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The Ultimate Guide to Crypto Finance. DeFi, NFTs, and cryptocurrencies. Level up. Go bankless.

1 DAY AGO

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

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/new

1h 3m
2 DAYS AGO

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

📣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

26 min
3 DAYS AGO

The Future of Rollups is Based | Mteam

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 ⁠

31 min
4 DAYS AGO

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

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

34 min
5 DAYS AGO

Defending Beamchain & the Ethereum Roadmap | Justin Drake

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

36 min
15 NOV

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

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 MicroStrateg

1h 4m
14 NOV

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

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

1h 50m
13 NOV

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

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

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Superb..

19 Apr

Reillyboy14

Excellent informative podcast as always..👍
Need a truth filter

13 May

gibsonjohn

These guys seem to exaggerate and lie about things that they have a financial interest in. And they seem to denigrate and lie about things they don’t have a financial stake in. So this is an advertisement for products. And they have a history of advertising all the dishonest products that led to people like you loosing their money.
One of the best Crypto podcasts

7 Mar

Linuxdude67

Backless is one of the best Crypto podcasts without a doubt. Intelligent, but never boring. Good place for alpha and not over hyped. So glad I found it.
Thanks for your work David & Ryan! You make a difference

12/11/2022

Normalll

Exceptional podcast. Not only do these guys have encyclopaedic knowledge of the crypto space, they are able to sum up events with such clarity that anyone can understand the sometimes complex topics. Great questions, super intelligent, excellent communicators who carry listeners along with their warmth, humour and good grace. I always listen, but find them especially useful for clear insight and explanation of news events, including crises. This is the pod I wait for after such events.

The Ultimate Guide to Crypto Finance. DeFi, NFTs, and cryptocurrencies. Level up. Go bankless.

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Bankless

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

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

The Future of Rollups is Based | Mteam

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

Defending Beamchain & the Ethereum Roadmap | Justin Drake

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

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

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

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David Hoffman

Ryan Sean Adams

Superb..

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One of the best Crypto podcasts

Thanks for your work David & Ryan! You make a difference

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

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

The Future of Rollups is Based | Mteam

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

Defending Beamchain & the Ethereum Roadmap | Justin Drake

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

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

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

Hosts & Guests

David Hoffman

Ryan Sean Adams

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Superb..

Need a truth filter

One of the best Crypto podcasts

Thanks for your work David & Ryan! You make a difference

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