🚨 Unfiltered Chat 🚨 19th June 🚨 LinkedIn Live with RA George (Blockchain DXB) + Markose Chentittha ,Oort Foundation: Crypto, Blockchain & AI chat
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Unfiltered Chat | FOMC Decisions, Stablecoin Shakeups, & the Global Bitcoin Pulse🗓️ Date: June 19, 2025🎧 Hosts: RA George (Blockchain DXB + Bitcoin DXB) & Markose Chentittha (Oort Foundation + Society X)
Welcome to another insightful episode of Unfiltered Chat, your weekly deep-dive into the pulse of crypto, blockchain, and AI – live from the Middle East to the world. Co-hosted by RA George and Markose Chentittha, this episode covers breaking developments across regulation, geopolitics, DeFi, stablecoins, and more.
- 📊 *FOMC Meeting Recap:*Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged – bullish for Bitcoin and crypto markets.
- 🧓 Jerome Powell’s Future?Speculation intensifies on Powell being replaced in 2026. Potential successors:
- Kevin Warsh
- Scott Besennett
- 📉 Inflation is trending lower — attributed to tariffs and macro controls.
- 📜 Major legislation now mandates:
- U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins must be backed 1:1 with liquid reserves (USD or short-term T-bills).
- Raises philosophical questions: Are stablecoin issuers simply new-age banks?
- 🇦🇪 *UAE Alignment:*UAE’s new stablecoin regulations show significant similarity – hinting at global convergence.
- 🤔 Discussion Highlights:
- Do stablecoin issuers uphold open blockchain ethos?
- Opensource
- Permissionless
- Borderless
- Neutral
- Publicly Verifiable
- Censorship Resistant
- Can double-spending be prevented?
- Will reserve audits be transparent and real-time?
- Is there still a future for algorithmically backed stablecoins?
- 🇮🇷 Nobitex crypto exchange wiped out in a massive $90M hack.
- 🤐 Hack linked to geopolitically motivated actors; more on this in a blog by Elliptic: Read Blog)
- 🔐 Not Your Keys, Not Your Crypto — security remains paramount.
- 🧱 Mining Difficulty:
- Dropping due to rising energy costs and miner exits.
- "Only the strong survive" – consolidation in miner ecosystems.
- 🏦 Miners Becoming Treasury Players:
- MARA: Holds 49,000 BTC
- CleanSpark: Holds 12,502 BTC
- New trend = Bitcoin miners are buying and hodling BTC as strategic reserves.
- 🟧 Cardano Treasury Proposal:
- Charles Hoskinson suggests moving $100M ADA into BTC + Cardano-native stablecoins (USDM, USDA).
- 🧮 Why It Matters:
- Boost Cardano’s DeFi activity and Total Value Locked (TVL).
- Current Cardano stats:
- TVL: $356M
- Stablecoins: $31M (~9%)
- Solana comparison:
- TVL: $9.8B
- Stablecoins: $11B
- Target: 30–40% ratio of stablecoins to TVL
- ❌ Pump.fun & Co-Founder Alon Cohen Suspended from X (Twitter)
- Part of wider suspension targeting 20+ crypto-related accounts.
- Allegations of billion-dollar token sale and $4B valuation.
- 📺 Black Mirror Connection:
- Netflix episode “Common People” eerily reflects real-world dangers of social-token platforms.
- ⚔️ War & Bitcoin:
- For the first time, major conflicts had no significant impact on BTC’s price.
- Is Bitcoin now a safe-haven asset during geopolitical uncertainty?
- 🇻🇳 New Law Effective Jan 1, 2026
- Digital assets fully legalized.
- Sweeping incentives for:
- AI Development
- Semiconductor Manufacturing
- Digital Startups
- Could Vietnam become Asia’s next Blockchain Frontier?
- 🔸 Bitcoin steady
- 🔄 DEX volumes up — PancakeSwap leading
- 📊 New metrics on platforms:
- RWA TVL
- ETF inflows
- Big collabs in motion
- HumanAIX initiatives to bridge blockchain + AI
- Livestream innovation incoming
- 🔗 BitcoinDXB.org is now live
- Educational resource on Bitcoin reserves, crypto strategy, and decentralization
- 🔍 How Tokenization Works
- 🛡️ KYC/AML Integration
- 🏙️ Dubai’s Role as Global Leader
- 💵 Stablecoins as foundational layer for tokenization
- 🟠 Role of Bitcoin in Tokenized Financial Systems
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