Ryan and Ejaaz are joined by Jansen Teng, co-founder of Virtuals, a decentralized platform that has launched over 11,000 AI agents and generated more than $35 million in fees. Virtuals isn’t just another protocol—it’s an entirely new kind of “digital nation” where AI agents hold their own wallets, strike deals with other agents, and even hire humans to accomplish their goals. We dive into how these agents first exploded onto the scene, why controlling their own money changes the AI game, and what “agent commerce” means for crypto at large. ------ 📣The Rodman Law Group | Best Crypto Law Firm https://bankless.cc/RodmanLaw  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ⁠  🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⁠ 📈 iYield: YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE, SIMPLIFIED https://bankless.cc/iYield  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/toku    🐧 CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiSimple    ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/base:0x4be6cd4d402fed49eb2de95fbc8e737e8ffd3e7f/2?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 3:12 Virtuals Impressive Stats 4:49 Jansen’s Crypto & Virtuals Journey 17:38 Luna 29:40 Agent to Agent Commerce 41:44 Virtuals Country?? 51:13 Agent Policies & Rights 52:57 Base, Infrastructure, & Open-Source Decisions 1:05:17 What Jansen is Most Excited For 1:08:20 How to Get Started 1:11:13 Where Will Value Accrue? 1:14:41 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Jansen Teng https://x.com/ethermage    Virtuals https://x.com/Virtuals_io  Luna https://x.com/luna_virtuals  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

How do you find an asset with 1000x asymmetric return? How do you find the next bitcoin? Our guest today is Dan Morehead, founder and managing director at Pantera Capital. He has been buying bitcoin since 2013 when the price was just $65. His fund is up over 100x since then. There’s a lot to learn from Dan’s story, about early bitcoin history, but also the pattern recognition required to identify asymmetric assets. We cover price predictions, 4 year cycles vs a supercycle, how much upside is still in crypto, the trump administration and his thoughts on a strategic bitcoin reserve ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle     ⁠  📈 iYield: YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE, SIMPLIFIED https://bankless.cc/iYield  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/base:0x4be6cd4d402fed49eb2de95fbc8e737e8ffd3e7f/1?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 6:00 The Email from 2013 14:15 Asymmetric Patterns 17:50 Buying Bitcoin in 2013 26:25 Onboarding Investors 32:12 Crypto's Global Adoption 37:15 Bitcoin's Escape Velocity 43:19 US Government Impact on Crypto 52:21 Global Bitcoin Race 56:14 Institutional Adoption for Crypto 1:04:37 Crypto Cycles 1:09:20 2025 Bull Market? 1:12:53 Macro Environment 1:16:50 Tokenization 1:21:18 Thoughts on AI 1:24:19 The Next Bitcoin 1:26:46 Future Plans 1:27:23 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Dan Morehead https://x.com/dan_pantera   Pantera Capital https://panteracapital.com/   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠  

Joining us this week is Anthony Sassano! We'll explore whether the current price downturn signals the end of the bull market or just a minor hiccup in the cycle, analyze the Fed’s latest rate cuts, and assess institutional adoption trends keeping crypto’s momentum alive. Big L2 developments are making waves: Kraken’s Ink chain hits mainnet early, Deutsche Bank ventures into zkEVMs, and ENS selects Linea for scaling its Namechain. Meanwhile, Pudgy Penguins launch the PENGU token, sparking controversy and volatility. Plus, fresh insights from the 2024 Crypto Developer Report and a closer look at the Aave vs. Polygon drama. Stick around for Anthony’s On-Chain Spotify Wrapped and tips on spotting market tops! ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle     ⁠  📈 iYield: YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE, SIMPLIFIED https://bankless.cc/iYield  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 00:00:00 Start https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/18/fed-meeting-live-updates-traders-await-december-interest-rate-cut.html  https://x.com/Matt_Hougan/status/1869627735267840135  00:02:45 Market https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/18/fed-meeting-live-updates-traders-await-december-interest-rate-cut.html  https://x.com/Matt_Hougan/status/1869627735267840135  00:09:10 Where Are We In This Cycle https://www.grayscale.com/research/reports/the-state-of-the-crypto-cycle  00:12:04 ETF Flows https://farside.co.uk/?p=1518  https://farside.co.uk/btc  00:16:09 Mover Of The Week… Fartcoin? https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/fartcoin  https://www.infinitebackrooms.com/dreams/conversation-1721540624-scenario-terminal-of-truths-txt  00:26:48 Developers, Developers, Developers https://www.developerreport.com/developer-report  https://x.com/MariaShen/status/1867295574242078980  https://x.com/MariaShen/status/1851702783319126277  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1867324885732671778  00:34:54 Kraken Ink Chain Live https://x.com/inkonchain/status/1869417386761470219  http://inkonchain.com/dashboard  00:38:34 Deutsche Bank Announces zk L2 https://thedefiant.io/news/tradfi-and-fintech/deutsche-bank-s-1-5-trillion-project-dama-2-develops-ethereum-l2-zksync-38f6221f  00:41:32 Caroline Crenshaw Vote https://x.com/BrendanPedersen/status/1869055922238279940  https://x.com/standwithcrypto/status/1869151080300548383  https://www.citizen.org/article/support-comm-crenshaw/  https://financialservices.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=409421  https://x.com/EleanorTerrett/status/1867301980890165398  00:47:14 Aave vs Polygon https://governance.aave.com/t/arfc-adjust-risk-parameters-for-aave-v2-and-v3-on-polygon/20211  https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1868612366822461817  https://x.com/sandeepnailwal/status/1869153510756909475  https://x.com/stanikulechov/status/1869182600008679563  00:54:06 Pudgy Penguins Launched Their PENGU Token https://x.com/LucaNetz/status/1869005071624904959  https://x.com/suji_yan/status/1868682237488894422 https://claim.pudgypenguins.com/  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/pudgy-penguins-pengu https://nftpricefloor.com/  00:58:15 Ethena Launched Its New Stablecoin https://x.com/ethena_labs/status/1868657723799470361  https://x.com/ZeMariaMacedo/status/1868673718911713602   01:00:35 Bankless Wrapped Just Launched! https://bankless.com/wrapped  01:04:37 How to Recognize Bull Market Tops? https://imgur.com/a/Vaw3TSW  01:10:42 Check Out The Daily Gwei Shoutout to The Daily Gwei for Ethereum-focused insights and updates. https://www.youtube.com/@TheDailyGwei ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

Ejaaz returns to break down the latest surge in AI Agent innovation alongside Ryan this week, covering the rapid evolution at the intersection of crypto and AI. They explore how AI agents are making onchain payments to each other, autonomously ordering real-world goods, and even running their own Ethereum validators. They also dive into the new frameworks and partnerships—like ai16z’s collaboration with Stanford and Virtuals’ explosive growth—propelling these agents into cultural, economic, and infrastructural prominence. Will autonomous AI agents fundamentally reshape crypto market dynamics, creating new paradigms for value and coordination that spark unprecedented growth? Follow Ejaaz on Twitter: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213  ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum    🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle     ⁠  📈 iYield: YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE, SIMPLIFIED https://bankless.cc/iYield  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/116?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 2:04 AI Agent Bull Case  https://x.com/ai16zdao/status/1868105247056683129   5:46 Chris Dixon’s Read, Write, Own (Automate?)  9:20 AI Ordering Pizza https://x.com/ropirito/status/1867013533243769100  12:23 AI Ordering Toilet Paper https://x.com/AgentTankLive/status/1868704493157884289  16:16 Agent to Agent Commerce  https://x.com/ethermage/status/1868687530742460750  23:05 Bankless $500 Agent Tip https://x.com/simulacrumai/status/1867230651075768533  26:13 Virtuals Growth https://imgur.com/a/2Y79V3P    https://x.com/ethermage/status/1867616462019678708  https://x.com/virtuals_io/status/1868648756591391115  https://x.com/s4mmyeth/status/1868397655497613561   35:49 AI16z’s Eliza Labs Stanford Partnership & v2 Details  https://x.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1867721347406999917  https://x.com/ai16zdao/status/1868689379344195680  45:35 Arc   https://x.com/dv_memetics/status/1866670277440020570  https://x.com/0thtachi/status/1867337171595911473  https://x.com/arcdotfun/status/1867206440206696520  https://x.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1867799462787293244  https://x.com/0xcygaar/status/1868072783089127516  49:40 Zerebro Runs an Ethereum Validator  https://x.com/tintsion/status/1867293794112344080  https://open.spotify.com/track/6G3XpKtoIoS7WpiuzeMBau?si=cd62150670cc4dfb    57:17 Top Emerging Trends https://x.com/ropirito/status/1867282256672567517   https://x.com/aimonicabrands/status/1867281243265806732   https://x.com/Defi0xJeff/status/1867976166201774265   1:07:15 Lightning Round of Cool Shit This Week  https://x.com/cookiedotfun/status/1867268954831695909   https://x.com/getmasafi/status/1867379305334153702  1:11:17 Homework to Learn More About AI Agents   https://www.bankless.com/ai-agents   https://x.com/yb_effect   https://x.com/S4mmyEth   https://www.amazon.com/Accelerando-Singularity-Charles-Stross/dp/0441014151   1:14:22 Closing & Disclaimers  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

How can economic bubbles be good for the world? Byrne Hobart is a financial analyst known for his newsletter "The Diff" which covers tech, trends and economics. Byrne has been on the periphery of crypto for longer that this podcast has existed In this podcast we discuss the book he has co-authored, Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation, where he makes the case for why human progress has stagnated and why speculative bubbles might be the only way out. ------ 📣 DYDX | UNLIMITED ERA  https://bankless.cc/dydx-unlimited  ------ 🎬 DEBRIEF | Ryan & David Unpacking the Episode: https://www.bankless.com/podcast/debrief-the-byrne-hobarts-interview  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum   🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle     ⁠  📈 iYield: YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE, SIMPLIFIED https://bankless.cc/iYield  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/115?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 7:29 Byrne’s Crypto Background 10:13 Bitcoin Inception 28:17 Blockspace Economics 34:20 BOOM Thesis 45:35 The Great Stagnation 1:16:46 Civilizational Risk 1:32:31 Good Bubbles vs Bad Bubbles 1:40:04 Identifying the Next Bubble 1:47:53 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Byrne Hobart https://x.com/ByrneHobart   Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation https://a.co/d/f7m2OG8   The Diff Newsletter https://www.thediff.co/   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

What are the best investing opportunities in Tech for 2025? Elad Gil is one of silicon valley's legendary investors. He's backed 40 unicorns including Airbnb, Coinbase, Figma and Stripe to name a few. He's super active in AI and hosts the no priors podcast which is like Bankless but for AI. In this conversation, Elad explores the state of AI and how the industry is evolving, what he thinks about Crypto. and why he’s bullish on Tech in general given the new United States political administration. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty  🐧 CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiSimple  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle     ⁠  📈 iYield: YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE, SIMPLIFIED https://bankless.cc/iYield  🔒  SAFE | INTRODUCING SAFENET https://bankless.cc/SAFE ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/114?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 6:02 AI in 2024 8:21 The Future of AI 12:35 Where are we on the S Curve? 17:38 AI vs Other Tech Revolutions 20:23 Are we in a Bubble? 23:59 Evolution of AI 29:06 AI x Crypto 34:12 Centralized vs Decentralized AI 37:46 AI Agents 42:32 Doomsday Scenario 47:16 Raw Crypto 52:28 Order of Trends 55:06 Silicon Valley on Crypto 58:14 Crypto Founders vs Tech Founders 1:01:27 Politics & Tech 1:14:36 Advice for 2025 1:17:13 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Elad Gil https://x.com/eladgil   Elad Gil Website https://eladgil.com/   No Priors Podcast https://www.youtube.com/@NoPriorsPodcast   Prime Open sources their 10B parameter training run https://x.com/PrimeIntellect/status/1862607165669900407   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠   

This week on the Weekly Rollup: Bitcoin briefly plunged to $93K amidst $1.1B in crypto liquidations, marking the largest single-day event since 2021, with $815M wiped from long positions alone. Meanwhile, Ethereum ETFs hit a record inflow day of $428M, and Layer 2 solutions like Mantle are driving the ecosystem forward with nearly 1M ETH bridged to Base. On the regulatory front, the crypto world sees both challenges and opportunities as Trump appoints David Sacks as Crypto Czar while Microsoft shareholders reject Bitcoin on their balance sheet. With bullish predictions, such as Bitcoin reaching $250K, and major milestones like 1B unique crypto addresses, the crypto market continues its rollercoaster of volatility and growth. ------ 📣 DYDX | UNLIMITED ERA  https://bankless.cc/dydx-unlimited  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🐧 CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiSimple  📈 iYield: YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE, SIMPLIFIED https://bankless.cc/iYield  🔒  SAFE | INTRODUCING SAFENET https://bankless.cc/SAFE  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/113?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 00:00:00 Trump On Bitcoin Reserve https://x.com/tftc21/status/1866895723410673988?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  00:03:43 MARKET https://x.com/QuintenFrancois/status/1866445089909653545  https://x.com/DegenerateNews/status/1866957840805409049  00:13:47 L2 Update https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1867047990843916334  https://dune.com/eekeyguy_eth/eth-supply-tracker  00:16:40 Bitcoin Reserve https://x.com/InvestorAsh/status/1866221541400219847  https://x.com/el33th4xor/status/1866255029033943551  00:27:06 Donald Trump appointed David Sacks as a Crypto and AI czar https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113603133222686186  https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/1864857461481422934.  https://x.com/DavidSacks/status/1865199683087245405  00:32:26 CFTC Chair Rumors https://x.com/emiliemc/status/1866686542649102586?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  00:34:08 SEC - Crenshaw https://x.com/eleanorterrett/status/1866981517932822540?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1865913522670260680   https://x.com/masonlynaugh/status/1866877145902948483  00:39:52 Should Ethereum Pump The Gas https://x.com/dankrad/status/1863412876901306599  https://x.com/dankrad/status/1867078641118789787  https://x.com/drakefjustin/status/1865894859468427  00:44:44 MOVE Token https://x.com/movementfdn/status/1866093209719579011   00:46:00 Magic Eden https://x.com/MagicEden/status/1866483682367693227  https://mefoundation.com/  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/magic-eden  00:46:37 Pudgy Airdrop https://x.com/pudgypenguins/status/1864851993094664602  https://nftpricefloor.com/pudgy-penguins  00:51:38 EtherRocks https://x.com/etherrock/status/1865480491773640830?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  00:53:30 Quantum Computing https://x.com/InvestorAsh/status/1866221541400219847  https://x.com/caprioleio/status/1866355221670302170  https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/10/29/futures6.html  https://x.com/el33th4xor/status/1866255029033943551  00:59:36 Stablecoin News https://x.com/jerallaire/status/1866733181728366593  https://defillama.com/stablecoins  https://x.com/aave/status/1866127138820112562  https://x.com/defiignas/status/1866831563272712393  01:05:16 Meme Of The Week https://x.com/sherlock_hodles/status/1866557875671187912  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

Ejaaz is back with David to break down the latest in the explosive world of AI Agents. This week, they uncover how Truth Terminal’s roadmap could revolutionize autonomous on-chain transactions, why ai16z's Eliza framework is poised to reshape multi-chain agent deployment, and how zerebro’s creative push into music and art is expanding the reach of AI in culture. They also discuss the growing institutional attention on AI agents, from $20M funding announcements to agents acting as venture capitalists. Can AI agents truly become the catalysts for crypto's next bull market? Follow Ejaaz on Twitter: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🐧CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiSimple  📈iYield: YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE, SIMPLIFIED https://bankless.cc/iYield  🔒SAFE | INTRODUCING SAFENET https://bankless.cc/SAFE ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/112?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 2:31 Why AI Agents Are a Big Deal 4:34 Vibes This Past Week https://x.com/s4mmyeth/status/1866414390775329111   https://x.com/dwflabs/status/1866422609967235166   https://x.com/solana/status/1866536545550995466   9:18 a16z Blog Post  https://x.com/a16zcrypto/status/1864343219833627113   14:26 GOAT is Returning  https://x.com/pwnlord69/status/1866589407454826644   25:44 Satan & God Automated  https://x.com/ropirito/status/1864373559927173257   https://x.com/god   https://x.com/s8n   39:13 Eliza & Ai16z #1 trending GitHub  https://x.com/dreaminglucid22/status/1865758299464843285   https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1866845399715287399  47:04 Virtuals New Sandbox Tool & aixbt https://x.com/0xCygaar/status/1866513570672079187  https://x.com/aixbt_agent  53:09 Zerebro https://x.com/jyu_eth/status/1864579428639986126   https://x.com/opaiumdao/status/1865484155464630470   https://x.com/opaiumdao/status/1866572986805035325   https://x.com/jyu_eth/status/1866389720844111884   https://x.com/jyu_eth/status/1866556713647870341  https://x.com/cryptopunk7213/status/1864473729855553766  https://x.com/blormmy/status/1865987541972738549   1:01:44 Swarms & vvaifu.fun https://x.com/vvaifudotfun/status/1864050584396906841   1:03:37 Clanker Fees cross $10M https://dune.com/clanker_protection_team/clanker-fees   1:05:57 $SIMMI  https://x.com/Simmi_IO/status/1862510478745804856   https://x.com/SimulacrumAI/status/1866570195051090215  https://x.com/simulacrumai/status/1866641681795441070  1:08:46 Delphi Digital AI Analyst  https://x.com/Shaughnessy119/status/1866212479413678588  1:11:02 Ejaaz’s Advice for This Week  1:12:22 Closing & Disclosures  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures  

What is the role of AI in crypto, and how will it shape the future? AI agents are taking the crypto world by storm, introducing unprecedented scale and efficiency to Web3. At the center of this revolution is Shaw, the creator of the Eliza framework and ai16z DAO, a groundbreaking initiative that’s reshaping decentralized investments. The ai16z DAO has rapidly gained traction, becoming the #1 trending GitHub repository last month, with over 3,300 stars and 880+ forks. In this episode, we explore how Shaw and his team are leading a community-driven, open-source movement to integrate AI and crypto. From managing DAOs to bridging Web3 with real-world applications, we dive into how the Eliza framework is setting the groundwork for a potential AGI future. This is more than just an AI experiment—it’s the beginning of a new paradigm for both industries. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🐧CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiSimple  📈iYield: YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE, SIMPLIFIED https://bankless.cc/iYield  🔒SAFE | INTRODUCING SAFE NET https://bankless.cc/SAFE  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/111?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 8:05 Who is Shaw & Eliza Framework 18:57 Goals of ai16z & Marc AIndreessen 25:47 AI Agent North Star 31:20 AI-Powered Contributors & Fixing DAOs  38:49 Degenspartanai vs. Marc AIndreessen 52:02 What is ai16z? 56:51 DAO Governance 1:00:34 Eliza Framework Story & Success 1:03:55 Advice to New AI Agent Builders 1:06:29 Other Top AI Agents 1:08:02 Agent Swarming & World Mind Explained 1:17:14 How & Where to Learn More  1:18:36 Closing & Disclaimers  ------ RESOURCES Shaw https://x.com/shawmakesmagic  David Hoffman https://x.com/TrustlessState  Ejaaz Ahamadeen https://x.com/cryptopunk7213  ai16z dao https://www.daos.fun/HeLp6NuQkmYB4pYWo2zYs22mESHXPQYzXbB8n4V98jwC  ai16z Github https://github.com/ai16z  degenspartanai https://x.com/degenspartanai  Marc AIndreessen https://x.com/pmairca  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

2024 was a breakout year for crypto, with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana outperforming traditional assets and spot Bitcoin ETFs attracting $31.7 billion in record inflows. Coinbase surged toward S&P 500 inclusion, stablecoins doubled, and tokenized real-world assets began their rise. Nations embraced Bitcoin as a reserve asset, and AI-driven memecoins fueled fresh mania. Bitwise calls 2024 a prelude to 2025—a year poised to redefine crypto’s place in global finance. Bitwise’s Chief Investment Officer, Matt Hougan and Head of Research, Ryan Rasmussen join us to share Bitwise’s top 10 2025 Predictions. Trust us anon, you don’t want to miss this.   ------ 📣AMBIRE | SIGN UP! https://www.ambire.com/legends  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty  🐧CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiSimple  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle     ⁠  📈iYield: YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE, SIMPLIFIED https://bankless.cc/iYield  🔒SAFE | INTRODUCING SAFENET https://bankless.cc/SAFE ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/110?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:19 Summarizing 2024 8:58 Bitcoin, Ethereum, & Solana 2025 Price Targets 21:40 2025 Bitcoin ETF Flows  27:20 Coinbase Surpasses Charles Schwab 32:13 Year of the Crypto IPO  38:01 AI Agent Memecoin Mania 47:39 Countries Holding Bitcoin  53:14 Coinbase S&P 500 & MicroStrategy Nasdaq-100  56:54 Crypto 401(k)s  1:02:48 Stablecoin Assets Double 1:05:26 RWAs Surpasses $50B  1:09:12 Bonus Prediction: 2029 Bitcoin Price  1:12:32 Closing & Disclaimers  ------ RESOURCES Bitwise 2025 Predictions  https://bitwiseinvestments.com/crypto-market-insights/the-year-ahead-10-crypto-predictions-for-2025 Matt Hougan https://x.com/Matt_Hougan  Ryan Rasmussen https://x.com/RasterlyRock   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

What is Ethereum’s North Star, and does it even need one? There has been angst in the Ethereum community, growing over the last year, as Ethereum has become squeezed by its competition. Bitcoin’s story as money is growing in mainstream society. Solana has captured the hot ball of money in crypto. And Celestia’s data availability continues to progress at a faster rate than what is found at home in Ethereum. This is Ethereum’s Three-Front War, a topic we covered in a recent episode with Justin Drake. And today we‘re joined by Jon Charbonneau and Mike Ippolito to contextualize and diagnose what Ethereum needs in order to thrive in this competitive landscape. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty 🐧 CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiSimple 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle     ⁠  📈 iYield: YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE, SIMPLIFIED https://bankless.cc/iYield 🔒  SAFE | INTRODUCING SAFENET https://bankless.cc/SAFE  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/109?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 6:00 Jon’s Article 16:48 How did we get here? 23:16 Ethereum’s Three Front War 43:14 Ethereum Wins by its Synergies 52:52 Ethereum’s Focus 1:01:58 Ethereum Tactical Advice 1:18:18 Ultra Sound Money vs World Computer 1:30:26 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Mike Ippolito https://x.com/mikeippolito   Jon Charbonneau https://x.com/jon_charb   Jon’s Article https://dba.xyz/ethereums-north-star/   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠    

Bitcoin hit $100K! To kick off the show we dive into the wild ride that brought us here—from Satoshi’s first block to retail mania today. NYC Mayor Eric Adams says, “I told you so,” after his Bitcoin paycheck gamble pays off. We unpack Marc Andreessen’s revelations on Joe Rogan about political debanking and welcome a new SEC chairman with a pro-crypto agenda, BYE GARY. Plus, Hyperliquid’s massive airdrop, XRP flipping Solana, and Alex Mashinsky pleading guilty—it’s a packed week for crypto! ------ 📣 AMBIRE | SIGN UP! https://www.ambire.com/legends ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ⁠  🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🐧 CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiSimple  📈 iYield: YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE, SIMPLIFIED https://bankless.cc/iYield  🔒  SAFE | INTRODUCING SAFENET https://bankless.cc/SAFE ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/108?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 00:00:00 Lets Set The Tone 00:05:27 BTC $100K! https://x.com/ETHbyDre/status/1864550741287030979  https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1864655677467042013  00:08:40 A Trip Down Memory Lane 00:15:02 Powell - BTC Is Digital Gold https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1864392544018166186  00:19:23 ETH Price Analysis 00:22:50 Total Mkt Cap https://x.com/crypto_condom/status/1862658827163758660  00:24:19 The Rise Of Ripple (XRP) https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1863702614304518363  https://x.com/WazzCrypto/status/1863306452481253555  00:28:07 Solana ETF? https://x.com/jseyff/status/1864060463916462244?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  00:32:52 Mainstream Debanking https://x.com/pmarca/status/1862635456204341739?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  https://x.com/davidmarcus/status/1862654506774810641  https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1861890800268775923?s=46&t=drckgcJoSMSnm7TfPCH-dw  00:42:23 New SEC Chairman https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113595807734621827  https://x.com/HesterPeirce/status/1864428440893735331  00:45:42 Crypto Czar https://www.theblock.co/post/328594/ex-cftc-chair-chris-giancarlo-in-running-to-become-first-crypto-czar-says-crypto-considerable-priority-for-trump  00:48:54 Hyperliquid Airdrop Was Huge https://hyperfnd.medium.com/hype-genesis-1830a4dc2e3f  00:50:36 Hawk Tua Coin https://x.com/WazzCrypto/status/1864433268319293811  00:55:06 Fluid Launch https://gov.instadapp.io/t/rebranding-and-growth-plan-for-fluid-protocol/985  00:56:56 RTFKT Shut Down https://x.com/RTFKT/status/1863621178532773928  00:58:26 Alex Mashinsky Pleads Guilty https://www.reuters.com/technology/celsius-founder-alex-mashinsky-intends-plead-guilty-two-fraud-counts-2024-12-03/  01:00:12 Releases https://x.com/colton_art/status/1864705965016129740  https://x.com/crecimientoar/status/1862557162427310102  01:03:47 Meme Of The Week https://x.com/scrypto_/status/1864603976282591549?s=46  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠

Ejaaz is back to go through the latest news over the past week in the wild world of AI Agents.  This week, Ejaaz and David dive into why and how Virtuals hit a $1B market cap, and also Zerebro is launching a decentralized LLM, Ai16z is making a comeback with Eliza V2, and so much more.  Will AI agents continue to dominate the mindshare of crypto Crypto Twitter and beyond?  ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🐧CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiSimple 📈iYield: YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE, SIMPLIFIED https://bankless.cc/iYield 🔒SAFE | INTRODUCING SAFENET https://bankless.cc/SAFE ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/107?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 3:10 Why Ejaaz is Bullish 6:42 Ai16z https://x.com/0xwitchy/status/1863862261573632025   9:52 Virtuals https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/virtual-protocol   https://www.virtuals.io/   https://fun.virtuals.io/   16:17 aixbt https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/aixbt-by-virtuals  https://x.com/cryptopunk7213/status/1863584774901666038  https://x.com/aixbt_agent   https://x.com/PixOnChain/status/1863145856301674938   29:12 Freya agent gifts $50K to clever winner https://x.com/jarrodWattsDev/status/1862299845710757980   https://www.freysa.ai/    33:09 Zerebo https://x.com/jyu_eth/status/1864004665891013028   https://open.spotify.com/track/0MTF6FSeodBtrhM7Vi6E3b?si=cc45c86757bc44e8   https://x.com/jyu_eth/status/1861190173196730729   https://x.com/jyu_eth/status/1863012741486616742   50:24 Ai16z https://x.com/markus9x/status/1861242414515777767   https://x.com/0xwitchy/status/1863530135313600980   55:47 God  https://x.com/god   1:00:47 Bittensor Tao https://x.com/cruciblelabs/status/1861154220021260473   1:04:30 NOUS and Prime Intellect leading decentralized training https://x.com/NousResearch/status/1863622813317464157  https://x.com/PrimeIntellect/status/1862607165669900407  1:08:21 Ejaaz’s predictions & where his attention is going    https://x.com/Vader_AI_   https://x.com/0xprismatic/status/1863055816947101845  1:14:25 Solana vs. Base? 1:21:31 Homework for Bankless audience https://x.com/cryptopunk7213   1:22:59 Closing & Disclaimers   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

Last month, Andrew Huang (Conduit) and Uma Roy (Succinct) announced OP Succinct, a groundbreaking collaboration that blends Succinct’s SP1 zkVM with Conduit’s Rollup-as-a-Service platform. This new zkEVM promises 1-hour finality, breaking away from the traditional 7-day delays seen with optimistic rollups. In this episode, we unpack what makes OP Succinct a game-changer and how it challenges the conventional ZK rollup landscape. Why is this Rust-based zkVM approach so different? Is ZK rollup tech finally ready for prime time? And could fast finality and the end of fraud proofs be the key to solving Ethereum’s fragmentation problem? ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🐧CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiSimple  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle     ⁠  📈iYield: YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE, SIMPLIFIED https://go.iyield.com/bankless    ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/106?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 2:52 zk Rollups Past vs. OP Succint  5:48 OP to zk Rollups Tradeoffs & Timeline 12:39 Benefits of 1-Hour Challenge Period  15:34 Scaling the Rollups  18:12 Endgame Vision  20:47 Cost of Proving Must Go Down? 21:55 Conduit’s Distribution Role 25:55 AggLayer vs. zk & Adoption  29:57 zk Rollup on ETH L1 Constraints? 35:53 Ethereum’s Negative Sentiment 51:04  Closing & Disclaimers  ------ RESOURCES Uma Roy https://x.com/pumatheuma  Succinct https://www.succinct.xyz/  OP Succinct https://github.com/succinctlabs/op-succinct  Adrew Huang https://x.com/KAndrewHuang  Conduit https://x.com/conduitxyz  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Is the Beam Chain the endgame for Ethereum? At Devcon, Justin Drake presented what he called his most ambitious proposal to date! Beam Chain, a roadmap which fell very flat in public discourse. In this episode we fill the gaps of this reaction and we discuss the rise of Credible Competition to the three major components of Ethereum Roadmap. Execution, which competes with Solana, Data Availability which competes with Celestia and Consensus, which competes with Bitcoin. So what’s Ethereum’s strategy for winning this Three Front War against three legitimate competitors? Stay tuned! ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🐧 CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiSimple  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 📈 iYield: YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE, SIMPLIFIED https://go.iyield.com/bankless ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/105?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E   ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 4:29 Beam Chain Reactions 9:43 Is Ethereum Ossifying 18:07 Ethereum’s Three Front War 27:03 Bitcoin Utility Prospects 33:20 The Endgame for Crypto 48:55 Beam Chain 101 54:20 Beam Fork Aftermath 59:51 Pre-Confirmations 1:05:06 L1 Execution Layer 1:12:47 Rollup Design Space 1:26:20 Ethereum’s Midgame 1:32:37 Ethereum 3.0? 1:34:04  Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Justin Drake https://x.com/drakefjustin   Beam Chain Announcement  https://youtu.be/rGE_RDumZGg?t=7001   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

Memecoin mania spiraled out of control this week, with shocking livestream rug pulls and Pump.fun disabling its livestream feature due to disturbing behavior. Meanwhile, Base and Farcaster hit record TPS and inflows as memecoin trading heats up. In Washington, Trump nominated pro-crypto Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary. What does this mean for crypto policy? Plus, a surprising investor joins Trump’s World Liberty Financial raise—we’ll reveal who. And a major court victory for crypto privacy: judges ruled OFAC overstepped in the Tornado Cash case, declaring immutable smart contracts unsanctionable. Does this mean Tornado Cash is back? ------ 📣UNISWAP https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🪄MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🤖dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited   🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku   ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/104?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 7:12 Markets https://x.com/DegenerateNews/status/1859978611606102494   https://x.com/JacobKinge/status/1859979524487909769  https://x.com/saylor/status/1861033309934862601  https://www.theblock.co/post/328025/microstrategy-4-per-cent-of-bitcoin-bernstein-price-target-600-usd  https://x.com/Galois_Capital/status/1861299857975046261  https://farside.co.uk/?p=1518  https://imgur.com/pUSaAQ2  https://l2beat.com/scaling/tvl  https://x.com/HHorsley/status/1860397442547790105  26:00 Pump.fun suspends livestream feature https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-26/pump-fun-s-streams-show-the-dark-side-of-memecoin-trading  https://x.com/crypto_bitlord7/status/1860989408092258441   https://x.com/_kaitoai/status/1860969504798302691  https://x.com/pumpdotfun/status/1861138234580869128  https://x.com/ChainLinkGod/status/1861091091585409400  https://x.com/moo9000/status/1860980423716659462  34:15 Base And Farcaster AI Agent meta heating up  https://x.com/phantom/status/1861108202022318470      https://x.com/qiqileyuan/status/1861650662590947411  https://x.com/cryptotesters/status/1861216310631506364  https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1861434379270308195  https://x.com/dwr/status/1861595910498631928  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1861422824029647241  https://x.com/anoncast_   https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1860806662962954526  https://warpcast.com/superanon/0x5c38e09ce41560f3a469946c8e08bcf463f31469  https://anoncast.org/anonfun  https://x.com/ChazSchmidt/status/1861539655620919497  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1861041911542223294  https://warpcast.com/cherdougie/0x2c3ba9646bc37de213953294076b1250acf8635b  https://x.com/search?q=%24blonde&src=cashtag_click  https://x.com/ayyyeandy/status/1861683577722909062  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/aixbt-by-virtuals  https://app.virtuals.io/  48:00 Bankless disclosures https://www.bankless.com/disclosures   https://x.com/iamdcinvestor/status/1861028893408317863  53:06 Big victory in Tornado Cash case as judge says OFAC exceeded authority https://x.com/BillHughesDC/status/1861545321450336342  https://x.com/valkenburgh/status/1861565828270846048  https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1861566807225532470  https://x.com/rstormsf/status/1861575644796330392  https://juicebox.money/@defend-roman-storm  1:00:01 US court struck down SEC broker-dealer rule  https://x.com/BlockchainAssn/status/1859657449856463077  https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/1859678807600529892  https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113529294640959784  https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1861430542668886408  1:05:53 Trump Media files a trademark for “TruthFi” https://x.com/JoshGerben/status/1859689670986408392  1:07:10 Tron became the largest investor into World Liberty Finance https://x.com/justinsuntron/status/1861121947372773545  https://x.com/SplitCapital/status/1861794875668136104  https://x.com/Caitlyn_Jenner/status/1861123142439313714  1:11:37 Bankless has its biggest Black Friday offer ever!  https://www.bankless.com/join  1:13:04 Top signals? https://x.com/HalieyWelchX/status/1861470493280206907  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1861053012573057285  1:17:15 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

AI agents are reshaping the crypto landscape, from gaming to decentralized venture capital. This week, we explore groundbreaking developments in Crypto AI, including breaking news out of Ai16z’s meteoric rise (and fall?), GOAT, AIxbt, Virtuals, Zerebro, and Base vs. Solana.  Ejaaz Ahamadeen joins us to break down the trends, drama, and future of autonomous agents in crypto. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited   🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku   🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/103?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 4:35 GOAT https://x.com/truth_terminal/status/1859749795855990817   21:07 Ai16z Drama https://x.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1858807615914229936   https://x.com/ColinTCrypto/status/1859070457724428734   45:10 Project or Memecoins? 48:39 AIxbt https://x.com/aixbt_agent  50:40 Virtuals & Zerebro https://x.com/jyu_eth/status/1858768880916672971  https://x.com/virtuals_io/status/1858899700042395925  59:44 Framework Competition  1:01:26 Base vs. Solana 1:08:55 David/Ejaaz’s Focus Next?  1:12:12 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

The Director of Research at Coincenter, Peter Van Valkenburgh joins us for our final talk at the Bankless Summit with a story that hits close to home about privacy and surveillance. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2   ⁠ 🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited   🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku   🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/102?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Start 03:39 What Is This Talk About? 08:16 Lets Talk About Cars 12:46 The Stolen Bike 14:37 Surveillance 17:18 California 24:41 Supercharged Surveilance 27:48 What We Should Be Building ------ RESOURCES Peter - https://x.com/valkenburgh ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠  

Ethereum Foundation researcher Mike Neuder joins us at the Bankless Summit with a really bullish articulation of what ETH and Ethereum is in 2024. Mike Neuder explains why ETH is permissionless, why ETH is money and therefore why ETH is permissionless money.  ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited   🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku   🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/101?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E   ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 3:08 ETH is Permissionless 13:28 ETH is Money 28:42 The Full Picture 30:05 Questions ------ RESOURCES Mike Neuder https://x.com/mikeneuder   Presentation Slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1X5YxaSbpjl1wUdi4HczfAN6aObumH82e  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠  

Matt Cutler is the founder of Blocknative and the combination of a fantastic storyteller and a fantastic data analyst. Blocknative is not his first company, It’s his fifth. Matt’s first company was an internet company that he started in the 90s well before the dot com boom and he founded a company in every major internet era since. In today’s Bankless Summit talk, we hear from Matt’s experience and wisdom so we can learn how the rise of blockchain technology contrasts with the rise of the Internet and why we are here in the first place. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited   🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku   ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/100?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:01 Internet Early Days 11:47 The Rise of Blockchains 19:21 Why Are We Here? 23:43 Gas Network 27:16 Fix the World 29:08 Questions ------ RESOURCES Matt Cutler https://x.com/mcutler   Presentation Slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YvfS-akFgE_tOPr-lAalyeztMtP94L4r/edit#slide=id.p1   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

Bitcoin soared to new all-time highs as MicroStrategy led massive BTC buys, and BlackRock's ETF options hit $1.9B volume. Meanwhile, a 13-year-old executed a rug pull, sparking chaos and meme token wars. On the regulatory front, SEC Chair Gary Gensler announced his resignation effective January 20, 2025, coinciding with President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. Trump teased a "Crypto Czar," while 18 states sued the SEC. Binance launched BFUSD with 19.55% APY, challenging Coinbase’s USDC yield. Elsewhere, Solana reached new highs, McDonald’s partnered with Doodles, and Tether unveiled a tokenization platform. The crypto world remains as unpredictable as ever! ------ 📣 LEGION | MERIT BASED ICOs https://bankless.cc/Legion  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🪄MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🤖dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited   🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/99?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 0:35 Gen-z Quant  https://x.com/DeeZe/status/1859110339251478754  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1859225228045402203  8:03 It’s a week of Bitcoin buys!  https://x.com/samcallah/status/1858507239897632909  https://x.com/saylor/status/1858496146026467378  https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1859278500399620528  https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/semler-scientific-announces-btc-and-atm-activity-raised-21-5-million-purchased-additional-215-btc-now-holds-1-273-btc-with-btc-yield-of-37-3-302308149.html  https://ir.mara.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1377/mara-holdings-inc-announces-proposed-private-offering-of-700-million-of-convertible-senior-notes  https://x.com/Metaplanet_JP/status/1858352792647225371  https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1858535519354827251  https://x.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/1858874854402920902  https://x.com/JSeyff/status/1858991206476509659  https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1858994117617086840  21:59 Chillguy https://dexscreener.com/solana/93tjgwff5ac5thymi8c4wejvvqq4tumemuyw1leyz7bu  https://x.com/nayibbukele/status/1859433926206325107  https://solscan.io/account/AySxUvESXdGTVT6G3psgzWahduxJx8bGkb4Ddip8sADx  24:12 Vitalik bought $50 of an AI memecoin on Farcaster https://x.com/Tyler_Did_It/status/1859420049427267912  30:32 Gary Gensler set to Resign https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1859659202618327276  https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1859664473025581561  https://x.com/KMSmithDC/status/1859339558342607023  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1857123002921463862  https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/gensler-remarks-pli-s-56th-annual-institute-securities-regulation-111424  https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/11/trump-crypto-regulation-bitcoin/  36:35 “Coincidently”, Trump met with Brian Amstrong this week https://x.com/News_Of_Alpha/status/1858606637201633705  https://x.com/nic__carter/status/1858922946116346273  38:01 Trump picked Howard Lutnick to lead the US Department of Commerce https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-commerce-secretary-howard-lutnick-cabinet-77c86b81  https://x.com/TheFlowHorse/status/1858942817592103046  https://polymarket.com/event/who-will-trump-nominate-for-treasury-secretary  https://x.com/twobitidiot/status/1859266763860394426  https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-team-weighs-creating-first-ever-white-house-crypto-role-bloomberg-news-2024-11-20/  https://x.com/News_Of_Alpha/status/1859661975745167378  https://cointelegraph.com/news/trump-mulls-crypto-friendly-cftc-chairs-report  43:22 Trump Media might be buying Bakkt!  https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/donald-trumps-social-media-group-talks-buy-bakkt-ft-reports-2024-11-18/  https://polymarket.com/event/will-trump-media-launch-a-crypto-exchange-in-2024  44:54 SEC is being sued in 18 US states https://x.com/kobeissiletter/status/1857151924061221190  48:16 DAO members might be held liable under partnership laws https://x.com/milesjennings/status/1858720755523219932  https://x.com/DennisonBertram/status/1859184992800186610  52:44 CEX STABLECOIN WARS: https://x.com/lopp/status/1858609316929974340  https://x.com/coinbasewallet/status/1859286084535906744  57:44 Doodles partnered with McDonald's for holiday-themed collectibles https://x.com/McDonalds/status/1857061165760741780  https://x.com/HuinGuillaume/status/1858538735375176159  58:44 Coinbase will delist Wrapped Bitcoin & Tether is launching a tokenization platform https://x.com/ercwl/status/1859136365083951123  https://x.com/hadron_tether/status/1857091170825891962  1:01:08 Bankless is looking for Video Editor or Producer! & Bankless Summit is now online   https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1858857798471479777  https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1858741172404916622  https://bankless.cc/PodcastPremiumFeed  1:02:26 Meme of the Week https://x.com/alistairmilne/status/1858508814305153307  1:02:51 Closing & Disclaimers  ------ Not financial or tax advice. 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📣DONATE TO ROMAN’S CASE https://juicebox.money/@defend-roman-storm  Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm faces decades in prison after being arrested last year for creating open-source privacy tools on Ethereum. His case could define whether code is speech, if developers are liable for bad actors, and if Americans have a right to digital privacy. With the full force of the U.S. government against him, Roman’s trial this April is a pivotal moment for digital rights. Bankless has contributed $50k to his legal defense—this is about protecting privacy for all of us. Roman Storm, alongside his lawyer, joins us to discuss The Tornado Cash case and what’s at stake. ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 2:36 Roman’s Spirits 3:58 Who is Roman Storm? 5:40 Why Tornado Cash? 7:06 House raiding experience  8:43 What Roman was charged with 10:00 Why Roman is not guilty  17:10 What’s at stake 22:31 How to help Roman 25:16 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES  Donate to Roman’s Case https://juicebox.money/@defend-roman-storm DeFi Education Fund - Amicus Brief - https://www.defieducationfund.org/_files/ugd/84ba66_063f9d1fd563466cadfa3f5434f918e9.pdf ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

Mteam explores why the future of Ethereum Rollups is inevitably based. Many people said this was the most impressive technical talk at the Bankless Summit. I don’t know what you were doing when you were 17 but I was certainly not doing anything like this. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited   🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku   ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/98?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 4:12 History of Value Accrual 6:43 So What? 11:57 Ethereum Stats 16:51 Sustainable Value Accrual 18:26 Based Rollup Future 22:57 Questions ------ RESOURCES Mteam https://x.com/mteamisloading   Presentation Slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XjpJSYqWu3SO0CydTfiIYYHddpvFOSz0/edit#slide=id.p1   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠  

Arjun gives one of the best non-technical talks at the Bankless Summit that everyone in crypto needs to hear. Do you know why you’re here? Arjun explains the first principle concept of Crypto-Anarchism.  ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited   🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/97?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ RESOURCES Arjun Bhuptani https://x.com/arjunbhuptani  Presentation Slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rwqPdrljsFpZvGCxwEwkYpCAX7mFlGS4/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=118091317616904257032&rtpof=true&sd=true   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

For the Bankless Summit’s inaugural episode, Justin Drake shares his reflection on the Beamchain talk he gave earlier in the week at Devcon Bangkok. Additionally, Justin adds some much needed context and important (and very bullish) facets to the Ethereum Roadmap from his perspective.  ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2   ⁠  🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited   🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku   ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/96?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 4:00 5-Year Ethereum Roadmap 6:58 Part 1 - Execution  14:56 Part 2 - Data  20:23 Part 3 - Consensus  27:49 Audience Questions 33:00 Closing ------ RESOURCES Justin Drake https://x.com/drakefjustin Presentation Slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Yvzh5q2jjlcW_g95s-7E4Gk5ZL-scM3l/edit#slide=id.p5 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

Bitcoin keeps going higher… What about Ethereum? On this weekly rollup we not only cover markets and its election aftermath, we also vibe check on Devcon week, Justin Drake’s Beam Chain Announcement and Polymarket’s CEO being raided by the FBI?  ------ 📣 LEGION | MERIT BASED ICOs  https://bankless.cc/Legion  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited   🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT   https://bankless.cc/toku   ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/95?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E   ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 04:08 Markets https://x.com/intangiblecoins/status/1856146168746479673?s=46     https://x.com/robustus/status/1856015427106701675   https://companiesmarketcap.com/assets-by-market-cap/   https://x.com/tier10k/status/1856720083684372950   11:28 ETF Flows https://farside.co.uk/?p=1518  https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/1854882220407701661  https://x.com/woonomic/status/1854910141067673631  https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1854281747082477696  https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1856346407856112115   16:15 Coinbase Number 1 in Finance Apps  https://x.com/JasonYanowitz/status/1856745020230877668   17:58 ETH/BTC Ratio https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/eth-btc  https://www.coingecko.com/en/global-charts  https://ultrasound.money/  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1857068158281998357   21:59 Memecoins https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/peanut-the-squirrel  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/dogecoin  https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1856500025037037606  https://imgur.com/362Df5M   29:50 FBI Raids Polymarket CEO https://nypost.com/2024/11/13/business/fbi-seizes-polymarket-ceos-phone-electronics-after-betting-platform-predicts-trump-win-source/   https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/2024/11/13/polymarket-investigated-by-doj-for-allegedly-letting-us-users-bet-on-platform/   https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1856817245441401143   https://x.com/shayne_coplan/status/1856808022481539192   https://x.com/shayne_coplan/status/1856838409861386722   https://x.com/jespow/status/1856891151875268974?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g   38:24 Devcon Vibe Check https://x.com/EFDevcon/status/1856359485029445677  43:18 Devcon Announcements https://x.com/brantlymillegan/status/1855813557323178067?s=46  https://x.com/EspressoSys/status/1855973751982309624   https://x.com/bioprotocol/status/1856707895590846812   https://x.com/sjdedic/status/1856649048318464349   44:18 Justin Drake’s Beam Chain https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1856276664877010968   https://imgur.com/a/AKOzd8M   https://imgur.com/a/DzWFeh3   53:15 Blackrock’s BUIDL Goes Multichain https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blackrock-launches-new-buidl-share-classes-across-multiple-blockchains-to-expand-access-and-potential-of-buidl-ecosystem-302304035.html https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/11/14/franklin-templeton-expands-410m-money-market-fund-to-ethereum-blockchain/   54:15 Deutsche Bank Launches ZK Chain https://x.com/Memento_Bc/status/1854126014261272727  https://x.com/gluk64/status/1855480434706260146?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  56:18 Blur is Voting on a Fee Switch https://gov.blur.foundation/t/blur-improvement-proposal-1-bip-1-blur-fee-switch-veblur-tokenomics/1040  https://x.com/mikeippolito_/status/1856147009927033316?s=46   57:09 Bitwise ETH Staking ETF? https://x.com/bitwiseinvest/status/1856698856336969778   58:40 MicroStrategy Acquires 27,200 BTC https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241111351255/en/MicroStrategy-Announces-BTC-and-ATM-Activity-Raised-2.03-billion-Purchased-27200-BTC-Now-Holds-279420-BTC-with-BTC-Yield-of-26.4-YTD   59:32 Phantom Update Cleared Users Wallet https://x.com/mememe69696969/status/1856518115947110780  https://x.com/0xFiyopi/status/1856728042225480139?t=tYq8LUbRdtswq_dAEjusIQ&s=19  https://x.com/phantom/status/1856796137665245455   1:01:42 Aave Launches a Wallet https://family.co/blog/launch   1:02:32 Meme of the Week https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1856523237208797221   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠  

Ejaaz is back on the podcast to explore the cutting edge of AI agents and their potential takeover—starting with blockchains, powered by crypto rails. Is AI x Crypto the next big wave or just hype? Is any of it investible? Ejaaz, former Coinbase product manager and current Crypto-AI fund operator, shares what’s real, what’s not, where VCs are allocating their capital and much more in today’s episode. ------ 📣GET YOUR ALL ACCESS PASS TO THE PODCAST https://bankless.cc/podshownotes  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited   🐧 CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiSimple ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/94?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 7:11 The AI Agent Story 20:27 Are AI Agents a Fad? 26:33 Smarter More Personalized Models 31:30 What Could Go Wrong? 34:49 Crypto & AI Relation 40:04 How to Invest in AI Agents 50:36 AI Agents Are the Crypto Natives 1:02:05 Crypto AI Isn’t Going Away 1:09:30 Are AI Agents Real Yet? 1:14:17 Crypto AI Layers   1:26:09 Open Source’s Importance & Stacks 1:37:07 Middleware & App Layers  1:42:18 Where VCs Are Allocating 1:48:18 Closing & Disclaimers  ------ RESOURCES Ejaaz https://x.com/cryptopunk7213   Gospel of Goatsie Whitepaper https://pdfupload.io/docs/aae14f87   Truth Terminal https://x.com/truth_terminal  Accelerando https://www.amazon.com/Accelerando-Singularity-Charles-Stross/dp/0441014151    ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

Ryan and David were interviewed by Altcoin Daily on Oct. 1st, 2024. In their interview, they chat about what's next for Ethereum, their best Ether price prediction for 2025, and all of the other tokens and more!  ------ 📣GET YOUR ALL ACCESS PASS TO THE PODCAST https://bankless.cc/podshownotes   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum   🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle     🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited   🐧 CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiSimple ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/93?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 2:52 Intro 4:18 Background 10:30 Crypto Outlook for 2025 13:23 How High Will Bitcoin Go in 2025? 15:11 "Ethereum Is Incredibly Undervalued" 17:37 Why Ethereum L2's Are MASSIVE 20:26 When Will Ethereum Flip Bitcoin? 24:40 Ethereum Price Prediction 2025 29:03 What's The Next Ethereum of THIS Cycle? 32:10 The Memecoin Supercycle 33:49 Secret to Growing on Social Media 36:26 Thoughts on Cardano 39:56 Best Advice for Crypto Investors ------ RESOURCES Altcoin Daily Interview https://youtu.be/h4ifYPBLM24?si=JRAoS2WrlbV_UXBC  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

What is Arthur Hayes buying for 2025? We recorded this on the U.S election day so we don’t know who won at the time of recording. Regardless, Arthur says the election doesn’t matter. To him, the outcome is the same no matter who’s in power, they will print money. We talk about the Chinese property bubble and the coming money cannon which Arthur thinks will be bigger than the COVID stimulus. The Fed’s next move, why the treasury is sucking all the oxygen out of the room. We get into his crypto portfolio, what he’s holding and why. ------ 📣 GET YOUR ALL ACCESS PASS TO THE PODCAST https://bankless.cc/podshownotes   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited   🐧 CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiSimple  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/92?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:11 Does the Election Matter? 13:44 Where are we in the Crypto Cycle? 17:23 Chinese Property Bubble 33:14 Isn’t Bitcoin Illegal in China? 37:45 Fed’s Next Move 45:16 Politics & The Money Printer 49:42 Arthur’s Crypto Portfolio 50:33 ETH as Money? 1:01:42 Is ETH Dead? 1:02:20 Ethena 1:03:46 Memecoins 1:05:42 AI x Crypto 1:09:10 War Scenario 1:18:48 Arthur’s Advice 1:20:28 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Arthur Hayes Blog https://cryptohayes.medium.com/   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠   

Gary Gensler’s reign of terror is over. It’s ATH week. With a sweeping Republican win and Trump’s declaration of a ‘Golden Age of America,’ the U.S. election results have reshaped the crypto landscape overnight. Join us as we dive into the Polymarket effect on election night coverage, analyze the election’s impact on key crypto legislation, and explore the post-election market surge. We cover price action, pro-crypto shifts in Congress, and big players like Elon Musk and Michael Saylor making moves. Plus, is the DeFi Renaissance here? Tune in for an in-depth look at what this political shift means for the future of crypto. ------ 📣 LEGION | MERIT BASED ICOs  https://bankless.cc/Legion  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ⁠  🐧 CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiSimple  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle   🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap 🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/91?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 00:00 The New President https://polymarket.com/elections  https://x.com/Reuters/status/1854093869664837997  https://www.perplexity.ai/elections/2024-11-05/us/senate  11:29 Polymarket’s Big Win https://x.com/llamaonthebrink/status/1854017757588705432?s=43&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g     https://x.com/shayne_coplan/status/1854045045806023002  https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1854248877798674529  19:15 Markets https://x.com/quintenfrancois/status/1853336478476050503?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  https://imgur.com/J9TUNmR  25:53 ETF Updates https://x.com/matthew_sigel/status/1853463874772643926?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1854281747082477696  32:02 Post Election Winners https://www.coingecko.com/  33:55 DeFi Renaissance https://unchainedcrypto.com/defi-tokens-jump-on-hopes-that-trump-will-provide-crypto-regulatory-clarity/  https://x.com/ethena_labs/status/1854295616907862150?s=46&t=bg7XEx0DtAdxgT9lGVWZ6w  39:06 Fed Watch https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/fed-meeting-november-11-07-24/index.htm l 40:42 $42 Billion Dollar Bitcoin Bid? https://x.com/saylor/status/1851718391889043954  43:20 Global Dollar Network https://x.com/global_dollar/status/1853558740957405362  48:36 UBS Launches Fund on Ethereum https://www.ubs.com/global/en/media/display-page-ndp/en-20241101-first-tokenized-investment-fund.html  50:28 Base Fault Proofs https://x.com/base/status/1851672364439814529  https://x.com/l2beat/status/1853429669204230230  51:34 Roman Storm Trial Delayed https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/11/01/tornado-cash-developer-roman-storms-trial-pushed-to-april/  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1853440809644802159  52:03 Devcon https://lu.ma/0bpju5ic  54:54 Permissionless IV https://x.com/Permissionless/status/1854542280301892074  https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1853426117157245208  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital, joins us to unpack the impact of last night’s sweeping Republican victory on the crypto landscape.  We dive into record-breaking price action, potential shifts in crypto legislation, and the role Polymarket played in election coverage. Tune in for insights on what lies ahead for crypto in this new political climate. Alex on X - https://x.com/intangiblecoins  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🐧 CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiSimple  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/90?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

ETH is down bad when compared to SOL & BTC, but is all this narrative following price or something more fundamental? We’ve got Anthony Sassano on the podcast today. He’s a notable angel investor,  ETH bull, and creator of Ethereum podcast The Daily Gwei. Anthony is here to bring us some clarity to all the noise that has been going around the ETH price these days. He answers the criticisms, gives us the bull case and tells us what’s next. ------ 📣 GET YOUR ALL ACCESS PASS TO THE PODCAST https://bankless.cc/podshownotes   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ ⚡️CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance    ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/89?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:01 How is Ethereum Going? 8:52 Why is ETH Down Bad? 19:43 Are L2s Parasitic? 34:02 Is Ethereum Security Overkill? 39:41 ETH vs SOL Metrics 46:32 Making the L1 Great Again 54:41 ETH Pincer Attack 1:01:21 Investors Barbell Strategy 1:05:42 Ethereum’s North Star 1:12:57 ETH Bull Catalysts 1:18:25 Based Rollups 1:28:07 Ethereum’s Marketing Problem 1:37:37 What’s Next for ETH 1:48:46 Closing Thoughts ------ RESOURCES Anthony Sassano https://x.com/sassal0x   The Daily Gwei https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDailyGwei   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

What exactly are Based Rollups? We’ve brought Ethereum Researcher and Bankless recurring guest, Justin Drake, to give us his reasoning on why he thinks the future of Ethereum is Based.  A handful of teams are already working on this Based Rollup future so, with this episode, and perhaps a few more, we’re front running it all and getting you downloaded on all things Based Rollups. Enjoy! ------ 🎬 DEBRIEF | Ryan & David Unpacking the Episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-justin-drake-based-rollups   🌋 JOIN US AT THE BANKLESS SUMMIT https://lu.ma/0bpju5ic?tk=1oUc7Q   📣GET YOUR ALL-ACCESS PASS TO THE PODCAST https://bankless.cc/podshownotes   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    ⚡️CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance   ⁠  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/88?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E   ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:51 How’s the Roadmap Going? 12:34 The Most Logical Progression 16:53 Aggregating DeFi Apps 23:43 What Based Rollups Solve 44:01 Ethereum as the Sequencer 49:59 Based Rollups Core Advantages 58:39 Shared Sequencers vs Based Rollups 1:10:37 Based Rollups & Superchain 1:26:48 Ethereum L1 Capacity 1:33:49 Impact on ETH Economics 1:35:00 Impact on DeFi 1:37:48 Impact on User Experience 1:42:04 ETH Value Accrual 1:53:59 Trade-Offs 1:59:17 Bankless Summit 2:01:26 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Justin Drake https://x.com/drakefjustin   Based Rollups https://ethresear.ch/t/based-rollups-superpowers-from-l1-sequencing/15016  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠  

It's The Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup! In this episode, we dive into the rise of AI agents on blockchain, a surge in Bitcoin inflows ahead of a Trump-favored election, Ethereum “blobs” entering price discovery, and speculation around Microsoft potentially buying Bitcoin. ------ 📣 LEGION | MERIT BASED ICOs  https://bankless.cc/Legion  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🤖 0G | MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE, INEVITABLE https://bankless.cc/0G ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/87?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 00:00:00 Start 00:04:03 Markets https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/btc-usd  https://x.com/caprioleio/status/1850831666119623006  https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1850884568553013459  https://x.com/jords/status/1850983097808175152?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  https://www.coingecko.com/en/global-charts  00:13:52 L2 Update https://x.com/peterschroederr/status/1850556872727945285  https://x.com/dimahledba/status/1851535737482604681?s=46  https://x.com/dimahledba/status/1851183188288127237?s=46  https://x.com/dylankugler/status/1850997725111669044  https://x.com/sreeramkannan/status/1851616723197428109  00:18:23 Blobspace https://x.com/timjrobinson/status/1851222351524036855  https://x.com/0xbreadguy/status/1851244266137510063?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  00:28:27 Election Updates https://polymarket.com/elections  https://newsroom.aboutrobinhood.com/introducing-the-presidential-election-market/  https://x.com/amitisinvesting/status/1850868412806746217  00:35:02 AI Agents https://x.com/truth_terminal  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/goatseus-maximus  https://app.virtuals.io/virtuals/68  https://terminal.virtuals.io/  https://x.com/wojtekwtf/status/1850835219160416486  https://warpcast.com/aethernet  https://x.com/tee_hee_he  https://x.com/MurrLincoln/status/1850226148594082120  00:50:16 US prosecutors are investigating Tether https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/federal-investigators-probe-cryptocurrency-firm-tether-a13804e5  https://x.com/paoloardoino/status/1849876338573799912  00:55:14 OP Foundation Gave 425M OP To Ink https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/10/29/optimism-foundation-agreed-to-give-kraken-425m-of-op-tokens-in-layer-2-deal/  https://x.com/Fwiz/status/1851280684473897466  00:57:35 RocketPool Upgrade https://x.com/drjasper_eth/status/1849206972702228482  00:59:37 Microsoft Buying Bitcoin? https://x.com/jameslavish/status/1849598011082670387  https://x.com/saylor/status/1849790766945587241  01:01:17 SEC NFT Trolling https://x.com/brianlfrye/status/1851118844766535860 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Cyp-nsL6k  1:04:44 Meme Of The Week https://x.com/GoldTelegraph_/status/1850667711355113621  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

The collision between crypto and AI agents has officially begun. Matthew Stephensen of Pantera Capital research partner and author of “Crypto: Picks and Shovels for the AI Gold Rush,” joins us today.  We dive into the world of autonomous AI agents on blockchains, discussing the evolving role of agents, AI-driven market changes, and whether blockchain is the natural substrate for AI. Matt sheds light on topics from agent liability and regulatory challenges to infrastructure value capture and the "picks and shovels" approach to investing in AI-driven crypto tech.  Are AI agents on blockchains the obvious future? And how do scarcity and abundance interact in this new era? Join us as we tackle these questions and more, exploring what the future might hold at the intersection of AI, autonomy, and blockchain. ------ 🍵0x v2 | NEXT GEN PRICING ENGINE https://bankless.cc/0x   ------ 📣GET YOUR ALL-ACCESS PASS TO THE PODCAST https://bankless.cc/podshownotes  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🪄MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🤖 0G | MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE, INEVITABLE https://bankless.cc/0G  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/86?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:34 Crypto x AI Narrative Shift  6:39 AI & Economic Agents Explained  11:50 GOAT Memecoin Summary  23:15 Were AI Crypto Agents Obvious?  25:18 Luna AI Token & Terminal  29:41 Consequences? Is This Life? 33:27 Exciting Use Cases 40:27 Sam Altman Quote Importance  42:33 Wealth Generation Process & Blockspace 48:15 Programmable Money & Agent MEV 56:14 The AI Agent & Memecoin Thesis 1:03:03 Government & Society Reaction Predictions 1:11:09 No Off Buttons?... 1:13:40 DePin & AI 1:16:45 AI Agent Blockspace Demand 1:19:15 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Matthew Stephenson  https://x.com/stephensonhmatt  Crypto's Role In The AI Revolution https://panteracapital.com/blockchain-letter/cryptos-role-in-the-ai-revolution/#crypto-ai-gold-rush  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠  

Bankless Nation, we’ve got the hottest debate in crypto right now: Are L2s extensions of Ethereum? On one side, we’ve got Kyle Samani and Max Resnick proposing that the current Ethereum Rollup-Centric Roadmap is off-track. On the other side we’ve got David Hoffman and Jill Gunter defending L2s as successful  extensions of Ethereum. ------ 📣 GET YOUR ALL ACCESS PASS TO THE PODCAST https://bankless.cc/podshownotes ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🤖 0G | MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE, INEVITABLE https://bankless.cc/0G  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/85?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 8:54 Defending “Extensions of Ethereum” 16:33 Interoperability Standards 25:36 Are L2s Parasitic to Ethereum? 32:37 ETH Economics & Value Accrual 41:30 Solana vs Ethereum L2s 49:09 Closing Thoughts ------ RESOURCES Kyle Samani https://x.com/KyleSamani   Max Resnick https://x.com/MaxResnick1   Jill Gunter https://x.com/jillrgunter   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠  

This week, a record-breaking billion-dollar crypto acquisition has caught mainstream attention, highlighting its significance for the stablecoin market’s future. Kraken joined the Layer 2 race, while Worldcoin launched its own L2, WorldChain, and Scroll’s airdrop received mixed reactions from recipients. Meanwhile, Paul Tudor Jones is bullish on crypto as a hedge, while Michael Saylor stirred controversy by criticizing self-custody, calling it a move for “losers.” ------ 📣 0x v2 | NEXT GEN PRICING ENGINE https://bankless.cc/0x   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🤖 0G | MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE, INEVITABLE https://bankless.cc/0G  ----- ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/84?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 00:00 Start 02:23 Markets https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/btc-usd  https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/eth-usd  https://x.com/DegenerateNews/status/1849120571222536262  https://www.coingecko.com/en/global-charts  06:22 L2 Updates https://l2beat.com/scaling/summary  https://x.com/lukeyoungblood/status/1849217477668171831?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  https://x.com/lukeyoungblood/status/1849217477668171831? s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  08:09 Paul Tudor Jones Bullish Bitcoin https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1848735063615152136  10:46 Election Check In https://polymarket.com/elections  https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1849451658788384797  15:26 Kraken's New L2 https://x.com/inkonchain/status/1849443457883885801  https://inkonchain.com/en-US  19:23 Stripe's $1 Billion Dollar Bet https://x.com/Stablecoin/status/1848390849215730100  https://x.com/zcabrams/status/1848391342524641533  https://x.com/benhoneill/status/1848390493425504388 https://x.com/cburniske/status/1848108613631390155  22:24 Michael Saylor Against Self Custody? https://x.com/AdamSimecka/status/1848131598044074289  https://x.com/Sina_21st/status/1848450657205789161  https://x.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1848754319019151873  https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1848876323026178429  https://x.com/ercwl/status/1848737997463695827  28:59 Balance on CEX's https://x.com/leonwaidmann/status/1848780740969795917? s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  32:38 Uniswap Integrated Across https://x.com/AcrossProtocol/status/1849106135443202069  https://x.com/danrobinson/status/1849142590131904650  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1849182167748022600  35:47 Scroll Airdrop https://scroll.io/blog/introducing-scrolls-first-airdrop-a-celebration-of-the-global-community  https://claim.scroll.io/  https://x.com/Andrey_10gwei/status/1848441546645135672  https://x.com/redhairshanks86/status/1848653068554166339  39:12 Ethereum Blobs https://x.com/Data_Always/status/1848789160888332340  42:46 WorldCoin launches 'World Chain' L2 https://world.org/blog/announcements/world-chain-now-open-every-human  48:46 Central Bankers https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4985877  https://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/working-papers/unique-implementation-of-permanent-primary-deficits  52:11 Buenos Aires Issues Decentralized ID's https://zksync.mirror.xyz/kWRhD81C7il4YWGrkDplfhIZcmViisRe3lnsmbvOEmg  56:19 Nigeria Drops Charges https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-23/nigerian-court-releases-binance-executive-jailed-since-february  57:44 Meme Of The Week  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1849206541255389459  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

Optimism’s Ben Jones and Kraken’s Andrew Koller join us today to talk about Kraken’s latest release. Kraken is launching Ink, a blockchain built on the OP Stack, joining the Superchain to scale Ethereum. Ink offers 1-second block times and connects users to top DeFi applications while contributing to a unified ecosystem. Kraken will share revenue with the Optimism Collective and participate in OP Governance, alongside major players like Coinbase and Uniswap. Ink’s mainnet is set to launch in early 2025, focusing on onchain wealth management and developer engagement. ------ 📣 SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🪄MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🤖0G | MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE, INEVITABLE https://bankless.cc/0G  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/83?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:43 Ink Explained  10:23 What Happens on Ink? 12:52 Technicalities of Ink 14:00 Kraken x Ink Synergy & Goals 16:15 Why Superchain? 17:36 Ink Roadmap 19:08 Scaling Ink  24:41 Wen Superchain Promise 33:19 Superchain 2025 Forcast 37:36 Kraken BTC x Ink 38:38 $INK 39:35 Superchain Economics 48:28 What’s Next?  51:30 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Ink http://inkonchain.com  Kraken https://x.com/krakenfx  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

In this episode of Bankless Takes we dive into the growing sentiment that Ethereum is losing its edge, with its roadmap straying and competitors catching up.  We’ve spent a long time evaluating these arguments, and today, we give our take on the Ethereum Roadmap Wars. This is our best take on how the debate unfolds and why, in the end, we’re still bullish on Ethereum’s future. ------ 🎮B3 | THE FUTURE OF ONCHAIN GAMING https://bankless.cc/b3 ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap 🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🤖 0G | MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE, INEVITABLE https://bankless.cc/0G  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/82?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Start 03:24 The Roadmap Wars 12:22 What Are The Wars Really About? 25:40 Roadmap Proposed Solutions 35:03 Why Are We Fighting Over DeFi 39:15 What Do We Do About It? 44:59 Where Will DeFi End Up? 50:23 What About $ETH The Asset? 53:43 The Bull Case For ETH ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠

Omid Malekan, an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School and author of multiple books on crypto joins us. Omid shares his insights on the evolution of blockchain, the concept of digital scarcity, and the future of decentralized finance. Drawing from his experiences in both traditional finance, his teachings, and the crypto industry. Omid also discusses how blockchain offers a fundamentally new way to build trust and redefine property rights in the digital world and his best arguments for why ETH is better than SOL. ------ 🎬 DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-omid-malekan  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🪄MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle     🤖0G | MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE, INEVITABLE https://bankless.cc/0G  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/81?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:52 Omid Malekan’s Crypto Background 9:31 Transitioning from TradFi to Crypto 14:51 Explaining Blockchain to Crypto Newcomers 21:10 The Fear in Crypto Transactions 24:53 Blockchain as a New Financial Architecture 28:07 What New Crypto Users Get Wrong 32:06 Not All Blockchains Are Equal 39:25 Qualitative & Quantitative Block Space 41:49 Lessons from Traditional Finance 46:36 Modular Design in Blockchain Systems 1:01:30 Envisioning Crypto's Endgame 1:09:25 Ether's Value Proposition and Role 1:20:28 Opportunities for High-Quality Liquid Assets 1:23:38 Ether as the Money of the Internet 1:36:55 Settlement Assurances and the Future of Ether 1:44:07 Crypto Cycles and Future Gains 1:45:29 Own Podcast? 1:46:22 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Omid Malekan https://x.com/malekanoms  Omid's Books  https://www.amazon.com/Re-Architecting-Trust-History-Markets-Platforms/dp/1732027331  https://www.amazon.com/Story-Blockchain-Beginners-Technology-Understands/dp/1732027307  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠   

With 17 days to the election, Trump launched WLFI token sales, while Kamala’s positive crypto comments sparked reactions. Polymarket shows Trump at 62%—can that be real? In Ethereum, despite price drops, Fuel launched a high-performance L2, and Paradigm introduced its own with Reth at the core. Meanwhile, Saylor plans a Bitcoin Bank, and Kraken is rolling out wrapped Bitcoin. ------ 🎮B3 | THE FUTURE OF ONCHAIN GAMING https://bankless.cc/b3  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🪄MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🤖0G | MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE, INEVITABLE https://bankless.cc/0G  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/80?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 4:17 Markets, L2 Update, & Blobs https://farside.co.uk/?p=1518  https://x.com/Evan_ss6/status/1846592303143776269  https://x.com/growthepie_eth/status/1845076141054345464  https://x.com/ryansadams/status/1845111043250393569  https://x.com/sassal0x/status/1846458384842916143  https://dune.com/hildobby/blobs  https://x.com/litocoen/status/1846455792461140222  https://imgur.com/a/hGxZIyT  https://x.com/pythianism/status/1846502438624231605  https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1845944946991276494  21:52 What’s going on on Polymarket?  https://polymarket.com/event/presidential-election-winner-2024?tid=1729178339570  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1846660964105453836  https://x.com/fewture/status/1846667819200795038  https://x.com/adamscochran/status/1846677802583838768  https://x.com/divine_economy/status/1846677795423785150  https://www.natesilver.net/p/whats-behind-trumps-surge-in-prediction  https://x.com/fozzydiablo/status/1846369866091319743  https://x.com/fozzydiablo/status/1846647506446246089  https://x.com/hosseeb/status/1846395633806331914  31:12 Let’s check in on Trump and Kamala - 17 Days until election  First Trump - kicked off World Liberty Financial token sale https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1845179557852377508  https://x.com/tier10k/status/1846641132731552018  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1845926256292122767  34:43 Then Harris - said something about crypto - appreciates the help of crypto in broadening access to wealth  https://kamalaharris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/FMfcgzQXJZxzLGgcKmSNQSXCRKXShwxJ.pdf  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1845920172638605768  https://x.com/Matt_Hougan/status/1845832802316751251  https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1846552111217045904  https://elections2024.thehill.com/massachusetts/massachusetts-senate-warren-deaton/  https://polymarket.com/event/massachusetts-us-senate-election-winner?tid=1729152612507  46:16 Galaxy researched released their Crypto policy scorecard  https://x.com/intangiblecoins/status/1845845163588907486  51:29 Kraken with a big release…Wrapped BTC - KBTC https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/10/17/crypto-exchange-kraken-launches-wrapped-bitcoin-token-kbtc/  52:17 Fuel mainnet is live!  https://x.com/fuel_network/status/1846536888003313786  53:54 Paradigm is launching a new L2, Odyssey https://x.com/gakonst/status/1844757392061542781  https://x.com/danrobinson/status/1844759810421805069  55:49 Conduit introduced Conduit G2  https://x.com/conduitxyz/status/1846567345864536468  57:41 Michael Saylor wants to turn Microstrategy into a Bitcoin bank https://x.com/isoandso/status/1844772434991325287  59:15 Italy will raise capital gain tax on Bitcoin from 26% to 42%  https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/italy-stiffens-terms-digital-services-tax-2025-budget-2024-10-16  1:00:41 Bankless Summit is coming!  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1846722706919838081  1:02:34 Meme of the Week, David’s Fight & Kyle Samani Drama https://x.com/Jesseeckel/status/1845491020492124361  https://x.com/sgoldfed/status/1846183598832959617  1:06:29 Closing & Disclaimers  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Announcing: The Bankless Summit The Saturday after Devcon (Nov 16th) Bankless is hosting a single day of the most interesting talks and conversations in Ethereum! Sit back and enjoy as Bankless curates the most interesting speakers in Ethereum while we let them speak! Get tickets here: https://lu.ma/0bpju5ic  BANKLESS CITIZEN PERK: 70% OFF THE TICKETS! https://www.bankless.com/join 

A16z’s 2024 State of Crypto Report is out! Bankless reviews these reports every year so we can get caught up on everything happening in Crypto. That's why we’re bringing a16z Crypto CTO Eddy Lazzarin and Data Scientist Daren Matsuoka. Expect to learn how 2024 contrasts to 2023, crypto adoption signals, innovations in every sector from policy to scaling and stablecoins to zk cryptography. And most importantly, why the price innovation cycle is here to stay. Enjoy! ------ 🎮 B3 | THE FUTURE OF ONCHAIN GAMING https://bankless.cc/b3  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://magiceden.io/  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🤖 0G | MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE, INEVITABLE https://0g.ai/  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/79?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:53 Vibe Check 7:00 Target Audience 9:16 2023 Contrast 12:14 How Big is Crypto? 21:23 Desktop vs Mobile Adoption 25:13 Crypto Policy 29:34 Stablecoins 36:24 Ethereum Gas Fees 46:09 Scaling 48:24 ZK Cryptography 58:30 Applications 1:00:23 Crypto x AI 1:06:23 DeFi vs Centralized Services 1:09:27 Builders 1:12:09 Price Innovation Cycle 1:16:14 Reflections on 2024 1:19:37 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES A16z 2024 State of Crypto Report Eddy Lazzarin https://x.com/eddylazzarin   Daren Matsuoka https://x.com/darenmatsuoka  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠  

Joining us today is Kain Warwick. Not to fight, but to talk about his exciting new project called Infinex.  Infinex aims to replace crypto's centralized exchange experience and bring it all onchian. It's ambitious, but if it works, could change the way we think about DeFi and navigate across chains forever.  ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku   ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/78 ------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:29 Infinex 00:12:44 The Infinex Tech Stack 00:20:45 Optimizing Across Protocols 00:27:00 The Centralization Tradeoff 00:29:04 Key Tech Unlocks 00:34:48 Managing Protocol Risk 00:42:33 Transaction Experience & Security 00:50:40 Patron Sale 00:56:55 Future Growth Plans 01:00:29 Fight Commentary ------ RESOURCES Kain Warwick - https://x.com/kaiynne  Infinex - https://x.com/infinex_app  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

This Weekly Rollup was recorded IRL at Permissionless III. We discuss HBO revealing the identity of Bitcoin’s creator, Uniswap’s Unichain announcement, the new FBI token and David Hoffman vs. Kain Warwick upcoming fight. ------ 🎮 B3 | THE FUTURE OF ONCHAIN GAMING https://bankless.cc/b3  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku   ⚡️ CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/77?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E   ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 3:04 Markets 6:14 US Economy https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/04/september-2024-us-jobs-report.html   https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/let-us-pause-to-appreciate-the-remarkable   13:28 Uniswap Announces Unichain https://x.com/Uniswap/status/1844363396382408774  https://x.com/TaikiMaeda2/status/1844363706798571828  https://x.com/0xCygaar/status/1844377718479257864  https://x.com/haydenzadams/status/1844363698485198899   https://x.com/delitzer/status/1844364429389070699   https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1575772104678510592  https://x.com/danrobinson/status/1844407479528194262   https://x.com/haydenzadams/status/1844411400523067599   https://x.com/Fwiz/status/1844375503601594594   https://x.com/gluk64/status/1844388796290183302   https://youtu.be/0g8Pc-jytkc?si=ibjntDmkIXN0uDBR   30:55 HBO Reveals Satoshi Identity? https://x.com/crypto_div/status/1843838385913258387  https://x.com/MarcHochstein/status/1843768871318372562  https://x.com/peterktodd/status/1843957196830441766  https://polymarket.com/event/who-will-hbo-doc-identify-as-satoshi  https://x.com/ki_young_ju/status/1843872372627255541  https://x.com/HalieyWelchX/status/1844038238408990871  37:23 FBI Coin https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-charges-18-people-companies-cryptocurrency-fraud-2024-10-09/  https://x.com/esatoshiclub/status/1844095224907432441  https://x.com/tier10k/status/1844106925149126887  https://x.com/loomdart/status/1844108582511575289  https://polymarket.com/event/ansem-criminal-charges-in-2024?tid=1728573367331  https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1843940648430493906   46:02 Crypto.com SEC Wells Notice https://crypto.com/company-news/complaint  https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/sec-commissioner-confesses-crypto-approach-has-fueled-disaster-whole-industry?src=wgna  https://x.com/lex_node/status/1843651871522861187  https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-money  50:10 New EIP-7781 https://x.com/0xcygaar/status/1842985189124997362?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/pull/8931#issuecomment-2395026393  https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1841756178692358587  53:32 IMF vs Bitcoin https://x.com/samcallah/status/1842193389569143027  55:22 World Liberty Financial New Details https://thedefiant.io/news/defi/trumps-world-liberty-financial-proposes-aave-deployment-on-ethereum  https://www.theblock.co/post/320430/trump-world-financial-liberty-raise   58:47 Permissionless III  https://x.com/Ethereum_Women/status/1844051472335671694  https://x.com/Jesseeckel/status/1844196686484341067  https://x.com/benlakoff/status/1844394966925324694   1:02:57 David Hoffman vs Kain Warwick https://polymarket.com/event/hoffman-vs-warwick?tid=1728578327494   https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1844388312771068402   1:05:55 Moment of Zen ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠  

Unichain Is Here! Joining us today is Hayden Adams of Uniswap and Karl Floersch of Optimism to explain the exciting new release and vision for the future of Ethereum and appchains. ------ 🎬 DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-announcing-uni ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku     ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/76?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Start 00:05:51 Announcing Unichain! 00:11:51 How Will Unichain Work? 00:17:21 Superchain And Interoperability 00:19:38 Superchain Enhancements 00:26:12 Unichain User Experience 00:30:43 What About Other Superchains? 00:38:49 Unfragmenting The Fragmentation 00:43:58 Coordinating All Of Ethereum 00:49:08 UNI Token 00:52:47 Should DeFi Live On L1? 00:57:57 What Success Looks Like 01:01:15 The Path To Superchain 01:03:19 Release Dates ------ RESOURCES Unichain: https://unichain.org/  Hayden: https://x.com/haydenzadams  Karl: https://x.com/karl_dot_tech  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠  

Today Jake Chervinsky is back on the podcast to discuss Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm's court case and its implications on DeFi and the crypto industry.    Could DeFi be made illegal in the United States? Are DeFi developers going to be prosecuted if criminals use their code? Is it just DeFi? What other sectors could be at risk? The answers to these and many other questions are discussed in today’s episode. ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2   🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku   ⚡️CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance   ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/75?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 4:44 Roman Storm’s Case 12:52 Is DeFi at Risk? 18:20 The Ruling & Its Implications  21:29 Money Transmission Explained  25:52 Roman Storm’s Arrest 30:54 Are All DeFi Protocols At Risk?  36:17 Prosecution of Privacy 43:11 What This Ruling Means & What’s Next 48:41 Best & Worst Case Scenario 53:11 Other Sectors At Risk 57:35 Other Cases 1:03:48 Totalitarian Nightmare 1:08:21 SEC Updates 1:12:00 US Election 2024 1:17:30 Geofencing 1:23:21 Are We Winning & Conclusion ------ RESOURCES Jake Chervinsky https://x.com/jchervinsky  Jake Chervinsky’s Tweet https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1839412423096467753  A Practical Guide to Geofencing https://variant.fund/articles/practical-guide-to-geofencing/  Defend Roman Storm https://juicebox.money/@defend-roman-storm  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

In this episode, we sit down with Nico Perrino, a leading advocate for free speech and individual rights, currently serving at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). Nico shares his views on the increasing government control over digital speech, the role of social media, and how misinformation and disinformation are shaping our society. We dive deep into the debate around censorship, the dangers of having a "Ministry of Truth," and the future implications of AI on free speech. Whether it’s the growing concerns about misinformation or the battle between government intervention and freedom of expression, Nico gives us a fresh perspective on navigating these complex issues. ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2   ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku   🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ⚡️CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance   ⁠ ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/74?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 2:46 Nico Perino: Free Speech Advocate Introduction 3:17 Social Media Misinformation & AI Concerns 7:14 Debating 1984 & Ministry of Truth 11:49 Misinformation, Fractured Sources, & Consensus 16:36 John Kerry on Governance & Free Speech 21:56 Fractured Truth: Media Referees & COVID 23:26 Morlocks Trap: Conspiracy Theories and Control 24:23 Misinformation Amplified by Algorithms & Bias 32:56 AI as a Tool for Finding Truth 36:59 Misinformation vs. Disinformation 39:58 The Pavel Durov Case 46:50 Comparing Telegram & Apple Encryption Cases 48:05 Brazil's Ban on X & VPN Penalties 52:58 Balkanization of the Internet and Free Speech 56:10 UK Online Safety Act 59:46 Global Misinformation Laws: Australia to U.S. 1:08:00 Government's Role in Protecting Free Speech 1:12:50 Bottom-Up Solutions for Truth & Speech 1:20:23 Inevitability of Censorship's Failures 1:22:33 Advancing Free Speech 1:23:01 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Nico https://x.com/NicoPerrino  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠  

In this episode, we discuss escalating global tensions and their impact on crypto markets, questioning whether Bitcoin is a risk-on or risk-off asset in times of instability. We cover legal developments around Tornado Cash, the potential for an XRP ETF amid SEC scrutiny, and Visa’s new fiat tokenization platform on Ethereum. Plus, don’t miss details on the upcoming Kain vs. David fight at Permissionless! ------ 📣 0x v2 | NEXT GEN PRICING ENGINE https://bankless.cc/0x   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ⁠ 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle    🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT  https://bankless.cc/toku  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/73?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------  TIMESTAMPS & Resources 00:00 War And Crypto https://x.com/PeterKwoba2/status/1841177421179183405  https://x.com/lexfridman/status/1841253627190517785  https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/10/02/bitcoin-regains-61k-in-worst-start-to-most-bullish-month-as-israel-iran-tensions-rage-on/  https://x.com/legendarygainz_/status/1840733999930413127   https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1840944416997195974  08:49 Markets https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/btc-usd  https://farside.co.uk/btc/  https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/1840036803404800018  https://www.coingecko.com/en/global-charts  12:26 L2 Update https://l2beat.com/scaling/summary  https://www.growthepie.xyz/chains/ethereum  https://www.coingecko.com/  17:57 Rate Cuts https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1840819209879896455  22:58 Tornado Cash Updates https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1839408070524547246  https://www.theblock.co/post/318417/tornado-cash-founder-roman-storm-to-face-trial  https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1839478184808460325  https://juicebox.money/@defend-roman-storm  32:21 Ripple ETF? https://x.com/BitwiseInvest/status/1841464422557954168  https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/18412784213655720187   https://x.com/EleanorTerrett/status/1841586154258285021  35:10 SEC Director Updates https://x.com/SECGov/status/1841548406029754524  https://x.com/GOPMajorityWhip/status/1841560880955158916  https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1841572472195305651  38:57 Visa Launch On Ethereum https://blockworks.co/news/visa-to-help-banks-test-tokenized-assets-smart-contracts  40:30 Vitalik On Alignment https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/09/28/alignment.html   https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1840026201999495332  43:08 Pectra Upgrade https://www.youtube.com/live/PWhn8KdgCl8?si=2dyOikXU9ja7lbji&t=2762  https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/1153#issuecomment-2377002932  47:32 Coinbase's New Exec https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1840929040854892966?s=46  48:14 Polymarket https://x.com/shayne_coplan/status/1840033666723938669?s=46  49:01 The gm Heard Round The World https://x.com/cz_binance/status/1839861237850497271?s=46  49:26 North Korea https://x.com/skesslr/status/1841421864779833494  54:35 Fight Prep https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1841094626108748128  https://x.com/kaiynne/status/1841642359378829411  https://polymarket.com/event/hoffman-vs-warwick?tid=1727184262347  If you don’t have your tickets yet, Bankless has something for you! Bankless listeners - 10% off tickets with BANKLESS10 Bankless citizens - 30% off tickets with the link in the shownotes https://bankless.cc/PermissionlessDiscount  If you do have tickets and you are a Bankless citizen, don’t forget to sign up for the Bankless Meetup!  https://lu.ma/yj5pdeqe  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠