What’s driving Bitcoin’s recent price action? Does it have anything to do with India’s plan to launch a digital rupee? Is it Russia’s move to recognize crypto? And what’s happening in Washington D.C. with regard to regulation? Robin Schmidt and Camila Russo of The Defiant join Real Vision’s Ash Bennington to unpack those issues and more – including the fact that Bitcoin is simply a volatile asset right now. Robin shares details of a conversation he had just yesterday with a high-profile American politician about U.S. lawmakers’ approach to crypto. The team also digs into scandals rocking the ecosystem, including the Solana bailout, ENS ousting Brantly Millegan over past tweets, and, of course, the chaotic (humorous? fun? crazy?) mess that is the fallout from the Bitfinex hack. Follow The Defiant team on Twitter: Camila Russo https://twitter.com/CamiRusso Robin Schmidt: https://twitter.com/iamsupermassive Alp Gasimov: https://twitter.com/alpgasimov ✊ Follow The Defiant https://newsletter.thedefiant.io/ https://twitter.com/defiantnews https://thedefiant.io/ https://t.me/DefiantNews https://t.me/DefiantChat #TheDefiant​ #DeFi​ #Decentralized​ #Finance​ #Blockchain ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ied3VVsdIw

Illia Polosukhin is the Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol, which is a sharded, proof-of-stake, Layer 1 blockchain. Originally conceived as an Artificial Intelligence endeavor, NEAR underwent a transformation, pivoting its focus to become a crypto project. We begin our conversation by exploring NEAR's shift into crypto, and later gain deeper insight into NEAR's core principles, underlying technology, the users, builders, as well as anticipated new features in the near future. Chapters 1:04 Who is Illia Polosukhin? 4:04 NEAR’s design 7:52 Mini Blockchains 9:30 Consensus mechanism 10:29 NEAR token 12:30 Participating in NEAR Network 13:11 Physical shards 18:10 Delegation 19:32 Liquid staking on NEAR 20:50 Goal & Design 26:23 Ideal use cases for NEAR 33:54 Bridging 39:38 Attracting users and builders 44:38 New crosschain mechanism 48:10 Future of Blockchain 54:31 Future of NEAR 59:15 AI run governance ✨ Check out our new website ✨ https://thedefiant.io/ ? Sign up to our newsletter ? https://thedefiant.io/go-premium#pricing?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=signup ? Find DeFi investment opportunities & educational primers here https://thedefiant.io/promo?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alpha ✊ Follow The Defiant Twitter: https://twitter.com/defiantnews Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3SdRdEs5ag Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedefiant.io/ Telegram: https://t.me/DefiantNews ? Contact our Newsroom editorial@thedefiant.io ? Sponsorships & Partnerships sponsors@thedefiant.io #TheDefiant​ #DeFi​ #Decentralized​ #Finance​ #Blockchain #Web3 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFSWj7vnlxU