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ROLLUP: Ethereum’s Leadership Move | Solana’s Inflation Debate | Kraken’s $1.5B Acquisition | Crypto's Macro Struggle Mar 21, 2025

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This week, Anthony Sassano joins us to unpack Solana’s most controversial governance vote yet, Ethereum’s major leadership overhaul, and crypto markets wrestling with macro chaos despite promising policy shifts. Kraken makes waves with a massive $1.5B acquisition—but will it move the needle? We dive into all of this and so much more.

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

0:00 Intro

1:39 Anthony’s Crypto Vibe Check

5:56 Markets

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/19/fed-meeting-live-updates.html

12:27 Ethena and Securitize launched a new chain

https://x.com/ethena_labs/status/1901672646015856749

https://x.com/coinbase/status/1902031828912844992

28:13 Robinhood launched their prediction market with Kalshi

https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1901634303768883377

https://x.com/vladtenev/status/1901703746033426919

34:52 Solana proposal to cut inflation failed to pass

https://simd-votes.stakingfacilities.com/

https://www.helius.dev/blog/simd-228

47:07 SOL Futures on CME

https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1901566174598398261

https://x.com/solana/status/1901279678620749997

51:25 Eth/acc & Ethereum Leadership Change

https://x.com/matthuang/status/1902562363532046674

https://x.com/KyleSamani/status/1901769358273040806

https://x.com/ethismoneyHQ/status/1901734022646317213

https://x.com/adietrichs/status/1899607524581740576

https://x.com/megapot_io/status/1902419979196338386

1:06:07 Kraken Acquires NinjaTrader $1.5B

https://www.reuters.com/technology/kraken-acquire-ninjatrader-15-billion-deal-2025-03-20/

1:07:08 Closing & Disclaimers

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AI ROLLUP #16: Retail Vs Institutions, Who's Right? | New Frontier AI Model | Mind Blowing Image Generation Mar 20, 2025

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This week on the AI Rollup, we’re diving into hyper-realistic AI-generated podcast hosts, showcasing Hedera Studio’s cutting-edge character tech. Google drops Gemini 2.0 Flash, making AI image generation even more powerful with improved consistency and text integration. Meanwhile, China is pushing hard—Baidu’s latest model beats GPT-4.5 at half the cost, challenging OpenAI’s dominance. Plus, Sesame open-sources its voice model, and the crypto AI market sees brutal drawdowns. Despite the turbulence, teams like Virtuals and Bittensor keep building, while Pluralis raises $7.6M to decentralize AI model training. Where does AI Crypto go from here? Let’s find out.

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

00:00 Sentiment Check and Recap

05:25 AI Podcast Hosts?

https://x.com/hedra_labs/status/1897699010632466469

08:50 Google Gemini 2.0

https://x.com/robertriachi/status/1899854394751070573

https://x.com/goodside/status/1900349595718148455?s=46

https://x.com/ilumine_ai/status/1900017235898622025

https://x.com/halimalrasihi/status/1900667639086673962?s=46

https://x.com/thatarrowsmith/status/1901203776746201556?s=46

17:55 China's New Frontier Model

https://x.com/scobleizer/status/1901089727568281975?s=46

27:21 AI Market Prices

https://www.cookie.fun/

https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum

32:55 Market Manipulation?

https://x.com/solgojo/status/1901002388007514381

https://x.com/0thTachi/status/1902090675111207380

38:11 Pockets Of Outperformers

https://x.com/S4mmyEth/status/1902348046479786315

43:09 Virtuals Update

https://x.com/smyyguy/status/1899181446126076283?s=46

https://x.com/ethermage/status/1899494870152282511

https://x.com/virtuals_io/status/1900185918147064015

49:48 AIXBT Hacked

https://x.com/S4mmyEth/status/1902021914517758277

52:44 New AI Trading Subnet

https://x.com/thebittensorhub/status/1899810734374047799?s=46

58:54 Pluralis Announcement

https://x.com/PluralisHQ/status/1902367132597252177

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How Native Rollups Scale Ethereum | Uma Roy & Justin Drake Mar 17, 2025

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Native Rollups are the next big step toward scaling Ethereum securely. In this episode,

Uma Roy (CEO of Succinct) and Justin Drake (Ethereum Foundation researcher) break down what Native Rollups are, how they leverage Ethereum’s core infrastructure for execution and validation, and why they're crucial for stronger security, better composability, and sustainable Ethereum growth.

Tune in to understand the evolution of Ethereum’s rollup-centric roadmap and how Native Rollups could become a foundational upgrade for Ethereum's future.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

6:41 Why Native Rollups?

16:32 Security & Composability Benefits

38:13 ZKProofs

42:52 Making L2s Native

50:48 Network Effects

52:35 Customizability Trade-Offs

58:59 Timelines

1:02:39 ETH Economic Impacts

1:05:46 Other Advantages

1:08:17 Succinct

1:08:59 ETHProofs.org

1:11:32 Real-Time Proving

1:12:33 Ethereum’s Bottleneck

1:15:43 Closing & Disclaimers

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Native Rollups

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L2Beat

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ROLLUP: Strategic Bitcoin Reserve | White House Digital Summit | Saylor's $21B BTC Bid | HyperLiquid Mar 14, 2025

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This week, the U.S. establishes its long-awaited Strategic Bitcoin Reserve yet the charts barely move and questions remain about altcoins like ADA, XRP, and SOL. A high-profile White House Digital Summit draws big names but yields few concrete regulatory wins. Meanwhile, HyperLiquid got exploited? Not quite but we'll get into that this week and so much more.

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

00:00 Market Sentiment And Interpretation

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/12/cpi-inflation-report-february-2025.html

https://x.com/kobeissiletter/status/1899147239160693054

06:49 Crypto Markets

https://farside.co.uk/?p=1518

https://x.com/BitwiseInvest/status/1899445386038620631

https://x.com/HHorsley/status/1899612285980880907

https://x.com/milesdeutscher/status/1899062184917000214

13:44 Trump’s Impact On Crypto

https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/usg

18:32 Bitcoin Strategic Reserve

https://x.com/margomartin47/status/1897802829474955415?s=46&t=BK1udaJPJxPwz6RfE-m1iw

https://x.com/davidsacks47/status/1897802280738734236

https://x.com/nic__carter/status/1897837943106289967

https://x.com/ercwl/status/1897817161428541691

31:18 White House Digital Asset Summit

https://x.com/POTUS/status/1898162648962756970

https://x.com/nicrypto/status/1898180016459944350

https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1898200766315209050

https://x.com/RepNickBegich/status/1899494764682363136

https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1899586234248499450?s=46&t=LIRWzlNRT68jap2P18vctA

37:49 Saylor to Buy $21B More Bitcoin

https://x.com/saylor/status/1899068491409260639

48:32 HyperLiquid Exploit?

55:44 Interpol Red Notice For… Libra Creator

58:01 Unichain’s Explosive Growth

https://x.com/nansen_ai/status/1899000536487403748

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AI ROLLUP #15: China Beats OpenAI? | Grok Launches Token | Alibaba's AI Breakthrough Mar 13, 2025

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In this episode, we break down China's latest AI breakthrough—the Manus agent—and how it's shaking up the AI race. We discuss Alibaba's powerful, compact new AI model, the rise of autonomous coding agents, and Microsoft's shifting relationship with OpenAI. Plus, we explore how AI agents like Grok are starting to impact crypto markets.
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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

0:00 Intro

1:33 China drops Manus AI

https://x.com/thinking_panda/status/1897951585990590469

https://x.com/rowancheung/status/1898093008601395380

https://x.com/_philschmid/status/1899046957860979178

14:27 OpenAI Agent SDK

https://x.com/cryptopunk7213/status/1897406075072377093

https://x.com/AtomSilverman/status/1899511053601698073

21:05 Ex-Deepmind engineers creating autonomous coding agents

https://x.com/mishalaskin/status/1898048925157728601

https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/1899444649317527927

22:57 Build a game from scratch with AI

https://x.com/minchoi/status/1898469519565492490

https://x.com/Ror_Fly/status/1899473065328656485

https://x.com/ror_fly/status/1899803648781119765

25:55 Alibaba drops QWEN 32B

https://x.com/hosseeb/status/1897377619240468513

https://x.com/sundarpichai/status/1899779090472644881

https://x.com/hyperbolic_labs/status/1897437370552570047

30:44 Chinese company HunYuan released a new image to video

https://x.com/EHuanglu/status/1897628929768505611

32:31 The model competition is really heating up & Microsoft x OpenAI

https://x.com/cneuralnetwork/status/1898450452540465538

https://gizmodo.com/microsofts-relationship-with-openai-is-not-looking-good-2000573293

36:57 Grok earned over $100K this past week

https://x.com/mleejr/status/1898465691096727866

https://x.com/bankrbot

https://x.com/bankrbot/status/1897950192613441617

https://x.com/grok/status/1898884871742758966

https://x.com/grok/status/1898957064006774855

https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1899565420966801647

https://dexscreener.com/base/0x5116773e18a9c7bb03ebb961b38678e45e238923

https://x.com/MLeeJr/status/1899647338978889743

https://x.com/grok/status/1899582316747391127

https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1899585667899822520

https://x.com/bankrbot/status/1899589807350972768

https://x.com/grok/status/1898884871742758966

https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1899566730059653431

https://x.com/rhynotic/status/1899190256727122331

56:26 Agents over the last 30 days

https://x.com/defi0xjeff/status/1898025840514101654

https://x.com/gkisokay/status/1899422660339393007

https://x.com/696_eth/status/1897446933406605599

56:58 Model Context Protocol

https://x.com/mattpocockuk/status/1897742389592440970

https://x.com/sendaifun/status/1892310991737598229

https://x.com/crossmint/status/1899492589763469802

1:05:30 Closing & Disclaimers

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The Age of Hyper Acceleration: AI, AGI & Beyond! | Josh Kale Mar 10, 2025

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AI isn't just growing—it's skyrocketing us into an unprecedented era of hyper-acceleration.

Josh Kale joins us to explore how breakthroughs in intelligence, from protein sequencing and synthetic biology to autonomous transportation and energy abundance, are reshaping our world at dizzying speeds.

Prepare for a future that's closer than you think, where the cost of intelligence approaches zero and possibilities become boundless.

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0:00 Intro 3:48 Exponential Human Progress 7:50 Moore’s Law vs Huang’s Law 15:17 Synthetic Biology 20:37 Economic Impact 23:17 Job Market 31:02 Self-Driving Cars 33:33 Aviation 35:43 Energy 41:10 David Deutsch 45:42 Electricity & Income 51:20 Nuclear Energy 54:46 The Unibomber 1:01:09 Defensive Accelerationism 1:03:06 Robotics 1:06:14 Closing & Disclaimers

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The Beginning of Infinity https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Infinity-Explanations-Transform-World/dp/0143121359

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ROLLUP: Trump Crypto Reserve | SBF Prison Interview | Ethereum Leadership Shuffle Mar 07, 2025

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Joining the Weekly Rollup this week is Haseeb Qureshi, dissecting Trump's controversial Crypto Strategic Reserve announcement featuring Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Cardano, and Ripple—causing an initial market surge and a swift reversal. They unpack Sam Bankman-Fried's candid prison interview with Tucker Carlson, revealing a stark divide between human empathy and detached pragmatism. Plus, Trump's erratic tariff policies are rattling macro markets; is it strategic or simply chaotic? Finally, they delve into Ethereum's leadership shuffle, Base's new speed upgrade challenging Solana, and AI's profound reshaping of crypto startups and blockchain usability.

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------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro

0:26 Tucker Carlson Interviews SBF https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1897709140535132442

5:10 Trump announced strategic crypto reserves https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114093946326587357 https://x.com/cz_binance/status/1896246000161001877 https://x.com/nic__carter/status/1896588091235656190 https://x.com/EleanorTerrett/status/1896966911721607536 https://imgur.com/a/Q3tPnYI https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1896240960788627681 https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1896305838144548884 https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1896958095424729133 https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1896949387856933048 https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1896951231266140234

25:14 Tariffs & Macro Markets

41:20 Ethereum Foundation has new leadership! https://x.com/ethereumfndn/status/1895851576251826227 https://x.com/tkstanczak/status/1895862549578469523 https://x.com/tkstanczak/status/1896246373919453285 https://x.com/ethereumfndn/status/1895442343689363652 https://x.com/TimBeiko/status/1892593175845368316 https://x.com/dannyryan/status/1895851747865944114 https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1895863075527700959

52:23 Base is getting faster and faster! https://x.com/buildonbase/status/1895223243713458184?s=46 https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1895283716597166514 https://base.mirror.xyz/HwG1GQ5hoxz0OTOF_nQhNcVTk4Ae9cRIrcqVQ14N4-c

55:41 Devconnect https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1897321244158255567

1:00:14 AI Developments & Kaito https://x.com/Punk9277/status/1897684877098770736

1:16:12 Closing & Disclaimers

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AI ROLLUP #14: The AI Betting Genius That's Outsmarting Everyone | Humanoid Fighting Robots | AI's Invent a New Language Mar 06, 2025

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In this episode, we kick off with jaw-dropping scenes of home robots that aren’t just putting groceries away, they’re taking the fight to you, echoing the dark vibes of i-Robot. Next, we unravel a crazy demo where encrypted agents develop their own language, and break down Google’s game-changing agent swarm that’s setting new research standards. We also explore Claude’s innovative new model and code that transforms complex problem-solving, plus Anthropic’s record-shattering $3.5B raise. And that’s not all, we share exclusive takeaways from ETH Denver’s AI scene, highlight AskBilly’s profit-making sports betting agent, and introduce Freysa’s digital twin game with a $250K prize. Whether you’re a tech enthusiast or just curious about tomorrow’s breakthroughs, this episode is your all-access pass to the cutting edge of innovation.

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00:04:33 Gibberlink https://x.com/ggerganov/status/1894057587441566081?s=46 https://x.com/ggerganov/status/1896592079997788300?s=46

00:09:07 Google Co-Scientist https://x.com/sundarpichai/status/1892254274895184244?s=46

00:10:27 Claude 3.7 https://x.com/AnthropicAI/status/1894092430560965029 https://x.com/AnthropicAI/status/1894095351218335927 https://x.com/ns123abc/status/1894144121784209770?s=46

00:16:00 Vibe Coding

00:24:32 The Good About ETH Denver https://x.com/cryptopunk7213/status/1895891065233711501

00:31:16 The Bad About ETH Denver

00:35:26 Expert Sports Better https://x.com/askbillybets/status/1892959166307639642?s=46 https://x.com/sportstensor/status/1895821780151124321?s=46

00:52:57 Freysa AI https://x.com/freysa_ai/status/1892392982395187666?s=46 https://x.com/freysa_ai/status/1893556530563424510?s=46 https://x.com/freysa_ai/status/1895251589197373508?s=46 https://x.com/econoar/status/1897002735352054036

01:04:42 Homework For you! https://x.com/karpathy/status/1895242932095209667

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Is Trump Trying to Wreck the Economy? | Macro Expert Jim Bianco Mar 05, 2025

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Is Trump trying to wreck the economy, or is he just ripping off the Band-Aid?

Macro expert Jim Bianco breaks down Trump's economic strategy—tariffs, tax cuts, and shifting focus from the stock market to the 10-year Treasury yield.

We discuss the potential risks of short-term pain, the surprising Crypto Strategic Reserve, and whether this shift could lead to long-term economic stability. Is this the start of a recession or a necessary correction?

Tune in for Jim’s expert take.

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The AI Arms Race: Who Will Dominate the Next Industrial Revolution? | Josh kale Mar 03, 2025

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The AI arms race is on, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.

Bankless podcast producer Josh Kale breaks down which players are poised to dominate this next industrial revolution. From the transformative power of AI across industries to the geopolitical and economic implications, we explore the critical dynamics shaping our technological future—and what this means for investors, builders, and society at large.

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