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  • ROUNDTABLE: The REV Debate - Real Metric or Fake News? Jon, Bread, & Andy8052
    May 21 2025
    In this episode of the Bankless Podcast, hosts discuss Real Economic Value (REV). Triggered by Jon's exploration of how ETH and SOL prices correlate with REV, the team delves into REV's role as a value capture metric and demand signal for blockchain networks. We evaluate the implications for network valuations, debate the sustainability of relying on REV, and analyze competitive dynamics between Ethereum and Solana. The conversation concludes with musings on crypto investment risks and the evolving identity of digital currencies in relation to app utility. Jon Charbonneau: https://x.com/jon_charb Bread: https://x.com/0xBreadguy Andy8052: https://x.com/andy8052 —- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐SELF | PROVE YOUR SELF https://bankless.cc/Self 🟠HEMI | BTC & ETH, ONE NETWORK https://bankless.cc/hemi --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 REV https://x.com/jon_charb/status/1923739890115543264 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1924835154700234866 17:56 Stablecoins vs Native Currencies 28:38 Tribalism https://x.com/post_polar_/status/1924458711940055246 https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1924202146117153172 39:30 The Trenches https://dune.com/beincrypto/solana-launchpads 49:14 Pump . Fun --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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  • Arthur Hayes: Money Printing & The Crypto Bet
    May 19 2025
    Arthur Hayes returns to Bankless for a wide-ranging macro and crypto conversation. We cover why ETH ripped, why the Trump administration might walk away from US treasuries as the global reserve asset, and why capital controls—not tariffs—could redefine the global economic order. Arthur lays out his full thesis on how a massive shift in global liquidity is unfolding, what it means for crypto, and why he’s betting big on Bitcoin, gold, and “buying everything” as the money printers rev up again. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐SELF | PROVE YOUR SELF https://bankless.cc/Self 🟠HEMI | BTC & ETH, ONE NETWORK https://bankless.cc/hemi ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:34 ETH’s Back? 2:25 Bretton Woods 7:38 The Petrodollar 9:37 The Petroyuan 17:47 US China Trade Imbalances 20:22 Liberation Day & Tariffs 33:19 Capital Controls 38:42 US Capital Flights 44:51 Dual Monetary System 49:08 Bitcoin as a Reserve Currency? 50:19 Buy Everything Except Bonds 53:07 Scott Bessent 57:02 QE is Inevitable 1:02:15 Stablecoins 1:06:55 Trump’s Pro-Crypto Campaign 1:11:44 Global Liquidity 1:21:20 Gold Reevaluation 1:25:18 Hot War Scenario 1:29:54 Arthur’s Bags 1:30:33 Crypto Cycle 1:35:07 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Arthur Hayes X https://x.com/CryptoHayes Arthur’s Blog Post https://cryptohayes.medium.com/fatty-fatty-boom-boom-52e47a03f487 Arthur Hayes IG https://www.instagram.com/cryptohayes/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/arthur-hayes-b493b42/ Substack https://cryptohayes.substack.com/ Maelstrom https://maelstrom.fund/ ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠
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  • ROLLUP: ETH Pumps 50% | Tariff Deal Boosts Markets | Coinbase Data Leak | Robinhood Buys L2
    May 16 2025
    📣 BANKESS x FRAX MEETUP | Permissionless 2025 https://lu.ma/uf9mmcoa ------ This week, Ryan and David break down Ethereum’s explosive 50% surge and the surprising macro catalyst behind it: a U.S.–China tariff deal that has markets ripping. They cover Coinbase’s massive customer data leak (and Brian Armstrong’s $20M bounty response), Robinhood’s stealthy Layer 2 acquisition, and the rise of meme coins funding real apps. Plus, why Arthur Hayes thinks the bull market is just beginning. ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐SELF | PROVE YOUR SELF https://bankless.cc/Self 🟠HEMI | BTC & ETH, ONE NETWORK https://bankless.cc/hemi ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 0:06 “Who is laughing now?” statement from NYC Mayor https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1922036267685908761 3:47 Prices, Uniswap, & Aave https://x.com/jbrukh/status/1922315929578299580 https://dune.com/mud2monarch/countdown-to-three-trillion-united-states-dollars https://x.com/StaniKulechov/status/1921478583337312339 https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1921925615923388864 https://l2beat.com/scaling/summary 14:10 Tariff Truce - US and China agree to slash tariffs for 90 days - We’re Saved!!! https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/12/us-and-china-agree-to-slash-tariffs-for-90-days.html https://x.com/biancoresearch/status/1921927955573264802 https://polymarket.com/event/us-recession-in-2025 https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/fatty-fatty-boom-boom 28:40 Bad Coinbase news first - Coinbase MAJOR customer data leak Coinbase $20m award leading to the arrest of hackers https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1922967787309256807 https://x.com/coinbase/status/1922967576209998133 https://x.com/0xBreadguy/status/1923006791031587248 https://x.com/adamscochran/status/1923018728800686532 https://x.com/lemiscate/status/1922984240318193934 35:48 Coinbase becomes the first crypto company in S&P500 https://x.com/iamdcinvestor/status/1922068706084970750 https://x.com/cbfutures/status/1920850444093448225 https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/NASDAQ-COIN/ 37:28 Internet Capital Markets Meta https://www.jellyjelly.com/ https://dexscreener.com/solana/3bc2e2rxcfvf9op22lvbansvwos2t98q6ercroayqydq https://x.com/gabrielhaines/status/1922293923420000346 https://www.believescreener.com/ https://x.com/believeapp/status/1922780481684148519 https://x.com/alex_leiman/status/1922075531966550488 https://x.com/msg/status/1922708357686743551 https://x.com/pasternak/status/1922493500504867290 https://dune.com/adam_tehc/memecoin-wars https://x.com/WazzCrypto/status/1922826087467204636 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1922635525992644770 https://x.com/pumpdotfun/status/1921941742854512924? https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1922006135520764094 50:29 Robinhood will acquire Kevin O’Leary-Backed WonderFi - Leads to ETH L2. https://x.com/RobinhoodApp/status/1922245928691421671 https://www.wonder.fi 52:12 CryptoPunks have a new owner! https://x.com/cryptopunksnfts/status/1922291088431448396 https://x.com/econoar/status/1922339944774664660 https://www.coingecko.com/en/nft 53:46 Is the SEC becoming awesome now? pro-capital, pro-crypto SEC Paul Atkins said that his priority is to develop new rules for crypto tokens https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1921977322871140360 https://x.com/SECGov/status/1922001045087027349 https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1920585655039529220 https://www.sec.gov/files/ctf-memo-blackrock-05092025.pdf 58:42 Superstate is launching Opening Bell platform with their first client! https://x.com/superstatefunds/status/1920479311728869826 1:00:01 JD Vance will speak at Bitcoin 2025 https://bitcoinmagazine.com/politics/u-s-vice-president-jd-vance-to-speak-at-bitcoin-2025-confer 1:00:32 Meta is exploring stabecoins again! https://x.com/degeneratenews/status/1920557131201122806 1:01:59 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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  • How ETH Wins | Ryan & David
    May 15 2025
    Ryan and David reunite on Bankless Takes with a big question: What must Ethereum do to win? Ryan champions a memetic and cultural shift, calling for ETH maximalism and nationalism to reignite belief in ETH as a monetary asset. David brings a product-driven roadmap, urging Ethereum to strengthen its L1 as the economic hub of the internet. Together, they explore a vision for a unified Ethereum that can scale, coordinate, and ultimately win. This isn’t just a talk—it’s a strategy session for Ethereum’s future. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐SELF | PROVE YOUR SELF https://bankless.cc/Self 🟠HEMI | BTC & ETH, ONE NETWORK https://bankless.cc/hemi ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 3:21 Job’s Not Finished 10:11 A Call for Maximalism 13:10 Blue-Money Gospel https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1915874994514452763 25:23 Restoring ETH’s Product-Money Feedback Loop https://www.bankless.com/read/restoring-eths-product-money-feedback-loop 46:58 Towards a United Chains of Ethereum https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1917298612540739931 https://x.com/Spire_Labs/status/1915430799618564394 https://l2beat.com/scaling/summary 1:05:43 ETH—Commodity Money Backed by an Economy https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1918065179725570536 1:08:59 Rethinking Our Messaging 1:14:49 Can Ethereum Still Win? 1:19:22 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠
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  • Launchcoin & Believe | ETH's 50% Candle | Coinbase Listed on S&P 500 | Jon, Bread, & Andy8052
    May 14 2025
    In this episode of the Bankless Roundtable, host David Hoffman is joined by crypto enthusiasts Zero X Bread Guy, John Charbonneau, and Andy8052 to discuss the recent surge in Ethereum's price, which skyrocketed nearly 50% this week. The panel analyzes the impact of the Believe app and Launchcoin on internet capital markets, Coinbase's entry into the S&P 500, and Robinhood's new Layer 2 solution. They explore the implications of these developments for investor confidence and market liquidity, alongside the rising interest in meme-based tokens. The conversation wraps up with thoughts on Ethereum vs. Solana and the importance of community engagement in the evolving crypto landscape. Jon Charbonneau: https://x.com/jon_charb Bread: https://x.com/0xBreadguy Andy8052: https://x.com/andy8052 —- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐SELF | PROVE YOUR SELF https://bankless.cc/Self 🟠HEMI | BTC & ETH, ONE NETWORK https://bankless.cc/hemi --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 ETH vs SOL vs BTC 5:40 Internet Capital Markets https://x.com/gabrielhaines/status/1922293923420000346 https://dexscreener.com/solana/yrrustgpugdp8bbfosqdefssen6sa75zs1qjvgnhtmy https://www.believescreener.com/ https://x.com/believeapp 22:19 Memecoin Launchpads https://x.com/believeapp/status/1922075588115775489 https://x.com/zhusu/status/1922178773375418733 30:32 Ethereum Up 50% https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum 46:25 Coinbase Listed https://x.com/coinbase/status/1922046840528113880 53:47 Robinhood Acquires Wonderfi https://x.com/hanni_abu/status/1922341347844841611 --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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  • LIMITLESS: This Is Far Bigger Than The Internet Boom | Shaun Maguire
    May 12 2025
    Shaun Maguire, partner at Sequoia and former physicist turned investor, joins the Limitless Podcast to explore why we’re on the verge of a technological renaissance. From AI and silicon photonics to humanoid robots and space infrastructure, Shaun makes the case that the next 20 years will make the internet boom look tame. We dive deep into why America needs 10 SpaceX-level companies, the return of hardware innovation, the energy constraints of the future, and how frontier technologies like Neuralink and Mars colonization might reshape civilization. ------ 💫 LIMITLESS | SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW https://pod.link/1813210890 https://www.youtube.com/@Limitless-FT https://x.com/LimitlessFT ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐SELF | PROVE YOUR SELF https://bankless.cc/Self 🟠HEMI | BTC & ETH, ONE NETWORK https://bankless.cc/hemi ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 6:36 Who’s Shaun Maguire? 9:24 Investing in the AI Age 13:06 Hardware Manufacturing 21:58 Hardware Precedes Software Revolutions 42:20 Energy 49:53 Space Solar Reflectors 55:45 Space Economy 1:04:15 Elon Musk 1:14:24 Robotics 1:17:39 Neuralink 1:25:22 Doom Scenarios 1:32:02 Closing Thoughts ------ RESOURCES Shaun Maguire https://x.com/shaunmmaguire Sequoia Capital https://www.sequoiacap.com/ Josh Kale https://x.com/Josh_Kale David Hoffman https://x.com/TrustlessState ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠
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  • ROLLUP: ETH’s Pectra Upgrade | $2T Stablecoin Push | Apple’s Crypto Breakthrough | Coinbase Buys Deribit!
    May 9 2025
    This week, Ryan and David unpack Ethereum’s game-changing "Pectra" upgrade, doubling Layer 2 blob space and sparking fresh debates on L1 scaling. Meanwhile, Washington sets its sights on a $2 trillion stablecoin market, Apple’s App Store monopoly cracks open to crypto, and Coinbase makes a historic acquisition of Deribit. Plus, Bitcoin breaks $100K and ETH $2k, are we officially back in bull territory? Find out on this week’s Weekly Rollup.------💫 LIMITLESS | SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOWhttps://www.youtube.com/@Limitless-FT https://x.com/LimitlessFT ------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐SELF | PROVE YOUR SELFhttps://bankless.cc/Self 🟠HEMI | BTC & ETH, ONE NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/hemi ------TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES0:00 Intro0:32 Marketshttps://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/07/fed-meeting-live-updates-traders-await-insight-from-powell-on-next-rate-cut-tariff-impact.html https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?id=EFFR%2CDFEDTARU%2CDFEDTARL%2C&utm_source=chatgpt.com https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FEDFUNDS?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114471750357100883 https://x.com/ForexLive/status/1919864600339558405 13:44 Big win for Crypto against Apple App Store Monopoly! https://x.com/hlopez_/status/1918113804938056100 https://x.com/0xCygaar/status/1918335966538068300 https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1920486709831033039 21:36 Ethereum upgrade live on mainnet! https://x.com/TimBeiko/status/1920145795430727686 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1919746313760969136 https://www.bankless.com/read/eip-7702-ethereum-onchain-culture https://x.com/adietrichs/status/1920083962472300928 https://x.com/drakefjustin/status/1920343548047569165 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1920488999296078131 https://x.com/tkstanczak/status/1920157389568737478 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1920498941583348014 40:04 Coinbase Acquires Options Platform Deribithttps://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/coinbase-strikes-2-9-billion-deal-for-major-crypto-options-platform-a87ca4b3?utm_source=chatgpt.com 41:55 Treasury Secretary is ALL in on Stablecoins https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/1920140049254854778 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/02/crypto-tether-eyes-us-expansion-with-new-stablecoin-as-ceo-courts-washington.html https://x.com/intangiblecoins/status/1918802270310777128 https://x.com/SenatorHagerty/status/1918827160954909111 https://x.com/BrendanPedersen/status/1920193925081338114 47:26 Dems introduced legislation that would ban sitting presidents from issuing tokenshttps://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-and-schumer-lead-the-charge-to-end-crypto-corruption-by-trump-other-elected-officials/ https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1919405803112472797 https://x.com/StevenTDennis/status/1920088287747711380 https://x.com/DegenerateNews/status/1919109508120371209 https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1919120401604477095 https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-crypto-ban-anonymous-privacy-tokens-2027 54:04 Coinbase announced a new open source payments protocol - x402.https://x.com/CoinbaseDev/status/1919784224170889696 https://chatgpt.com/share/681ba731-5244-8008-b801-37e128e240b8 https://stripe.com/en-cz/newsroom/news/sessions-2025 57:44 Bitcoin community is splitting over limit removal planhttps://x.com/ColeTU/thread/1919769012998647880 https://x.com/MartyBent/status/1919226199529677042 1:01:55 Unichain becomes the first L2 building blocks with TEE! https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1918450159274319876 1:04:26 Charles Schwab wants to launch spot Bitcoin trading by April 2026https://cointelegraph.com/news/charles-schwab-eyes-spot-bitcoin-trading-2026 1:05:15 Bankless’s New Podcast! Limitless - go subscribe & follow https://www.youtube.com/@Limitless-FT https://x.com/LimitlessFT 1:06:55 Closing & Disclaimers ------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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  • AI Rollup: AI Robots and The $10T Arms Race
    May 8 2025

    Welcome to the AI Rollup, from the Limitless Podcast. David, Ejaaz, and Josh break down the week’s most important AI headlines, from OpenAI’s $3B Windsurf acquisition and Google’s full-stack AI play, to Visa and Mastercard preparing for agentic commerce. We explore the state of robotics, major interpretability challenges, and why the race to AGI may outpace our ability to understand it. Plus: AI ASMR, glow-up GPT, and why autonomous agents still kinda suck. Stay curious, this one’s stacked.

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    TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

    00:00:00 Intro To Limitless!

    https://x.com/LimitlessFT


    00:04:23 OpenAI Makes Huge Acquisition

    https://www.outlookbusiness.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-to-acquire-ai-coding-platform-windsurf-for-3bn?utm_source=www.theaivalley.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=openai-reverses-for-profit-plan-ai-breakthroughs-in-robotics&_bhlid=7f1b29a5128efe71af21ff4cb81c530bdcac095e

    https://x.com/ns123abc/status/1912876350911754676

    https://www.testingcatalog.com/google-tests-computer-use-tools-and-cloud-run-hosting-in-ai-studio/?utm_source=www.theaivalley.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=openai-reverses-for-profit-plan-ai-breakthroughs-in-robotics&_bhlid=bd7931dcfd449aa11b0bf7197fdfa983289758c2


    00:08:01 Why Spend $3 Billion??


    00:16:09 OpenAI Memory Update Is... Interesting

    https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/chatgpt-will-now-use-its-memory-to-personalize-web-searches/?utm_source=www.theaivalley.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=openai-launches-o3-and-o4-mini&_bhlid=d08c6dc54c407d4f53df9d11a68857dba951a21c


    00:23:56 OpenAI Re-Structuring

    https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-remain-under-non-profit-control-change-restructuring-plans-2025-05-05/?utm_source=www.theaivalley.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=openai-reverses-for-profit-plan-ai-breakthroughs-in-robotics&_bhlid=c4222c046fc76f42b7f72ca72537e4e8620a2af1


    00:37:24 Visa Credit Cards For AI Agents

    https://apnews.com/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-5dfa1da145689e7951a181e2253ab349


    00:43:21 The Crypto Bull Case


    00:45:43 The Deca Trillion Robot Opportunity

    https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1913986971501748390?s=46

    https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/1919510163112779777

    https://developer.nvidia.com/isaac/gr00t

    https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1916523708153217525?s=46

    https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1919060515998822898?s=46


    00:52:44 Dogs With Machine Guns


    00:58:11 Using AI To Do Your Job


    01:02:12 The Interpretability Talk

    https://www.darioamodei.com/post/the-urgency-of-interpretability


    01:09:18 AI Neurons?


    01:15:27 The Dopamine Section
    https://x.com/venturetwins/status/1917640408349434106

    https://x.com/ns123abc/status/1918703088598184321?s=46

    https://x.com/venturetwins/status/1919057071145672949

    https://x.com/aisafetymemes/status/1914003415191212112?s=46

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