Douglas Tuman

Ray Youssef on Why the U.S. Targeted Him for Growing the P2P Crypto Economy

March 6th, 2026  |  1 hr 14 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, p2p, paxful, privacy, privacycoin, rayyoussef, us, xmr

TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk, host Douglas Tuman interviews Ray Youssef, who recounts his dramatic arrest at a crypto conference and discusses the U.S. government’s case against him following his work building the peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace Paxful. Youssef argues that regulators targeted him for helping grow the global P2P crypto economy, describing secret indictments, compliance struggles, and what he views as an effort to criminalize decentralized financial tools.

The conversation explores the broader implications for cryptocurrency innovation, financial freedom, and privacy—especially within the Monero community—while also veering into Youssef’s personal philosophy, faith, and his belief that building alternative financial systems is key to resisting centralized control.

MoneroTopia26 debrief w/ ULY + Price, News & More! | EPI 252

March 1st, 2026  |  3 hrs 25 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 252 - MoneroTopia26 debrief w/ UXY + Price, News of the week & More!

Doug is LIVE at Topia26 venue! Speaker, Ray Youssef oof Noones! + Price, News & More! | EPI 251

February 8th, 2026  |  2 hrs 24 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, jeffreyepstein, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, rayyoussef, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 251 - DouglasTuman is LIVE at MoneroTopia26 venue in CDMX! Also, MoneroTopia26 speaker, Ray Youssef CEO & Chief Advocate of Noones app + Price, News of the week & More!

Zano Confidential Assets in Action: real-world private DeFi applications | EPI 377

February 4th, 2026  |  56 mins 7 secs

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, defi, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, p2p, privacy, privacycoin, xmr, zano

TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk, Douglas Tuman talks with the team behind Zano to explore how confidential assets are being used in real-world DeFi scenarios. The conversation breaks down what Zano’s confidential assets are, how they differ from typical privacy coins, and why asset-level privacy matters for practical financial applications.

The guests walk through concrete use cases—including private token issuance, payments, and DeFi-style interactions—while also discussing technical design choices, trust assumptions, and trade-offs between privacy, usability, and scalability. They cover Zano’s future plans for expanding the possibilities of private, censorship-resistant finance beyond simple peer-to-peer transactions.

MoneroTopia26 speaker, Vit Jedlicka, Founder & President of Liberland + Price & News! | EPI 250

February 1st, 2026  |  2 hrs 17 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, liberland, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, vitjedlicka, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 250 - MoneroTopia26 speaker, Vit Jedlicka, Founder & President of Liberland + Price, News of the week & More!

Anhdres chats about Spanish stage at Topia26 + Price, News of the week & More! | EPI 249

January 25th, 2026  |  4 hrs 48 secs

anhdres, bitcoin, blackrock, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, davos, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, silver, xmr, zcash

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 249 - Anhdres to talk about the Spanish stage at Topia26 + Price, News of the week & More!

Growing Firo on AnonBazaar.com and more with Reuben Yap | EPI 376

January 22nd, 2026  |  1 hr 34 mins

anonbazaar, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, firo, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, reubenyap, xmr

TODAY'S SHOW: This episode of Monero Talk features Reuben Yap discussing the growth and direction of Firo as a privacy-focused cryptocurrency, alongside broader developments in the privacy ecosystem such as AnonBazaar.

Reuben explains Firo’s evolution, including its approach to privacy technology, decentralization, and usability, while addressing the challenges of maintaining strong privacy guarantees in a changing regulatory and technical landscape.

The conversation also touches on real-world use cases, adoption hurdles, and the importance of building privacy-preserving marketplaces and tools that go beyond speculation. The episode offers a look at how projects like Firo and AnonBazaar make financial privacy more practical and censorship resistant.

Special Guest MoneroTopia26 speaker Daniel from PirateChain + Price, News, and More! | EPI 248

January 18th, 2026  |  4 hrs 21 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, eleanorterret, fungible, jackdorsey, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, piratechain, privacy, privacycoin, xmr, zashi

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 248 - Special Guest Daniel + Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tux & MUCH MORE!

Special Guest Xenu + Price, News, and More! | EPI 247

January 11th, 2026  |  3 hrs 16 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, gavinnewsom, l0lal33tz, mobs, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, wagyu, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 247 - Special Guest Xenu, Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tux & MUCH MORE!

Aaluxx of Maya Protocol on Decentralized Swaps & Untraceable Digital Cash | EPI 375

January 9th, 2026  |  50 mins 57 secs

aaluxx, bitcoin, blockchain, cacao, crypto, cryptocurrency, dex, fungible, mayaprotocol, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, thorchain, xmr

TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk, Douglas Tuman interviews Aaluxx, co-founder of Maya Protocol, about cross-chain decentralized exchange technology, tokenomics, and real-world crypto adoption.

Aaluxx explains how Maya Protocol, a permissionless cross-chain DEX forked from ThorChain, enables swaps across major blockchains while facing inherent scalability limits. He discusses the technical barriers to Monero integration, outlines Maya’s dual-token model (Cacao and Maya), and shares insights on cryptocurrency adoption in Mexico, emphasizing utility-driven development over speculation. The conversation also covers Maya’s collaborative stance toward other cross-chain projects like Serai DEX and briefly touches on the upcoming Monerotopia conference in Mexico City.

MoneroTopia Episode 246! | Price, News & MUCH MORE!

January 3rd, 2026  |  3 hrs 39 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, donaldtrump, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, trump, usa, venezuela, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 246 - Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Doug & MUCH MORE!

MoneroTopia26 Artist ULYXYZ! | EPI 245

December 27th, 2025  |  2 hrs 6 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, trump, ulyxyz, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 245 - MoneroTopia 26 Artist ULYXYZ! + Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Doug & MUCH MORE!

Trust-Minimized XMR Liquidity: Atomic Swaps Without Bridges or KYC with Omar Espejel | EPI 374

December 24th, 2025  |  55 mins 41 secs

bitcoin, blake2, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, defi, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, omarespejel, privacy, privacycoin, serai, starknet, xmr

TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk Douglas Tuman has a conversation with Omar Espejel, a StarkNet Foundation developer building trustless atomic swaps between Monero and StarkNet, aimed at providing decentralized on- and off-ramps amid widespread exchange delistings. Omar explains his background in the StarkNet ecosystem, his alignment with Monero’s privacy-first values, and a personal experience that led him to prioritize financial privacy. The discussion focuses on a new atomic swap design enabled by StarkNet’s recent move to BLAKE2s hashing, allowing low-cost, peer-to-peer swaps where cryptographic guarantees ensure either both parties succeed or both fail.

By leveraging audited, open-source code from the Monero community (notably Serai and Commit Network), the project allows Monero users to access broader liquidity and Ethereum DeFi without wrapped assets or trusted bridges. Omar outlines StarkNet’s evolving privacy roadmap, and his intention to present the work at Monero Topia, as part of a broader resurgence in privacy-focused crypto infrastructure.

MT26 Official Travel Partner ShopinBit! | EPI 244

December 21st, 2025  |  3 hrs 28 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, donaldtrump, fungible, landorothbardian, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, shopinbit, trump, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 244 - Special Guest ShopinBit! + Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tux & MUCH MORE!

J.W. Verret’s Debrief of the SEC Roundtable on Financial Surveillance & Privacy | EPI 373

December 19th, 2025  |  1 hr 2 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, defi, fungible, garygensler, jwverret, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, sec, tomemmert, tommassey, xmr, zcash

TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk, Douglas Tuman and J.W. Verrett discuss privacy in cryptocurrency, regulatory issues, and the latest developments in the crypto space. J.W. shares insights from a recent SEC roundtable on privacy, where he praised SEC Chairman Gary Gensler's unexpected pro-privacy stance.

The conversation also touches on crypto-friendly politicians, including Congressmen Tom Massey and Tom Emmert, and discusses the potential of tokenized equity in DeFi, allowing global access to U.S. markets. JW highlights legal challenges faced by privacy tool developers, offers thoughts on Monero vs. Zcash, and reflects on recent progress within the Zcash Foundation.

MoneroTopia26 speakers Mike Hassard & Tor Ekeland + Price, News of the week & More! | EPI 243

December 14th, 2025  |  4 hrs 9 mins

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MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼EPISODE 243 - MoneroTopia26 speakers Mike Hassard & Tor Ekeland + Price, News of the week & More!