Solana Labs, NFTs, and Infrastructure 5:00 – Candy Machine Era to Genesis: Evolving Token Launch Standards 7:03 – Standardizing Onchain Token Offerings with Transparency 10:00 – Why Most Token Launches Are Broken — and How to Fix Them 14:00 – Tokenomics, Project Types, and Launching With Integrity 17:13 – Metaplex By the Numbers: 10M Wallets, $10B in Value 18:22 – Beyond Memecoins: DeFi, Stablecoins, and App Layer Growth 20:15 – Startups Will Launch Onchain — Here's What That Looks Like 24:26 – Token Market Oversaturation? Why He’s Bullish Anyway 26:04 – IPO vs Permissionless: What 'Onchain' Really Means 29:25 – Regulation, Timeline, and Real Assets Coming to Crypto 30:43 – NFTs: Rebuilding After Fatigue, One Community at a Time 33:06 – Why NFTs Still Matter and the Hidden Strength of Their Ecosystems 34:52 – What Makes a Good Crypto Product — and a Better Founder 37:09 – Final Advice: Stay Scrappy, Stay on Day One, Stay Building

Today’s pod is with Stephen Hess, founder of @metaplex 🧱 We talk token launches, NFT standard upgrades, onchain IPOs, and why 99% of Solana’s tokens start here. Links below 👇

Transaction activity is hitting new highs and now it’s easier than ever to track. @Token_Relations just dropped a nice new comprehensive dashboard. More data, more clarity, more Avalanche.

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