Dan Morehead, founder & managing partner at Pantera Capital joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." They discuss US Treasury Secretary Bessent's bond announcement, the future of digital asset treasuries, and crypto trading.
Dan Morehead, Pantera Capital founder and managing partner, talks about Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's plan to ramp up buybacks of long-dated government debt. "The only way a bluff works is if nobody at the poker table knows you are bluffing, and to slide an extra $2 billion of poker chips out onto the table...when you are a forced seller...it backfired," he said on Bloomberg Crypto.
"The only way a bluff works is if nobody at the poker table knows you are bluffing, and to slide an extra $2 billion of poker chips out onto the table...when you are a forced seller...it backfired." Dan Morehead talks about Bessent's bond plan.
Pennsylvania Democrat Madeleine Dean, who sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the US and its Middle Eastern allies 'are all less safe as a result of this war in Iran' and called the president's messaging around the war 'extremely reckless.' The congresswoman also weighed in on the potential for increased sanctions against Russia, saying that she does not think that the bill will come to a vote this week and that she is wary of the increased tariff authority it would give President Trump, despite her calls for support for Ukraine.
Bloomberg's Todd Gillespie joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." Venture capital firm 1789 Capital is leading a new funding round for Polymarket that will give the prediction-markets platform a $21 billion post-money valuation. Donald Trump Jr., a partner at 1789, is an adviser to both Polymarket and Kalshi.
Bloomberg's Todd Gillespie joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." Venture capital firm 1789 Capital is leading a new funding round for Polymarket that will give the prediction-markets platform a $21 billion post-money valuation.
Amira Valliani, head of payments growth at The Solana Foundation, joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." The London Stock Exchange is planning to launch tokenized stocks, backed by shares of London-listed companies, as it looks to further embrace digital assets.
Tim Cook hands the reins of Apple to John Ternus after a 15-year run that transformed the company into a $4.6 trillion giant and delivered a nearly 2,300% stock gain. Bloomberg's Ryan Vlastelica looks at Cook's market legacy and why Apple shares are increasingly moving against the broader AI trade. He joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."
Bloomberg Intelligence's Dushyant Shahrawat joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." Hyperliquid is in advanced talks to bring its perpetual futures to US traders through Kraken's parent company Payward, just weeks after President Trump said his administration was working to bring the fast-growing platform into the US.
Data centers are emerging as an issue in political races across the US as voters raise concerns about power costs and the rapid AI infrastructure buildout. Information Technology Industry Council CEO Jason Oxman discusses the tech industry's response, growing calls to restrict new projects, and why continued investment is critical to competing with China in AI. He joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."
John Ternus begins his first day as Apple CEO as the company prepares for one of its biggest product launches in years. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman explains how the longtime hardware chief will manage Apple's veteran leadership team and what to expect from the company's first foldable iPhone, including a price tag above $2,000. He joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."
Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Corp., published a 6,000-word essay on Aug. 26 saying that he would slow the development of artificial intelligence if he could. He elaborated in an interview with the New York Times, saying "in private, people who understand how good this stuff is, and how much better it's getting, they're very worried" but few are raising the issues in public. The public is already convinced the tech industry can't be trusted with its own creations. Some legal news last week explains why. A bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general announced a proposed settlement with Meta Platforms Inc. that obligates the social media company that runs Facebook and Instagram to put tight restrictions on how children use its platforms. Gautam Mukunda, Lecturer at the Yale School of Management and Bloomberg Opinion contributor, joins Bloomberg Intelligence to discuss.
