Good now revolutionaries— It's Veterans Day, and Alex is ten pounds lighter in the haircut department. Evan and Alex start with a brutal post-mortem on Polkadot — a project that generates about $1.29 a day in weekly revenue while still carrying a $1.5B market cap. From there it's the one conversation every altcoin bag holder should sit through: how value capture actually works, why issuance inflation can quietly double your break-even, and why the six most profitable protocols — Hyperliquid, Pump.fun, Sky, Aave, Aerodrome, and Jupiter — were the only revenue-generating tokens that beat Bitcoin over the past year. Will Watson calls in to remind everyone that bond markets are closed for Veterans Day, inflation came in hot yesterday, and crypto is currently reacting more to DXY than to oil. Then: MSCI is considering booting Strategy and Metaplanet from its indexes, with Will's back-of-envelope estimating a $1B–$3B market cap hit if it lands. Sharplink got put on the watch list. Legal precedent on all of this is still, as Alex puts it, 'in the upside down.' Travel alert: this is the last show before Evan and Alex head to London for Breakpoint and the Digital Asset Summit. No After Dark tonight, no morning show tomorrow, Will is running a short market check Thursday, Office Hours Friday with Evan, and live from the conference floor Monday and Tuesday with guests from OpenSea, Spend, Super Team USA, Jito, Double Zero, Solana Foundation, and Collector Crypt. Support the show — Want to hang out with us after the show, get live answers to your questions, or join future giveaways? Join our free community where the show lives 24/7: community.rumshq.com — ☕ THE RISE UP MORNING SHOW☀️ LIVE Monday - Thursday @ 7a central Helpful web3 news, commentary, & answers to your crypto questions. 🍻RISE UP AFTER DARK🌗 LIVE Wednesdays @ 7p central DYOR and BYOB for casual Q&A, fun with expert guests, and altcoin research. 📈RISE UP MARKET WATCH🤑 LIVE Mondays @ 7p central Technical analysis, real macro insight, and practical takeaways to help you invest smarter in every market. ⚖️ TRUST ISSUES 🧐 LIVE Tuesdays @ 6:30p central Breaking down U.S. crypto policy, regulation, and legislation—what they mean for the industry and what comes next. — WANT MORE? 👉Connect w/us on your favorite social: https://rumshq.com 👉Become a guest or sponsor: riseup@rumshq.com 👉Join our free community: https://community.rumshq.com FOLLOW OUR HOSTS: ☮️ Evan Mann: https://beacons.ai/conversationswithevan 🤬 Alex Popovic: https://alexpopovic.info 🐬 Will Watson: https://c...
