Crypto In America

On March 10, 2025, the Crypto In America podcast released its first episode, “Intro.” On March 12, the newsletter of the same name published its first preview post on Substack, saying it would appear every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, with the first regular post on March 17.⁠[1][2][2][2]

The first episode, released on March 19, featured Hester PeirceHester PeirceHester Peirce is a lawyer and financial regulator who served as a Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from January 2018 to October 2026 and was appointed in January 2025 to lead the agency’s Crypto Task Force. She long advocated clear rules for crypto assets, opposed regulation by enforcement, and proposed a token “safe harbor.”Open the full entry, a commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and head of its Crypto Task Force; the episode notes listed the three hosts, Jacquelyn Melinek, Gerald Gallagher, and Eleanor Terrett, and thanked Sei for making the podcast possible. A special episode released on March 21, recorded during the Blockworks Digital Asset Summit in New York, featured Bo Hines, executive director of the Presidential Working Group on Digital Assets.⁠[1][1][1][1][1][1]

In September 2026, the newsletter covered the pivotal Senate vote on the crypto market structure bill known as the Clarity Act and its aftermath. In late September, Eleanor Terrett moderated a panel at Georgetown University’s Psaros Financial Markets Quality Conference with White House Crypto Council Executive Director Patrick Witt and former Counselor to the Treasury Secretary for Digital Assets Tyler Williams examining why the bill failed in the Senate.⁠[3][3][4][4]

On September 28, 2026, the show released Eleanor Terrett’s interview with former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin BehnamRostin BehnamRostin Behnam (commonly known as Russ Behnam) is an American lawyer and financial regulator who served as a commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from 2017 to 2025, including as acting chairman from January 2021 and as its 15th chairman from January 2022 to January 2025. In office he repeatedly called on Congress to give the CFTC direct authority over spot digital asset markets, and he led enforcement after the collapse of FTX and the prohibition of Kalshi’s political event contracts; earlier he was counsel to Senator Debbie Stabenow.Open the full entry, discussing prediction market regulation, the possibility that related litigation reaches the Supreme Court, and crypto regulation after the setback to the Clarity Act; the next day’s newsletter presented the interview under the title “Where Does Risk Management End and Gambling Begin?”⁠[1][1][4]

Crypto In America describes itself as a podcast and newsletter offering a deep dive into the intersection of cryptocurrency, American policy, and the digital asset industry. The show centers on interviews with the most influential American crypto policymakers, legal minds, and founders, is co-hosted by Eleanor Terrett, Jacquelyn Melinek, and Gerald Gallagher, and states that it is powered by Sei.⁠[5][6][7]

As of October 2026, the newsletter appears every Monday and Thursday; the podcast has 148 episodes listed on Apple Podcasts and is also published on SpotifySpotifySpotify is an audio streaming subscription service offering on-demand music, podcasts, and audiobooks through a free ad-supported service and a paid Premium subscription. Its parent company, Spotify Technology S.A., is incorporated in Luxembourg, has its principal operations in Stockholm, Sweden, and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker SPOT). It helped move the recorded-music business from buying and owning music to on-demand streaming and is one of the largest audio streaming subscription services by users.Open the full entry, YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry, and Rumble.⁠[4][8][6]

Crypto In America: Official website: https://www.cryptoinamerica.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[6]

X: Public account: https://x.com/CryptoAmerica_ (opens in a new window)⁠[1]

YouTube: Public channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Crypto_In_America (opens in a new window)⁠[6]