The Chip Mahoney Show — Tokenization, Institutional Crypto & Settlement

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Most investors know the tokens they hold. They don't know where they stand. The Chip Mahoney Show is a weekly podcast about Bitcoin, tokenization, and the infrastructure quietly rebuilding global finance. Topics include Bitcoin as capital, Ethereum as financial infrastructure, XRP and digital payments, stablecoins, tokenization and tokenized assets, on-chain capital markets, crypto regulation, custody, and settlement rails — plus the companies building the next financial system. From the GENIUS Act to tokenized Treasuries, ETF flows, DTCC's move to on-chain settlement, and real-world asset adoption, you'll hear what matters before it becomes a headline. If you're an investor, advisor, founder, or allocator trying to understand where value is actually being captured — not just which token is pumping — this is your show. New episodes weekly. Follow the show, and get the written research at tokentrust.substack.com.

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August 13, 202622 min

Coldcard, Trezor and What Comes Next in Crypto

Coldcard got hacked, Trezor unpacked, and what happens next in crypto is bullish IMO. Where do you stand?Most crypto investors know what they own. Few know where they actually stand in the shift to on-chain finance.Start with ALEN, the free 60-second diagnostic that helps you see where durable value capture lives.→ https://tokentrustadvisors.xyz/alenWant the assets before they're headlines?Signals is my institutional watchlist, tracking the infrastructure, tokenization, and capital flows shaping the next phase of crypto.→ https://tokentrust.substack.comManaging significant capital, advising clients, or building an institutional allocation?Book a positioning session.→ https://www.tokentrustadvisors.xyzIf this episode helped you better understand where capital is moving, please follow the show and leave a review. It helps more investors discover the podcast.The Chip Mahoney Show is part of Big Pond Podcast and represented by DV Collective. Views are for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Music licensed through Spotify Creators. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

August 10, 202616 min

Bitcoin Is Boring. Wall Street Is Building Anyway.

Bitcoin doesn’t have to entertain you to be capital. While the market watches price, Wall Street is moving from crypto experiments to infrastructure it can actually use. I look at what DTCC just revealed, why “innovation by press release” is ending, and what investors should be watching before the next narrative arrives. Where do you stand?Most crypto investors know what they own. Few know where they actually stand in the shift to on-chain finance.Start with ALEN, the free 60-second diagnostic that helps you see where durable value capture lives.→ https://tokentrustadvisors.xyz/alenWant the assets before they're headlines?Signals is my institutional watchlist, tracking the infrastructure, tokenization, and capital flows shaping the next phase of crypto.→ https://tokentrust.substack.comManaging significant capital, advising clients, or building an institutional allocation?Book a positioning session.→ https://www.tokentrustadvisors.xyzIf this episode helped you better understand where capital is moving, please follow the show and leave a review. It helps more investors discover the podcast.The Chip Mahoney Show is part of Big Pond Podcast and represented by DV Collective. Views are for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Music licensed through Spotify Creators. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

August 7, 202614 min

Coldcard, Clarity & Canton: Custody, Rules, and the Rails Where Capital Settles

Use my link to get the OneKey Classic 1S Hardware Wallet: https://onekey.so/r/286X10 Three stories, one stack. This week I connect three pieces that look unrelated on the surface but are really the same buildout at different altitudes. Coldcard and the self-custody layer — where sovereignty actually lives and what happens with the trust-layer gets hacked. CLARITY and the codified rulebook. And Canton — the institutional settlement rails quietly going into the ground before the crowd connects them to anything. Where do you stand?Most crypto investors know what they own. Few know where they actually stand in the shift to on-chain finance.Start with ALEN, the free 60-second diagnostic that helps you see where durable value capture lives.→ https://tokentrustadvisors.xyz/alenWant the assets before they're headlines?Signals is my institutional watchlist, tracking the infrastructure, tokenization, and capital flows shaping the next phase of crypto.→ https://tokentrust.substack.comManaging significant capital, advising clients, or building an institutional allocation?Book a positioning session.→ https://www.tokentrustadvisors.xyzIf this episode helped you better understand where capital is moving, please follow the show and leave a review. It helps more investors discover the podcast.The Chip Mahoney Show is part of Big Pond Podcast and represented by DV Collective. Views are for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Music licensed through Spotify Creators. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

August 3, 202618 min

Beneath the Coldcard Hack: Why Structure, Not Keys, Decides Who Survives

$89 million left "the safest place to keep Bitcoin" in a single weekend — and the attacker never touched a device. This week the Coldcard flaw turned the whole self-custody-versus-exchange debate into the wrong argument. I break down what actually failed (a layer below anything a user could see), why "cold wallet" tells you almost nothing on its own, and the structural lens that separated the holders who lost everything from the ones who didn't. Capital comes before price — and structure Where do you stand?Most crypto investors know what they own. Few know where they actually stand in the shift to on-chain finance.Start with ALEN, the free 60-second diagnostic that helps you see where durable value capture lives.→ https://tokentrustadvisors.xyz/alenWant the assets before they're headlines?Signals is my institutional watchlist, tracking the infrastructure, tokenization, and capital flows shaping the next phase of crypto.→ https://tokentrust.substack.comManaging significant capital, advising clients, or building an institutional allocation?Book a positioning session.→ https://www.tokentrustadvisors.xyzIf this episode helped you better understand where capital is moving, please follow the show and leave a review. It helps more investors discover the podcast.The Chip Mahoney Show is part of Big Pond Podcast and represented by DV Collective. Views are for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Music licensed through Spotify Creators. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

July 30, 202621 min

Would You Let AI Be Your Advisor?

AI agents are quickly evolving from assistants into economic payment ninjas. The latest development allowing models like ChatGPT and Claude to initiate crypto transactions has sparked a much bigger conversation: Would you let AI be your financial advisor? Where do you stand?Most crypto investors know what they own. Few know where they actually stand in the shift to on-chain finance.Start with ALEN, the free 60-second diagnostic that helps you see where durable value capture lives.→ https://tokentrustadvisors.xyz/alenWant the assets before they're headlines?Signals is my institutional watchlist, tracking the infrastructure, tokenization, and capital flows shaping the next phase of crypto.→ https://tokentrust.substack.comManaging significant capital, advising clients, or building an institutional allocation?Book a positioning session.→ https://www.tokentrustadvisors.xyzIf this episode helped you better understand where capital is moving, please follow the show and leave a review. It helps more investors discover the podcast.The Chip Mahoney Show is part of Big Pond Podcast and represented by DV Collective. Views are for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Music licensed through Spotify Creators. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

July 27, 202630 min

Rebuilding Crypto: Clarity Act, Genius and What's Next

The cryptocurrency market isn't what it was before, and that's a good thing. In this episode, I cover the rebuilding of crypto with the Clarity Act and more, including a project on Signals that's gone up while Goldfinch has gone in reverse. Where do you stand?Most crypto investors know what they own. Few know where they actually stand in the shift to on-chain finance.Start with ALEN, the free 60-second diagnostic that helps you see where durable value capture lives.→ https://tokentrustadvisors.xyz/alenWant the assets before they're headlines?Signals is my institutional watchlist, tracking the infrastructure, tokenization, and capital flows shaping the next phase of crypto.→ https://tokentrust.substack.comManaging significant capital, advising clients, or building an institutional allocation?Book a positioning session.→ https://www.tokentrustadvisors.xyzIf this episode helped you better understand where capital is moving, please follow the show and leave a review. It helps more investors discover the podcast.The Chip Mahoney Show is part of Big Pond Podcast and represented by DV Collective. Views are for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Music licensed through Spotify Creators. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

July 21, 202626 min

Did The USA Drop The Ball In Soccer And In Crypto?

The USA got the ultimate red card when it came to the World Cup. Is crypto next? Where do you stand?Most crypto investors know what they own. Few know where they actually stand in the shift to on-chain finance.Start with ALEN, the free 60-second diagnostic that helps you see where durable value capture lives.→ https://tokentrustadvisors.xyz/alenWant the assets before they're headlines?Signals is my institutional watchlist, tracking the infrastructure, tokenization, and capital flows shaping the next phase of crypto.→ https://tokentrust.substack.comManaging significant capital, advising clients, or building an institutional allocation?Book a positioning session.→ https://www.tokentrustadvisors.xyzIf this episode helped you better understand where capital is moving, please follow the show and leave a review. It helps more investors discover the podcast.The Chip Mahoney Show is part of Big Pond Podcast and represented by DV Collective. Views are for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Music licensed through Spotify Creators. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

July 13, 202624 min

Bitcoin, Injective & the First Staked INJ ETF

The first staked Injective ETF filing, the executives gathering in Washington, and why institutional infrastructure matters more than short-term price action. Plus, why I continue to believe Bitcoin is Capital—regardless of where the chart is this week. Where do you stand?Most crypto investors know what they own. Few know where they actually stand in the shift to on-chain finance.Start with ALEN, the free 60-second diagnostic that helps you see where durable value capture lives.→ https://tokentrustadvisors.xyz/alenWant the assets before they're headlines?Signals is my institutional watchlist, tracking the infrastructure, tokenization, and capital flows shaping the next phase of crypto.→ https://tokentrust.substack.comManaging significant capital, advising clients, or building an institutional allocation?Book a positioning session.→ https://www.tokentrustadvisors.xyzIf this episode helped you better understand where capital is moving, please follow the show and leave a review. It helps more investors discover the podcast.The Chip Mahoney Show is part of Big Pond Podcast and represented by DV Collective. Views are for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Music licensed through Spotify Creators. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

July 6, 202632 min

Bitcoin Is Capital, If It Survives This

More than 50% off the all-time high. That's not a caveat. That's the test. Bitcoin is down roughly half from its October peak — its worst stretch since 2022. This episode makes the capital thesis falsifiable: if custody, settlement, treasury policy, ETF access, and long-duration ownership only ever rode the bull run, this drawdown exposes it. If they hold, that's the proof. Full article: https://medium.com/@chip_mahoney/bitcoin-is-capital-if-it-survives-this-e99399757d99 Where do you stand?Most crypto investors know what they own. Few know where they actually stand in the shift to on-chain finance.Start with ALEN, the free 60-second diagnostic that helps you see where durable value capture lives.→ https://tokentrustadvisors.xyz/alenWant the assets before they're headlines?Signals is my institutional watchlist, tracking the infrastructure, tokenization, and capital flows shaping the next phase of crypto.→ https://tokentrust.substack.comManaging significant capital, advising clients, or building an institutional allocation?Book a positioning session.→ https://www.tokentrustadvisors.xyzIf this episode helped you better understand where capital is moving, please follow the show and leave a review. It helps more investors discover the podcast.The Chip Mahoney Show is part of Big Pond Podcast and represented by DV Collective. Views are for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Music licensed through Spotify Creators. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

July 2, 202627 min

Quietly Rebuilding the Rules: GENIUS Act, Structure, and Where Capital Positions Next

Crypto infrastructure and institutional capital are being repositioned beneath the noise of the World Cup. On July 18, six federal agencies finalize GENIUS Act stablecoin rules — one year after enactment — quietly resetting who can issue, how much capital they need, and where value capture actually sits. Where do you stand?Most crypto investors know what they own. Few know where they actually stand in the shift to on-chain finance.Start with ALEN, the free 60-second diagnostic that helps you see where durable value capture lives.→ https://tokentrustadvisors.xyz/alenWant the assets before they're headlines?Signals is my institutional watchlist, tracking the infrastructure, tokenization, and capital flows shaping the next phase of crypto.→ https://tokentrust.substack.comManaging significant capital, advising clients, or building an institutional allocation?Book a positioning session.→ https://www.tokentrustadvisors.xyzIf this episode helped you better understand where capital is moving, please follow the show and leave a review. It helps more investors discover the podcast.The Chip Mahoney Show is part of Big Pond Podcast and represented by DV Collective. Views are for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Music licensed through Spotify Creators. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.