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

  1. 1 HR. 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. 4 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
  3. NOV 15

    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
  4. NOV 14

    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
  5. NOV 13

    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

    43 min
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