News with the tag "Chamath Palihapitiya"

Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya says the US government can get its federal sovereign wealth fund up and running by leveraging its Bitcoin ( BTC ) holdings. On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order for the Treasury and Commerce Departments to create a fund desig...

Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya thinks dollar-denominated stablecoins will be this year’s biggest business winners. Palihapitiya says in a new episode of the All-In Podcast that stablecoins largely become uncoupled from the volatility of the crypto sector in 2024. The venture cap...

Chamath Palihapitiya, CEO of the VC firm Social Capital, predicts that stablecoin usage may go mainstream in 2025 as President-Elect Trump addresses high credit interest rates and transaction fees. He assesses that stablecoin adoption has reached a “point of no return.” Chamath Palihapitiya: Stablec...

Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya says the US economy is not doing so well despite glowing reports to the contrary. In a new episode of the All-in Podcast, Palihapitiya shares data suggesting that government consumption accounts for much of the growth witnessed by the economy in th...

Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya says Bitcoin (BTC) is cementing its role as the ultimate asset that protects investor capital against inflation. In a new episode of the All-In Podcast, the Social Capital CEO and early Bitcoin investor says BTC is positioned to usurp gold as the t...

Federal securities regulators are suing the founder of the social media project BitClout, now known as Decentralized Social (DeSo). In its complaint, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleges that since November 2020, Nader Al-Naji raised more than $257 million from unregistered offe...

Chamath Palihapitiya, the founder and CEO of Social Capital, a venture capital firm, has explained how bitcoin could reach $500,000 or even higher price levels in the coming months. During a podcast, Chamath clarified that considering the price performance in the previous halving cycles, bitcoin cou...

Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya says it would be a smart move for some countries to use Bitcoin (BTC) alongside their local currency. In a new installment of the All-In Podcast, Palihapitiya says he recently spoke with Wences Casares – a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who introduced...

Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya believes that the US economy is already in the midst of a downturn. In a new episode of the All-In Podcast, Palihapitiya explores why more than half of Americans believe the economy is in a recession even though the GDP rose by 1.6% last quarter. A...

Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya says Bitcoin is approaching its watershed moment as BTC makes its way into American households. In the latest episode of the All-In Podcast, Palihapitiya says the approval of spot market Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is changing the game for...