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ROLLUP: Trump vs. The Fed | Staked ETH ETF | The First Stage 2 Rollup | Robinhood's Crypto Pivot

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s Weekly Rollup covers Trump’s clash with the Fed over interest rates and the surprising crypto moves from Trump Media. Gauntlet’s Tar...

AI ROLLUP #11: $97B Elon OpenAI Rumor | AI Crypto Rebound? | Virtuals on Solana | ARC Launchpad

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ejaaz and David reunite to dissect the AI Crypto sector’s rebound from a 70% crash, fueled by Elon’s rumored $97B OpenAI bid and the relentless ri...

Berachain 101: Everything You Need To Know | Founder Smokey The Bera

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we speak with Smokey the Bera, co-founder of Berachain, about the project’s newly launched mainnet and its innovative Proof of Liqu...

Unichain is Live! What This Means For The Future of DeFi | Hayden Adams

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hayden Adams, creator of Uniswap, introduces UniChain, a new Layer 2 solution designed to enhance DeFi scalability and efficiency.  We explore UniCha...

Trump, Tariffs & The Dollar’s Fate: Lyn Alden’s Macro Predictions for 2025

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The 2024 U.S. election has reshaped the macro landscape, and few understand its implications better than Lyn Alden.  She joins Bankless to discuss th...

ROLLUP: U.S. Crypto Task Force | Ethereum L1 Is Scaling | Microstrategy's Record BTC Buy | Uniswap v4 | Berachain's Massive Airdrop

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Bankless Weekly Rollup, we explore major crypto updates from Berachain’s mainnet launch and the rollout of its BERA token, to Uniswap V...

AI ROLLUP #10: 70% AI Market Crash | Fair-Launch Tokens Good or Bad? | Virtuals’ $2M Fiscal Policy | Coinbase AI Hackathon

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

David and Ejaaz dissect the latest in AI crypto markets after a ruthless 70% drop, weighing whether it’s just a temporary setback or a major reset. ...

Tariffs, Trump, & Bitcoin Endgame | Jeff Park

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump’s newly announced 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico (and 10% on China) have rattled global markets and sparked fresh uncertainty around ...

Can Pudgy Penguins Flip DOGE? | Luca Netz

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Bankless, Luca Netz, CEO of Pudgy Penguins, explores how meme coins are evolving beyond speculation. We discuss Pengu’s launch on...

ROLLUP: Bitcoin on the US Balance Sheet? | Trump's US Crypto Stockpile | Banks Can Now Custody Crypto | Venice AI's Massive Airdrop

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joining us this week is Haseeb Qureshi who is here to help walk us through this week’s Weekly Rollup. We cover the major shift in the U.S. governmen...

AI ROLLUP #9: $6M DeepSeek Shocker | $500B AI Push | Venice’s Billion-Dollar Airdrop | Solana DEX Record

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ejaaz and David reunite to unpack the DeepSeek shockwave: how a mere $6M open-source AI model rattled OpenAI’s dominance, nudged Nvidia’s stock, a...

DeepSeek R1 & The Short Case For Nvidia Stock | Jeffrey Emanuel

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

China’s new DeepSeek AI model, which reportedly matches GPT-4’s performance at 1/45th the cost, has rattled the AI hardware market and contributed...

Superagency: The Bull Case for AI | Reid Hoffman

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Bankless, Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and author of Super Agency, explores how AI is set to transform humanity and amplify...

ROLLUP: Trump's Massive Memecoin | Ethereum Ecosystem Drama | Ross Ulbricht Freed | Phantom Wallet Worth $3B?

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s Bankless Weekly Rollup, David is joined by Eric Conner to unpack a whirlwind week in crypto. Highlights include Trump’s explosive e...

AI ROLLUP #8: $500B AI Boost | Trump’s $70B Memecoin Frenzy | 400K Onboarded | Agent Framework Wars

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ejaaz is back with David to unpack the whirlwind effects of President Trump’s $70B memecoin launch, which slammed 400K fresh users onto Solana and s...

LIVE: Trump Pardons Ross Ulbrict, TRUMP Offical Memecoin, SEC's Pro-Crypto Pivot | Alex Thorn

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Digital, joins us to unpack all the craziness that's gone down this week around the inauguration. Alex had the ...

BlackRock's Crypto Plans for 2025 | CIO Samara Cohen

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Bankless, Samara Cohen, BlackRock's Chief Investment Officer of ETFs and Index Investments, discusses how ETFs and blockchain are r...

ROLLUP: 2025 Market Outlook | Inauguration Impact | Gary Gensler's Parting Gift | Sony Censors Ethereum?

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s episode dives into the evolving landscape of crypto as we approach a new administration. We discuss Donald Trump’s upcoming presidency...

AI ROLLUP #7: DeFAI Mindshare | Arc’s Multi-Chain Moves | ai16z: Sink or Swim? | Virtuals $40M Burn

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ejaaz is back with David to dissect the accelerating rise of AI agents at crypto’s cutting edge. They uncover how Arc’s multi-chain approach and A...

Will Quantum Computing Kill Bitcoin? | Scott Aaronson & Justin Drake

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Quantum computing is advancing rapidly, raising significant questions for cryptography and blockchain. In this episode, Scott Aaronson, quantum comput...

ROLLUP: Bull Market Over? | Operation Choke Point 2.0 Emails | Meta Free Speech | $6.5B Silk Road BTC Sale

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan and David return for another Weekly Rollup, tackling the question everyone’s asking in 2025: is the crypto bull market already over, or do we s...

AI ROLLUP #6: The Hottest AI Crypto Trends of 2025

09 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to The AI Rollup where we're diving into the intersection of AI and crypto, exploring the rise of autonomous AI agents and their impact o...

Zerebro's Crazy Rise & The Future of AI Agent Artists | Founders Jeffy Yu & Tint

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

David and Ejaaz are joined by Jeffy and Tint, creators of Zerebro—an autonomous AI agent that composes rap tracks, launches NFTs, and even minted it...

How to Build in Crypto: Lessons from 8 Leading Founders | Jesse Pollack, Jeremy Allaire, Anatoly Yakovenko & More

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do you think you’ve got what it takes to become a founder in crypto? On the show today we’ve got 8 of crypto’s most famous and successful builde...

ROLLUP: 2025 Crypto Meta & Predictions | ETH Roadmap Updates | DEX's Hit All Time High | Vitalik Adopts Moo Deng?

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s rollup kicks off our 5th year with exciting updates! We dive into our top 10 predictions for 2025, from AI-driven crypto market surges t...

AI ROLLUP #5: T-1 Listings Soon? | Ai16z’s Eliza #1 GitHub | Virtuals Flips Tao | Zerebro’s Creative LLM

02 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ejaaz returns to break down the unstoppable rise of AI agents in crypto alongside David for a special New Year AI Rollup, setting the stage for a mass...

“Why I Invested 50% of my Net Worth in Bitcoin” | Anthony Scaramucci

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do politics shape Bitcoin’s future? Can the U.S. adopt Bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset? Our guest today is Anthony Scaramucci, founder of S...

ROLLUP: Top 5 Biggest Crypto Events Of 2024

27 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Bankless Yearly Rollup recaps 2024, a transformative year for crypto. David takes this one solo with a quick rundown of the week’s news before d...

"Society of AI Agents" | Jansen Teng (Virtuals Protocol)

24 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Finding 1,000x Assets & Asymmetric Returns | Dan Morehead of Pantera Capital

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 directo...

ROLLUP: Markets Turn Bearish | Trillion Dollar Bank Launches L2 | Massive Pudgy Airdrop | DeFi Drama

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

AI ROLLUP #4: Agents Order Pizza | Eliza x Stanford | Virtuals $35M Fees | Zerebro Staking ETH

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ejaaz returns to break down the latest surge in AI Agent innovation alongside Ryan this week, covering the rapid evolution at the intersection of cryp...

Why Bubbles are Good | Byrne Hobart

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Investing in AI, Crypto, & Tech in 2025 | Elad Gil

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

ROLLUP: Are Record Inflows Good For ETH? | New Crypto & AI Czar | Record Liquidations | Where To Next?

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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, ...

AI ROLLUP #3: Solana AI Hackathon | Truth Terminal’s Roadmap | Satan & God Automated | Delphi Digital AI Analyst

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 re...

One Billion AI Agents | ai16z's Shaw

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 an...

Top 10 Crypto x AI Predictions for 2025 | Bitwise's Matt Hougan & Ryan Rasmussen

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

2024 was a breakout year for crypto, with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana outperforming traditional assets and spot Bitcoin ETFs attracting $31.7 billio...

Can Ethereum Compete with Bitcoin, Solana & Celestia? | Mike Ippolito & Jon Charbonneau

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ha...

ROLLUP: BTC Shatters $100K, What's Next? | The Debanking Debacle | New SEC Chairman | Biggest Airdrop... Ever?

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 Mayo...

AI ROLLUP #2: Virtuals $1B | Zerebro LLM | Ai16z Comeback? | Bittensor Tao | Freya $50K Game

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 Vir...

The ZK Fast Track | Andrew & Uma of Conduit & Succinct

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last month, Andrew Huang (Conduit) and Uma Roy (Succinct) announced OP Succinct, a groundbreaking collaboration that blends Succinct’s SP1 zkVM with...

Ethereum’s Three Front War | Justin Drake

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 roadma...

ROLLUP: Memecoin Mania | Tornado Cash Win! | Pro-Crypto Trump Cabinet | Justin Sun & WLFI

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Memecoin mania spiraled out of control this week, with shocking livestream rug pulls and Pump.fun disabling its livestream feature due to disturbing b...

AI ROLLUP: Base vs. Solana | Ai16z | GOAT | AIxbt | Virtuals & Zerebro

28 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

AI agents are reshaping the crypto landscape, from gaming to decentralized venture capital. This week, we explore groundbreaking developments in Crypt...

A Short Story About Private Law | Peter Van Valkenburgh

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Why ETH is Permissionless Money | Mike Neuder

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ethereum Foundation researcher Mike Neuder joins us at the Bankless Summit with a really bullish articulation of what ETH and Ethereum is in 2024. Mik...

From Web1 to Web3: Why Are We Here? | Matt Cutler

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Cutler is the founder of Blocknative and the combination of a fantastic storyteller and a fantastic data analyst. Blocknative is not his first co...

ROLLUP: $100k BTC? | Gensler Resignation | Trump’s ‘Crypto Czar’ | Memecoin Rugs

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 exe...

Roman Storm Speaks - Tornado Cash Developer on What’s at Stake

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

📣DONATE TO ROMAN’S CASE https://juicebox.money/@defend-roman-storm  Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm faces decades in prison after being arres...

The Future of Rollups is Based | Mteam

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mteam explores why the future of Ethereum Rollups is inevitably based. Many people said this was the most impressive technical talk at the Bankless Su...

Why Are We Here? Crypto-Anarchism Explained | Arjun Bhuptani

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 exp...

Defending Beamchain & the Ethereum Roadmap | Justin Drake

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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....

ROLLUP: Post Election All Time Highs | Beam Chain Announcement | Devcon Recap | FBI Raids Polymarket CEO

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 D...

How Crypto AI Agents Will Take Over the World | Ejaaz Ahamadeen

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ejaaz is back on the podcast to explore the cutting edge of AI agents and their potential takeover—starting with blockchains, powered by crypto rail...

2025 Crypto Predictions with Altcoin Daily | BTC, ETH, Memecoins & L2s

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 pri...

How to Prepare for the 2025 Bull Market | Arthur Hayes

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

ROLLUP: A New Era For Crypto | Bitcoin All Time High | Polymarket Dominance | Where Do We Go Next?

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 2024 Presidential Election Breakdown With Alex Thorn

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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. ...

Why You Should Still Be Bullish ETH | Anthony Sassano

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 th...

Do Based Rollups Solve Everything? | Justin Drake

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What exactly are Based Rollups? We’ve brought Ethereum Researcher and Bankless recurring guest, Justin Drake, to give us his reasoning on why he thi...

ROLLUP: Bitcoin's ATH Run | AI Memecoin Meta | Blobs Price Discovery | Microsoft Buying Bitcoin?

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

The AI Agent & Memecoin Thesis | Pantera’s Matt Stephenson

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The collision between crypto and AI agents has officially begun. Matthew Stephensen of Pantera Capital research partner and author of “Crypto: Picks...

Are L2s Extensions of Ethereum? | Kyle Samani & Max Resnick vs. David Hoffman & Jill Gunter

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 Resn...

ROLLUP: Stripe's Billion Dollar Stablecoin Bet | Noteworthy Investor Longs BTC | Kraken's New L2 | Self Custody Is For Losers??

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, a record-breaking billion-dollar crypto acquisition has caught mainstream attention, highlighting its significance for the stablecoin marke...

Kraken's 'Ink' - the Newest L2 in the Optimism Superchain | Ben Jones & Andrew Koller

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

The Ethereum Roadmap Wars | Will Ethereum Win?

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Bankless Takes we dive into the growing sentiment that Ethereum is losing its edge, with its roadmap straying and competitors catch...

ETH vs. SOL: A Professor's Take | Omid Malekan

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Omid Malekan, an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School and author of multiple books on crypto joins us. Omid shares his insights on the evolut...

ROLLUP: $2B Polymarket Bet | Election Pump? | Ethereum Optimism | Trump 'WLFI' Launch

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With 17 days to the election, Trump launched WLFI token sales, while Kamala’s positive crypto comments sparked reactions. Polymarket shows Trump at ...

The Bankless Summit

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Announcing: The Bankless Summit The Saturday after Devcon (Nov 16th) Bankless is hosting a single day of the most interesting talks and conversations ...

A16z 2024 State of Crypto Report | Eddy Lazzarin & Daren Matsuoka

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

The End Of Centralized Exchanges | Kain Warwick's Infinex

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 central...

ROLLUP: Satoshi Exposed | Unichain | FBI Token | Permissionless III | Hoffman vs. Warwick

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This Weekly Rollup was recorded IRL at Permissionless III. We discuss HBO revealing the identity of Bitcoin’s creator, Uniswap’s Unichain announce...

Announcing Unichain | DeFi's Next Frontier?

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 fut...

Is DeFi Illegal Now? Tornado Cash Case Update | Jake Chervinsky

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 in...

The Very Serious Impact of Misinformation | Nico Perrino

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we sit down with Nico Perrino, a leading advocate for free speech and individual rights, currently serving at the Foundation for Indi...

ROLLUP: World War Threat | North Korean Hackers | Vitalik Roadmap Updates | Visa Platform On Ethereum

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

CFTC vs. Uniswap, Prediction Markets, & Crypto | Commissioner Summer Mersinger

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we speak with CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger about the rapidly changing world of cryptocurrency regulation. Commissioner Mersinge...

Where is Ethereum Headed? | Mike Ippolito & Mike Neuder

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The exploration of the Ethereum Roadmap continues. Today on the show we’re bringing back Mike Neuder who was just on the show to give his defense of...

Defending Crypto to the Middle-Class American | Austin Campbell

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do you remember the 2008 crisis? It left a mark on many of us, fueling a distrust of bankers and politicians, and leading us to crypto as an alternati...

ROLLUP: China's $500B Stimulus | Kamala's Pro-Crypto Pivot? | Gary Gets Grilled | EIGEN Unlock Incoming

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week we break down China’s massive new economic stimulus package, its biggest move since the pandemic and what it could mean for the global mar...

Crypto & The Democrats | Rep. Ro Khanna

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Representative Ro Khanna, a Congressman from California and a key advocate for crypto within the Democratic party joins us on today’s episode. We di...

In Defense of The Ethereum Roadmap | Mike Neuder

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is the Ethereum’s Rollup centric roadmap a Queen Sacrifice blunder? That’s the core question the industry is asking and Bankless has aired some of...

ROLLUP: Rate Cuts Price Savior? | Trump’s DeFi Project | Vitalik’s Documentary

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Fed just cut rates by 50 basis points for the first time since the pandemic, how is the market reacting, should we be excited?  Trump revealed ne...

Fed Rate Cut: Is It Too Late? | Macro Alf

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jerome Powell and the Federal Reset is about to cut rates, but the question on everyone’s mind is… What happens next? Alfonso Peccatiello, known a...

Refuting L2 Fud & State of Arbitrum | Steven Goldfeder

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Steven Goldfeder is back on the podcast today to discuss Arbitrum’s and all Ethereum L2 FUD.  Is a win for Arbitrum also a win for Ethereum, or is ...

What Are BlackRock’s Crypto Plans? | Robbie Mitchnick Head Digital Assets at Blackrock

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

That’s right, Bankless Nation, BlackRock on the podcast today. BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager, a company that manages over $10 tri...

ROLLUP: The Debate | 1st DeFi Congress Hearing | ENS joins PayPal/Venmo | Coinbase’s cbBTC

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in crypto, the Trump vs. Harris debate sparked chatter, but did the markets react? DeFi had its first U.S. congressional hearing—how’d i...

Will AI Kill Democracy? | Yuval Noah Harari

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today on a special in-person recording of Bankless we welcome special guest and best selling author, Yuval Noah Harari. Yuval is best known for his bo...

Where’s the ETH Bottom? | Ben Cowen

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When is this all going to reverse?  That’s the question we asked Benjamin Cowen, YouTuber, Founder of Into The CryptoVerse and famous chart maximal...

Why Peter Schiff Hates Bitcoin & The Bull Case for Gold

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why does Bitcoin sucks and is inferior to Gold? Peter Schiff is a financial commentator and economist that is relentlessly bullish on gold and a famou...

ROLLUP: Trump’s DeFi Project | CFTC vs. Uniswap | Brazil Bans Twitter | Coinbase AI | Polymarket & Bloomberg

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week in crypto, Trump’s new DeFi project sparked debate—is it legit or a grift? After the SEC, the CFTC targeted Uniswap—what’s going on ...

Is the Ethereum Roadmap Off Track? | Max Resnick

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is the Ethereum roadmap… off track? Have we lost the plot? Are L2s running interference, intercepting all the users, transactions, and value from re...

U.S. Strategic BTC Reserve - The BITCOIN Act | Senator Cynthia Lummis

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis is a leading Bitcoin advocate in Congress who recently introduced her proposal, "the Bitcoin Act," which seeks to create a...

Multi-Proposers & The Future Of Ethereum

01 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this special early access episode we're joined by Paradigm's Georgios Konstantopoulos and Charlie Noyes, along with Max Resnick from Special Mechan...

ROLLUP: Ethereum Foundation Sells $100M? | Telegram Founder Arrested | SEC Targets Opensea

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup. First up, why Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested in France and what it means for the future ...

How Crypto Is Transforming Argentina's Economy

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're diving into the vibrant crypto ecosystem of Argentina as experienced at Aleph, a unique crypto pop-up city in Buenos Aires. You’ll hear ...

How Crypto Fixes U.S. Debt | Fmr Speaker Paul Ryan

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been a while since former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was in the public spotlight, but in this episode, we discover his surprising stance: h...

Why is ETH Down So Bad this Cycle? | Kyle Samani

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

SOL/ETH is up 300% YoY and ETH/BTC is down 50% over the last 2 years. Why is that? Why is ETH underperforming so bad? Kyle Samani is the Managing Part...

ROLLUP: TRON's Massive Win | Dems Ignore Crypto | The $20M McDonalds Scam | Vitalik's Bull Post

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tron has been on a tear ranking second in stablecoin supply, highest number of token holders at 143.5 million, and has the second highest TVL among la...