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ROLLUP: Kamala Crypto Pivot? | USDC iPhone Tap-to-Pay | WBTC Drama? | Superchain Soon? Aug 16, 2024

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This week in crypto, speculation swirled around a potential Kamala Harris pivot to crypto—could it be too late? Polymarket gives her a 10% chance against Trump.

Jeremy Allaire hinted at Tap to Pay with USDC on iPhones—coming soon?

BitGo’s wrapped Bitcoin drama might open doors for Coinbase. Optimism revealed plans to address fragmentation, while Eric Trump dives into digital real estate. Plus, the list of crypto's political prisoners grows—how can we support them?

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0:00 Intro

1:26 Argentina https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1823437363898392792 https://x.com/smpalladino/status/1823476661473698063 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1823401536145514959

6:55 Markets https://dune.com/hildobby/btc-etfs https://dune.com/hildobby/eth-etfs https://farside.;0co.uk/?p=1518 https://x.com/sassal0x/status/1823265107310219469 https://apnews.com/article/inflation-prices-interest-rates-economy-federal-reserve-f8de2672173407d3a126cc13493fed85 https://x.com/kellyjgreer/status/1823871991490675137

14:25 Memecoin Metrics https://x.com/Adam_Tehc/status/1822411899843047651 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1822649650706563180 https://x.com/econoar/status/1822652061353468169 https://x.com/cobie/status/1822685974822027770

23:12 Can Crypto Get Kamala to Pivot? https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1823801428416270455 https://polymarket.com/elections https://www.theblock.co/post/310344/crypto-executives-meet-white-house-officials-to-discuss-policy-grievances-during-virtual-roundtable https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/crypto-executives-clash-democratic-leaders-heated-zoom-meeting https://x.com/nic__carter/status/1821710798911054029 https://x.com/RoKhanna/status/1823109754706682135 https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/08/15/us-crypto-bill-can-happen-this-year-senates-schumer-tells-crypto-backers-of-harris/ https://x.com/jbrukh/status/1823904565101580776

35:19 Is it too late for Dem to win crypto votes? https://x.com/Crypto4Harris https://www.standwithcrypto.org/politicians/person/tim---walz https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/11669100139586 https://home.treasury.gov/about/general-information/officials/Wally-Adeyemo https://x.com/intangiblecoins/status/1823338614618550382 https://x.com/nic__carter/status/1823343463464677558 https://x.com/CampbellJAustin/status/1823362155984388226

46:27 Does crypto votes even matter to Dems? https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1823338739910758898 https://policy.paradigm.xyz/writing/Dem-polling https://x.com/RadarHits/status/1823051375174967378 https://x.com/mikulaja/status/1821563686495862905 https://x.com/nic__carter/status/1821567272432836943

55:37 Ethereum L2 Updates https://x.com/cronos_chain/status/1823966639622324468 https://x.com/nebrazkp/status/1824098013880443013

59:48 Wrapped Bitcoin Drama https://forum.makerdao.com/t/wbtc-changes-and-risk-mitigation-10-august-2024/24844/4 https://x.com/mikebelshe/status/1822318651996877224 https://x.com/justinsuntron/status/1822370692014485937 https://x.com/coinbase/status/1823501582006411614 https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1823515062658830681

1:03:47 Superchain will become one chain! https://x.com/Optimism/status/1823073114366050695

1:06:41 Eric Trump reveals "Trump Project" focuses on digital real estate https://nypost.com/2024/08/14/us-news/eric-trump-previews-major-trump-org-move-into-crypto-as-he-charts-the-family-companys-future/

1:08:22 USDC is integrating with Tap-to-pay on iPhones! https://x.com/jerallaire/status/1823772497969602981 https://x.com/jerallaire/status/1823822639036604914?s=46

1:10:53 MEME of the Week https://imgur.com/2Wgxr1P

1:12:18 Moment of Burden (Anti-Zen): https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1823788207336526153 https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1823418719634141594 https://x.com/alex_pertsev/status/1822184616620339397

1:14:30 Closing & Disclaimers

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Nate Silver: SBF, The 2024 Election, & Prediction Markets Aug 13, 2024

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Nate Silver is a statistician, writer, and political analyst, widely recognized for his accurate predictions of U.S. presidential elections. He's now released an exceptional new book titled, "On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything." The book delves into the world of risk, game theory, cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, and poker—fields where the stakes are high and the outcomes uncertain. One of the central themes of the book is crypto, which is why we were thrilled to have Nate join us.

Nate is not just a respected analyst; he's one of us—a fellow degen who shares our passion for the unpredictable and the frontier. But he's also much more. Nate is an avid poker player, a sharp sports bettor, an interviewer of Sam Bankman-Fried, an NFT enthusiast, and an advisor to Polymarket. In today’s episode, he offers keen insights into the brewing battle between the crypto world and its traditional incumbents.

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0:00 Intro 5:32 Nate is one of us 7:56 Nate’s POV on crypto 11:07 ‘The River’ 17:35 ‘The Village’ 19:15 Riverian & Villager conflict 25:38 Is the River better? 34:16 Sam Bankman-Fried 52:23 Sam Altman 59:13 Prediction markets & Polymarket 1:06:56 2024 election predictions 1:09:01 Riverian’s betting Trump? 1:10:50 How do we navigate this? 1:15:09 Advice for the crypto industry 1:16:38 Closing & Disclaimers

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What is Robinhood Doing in Crypto? | Co-Founder Vlad Tenev Aug 12, 2024

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Robinhood is the world’s most successful FinTech trading company. They have already conquered TradFi. What are they targeting next?

In June, they announced the acquisition of Bitstamp, the oldest crypto exchange. They’re increasingly investing in crypto and we felt it was important to know their plans.

We brought the co-founder Vlad Tenev and we had a wide-ranging conversation covering topics like tokenization, Robinhood’s Wallet and L2, payment for orderflow and MEV, the SEC Wells Notice and much more.

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0:00 Intro 6:35 Why Crypto 12:28 Robinhood Consumer Base 15:45 The Crypto Transition 24:52 Bitstamp Acquisition 34:10 Robinhood Wallet 40:43 Robinhood L2? 45:11 Payments 53:09 Robinhood vs SEC 1:04:29 Orderflow Business Model 1:11:05 Current Crypto Cycle 1:14:06 Vlad’s Vision 1:15:20 Closing & Disclaimers

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Robinhood Crypto https://robinhood.com/eu/en/about/crypto/

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ROLLUP: Crazy Markets Week | Prediction Markets Bad? | Zora Release | More Gensler Ls | Trump’s DeFi Sons Aug 09, 2024

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This week in crypto we saw markets…stumble? Then recover? Is the 2024 bull run over?

Elizabeth Warren is targeting prediction markets and the crypto community is pushing back, obviously. Meanwhile, SEC Chair Gary Gensler also faces setbacks…more L’s?

Zora’s latest release promises to shake up the NFT world.

And in a surprising twist, Trump's children have reportedly taken a keen interest in…DeFi…?

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0:00 Intro

2:50 What happened to markets? https://x.com/dougboneparth/status/1820448580290724222 https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/05/carry-trades-a-major-unwinding-is-underway-amid-a-stock-sell-off.html https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1819753746202546478 https://x.com/radarhits/status/1820091232770572794 https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/08/08/kamala-harris-donald-trump-tied-on-polymarket-on-who-will-be-the-next-us-president/ https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1820554001450258522 https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1820897733143585209

11:27 What happened since Monday https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/boj-wont-raise-rates-when-markets-unstable-deputy-governor-says-2024-08-07/ https://x.com/peruvian_bull/status/1820999796334981126 https://x.com/NickTimiraos/status/1821532870529396989 https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1820869310119662035 https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1820870572093448299

14:31 Bankless Episodes - Livestream & Tom Lee https://www.youtube.com/live/CIbt2xlBJ5A?si=_60rGAl_9zzv-H0C https://youtu.be/lD9774SuP3E?si=-a3Zmt-1r6aS22xq

22:24 Jump Capital is selling its crypto positions https://x.com/lookonchain/status/1820321011730116636

25:17 Highest ETH ETF inflows since their launch https://x.com/zerohedge/status/1821143966462484640 https://x.com/TommyWorldPower/status/1821091488132165719 https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/02/morgan-stanley-wealth-advisors-bitcoin-etfs.html

27:10 Why is ETH so weak? https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1821534234382627195 https://imgur.com/TsIvCPi https://x.com/ceterispar1bus/status/1820842327901954453

33:38 Strong earnings for key crypto companies in Q2…what we can learn? https://s27.q4cdn.com/397450999/files/doc_financials/2024/q2/Q2-24-Shareholder-Letter.pdf https://www.theblock.co/post/310136/robinhoods-q2-crypto-revenues-up-161-as-trading-volume-hits-21-5-billion https://x.com/wazzcrypto/status/1786139849197551637

36:56 Are Prediction Markets bad? Sen. Warren thinks so https://www.merkley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/CFTC-Letter-FINAL.pdf https://x.com/mansourtarek_/status/1820486209031766204 https://x.com/matthew_d_green/status/1821146583955583068 https://x.com/iamDCinvestor/status/1821361435449962562 https://x.com/hasufl/status/1820818054621622673 https://x.com/LWarho/status/1820888617469771813 https://x.com/Domahhhh/status/1821208004529942713 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1821178136282726643

48:02 Zora protocol now creates pools on Uniswap! https://x.com/js_horne/status/1821215028457967757 https://x.com/haydenzadams/status/1821229811689517401 https://x.com/tbtstl/status/1821217611935273368

50:11 Ripple Labs settled with SEC & More Ls https://x.com/EleanorTerrett/status/1821276946921345341 https://x.com/lex_node/status/1821282897921503742 https://x.com/bgarlinghouse/status/1821289051191963861 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.599908/gov.uscourts.nysd.599908.150.0.pdf https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1821169925769044250 https://x.com/EleanorTerrett/status/1820540465609130052

53:25 Were Eric and Donald Trump Jr DeFi-pilled? https://x.com/EricTrump/status/1820906993802211751 https://x.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1821164331020517596

55:04 Where did Brian Armstrong’s co-founder go? https://x.com/fehrsam/status/1820859394361610338

57:10 MEME of the Week https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1257324353301905579/1270790505357115674/image0.jpg?ex=66b5a422&is=66b452a2&hm=33fc015ff27ad80a11172c464d2edb054bd418d5234be0088788f6946593404f&=&format=webp&width=1620&height=1843

58:28 Closing & Disclosures

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Macro Expert Tom Lee | What's Next For Markets? Aug 07, 2024

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In today’s episode, we tackle the big question: with the massive sell-off earlier this week, is the bull market over? Our guest, Tom Lee, doesn’t think so.

We aim to answer several key questions: Why did markets take a hit on Monday? Is there more pain to come? Is the bull market truly over? What about the possibility of a recession? What are the arguments for both the bear and bull cases?

And finally, Tom's Price Predictions.

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00:00 Intro 04:51 Welcome Tom Lee 09:39 How Bad Was This Really? 13:12 Is It Over? 19:22 What Happens Next? 22:22 Carry Trade Risk 23:52 The Recession Case 28:00 Comparing To The Past 31:35 Why Tom Was Right 36:05 Wall St Temp Check 40:42 BTC And ETH Price Predictions 43:14 Election Impact

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Live: Did This Crypto Cycle Just Come To An End? Aug 05, 2024

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What on earth is going on with markets around the world?! We break it all down live on stream. What just happened, what does it mean, and where we go from here. ------

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TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 What Just Happened? 00:07:57 Explaining The Yen Carry Trade 00:12:08 Crypto Charts 00:24:13 What About ETFs? 00:29:02 How Did DeFi Hold Up? 00:35:35 LRT Ecosystem 00:38:23 Price Guesses 00:49:00 Monetary Policy Updates 00:55:00 Buffett Is Dumping 00:55:46 Bullish Setup? 01:00:17 Positioning Yourself

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Your Constitutional Right to Crypto | Richard Jackson Aug 05, 2024

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Do we have a right to own crypto assets?

We brought the perfect guest that walks us through the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in order to make the case for our already existent constitutional right to Crypto.

Richard is the Deputy AG for the State of Oklahoma for Technology & Digital Assets. He’s an economist at heart, turned legal and crypto native, working to make Oklahoma the most crypto friendly state in the union.

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0:00 Intro 7:47 Constitution 101 11:08 The Bill of Rights 16:51 The Right to Crypto 30:23 1st Amendment 42:29 2nd Amendment 50:29 4th Amendment 1:02:20 5th Amendment 1:11:54 3rd Amendment 1:18:51 9th & 10th Amendment 1:27:00 6th, 7th & 8th Amendment 1:30:12 How to Secure Our Rights 1:37:18 Why Fight in the US 1:43:16 The Oklahoma Case 1:46:18 Closing & Disclaimers

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ROLLUP: Record ETF Flows, Up or Down? | Trump's New Crypto Policy | California Going Onchain? Aug 02, 2024

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At The Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, Trump delivered a speech that resonated big time with the crypto community. What was it that he said to generate the loudest cheer?

Meanwhile, ETF flows continue unabated, with ETH seeing its first day of net inflows coinciding with BTC’s first net outflows in some time – is this a coincidence or just noise?

And finally, California is transitioning car title transfers to... Avalanche?

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00:00:00 Intro

00:02:24 ETF Flows

https://dune.com/hildobby/btc-etfs

https://x.com/JSeyff/status/1818268093656822054

https://dune.com/hildobby/eth-etfs

https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/1818471523801317679

https://farside.co.uk/?p=997

00:14:41 ETH Flag Over Wall St

https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/1816620919353483273

https://x.com/MacroScope17/status/1816847251894911315

00:17:49 L2 Update

https://l2beat.com/scaling/summary

00:22:39 Fed Keeps Rates Steady

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/31/fed-rate-decision-july-2024.html

00:30:17 Trump At Bitcoin Nashville

https://x.com/saylor/status/1817916450880802892

https://x.com/VentureCoinist/status/1817306455441043734

00:37:19 Unpacking The Trump Speech

https://x.com/nic__carter/status/1817301604627796119

00:40:22 RFK's Speech

https://x.com/VentureCoinist/status/1817255603087249638

https://x.com/VentureCoinist/status/1817255605926772825

https://x.com/SenLummis/status/1817320519185932726

https://x.com/nic__carter/status/1817310483445407895

00:46:08 Democrats New Crypto Take

https://x.com/bitcoinpierre/status/1817219938672591310?s=46&t=dmRhP54bJmHi0Ppb8BT30Q

00:48:42 Largest Crypto Super PAC

https://x.com/dunleavy89/status/1817896423293100087?s=46

00:49:40 Polymarket On Forbes

https://x.com/shayne_coplan/status/1818770799601631588

00:54:21 Happy Birthday Ethereum!

https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1818146456550961620

00:55:43 Eclipse Mainnet

https://x.com/EclipseFND/status/1818285443491991678

01:00:12 USDC On Base

https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1815782410250002556

https://x.com/liamihorne/status/1818393309150429626

01:03:14 Cali DMV Builds On Avalanche

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/05/04/governor-newsom-signs-blockchain-executive-order-to-spur-responsible-web3-innovation-grow-jobs-and-protect-consumers/

https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/5.4.22-Blockchain-EO-N-9-22-signed.pdf

https://www.avax.network/blog/california-dmv-makes-history-digitizes-42-million-car-titles-on-avalanche-blockchain

01:09:32 EigenLayer AVS Awards

https://x.com/eigenlayer/status/1816867158032548136

01:11:02 Song-A-Day Man Suing SEC

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/nft-artists-sue-us-regulator-to-head-off-enforcement-action?utm_medium=lawdesk&campaign=BF59CD6C-4EE0-11EF-BAB6-F29F0FC802AB&utm_source=twitter

https://x.com/banklesshq/status/1818003379487932702?s=46

01:13:36 Raises

https://x.com/hyperbolic_labs/status/1818269892367495655

https://x.com/jokerace_io/status/1818660513905360910?s=46&t=dAxCjT2P_GIrJMvMgWIpfA

01:15:37 The Daily GWEI!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA

01:17:27 Meme Of The Week

https://x.com/LyleHauser/status/1818828084541308994

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China vs. The Dollar | Diana Choyleva Jul 31, 2024

Show notes

China’s decoupling from the Dollar. Are we on the brink of using the yuan as the new global currency, or will crypto take the spotlight?

We’ve explored crypto’s role in disrupting the global monetary order before, but there’s another force that’s going to have just as much of an impact…some would say much more. China!

What does it look like when the world’s 2nd largest economy dedollarizes? That’s what we explore on today’s episode with China expert and economist Diana Choyleva. Towards the end, Diana also reveals her eye-opening prediction about a potential US-China conflict over Taiwan.

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0:00 Intro 7:17 Is China Really De-Dollarizing? 10:16 Is De-Dollarizing A Priority? 14:14 China’s Objective & Progress? 16:04 Yuan as Unit Of Payment Or Store Of Value? 22:27 Usage and Progress From 2009? 25:34 US VS China Capital Market Difference 29:32 Motives Behind De-Dollarizing? 35:32 China’s Wants VS Actual Scenario 40:25 What Distant Future Looks Like? 47:41 China’s CBDC Plan, Issues & Expansion 55:13 China Participating In Crypto World? 57:50 China Using Treasury As Store of Value? 1:04:26 The Taiwan Conflict? 1:05:51 What If China Is Successful? 1:09:37 Closing and Disclosures

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Suing The SEC | Jonathan Mann & Brian Frye Jul 29, 2024

Show notes

Jonathan Mann has been writing a song a day for 16 years and 211 days. Today, he and Brian Frye are suing the SEC.

In today’s episode, Jonathan, better known as ‘Song a Day Man’ is joined by Brian Frye, a law professor at the University of Kentucky and NFT/security law expert.

Hear why Jonathan and Brian are suing the SEC, why this lawsuit is so important to the crypto industry as a whole, and what winning would mean for the future of our space.

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