The Cryptopolitan Podcast 50 – Basil Al Askari of MidChains

Basil Al Askari, co-founder and CEO of MidChains, joins us on the Cryptopolitan Podcast for a conversation about where crypto actually stands in 2026. We cover the global regulatory picture, MiCA, the GENIUS Act, and what changes if the CLARITY Act passes, before turning to the rapid growth of tokenised real-world assets. Basil then takes us behind the OTC desk to explain how institutional money really moves and closes on whether the four-year cycle still holds and which sectors he’s watching next.