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Lou Kerner launched Crypto Mondays on January 8, 2018 — the exact day the crypto market hit its peak. He came in as a Wall Street analyst two months removed from his divorce and a federal seizure of all his assets. Today there are 67 active chapters across 23 countries. The one rule: you're not allowed to email Lou and ask permission to do something.

Lou walks us through his framework for community: an ecosystem where everyone gets more out than they put in. The bigger the gap between what it costs to create and what members receive — what he calls the value delta — the bigger a community can scale. He also shares why he updated his Bitcoin $1M price target just yesterday, and why he now believes AI agents will be what finally brings Bitcoin to the masses.

Will gives a read on Bitcoin's bounce — standard TA bullish breakout from deeply oversold levels, not necessarily the end of the bear market. He also unpacks what ETF inflows actually mean (and don't mean) for spot price. Alex fields the CLARITY Act question directly: yes, banks are holding it up, Congress is letting them air grievances, and the reason is money.

Alex then breaks down staking — bear markets are for it, Jito is the move for SOL, and liquid staking beats native because it keeps your assets working in DeFi too. Before the show closes, Evan runs two scam PSAs: the fake "Web3 wallet upgrade" targeting XRP and ISO communities, and the crypto recovery scam where the person who stole your funds contacts you pretending to be customer service.

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LINKS

Lou Kerner: x.com/@LouKerner medium.com/ | https://medium.com/@loukerner

Crypto Mondays: x.com/crypt0mondays | cryptomondays.io

Decentralized AI: daiaa.org | venice.ai

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Goodnow revolutionaries—

David Phelps from Confetti joins to explain the Doge Cat Matrix—his framework for NFT use cases. Intellectual property, community building, and why he thinks prediction markets miss the point.

Evan creates a live Confetti contest on air: Which RUMS host is the coolest? The voting is live through March 5. Evan explains his strategy (seed early, front-run Will, hedge everything), and Will's reaction is immediate.

Will breaks down Bitcoin's bullish chart pattern with clean monthly, weekly, and daily confirmation. Alex walks through how to compare TurboSOL prices against underlying SOL after Bearded tips the 20% daily gain.

The debate on whether NFTs actually protect IP, Alex shares thoughts on The Mystery of Capital, and the show closes with two cats playing piano.

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Links:

David Phelps: x.com/divine_economy | tiktok.com/@divine_economy

Confetti: @confetti_win | confetti.win

Which RUMS host is the coolest? (live through 3/5/26): https://confetti.win/contest/base/0x0f66c60270d5b644fd29bdc94d59b608e5d7c5a6

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Goodnow revolutionaries—

Matthew Wiley joins the Rise Up team. He brings DeFi research experience, a tennis tournament coming up this weekend, and thoughts on why the Clarity Act should probably be renamed.

Will and Evan walk through how liquid staking works using Jito as the example. The conversation covers validator economics, why people stake even when markets are sideways, and what liquid staking tokens actually represent.

Someone mentions Claude for research workflows. Matthew talks about Katana, the new DeFi chain incubated by Polygon. Alex points out there is still way too much misinformation in crypto.

Plus: Trust Issues returns tonight at 7:30. Book club is back on schedule with "The Mystery of Capital" by Hernando de Soto.

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Matthew Wiley: in/matthew-wileyy
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