DeFiance Daily — A debate hosted with Johns Hopkins University tackled one of the biggest questions in tech: will artificial intelligence eliminate human jobs? Economists, tech leaders, and AI experts debated whether automation will replace workers or reshape how people work. The audience narrowly sided with the argument that AI could eventually make work obsolete.

Recorded live at the Global Blockchain Association Summit 2026, this session brings together industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators to discuss the evolving landscape of blockchain technology and digital assets. The conversation explores real-world applications, regulatory developments, and the future of decentralized technologies shaping global industries.

Recorded live at the Global Blockchain Association Summit 2026, this session brings together industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators to discuss the evolving landscape of blockchain technology and digital assets. The conversation explores real-world applications, regulatory developments, and the future of decentralized technologies shaping global industries.

Experts explore how AI is transforming marketing and go-to-market strategies through automation, predictive analytics, and personalized engagement across digital channels.

KPMG leaders discuss how the firm is integrating artificial intelligence into enterprise consulting, operations, and client services to drive efficiency and innovation.

Industry leaders discuss how modern companies are adopting leaner operating models—prioritizing efficiency, automation, and focused teams to scale faster while reducing operational complexity.

DeFiance Daily — A bipartisan housing reform package from the U.S. Senate Banking Committee includes language that would temporarily prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a retail central bank digital currency. The provision appears in the committee’s draft of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act and would block a U.S. digital dollar through the end of the decade. The move shows how digital currency policy is increasingly being addressed within broader financial legislation.

DeFiance Daily — Popcorn has introduced an AI-powered filmmaking platform designed to handle the entire movie creation process. The Popcorn agent can research, write, cast, design, produce, and edit videos, allowing creators to focus on ideas rather than juggling multiple production tools. The platform aims to make professional-quality video creation accessible to far more people.

DeFiance Daily — Biohackers World will host its 2026 Los Angeles Conference and Expo on March 28–29 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. The event will gather more than 1,500 attendees from over 20 countries to explore breakthroughs in longevity science, preventive health, and emerging wellness technologies. As interest in personalized health and human performance grows, the conference highlights how science, data, and technology are reshaping how people approach well-being.

DeFiance Daily — Vast, the company developing commercial space stations, has secured $500 million in new funding to accelerate its vision of long-term human activity in orbit. The capital will support development of its Haven space station program and future habitats designed for low-Earth orbit and beyond. The move signals growing investor confidence in the emerging commercial space economy.

DeFiance Daily — Top U.S. policymakers shaping digital asset regulation will gather at the DC Blockchain Summit 2026 in Washington, D.C., March 17–18. Hosted by The Digital Chamber, the event will bring together lawmakers, regulators, and industry leaders to discuss market structure, stablecoins, banking access, and the future of crypto policy.

A discussion on new frameworks for generating and distributing yield in decentralized finance through automated and programmable systems.

Alexis Johnson outlines the current security challenges in crypto and highlights strategies for building more resilient blockchain ecosystems.

A policy-focused discussion examining the evolving regulatory landscape for digital assets and how government oversight may shape the future of crypto innovation.

In this Season Two Finale, the incredibly talented Noelle Scaggs (Fitz & The Tantrums) joins Benj in Nashville, TN to catch up on things from the O.A.R. 2024 Summer Tour. Having gone through personal challenges during the run, a lot was left unspoken in the new friendship and speaking openly about it in this way proved to be a meaningful connection. Noelle shares candidly about how she managed her wellbeing before, during and after tour.

During the Mountains & Minds Mental Health Summit in Beaver Creek Colorado, Dr. Judith Landau sits down with Benj to share her story living through Apartheid in South Africa, creating her Community Resilience model, and working around the globe to be of service to others.

Skiier, ultra-runner, filmmaker, and mental health advocate Drew Petersen joins Benj onstage at the Vilar PAC in Beaver Creek Colorado, as part of Mountains & Minds – A Mental Health Summit to Strengthen Community. The two discuss Drew’s new film, Feel It All, while explaining a longtime battle with his own well-being, injuries and challenges growing up in Colorado being immersed in its seasonal outdoor culture. The two have a solid rapport deepening their new friendship and passion to elevate mental health conversations.

Chef Robert Irvine and Benj meet up in Beaver Creek Colorado at the incredible Vilar Performing Arts Center as part of Mountains & Minds: A Mental Health Summit to Strengthen Community. Also as part of the summit, Robert Irvine Foundation’s brought their Breaking Bread with Heroes program to Eagle County so that they could connect with first responders who are daily doing incredible work for the people of the county. Robert shares many personal stories highlighting how his mindset helped him to arrive where he is today, as well as how he chooses to lead his companies and teams.

Filmed within Vilar PAC in Beaver Creek Colorado, during the Mountains & Minds Mental Health Summit to Strengthen Community, the extremely talented Pat Milbery reconnects with new friend Benj Gershman. Discussing their personal connection, life mentors, experiences and trauma with suicide the conversation ebbs and flows through meaningful topics usually left unspoken.

Filmed at the Nailspring Ranch in Bonanza Oregon, the Becklin Family hosted the band O.A.R. while on tour during their Summer Tour ’24. Brady Watt, bass playing phenom, writer and producer talks candidly about how his career unfolded in the music industry, while sharing his regimented approach to battling testicular cancer. Likening his fight to how he approaches his everyday work in music, Brady’s steady and focused mind shares all through friendship in an amazing place during an amazing time.

Benj is joined by Victoria Arlen (ESPN Host, Author and Olympic Champion) in his happy place, the home his grandparents built decades ago in Connecticut. Chatting on the deck behind the house above a beautiful New England cove, the two share a conversation about their unique personal health challenges, the landscape of recovering both physically and mentally, and then moving forward with their lives. All through the lens of longstanding friendship and mutual respect.

DeFiance Daily – Zenith has launched an Ethereum-compatible execution layer for Canton Network, opening one of Wall Street’s most active blockchains to the global Ethereum developer community. The integration allows developers to deploy standard Ethereum apps directly into institutional financial infrastructure. The move could accelerate real-world blockchain adoption across banking and tokenized assets.

DeFiance Daily — CryptoJets has partnered with payments platform Transacta to streamline cryptocurrency transactions for private jet and helicopter charters. The collaboration allows high-value crypto payments to settle faster while expanding operational coverage across 180 countries. As more high-net-worth travelers adopt digital assets, the move signals growing crypto integration in luxury travel.

DeFiance Daily — Paris Blockchain Week returns April 15–16, 2026 at the Carrousel du Louvre, positioning itself as Europe’s leading institutional conference for digital assets. As Europe’s MiCA framework moves into full implementation this year, the agenda centers on compliance, custody, tokenization, ETFs, and the deepening integration of blockchain into traditional finance. Tim Draper is confirmed among the speakers, alongside senior leaders from global banks and asset managers.

DeFiance Daily —Ondo Global Markets has confidentially filed with the SEC, aiming to bring its tokenized stock platform under full U.S. reporting standards. If approved, it could become the first issuer of transferable tokenized equities subject to SEC disclosure rules, a major step toward regulated onchain investing.

DeFiance Daily — Telecom companies are accelerating toward autonomous networks, where AI systems can detect issues, optimize traffic, and reduce energy use without constant human oversight. Ahead of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, NVIDIA unveiled new open-source AI tools designed to help carriers build self-managing 5G infrastructure.

DeFiance Daily — The Women of Bitcoin Summit 2026 will bring together leading voices from policy, finance, media, and mining for a two-day global online event. Designed to elevate female participation in Bitcoin, the free summit aims to expand access, education, and leadership across the ecosystem.

DeFiance Daily – Crypto.com has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to charter Crypto.com National Trust Bank. The move would allow the company to offer custody, staking, and settlement services under direct federal oversight, strengthening its push into institutional crypto infrastructure.

DeFiance Daily – At Isha Foundation’s massive Mahashivratri celebration in Coimbatore, Sadhguru introduced an AI-powered hologram that allowed attendees to have one-on-one conversations with his digital avatar. Powered by Tim Draper-backed Proto Hologram, the technology enabled multilingual interactions at one of the world’s largest spiritual gatherings, which drew hundreds of thousands in person and roughly 140 million online viewers.

DeFiance Daily — International cultural strategist Irina Busurina is challenging the tech narrative, arguing that the next wave of innovation will be defined less by artificial intelligence and more by emotional intelligence. In a new statement, Busurina urges founders, executives, and young leaders to prioritize presence, empathy, and resilience as automation accelerates.

SkyBridge Capital Founder Anthony Scaramucci joins Jennifer Sanasie and Will Foxley to diagnose the current bear market and the “Trump coin” liquidity drain. Scaramucci reveals why 60-year-old money managers are currently choosing gold over Bitcoin, compares the banking lobby to the dying taxi industry, and explains why he’s doubling down on his $150,000 year-end price target despite the current fear index hitting a record low.

Input Output founder Charles Hoskinson joins the desk at Consensus Hong Kong to address the growing “hopelessness” in retail and the high-stakes battle against “federated” custodial chains. Hoskinson breaks down his $3 billion paper loss, why he replaced himself on X with a digital twin, and why Bitcoin must finally evolve to face the quantum threat.

Jennifer Ilkiw, President of ICE Futures US, joined Sam Ewen and Dave LaValle at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 to announce a major expansion into regulated crypto derivatives. ICE is returning to the digital asset market with futures for Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, XRP, and BNB, alongside the CoinDesk 5 and CoinDesk 20 multi-token indices.

At Consensus Hong Kong 2026, Binance co-CEO Richard Teng detailed the exchange’s explosive growth to over 300 million users and its pivot toward “smart money” institutional services. Highlighting a landmark partnership with Franklin Templeton, Teng explained how tokenized money market funds are now being used as off-exchange collateral, allowing institutions to trade Binance’s deep liquidity while keeping assets in regulated custody and earning yield.

In this interview from CoinDesk Live at Consensus Hong Kong, Input Output Founder and CEO, and Cardano creator Charles Hoskinson sits down with Ding X, the former-anonymous founder of PancakeSwap, to discuss the intersection of DeFi, NFTs, and the future of prediction markets. Ding, who recently went public after a decade of building in the shadows, shares the reality of transitioning from a pseudonymous whale to a public-facing CEO. The two dive into why the NFT ecosystem shifted toward meme coins and how Ding’s new project, Predict.fun, is re-architecting prediction markets by turning wagers into yield-bearing NFTs.

Ethereum co-founder and Consensys CEO Joseph Lubin joined CoinDesk Live from Consensus Hong Kong to discuss the evolution of MetaMask. Lubin explained how MetaMask is transitioning from a wallet into a “personal” neobank—a fully featured financial services platform that users own and control directly from their devices. He detailed the integration of institutional-grade features, including tokenized equities through Ondo Finance, prediction markets, and debit cards, all aimed at bridging the gap between decentralized finance and the traditional financial world.

Giorgia Pellizzari, Chief Product Officer at Hex Trust joined CoinDesk Live at Consensus Hong Kong to provide a deep dive into the institutional shifts defining the digital asset landscape. Looking back at 2025 as the “Year of bitcoin,” she explains how the launch of new primitives like the Babylon protocol transformed bitcoin from a “lazy asset” into a productive, yield-bearing instrument for institutions.

DeFiance Daily — Societe Generale-FORGE has deployed its euro-backed stablecoin, EUR CoinVertible, on the XRP Ledger as part of its multi-chain strategy. The move expands the compliant digital asset beyond Ethereum and Solana, tapping into XRPL’s speed and low-cost infrastructure while leveraging Ripple’s custody technology. The integration signals continued institutional momentum around regulated stablecoins in Europe.

DeFiance Daily — Reallusion has launched Motion Planning, a modular logic system that makes human behavior simulation scalable inside digital twins. The update connects people, actions, and environments into one repeatable workflow, helping enterprises model real-world operations more accurately.

DeFiance Daily — Sphinx has raised $7.1 million in seed funding led by Cherry Ventures to automate compliance work for banks and fintechs. Instead of selling another software dashboard, the company deploys AI agents that handle tasks like fraud checks and customer verification inside existing systems. The goal is simple: cut backlogs, reduce errors, and lower compliance costs.

DeFiance Daily – Bitcoin-focused public company Nakamoto Inc. has signed definitive agreements to acquire BTC Inc, the media powerhouse behind Bitcoin Magazine and The Bitcoin Conference, along with investment firm UTXO Management. The all-stock transaction aims to unite Bitcoin media, asset management, and advisory services under one integrated operating company.

DeFiance Media – At Solana Accelerate APAC during Consensus 2026, Byreal co-founder Emily Bao revealed a three-part roadmap aimed at reshaping on-chain market infrastructure. The Solana-based DEX plans to roll out AI-powered liquidity tools, a new Prop AMM model, and 24/7 perpetual futures for real-world assets. The goal is simple: make internet capital markets faster, smarter, and more accessible.

A Bitget exec tells a Messi partnership story, then explains Bitget’s rise to a top-5 exchange with 120M+ users, plus wallet/chain/AI/CSR expansion. She says growth came from being user-first and rebuilding trust post-FTX with proof-of-reserves, a protection fund, and monthly transparency reports.

Speaker – Gracy Chen

AI-powered sports betting project pitch showing how a custom neural network uses premium sports data to find daily “edges,” outperform typical gamblers, and monetize via subscriptions, utility token access, rewards, and affiliate/syndicate referrals.

Speaker – Ryan Robey

Jamie Rogozinski introduces a panel with Brittany Kaiser (data rights activist) and his father Dr. Jacques Rogozinski (establishment banking leader), setting up a disruptor-vs-system conversation. Brittany says real change needs both disruption and regulatory reform, while Jacques tees up a short talk on how shifts in how value moves reshape society.

Speakers – Jacques Rogozinski, Brittany Kaiser, Jaime Rogozinski

A crypto VC explains why blockchain is the next evolution of the internet—moving from copying information to transferring scarce value. He argues the next era won’t be dominated by Big Tech, but by decentralized protocols (“DAG 7”) across key verticals like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and enterprise chains. He closes with the chessboard parable to show we’re entering an exponential phase where AI + blockchain converge and retail investors gain more power.

Speaker – Alex Tapscott

Dave Leland argues the real fight isn’t Web2 vs Web3—it’s centralized control vs human agency. He highlights how today’s finance is opaque and fragile, while Web3 is still too complex. Wire Wallet aims to make self-custody simple across chains. The talk ends with Impact Stream, a blockchain-based philanthropy model where local communities propose and vote (quadratic voting) on projects, ensuring transparency and reducing middlemen.

Speaker – Dave Leland

A CMO from ZeroHash moderates a panel with Scott Clary and Josh Krieger on how media narratives shape retail investor psychology, why education matters more than hype, and what content creators can do to stay authentic while still competing with algorithm-driven click culture. They also discuss tokenization, liquidity, and the key green/red flags investors should look for in founders—like deep operational knowledge, transparency in crisis, and willingness to talk about failures rather than hiding behind polished PR.

Speakers – Josh Kriger, Scott Clary, Katie Perry

A fireside chat between Sam Kiki (founder of Monkey Tilt) and Bobby (CoinFund) explores how casinos and financial markets overlap. Sam shares his path from growing up in Vegas to Wall Street and casino investing, arguing crypto casinos are winning because they’re founder-led and built by real gamblers. He explains Monkey Tilt came from seeing huge overlap between gambling users and crypto users, and how US regulated gaming has been too slow to adopt crypto.

Speakers – Bobby Beniers, Sam Kiki

Matt Rozak interviews Jamie (WSB founder) on how WallStreetBets grew from a post-crisis community into a powerful global collective. Jamie explains WSB wasn’t just GameStop—it was collective arbitrage and bottom-up power. The conversation shifts to Reddit’s legal action against Jamie and the bigger risk: platforms retroactively taking brands and IP created on them. They argue blockchain can provide verifiable records, creator ownership, and accountability—protecting future online communities.

Speakers – Matthew Roszak, Jaime Rogozinski