Crypto Acceptance Becoming Easier: WalletConnect CEO
Jess Houlgrave, CEO of WalletConnect, joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto."
Jess Houlgrave, CEO of WalletConnect, joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto."
Jean-Marc Stenger, CEO of Societe Generale-FORGE, joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." Societe Generale is expanding the reach of its dollar-denominated stablecoin in one of the biggest efforts yet by a major bank to bring digital money to a wider audience.
Sean McHugh, head of market assurance at VARA, joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." VARA, Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority, is responsible for regulating, supervising, and overseeing virtual assets and related activities across all commercial zones in the Emirate of Dubai, excluding the Dubai International Financial Centre.
A-Star co-founder and General Partner Bennett Siegel says the firm is able to make outsized returns because of its commitment to writing smaller checks to a limited group of early-stage startups. A-Star raised $450 million, which may be dwarfed by the latest fund from larger competitors, but Siegel says his firm is sticking to its strategy. He speaks to Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."
SAP has unveiled its new "Autonomous Enterprise" platform at this year's SAP Sapphire conference, expanding its push into AI agents across business operations. SAP CEO Christian Klein joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."
Simone Maini, CEO of Elliptic, joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic Enterprises has raised $120 million in a new funding round backed by Deutsche Bank AG and Nasdaq Inc.'s venture arm, as large financial institutions expand their digital-asset offerings.
Kara Calvert, vice president of US policy at Coinbase, joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." The Senate Banking Committee released market structure bill text that will serve as the basis for the committee's markup of the digital asset market Clarity Act. The committee meets this Thursday.
Bloomberg's Emily Nicolle and Chris Palmeri join Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." Kalshi has completed a funding round that values the prediction markets platform at $22 billion. DraftKings said it would spend more on a new push into predictions markets.
Bloomberg Intelligence's Nathan Dean joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." The Senate Banking Committee released market structure bill text that will serve as the basis for the committee's markup of the digital asset market Clarity Act. The committee meets this Thursday.
When Richard Nixon landed in Beijing in 1972 to end a quarter-century of Chinese diplomatic and economic isolation, his hosts were so enthralled with the US president's airliner that within months they ordered 10 Boeing Co. 707 jets. That purchase kicked off one of the most consequential commercial relationships in the planemaker's 110-year history and helped turn China into the world's second-largest aviation market after the US. Now Boeing is poised to reprise that moment when President Donald Trump heads to China this week in search of his own breakthrough with his counterpart, Xi Jinping. Boeing Chief Executive Officer Kelly Ortberg is expected to join the US delegation to China and has dangled the prospect of a major deal, saying Trump's visit would be "a meaningful opportunity for us." We get more from Bloomberg's Sid Philip.
EBay Inc. rejected a $56 billion takeover offer from GameStop Corp. Chief Executive Officer Ryan Cohen, describing the unsolicited bid as "neither credible nor attractive." EBay's board turned down the offer after taking into account "uncertainty" around the financing plan, the operational risks involved and GameStop's governance, Chairman Paul Pressler said in a letter addressed to Cohen. Pressler also cited GameStop's executive incentives and a takeover's potential impact on eBay's long-term growth. Bloomberg's Cecilia D'Anastasio joins Bloomberg Intelligence Radio for a closer look.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent echoed his Japanese counterpart Satsuki Katayama by characterizing excess foreign-exchange volatility as undesirable in another indication of tacit US approval of Japan's recent market intervention. "We both believe that excess volatility is undesirable," Bessent said Tuesday in Tokyo, as he continued a day of meetings with senior officials in Japan including Katayama and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. He confirmed his team will maintain close contact with the finance ministry and said constant communication is the key to good outcomes. We get reaction from Ken Weinstein, Japan Chair at the Hudson Institute.