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Zero Crypto at Home: Bankless in the Age of Wrench Attacks and Phishing | Jameson Lopp and Beau

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Crypto’s newest threat isn’t a smart contract exploit, it’s a knock at your door. In this episode, Ryan sits down with Jameson Lopp (Casa) and B...

Ethereum's Last Big Upgrade: The zkEVM | Ansgar Dietrichs

23 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ethereum’s next big leap might not look like a single “flip the switch” moment—but it could change how the chain verifies everything. In this ...

ROLLUP: Prediction Market War | Base Leaves Optimism | Tomasz Exits EF | Clarity Act Lives | Harvard Buys ETH

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A legal war over prediction markets just went public. Ryan and David break down the CFTC’s claim of exclusive authority, the backlash from state off...

Lyn Alden: How to Survive The Gradual Print Era — Fed Chair Warsh, Gold & Bitcoin

16 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Lyn Alden joins us to make sense of the “everything, everywhere, all at once” macro moment. A fourth-turning-style unwind of the long-term debt c...

ROLLUP: Crypto Pain Market | Coinbase Super Bowl Rug Pull | IBIT Liquidation Cascade | Prediction Markets Explode | BlackRock x Uniswap

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Crypto feels cooked in 2026, and the Super Bowl proves it. Ryan and David unpack Coinbase’s Backstreet Boys rug pull ad and what it reveals about cr...

What’s the Story? AI Stocks, Crypto Downturn, Metals Selloff, SaaSpocalypse | Jim Bianco

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Last week felt like four different crashes happening at the same time: AI software stocks melting down, crypto capitulating, gold and silver whipping ...

Robinhood Chain Takes on NYSE/Nasdaq | Robinhood Crypto GM Johann Kerbrat

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Robinhood isn’t just adding another crypto feature—it’s assembling a new exchange stack: stock tokens, an Ethereum L2 built for real-world asset...

MegaETH Mainnet is Live! — The Next Era of Ethereum Scaling

09 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

MegaETH mainnet is live, kicking off a new frontier for Ethereum scaling: ultra-low latency, massive throughput, and an execution environment built to...

Vitalik Signals the End of the Rollup-Centric Roadmap: What's Next?

07 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A single Vitalik tweet just snapped Ethereum’s scaling narrative into focus: the rollup-centric roadmap is over, and a new path is here. Ryan and Da...

ROLLUP: Crypto in Free Fall | Vitalik’s L2 Pivot | Warsh Fed Pick | Clarity Act Showdown

06 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Crypto enters a full-blown pain market as Bitcoin, ETH, tech stocks, and even gold sell off together. Ryan and David break down why crowded trades are...

AI on Ethereum: ERC-8004, x402, OpenClaw and the Botconomy | Austin Griffith & Davide Crapis

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

AI agents aren’t “coming” to Ethereum—they’re already here, spinning up on dedicated machines, clicking through wallets, deploying contracts...

Where Do We Go From Here? | Michael Nadeau

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Nadeau went risk-off in October and has been targeting Bitcoin's fair value near $65K. In this episode, he joins Ryan to unpack what changed a...

Capitalism’s Endgame: The Last Companies That Will Ever Exist

02 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Capitalism may be heading toward an “event horizon,” where a handful of firms become so entrenched they’re effectively the last companies standi...

ROLLUP: Gold & Silver ATHs | Fidelity’s Stablecoin | Ethereum’s Quantum Pivot | Tether Buys Gold

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Markets wobble as gold and silver hit all time highs, raising the big question of what comes next for crypto. Ryan and David unpack the macro shock dr...

The Most Underrated Chain: Celo’s Surprising Traction Around the World | Marek Olszewski

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Celo is quietly powering real-world payments at global scale. In this episode, David and Ryan sit down with Marek Olszewski, CEO of cLabs, to unpack h...

Iran Unchained: How the Islamic Republic Holds Power and Why Protests Keep Returning | Sana Ebrahimi & Ameen Soleimani

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Iran is a real-world stress test of freedom: the Islamic Republic is built to outlast dissent. In this special Iran Unchained episode, David talks wit...

Zcash Founder on Privacy, AI, and How ZEC is 'Encrypted Bitcoin' | Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn

26 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox joins Bankless to argue that privacy is back on the critical path—because AI turns chain surveillance into pattern-recogn...

ROLLUP: Trump Eyes Greenland | Davos Goes Crypto | NYSE Goes Onchain | Quantum Spooks Bitcoin | Farcaster + Lens Acquired

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Markets slide this week as Trump floats taking Greenland and tariff threats resurface, pushing investors toward gold. Ryan and David break down what D...

The Duopolies of 2026: Ethereum & Solana, Coinbase & Robinhood, Polymarket & Kalshi | Ryan, David & Arnav Pagidyala

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Crypto in 2026 is consolidating into a handful of high-stakes rivalries:  Ethereum vs. Solana for the center of gravity, Coinbase vs. Robinhood f...

ROLLUP: Clarity Bill Stalls | Powell vs. Trump | NYC Meme Rug | Silver Explodes | X Adds Crypto

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Washington takes center stage this week as crypto collides with power, policy, and markets. Ryan and David break down the CLARITY Act fight in the Sen...

Playing the Right Games: Why Scores Quietly Replace Meaning | C. Thi Nguyen

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What if the biggest threat to your freedom isn’t a bad decision - but a scoreboard you never agreed to? Philosopher C. Thi Nguyen joins Bankless to ...

Is Canton a Real Blockchain? | Canton Founder Yuval Rooz

12 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Is Canton a real blockchain or a new kind of capital-markets operating system? Digital Asset co-founder Yuval Rooz explains why Canton prioritizes p...

ROLLUP: Prediction Market Bill | Solana DEX ATH | ETH Stablecoins ATH | Zcash Implodes | Vitalik “Trilemma Solved”

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Prediction markets are turning into real-time intelligence, and policymakers are already reacting. In this week’s Weekly Rollup, Ryan and David unpa...

How the Stablecoin Milkshake will Redollarize the World | Brent Johnson

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Brent Johnson returns to Bankless to update the Dollar Milkshake Theory and explain why the de-dollarization narrative misses the bigger trend. He arg...

ROLLUP: Silver Parabolic | Aave Civil War | Uniswap Unifies | New CFTC Chair | Bitcoin vs. Quantum

02 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Crypto is maturing while attention moves elsewhere. In this Weekly Rollup, David Hoffman and Anthony Sassano break down silver, gold, and the S&P hitt...

27 Crypto Predictions for 2026 | Mike Ippolito

31 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

David Hoffman sits down with Mike Ippolito to unpack why 2025 felt brutal despite new all-time highs and why that tension matters for 2026. They argue...

Investing Trends for 2026: DeFi, Tokenization, Capital Formation, Speculation & AI | Ben Lakoff & Arnav from Bankless Ventures

29 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Lakoff and Arnav Pagidyala from Bankless Ventures lay out how they’re thinking about crypto investing heading into 2026. The conversation span...

12 Big Crypto Predictions for 2026 | Ryan & David

24 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan and David skip a quiet holiday weekly rollup and instead break down the biggest 2026 crypto forecasts from Bitwise, Coinbase, Galaxy, Grayscale, ...

Where is Crypto Going in 2026? | Ben Cowen

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is the crypto cycle already over? Ben Cowen returns to break down what a post-euphoria cycle looks like, why Bitcoin may have already topped, and how ...

Is the Crypto-Native Era Coming to an End? - Lessons from 10 Years in Crypto with Joey Krug, Founders Fund Partner

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joey Krug (Founders Fund partner, former Pantera co-CIO, and Augur co-founder) returns to unpack whether the “crypto-native era” is fading as inst...

ROLLUP: Coinbase Ships | JPMorgan Onchain | Solana Firedancer | Aave Civil War | DTCC Tokenizes

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Crypto prices are down, but the most important players are still building. In this week’s Weekly Rollup, Ryan and David break down Coinbase’s push...

Why Gen Z Will Turn Everything Into a Market | Threadguy

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Trading is no longer just a financial activity; it has become a spectator sport. In this episode, Threadguy explains how Gen Z’s internet-native flu...

The DeFi Report Podcast | Was the Fed Rate Cut a False Signal for Crypto?

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Fed cut rates and announced $40B/month in T bill purchases. Is that the signal to buy back into crypto? Mike says no. In this episode, we explain ...

10 Crypto Predictions for 2026: $1M BTC, Wall Street Onchain & ETF Takeover | Matt Hougan & Ryan Rasmussen from Bitwise

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bitwise’s Matt Hougan and Ryan Rasmussen return with 10 big predictions for 2026. From the case for $1M BTC (and why the classic four-year cycle ma...

Is Privacy A Winnable Battle? | Andy Yen, Founder of Proton

15 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI is becoming the most powerful surveillance machine ever built and most people are feeding it their deepest secrets without realizing who can read t...

ROLLUP: Rate Cuts! | ZK Breakthroughs | Farcaster’s Pivot | SEC Onchain | NYT’s Stablecoin FUD

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The final Fed meeting of 2025 delivered a surprise rate cut, but the real story is how the market is reacting. In this week’s Weekly Rollup, Ryan an...

The Return of the ICO | Ryan & David

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

ICOs are suddenly back, but this time the projects are real, the mechanisms are better, and retail isn’t shut out. Ryan and David break down why Meg...

Inside Gary Gensler’s SEC: A Conversation with Former Crypto Policy Advisor Corey Frayer

08 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What was really happening inside the SEC during the Gensler years? Today, we sat down with Corey Frayer, former senior crypto policy advisor to SEC C...

Crypto’s Agentic Future: AI, ZK & Money Networks | Lincoln, Shea, Michael, & Luca

06 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At our Bankless Summit in Buenos Aires, four standout talks captured the frontier of crypto’s next chapter. Lincoln Murr lays out why x402 is emergi...

ROLLUP: Buy Signal? | Fusaka Launch | Polymarket Mainstream | Trump’s Fed Chair | SEC Crypto Shift

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bitcoin hit a rare signal this week, dropping to its cheapest level relative to gold in nearly 15 years. Is that a buy signal or something deeper in t...

Ethereum’s Next Decade | Tomasz K. Stańczak, Ansgar Dietrichs, Dankrad Feist, & Danny Ryan

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode showcases four of the most important talks from our Bankless Summit event in Buenos Aires for Devconnect, each capturing how Ethereum is ...

Why Prices Are Crashing & What's Next—How Mike Nadeau Called the Cycle

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Nadeau called the top before the 10/10 crash. In this episode, he sits down with Ryan to explain why. They break down the onchain data that fl...

The Private World Computer | Aztec Co-Founders Zac Williamson & Joe Andrews

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If crypto wins without privacy, did we actually win? In this episode, Ryan sits down with Aztec co-founders Zac Williamson and Joe Andrews to unpack t...

The Holy Grail of Crypto Privacy: Encrypted Ethereum, FHE & Living Forever | Rand Hindi, Zama Co-Founder

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ethereum is transparent by design, and that’s a problem if you don’t want your entire financial life on display. Rand Hindi, co-founder of Zama,...

ROLLUP: Ethereum’s Big Week | Supercycle Debate | Monad Mainnet | Bitcoin’s Quantum Problem

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Thanksgiving! Ethereum is heading into one of its biggest upgrades of the year. In this week’s Weekly Rollup, Ryan and Anthony Sassano break d...

Do We Need Another L1? - Inside Monad’s Parallel EVM with Co-Founder Keone Hon

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Monad just launched Mainnet! That’s why Ryan sits down with Monad co-founder Keone Hon today. We ask the blunt question: do we really need another...

The Real Crypto Cycle: What Happens When Global Liquidity Peaks | Michael Howell

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Global liquidity veteran Michael Howell joins to map out the “master variable” driving asset prices: a 65-month global liquidity and debt refinanc...

Is It All Over? What The Markets Are Saying For 2026

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We analyze the crypto market's turbulence as Bitcoin falls below $90k, signaling potential bear market conditions. Also, it’s DevConnect! We discuss...

Defensive Investing for an AI Bubble | Ruchir Sharma's Hedge Rules

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

America isn’t just leading the AI race; it’s increasingly built on it. Investor–author Ruchir Sharma joins Bankless to unpack why U.S. growth, s...

Bryan Johnson: Don’t Die, Beating Entropy, AI Alignment & The Two-Species Future

17 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bryan Johnson lays out “Don’t Die,” a moral framework that puts existence first and turns longevity into a shared fight against entropy. We pr...

ROLLUP: Market Uncertainty | Trump’s Bullish Plan? | Coinbase ICOs Return | Uniswap Fee Switch On | JPM Base Coin | Crypto Privacy Season?

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Market uncertainty? On this week’s Weekly Rollup, Ryan and guest co-host Tom Schmidt dig into a jittery crypto market, Trump’s new economic ideas ...

Ethereum Beast Mode - Scaling L1 to 10k and Beyond | Justin Drake

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ethereum hasn’t reached full speed yet. Now it might. Justin Drake of the Ethereum Foundation outlines Lean Ethereum, a plan to optimise the stack s...

Inside BlackRock’s Crypto Strategy: Tokenization, Stablecoins & The Next Trillion | Robbie Mitchnick, Head of Digital Assets

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

BlackRock’s Head of Crypto Robbie Mitchnick joins Ryan to unpack how institutions are actually allocating (and why correlation to “digital gold”...

ROLLUP: Bull Market Over? | BTC 50W Breakdown | Balancer Hack | Stream Finance Collapse | Brian Armstrong’s Prediction Market Drama

07 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is the crypto bull market really over, or just pausing while AI takes the spotlight? On this week’s Weekly Rollup, Ryan and guest co-host Haseeb bre...

The Stablecoin Chain Wars: Codex’s Bet on On-Chain FX | Cofounder Haonan Li

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Payment chains are heating up. Not every “stablecoin chain” is playing the same game. Codex cofounder and CEO Haonan Li joins David to map the rea...

x402: The Key to Internet Money, Micropayments & The AI Agent Economy | Sam Ragsdale

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Micropayments were always meant to be part of the internet, but the technology never existed to make them work. Until now. David sits down with Sam ...

Land: The $180 Trillion Asset That Runs the World | Mike Bird, The Economist

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Land isn’t just dirt under buildings—it’s the world’s oldest, strangest asset, worth an estimated $180T, quietly steering credit cycles, polit...

“The Debasement Trade” - Luke Gromen on Gold, Bitcoin & The 100 Year Reset

03 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Luke Gromen makes the case that “debasement” isn’t a trade, it’s the new regime. We unpack why assets look strong in dollars yet stagnate in...

ROLLUP: Markets Spooked? | MegaETH & Monad Mania | New CFTC Chair | Base & Polymarket Tokens? | Circle Arc Backlash

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Markets got the treat they were waiting for with a Fed rate cut and pause on quantitative tightening, but prices still fell. Why? This week, Ryan and ...

How Crypto Neobanks Work: Frax, Cards, and Visa’s Role | Sam Kazemian

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Neobanks might be the quiet coordination hack that makes Visa optional. David sits down with Frax’s Sam Kazemian to map the new payment stack: why c...

Why Pro Athletes Are Betting on Bitcoin, Crypto & Prediction Markets | Tristan Thompson & Paul Grewal

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

NBA Star Tristan Thompson and Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal break down why pro athletes are moving into Bitcoin, crypto, and onchain prediction markets. ...

ROLLUP: Downtober Drags | Tempo Poaches Dankrad | Coinbase Buys Echo | Gold Surge! | Fed Access

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Downtober drags on… but not all is bearish. On this week’s Weekly Rollup, Ryan and David break down why sentiment feels cold despite strong BTC, a...

State Of Crypto 2025 | a16z Crypto — Eddy Lazzarin & Daren Matsuoka

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

a16z crypto’s CTO Eddy Lazzarin and partner Daren Matsuoka return for our annual State of Crypto to map where 2025 really is on the curve: a price–...

Why This Crypto Cycle is Over | Michael Nadeau's DeFi Report #7

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is the crypto cycle already over, or is this just a reset before one last push? Michael Nadeau from The DeFi Report joins Ryan to break down why he we...

How Futarchy Ends the Rug Pull Era | Felipe Montealegre & Proph3t

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Futarchy flips governance on its head—decisions aren’t voted on, they’re traded on.  In this conversation with Felipe Montealegre of Thea R...

ROLLUP: $19B Flash Crash | Binance Fee Leak | China L2 on ETH | $14B BTC Reserve

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Markets just saw a $19B wipeout in a single day. In this week’s Weekly Rollup, we break down the Friday Flash Crash, what really caused it, and whet...

Is Lighter Ethereum's L2 Perp DEX? | Founder Vlad Novakovski

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A $19B liquidation wave hit crypto 10 days after Lighter’s public mainnet—so we asked founder/CEO Vladimir Novakovski why they built a ZK L2 Perp ...

Exposing Binance's Listing Fees | CJ Hetherington

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Binance listing fees, finally out in the open. CJ Hetherington, Founder of Limitless, published the offer he received after no NDA. 8% of total token ...

Tom Lee & Arthur Hayes: How Crypto Flips Wall Street

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Lee and Arthur Hayes map how crypto is flipping Wall Street: BTC at fresh highs, ETH’s comeback, and a surge of institutional capital, tokenizat...

ROLLUP: Gold & BTC ATH | AI Bubble or Debasement Trade? | BNB Surge | $2B Polymarket Deal

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gold shatters $4,000, Bitcoin quietly hits new all-time highs, and Wall Street just made its biggest bet yet on prediction markets. In this week’s W...

The Bull Case For Prediction Markets | Ryan & David

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Bankless, Ryan and David dive into prediction markets and their place in today’s financial landscape. They unpack how peer-to-pee...

Why China Builds Faster Than America & The Rest of the World | Dan Wang

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why does China build so much faster—and what does that reveal about two very different ways of running a society? Ryan and David sit down with Dan...

LIMITLESS: We Interviewed The Team Behind ChatGPT's #1 Feature

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI’s personalization leads, Christina Kaplan and Samir Ahmed map the shift from an “assistant with a notebook” to Pulse—the part of ChatGP...

The Art of Spending Money: How to Get Rich and STAY Rich | Morgan Housel

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do you spend money in ways that actually make life better? Morgan Housel, author of the new book The Art of Spending Money, explores status vs. ...

ROLLUP: Uptober Rally | Tom Lee $1B ETH Buy | Vanguard Flips to Crypto | Stripe Stablecoin Play

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s Weekly Rollup, Uptober kicks off with Bitcoin and Ethereum surging toward all-time highs as Tom Lee drops another $1B into ETH and Va...

The State of Authoritarian Tech | Steven Feldstein

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Authoritarian regimes are upgrading their playbook — from surveillance cameras and spyware to algorithmic censorship and AI-driven policing. Steven ...

Was That the Top? Bitcoin, ETH, & Q4 Setup | Michael Nadeau's DeFi Report #6

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is this really the cycle top, or just a reset before Q4 fireworks? Michael Nadeau from The DeFi Report joins Ryan to decode the latest onchain and mac...

Crypto vs. Banks: Who Controls America’s Money? | Summer Mersinger

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Crypto vs. Banks — the proxy war for the future of money is heating up. Summer Mersinger, CEO of the Blockchain Association and former CFTC Commissi...

ROLLUP: Markets Down | Tether $500B Raise | South Park x Polymarket | Gensler Grilled

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s Weekly Rollup, we break down “Downtemper” market moves as Bitcoin and Ethereum slide, and examine why Vitalik Buterin is calling ...

What's Next for Crypto ETFs, ETFs vs DATs, Crypto ETF Explosion & Institutional Inflows | James Seyffart

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

James Seyffart from Bloomberg Intelligence joins to break down the state of crypto ETFs and their explosive growth.  We cover the rise of Bitcoin...

Vitalik Declares DeFi Ethereum’s Killer App | Ryan & David

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Vitalik Buterin just declared DeFi as Ethereum’s “killer app.” In his new post, he compares it to Google Search, the dependable core business th...

The Unbundling of Banks: How Stablecoins Change Everything | Charles Calomiris

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when stablecoins break apart the traditional business model of banks? Economist Charles Calomiris explains how the “unbundling” o...

ROLLUP: The Fed Lowered Interest Rates: What That Means For Crypto

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this Weekly Rollup, we discuss the implications of recent Federal Reserve rate cuts on crypto markets, exploring their potential benefits for Bitco...

FinTech Meets Crypto: The Future of Global Payments | Simon Taylor

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if payment chains are the “AWS moment for money”? Simon Taylor — fintech veteran, ex-Barclays crypto lead, and author of FinTech Brainfood...

Why Recessions Are Dead & How to Invest in The Debasement Era | Macro Investor Vincent Deluard

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why do recessions feel like a relic of the past? Macro strategist Vincent Deluard argues we’ve entered an era where fiscal dominance, structural i...

PREMIUM - Preston Van Loon, Uma Roy, DeFi Dave | David's Personal Research

13 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

🏴 Access all episodes with Citizenship 🏴 https://www.bankless.com/premium —— In this bonus episode of the Bankless podcast, we highlight in...

ROLLUP: One Chart Determines if We're in a Bull or Bear Market

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the 2nd Weekly Rollup of Flat-tember, we discuss whether the crypto bull market is over amid rising unemployment and market uncertainty. We cover s...

Tokenized Stocks: The $100 Trillion Onchain Shift | Ondo Finance Ian De Bode & Nathan Allman

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan & David sit down with Ondo Finance’s Nathan Allman and Ian De Bode to map the path from stablecoins to tokenized treasuries to tokenized stocks...

Hyperliquid’s Rise: Revenue, Valuation & Risks | Michael Nadeau

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hyperliquid is less than a year old, yet it’s already rivalling Ethereum and Solana in revenue. In this episode, Ryan and Michael from the DeFi Repo...

Stripe’s Trillion-Dollar Bet: How Stablecoins Eat Global Payments | Founder of Bridge Zach Abrams

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Zach Abrams—co-founder of Bridge, acquired by Stripe—joins Ryan to unpack Stripe’s stablecoin strategy and why tokenized dollars are poised to d...

ROLLUP: ETH Hits All Time High, But Will It Stick?

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we discuss Ethereum's rise past $4,780 and co-host David Hoffman's insights from Burning Man. We explore Ethereum's treasury dynamics...

Debate: Is Ethereum Ready for Real World Assets? | Omid Malekan vs Austin Campbell (Crypto Professors)

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Austin Campbell (NYU) and Omid Malekan (Columbia) debate a simple question: is Ethereum ready to host real-world assets? They walk through stress te...

From BlackRock to Ethereum: Betting It All on ETH | Joseph Chalom

01 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does BlackRock’s former crypto lead see in Ethereum that others still miss? Joseph Chalom joins Bankless to take us inside the IBIT/ETHA ramp, ...

ROLLUP: ETH ATH! | U.S. Gov Onchain GDP | Google’s L1 | Hyperliquid Prints | EU Digital Euro?

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s Weekly Rollup, Ryan and Haseeb debate if ETH’s new all-time high signals the top or just the start, with whales rotating from BTC i...

ETHZilla: Ethereum Treasury Strategy | McAndrew Rudisill & Avichal Garg

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

ETHZilla wants to turn ETH into Wall Street’s new reserve asset, and they’ve built a plan to do it. Ryan sits down with Avichal Garg (Electric Cap...

Will Crypto Peak in 2025 or 2026? Onchain Data Signals | Michael Nadeau’s DeFi Report #5

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Crypto cycles have always topped on a four-year rhythm, but are we heading for a Q4 2025 peak or an extended run into 2026? Michael Nadeau from The De...

We’re Still Early to The Institutional Crypto Cycle | Eric Peters, CIO Coinbase Asset Management

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Peters, CIO of Coinbase Asset Management joins Ryan to chart how crypto matured to today’s institutional market with deep liquidity, ETF rails,...

ROLLUP: Market Top? | $3B ETH ETFs | Saylor Minting Shares | Fed Turns Bullish

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s Weekly Rollup Ryan and David ask if the cycle top is in and whether alt season is coming, debating if it is time to buy the dip or se...

Who Really Controls the Dollar? | Jeff Snider

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if everything you thought about the dollar was wrong? Monetary historian Jeff Snider joins Bankless to deliver a radical thesis: the Federal Rese...

LIMITLESS: Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO’s All-In Gamble to Take Down Google

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas joins the show to explore how AI agents, personalization, and new browsing models could transform the internet experie...