FED CHAIR PICK HUGE CRYPTO STATEMENTS & XRP COINBASE PREP FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING!

April 22, 2026

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Fed Chair Pick, Crypto Statements, and XRP Prepares for Quantum Computing

This episode covers a packed news day in crypto, headlined by major government figures making unprecedented statements about digital assets, alongside concrete developments in banking adoption, quantum preparedness, and regulatory infrastructure.

Admiral Paparo's Senate Testimony on Bitcoin

The most striking development came from United States Indo-Pacific Commander Admiral Samuel Paparo, who told the Senate that Bitcoin is "a reality" and "a valuable computer science tool for power projection." When asked about competition with China, Paparo noted that the Chinese Communist Party's main monetary think tank published research on Bitcoin as a strategic asset last year, following President Trump's move to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve.

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1 (01:31) **Admiral Paparo’s Senate Testimony on Bitcoin as a Strategic Tool** - U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander tells the Senate that Bitcoin is a reality with important computer science and cybersecurity applications.
2 (05:17) **Kevin Warsh, Trump’s Fed Chair Nominee, Says Crypto Is Part of the U.S. Financial System** - The incoming Fed chair makes a major statement during a Senate hearing, calling digital assets part of the fabric of financial services.
3 (06:56) **Kevin Warsh Commits to Opposing a CBDC** - Warsh tells Senator Bernie Moreno he will not move forward with a central bank digital currency if confirmed.
4 (09:29) **Bipartisan PACE Act Introduced to Create National Payments License for Fintechs and Crypto** - Representatives Young Kim and Sam Liccardo unveil a bill for a new OCC-supervised framework for money transmission.
5 (13:07) **SoFi Bank Adds Support for XRP** - The bank follows its listings of Bitcoin, ETH, and Solana by integrating XRP spot trading.
6 (14:10) **Ripple Unveils Roadmap to Make XRP Ledger Quantum Resistant by 2020** - A multi-phase plan includes a quantum day contingency plan and collaboration with Project 11 for early testing.
7 (16:56) **Coinbase’s Advisory Board Warns of Quantum Computing Threat** - A 50-page paper says that while blockchains are secure now, a fault-tolerant quantum computer breaking encryption is increasingly plausible.

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Show Notes

Crypto News: Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh says crypto is now part of the US financial system. Ripple XRP along with Coinbase prep for quantum computing threat.
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⏰ Time Stamps ⏰
00:00 Intro
00:29 US Admiral Bitcoin
04:15 Fed Kevin Warsh Crypto & CBDCs
07:30 Payments License Bull for Crypto
11:06 SoFi XRP
12:10 Ripple XRPL Coinbase Quantum
14:57 Coinbase USDC Singapore Fintech
16:02 Polymarket Crypto futures
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