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This week, Bread joins David to unpack Ethereum’s surprising pivot back to Layer 1, as insiders push for a more pragmatic roadmap and faster block times. MegaETH’s 10ms testnet drops jaws and breaks dApps, while WalletConnect shocks the industry with a late-stage token launch. Meanwhile, Base stirs chaos with its “content coins,” OHM crashes $6B in hours, and Solana’s token wars heat up. Is Ethereum finally finding its focus — or just reacting to the noise? It’s a jam-packed Weekly Rollup you don’t want to miss. Bread: https://x.com/0xBreadguy MegaETH: https://x.com/megaeth_labs Modern Market: https://x.com/modernmarket_ ------ 📣 WALLET CONNECT | ONCHAIN UX ECOSYSTEM https://bankless.cc/WalletConnect ------ 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 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APP https://bankless.cc/Infinex ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 1:20 Bread’s Arc 3:17 MegaETH & Testnet 8:46 Noise 13:31 Wen MegaETH Mainnet? 16:59 Ethereum Strategic Pivot? 39:25 Base Tokenized Content Drama 49:59 $OM Mantra Token Dump 59:28 Raydium’s LaunchLab 1:03:38 Bread’s Upcoming Excitement 1:04:31 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

OpenAI just rocked the week with a groundbreaking memory update, sparking debate over whether “soul data” is the real moat in AI. Google fires back with its Agent‑to‑Agent protocol and a Cursor‑killer. We riff on 1,000 AI agents unleashed in Minecraft, labs turning pets into humans, and how Dolphin AI somehow beat GTA 6 to market. Buckle up as David, Ejaaz, and Josh roll through the top five stories shaping the AI‑crypto frontier and what they mean for builders, traders, and the future of intelligence. David: https://x.com/TrustlessState Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 Josh: https://x.com/Josh_Kale ------ 📣 WALLET CONNECT | ONCHAIN UX ECOSYSTEM https://bankless.cc/WalletConnect ------ 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 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APP https://bankless.cc/Infinex ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 00:00:00 OpenAI’s HUGE Announcement https://x.com/openai/status/1910378774727623024?s=46 https://x.com/cryptopunk7213/status/1910728919113736380 00:10:23 The Final Data Set https://x.com/theannagat/status/1912209931073433907?s=46 https://x.com/nearcyan/status/1910796767626686951?s=46 https://x.com/dbarabander/status/1910402182589145411 00:16:10 Falling In Love With AI https://www.instagram.com/p/DHwWc6RiH2P/ 00:23:05 Open AI To Replace Apple 00:31:10 The All Knowing Intelligence 00:37:12 Agents Overtake Minecraft https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/1912415676331168147?s=46 00:44:50 Pets As Humans? https://x.com/venturetwins/status/1911113662607315035 00:46:18 We Can Talk To Dolphins https://blog.google/technology/ai/dolphingemma/ 00:48:33 Google Agent To Agent https://x.com/omarsar0/status/1909977142311690320?s=46 https://x.com/i/status/1912123283954389172 01:00:01 GPT 4.1 https://x.com/_mohansolo/status/1911843179898540311 https://x.com/openrouterai/status/1911803671878173114?s=46 https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/1912434791779017083?s=46 01:09:17 A New Model Architecture ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

Donald Trump is attempting something no leader has done before—unwind the global economic order. In this episode, Financial Times columnist and CNN analyst Rana Foroohar joins us to unpack Trump’s economic strategy, the unraveling of Bretton Woods, and whether America is becoming an emerging market. From soaring bond yields to declining dollar strength, we explore what markets are signaling, how business leaders are reacting, and why this may mark the end of the neoliberal era. ------ 📣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 🌐SELF | PROVE YOURSELF https://bankless.cc/Self 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APP https://bankless.cc/Infinex ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 4:20 Trump Unwinding Global Order? 13:39 Emerging Market Paradigm 21:51 All-In Debate 26:22 Manufacturing Jobs 31:55 Trump Vibe Based President? 35:41 90-Day Tariff Pause Signal 38:41 Centralizing U.S. Supply Chain 40:54 Where Rana Finds Signal & Crypto 45:16 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Rana Foroohar https://x.com/RanaForoohar America the Unstable https://www.ft.com/content/e7a0af16-6ecf-4e04-8fa3-4de5646e8d58 The Great Tariff Debate with David Sacks, Larry Summers, and Ezra Klein https://youtu.be/KcmMOZKnKAk?si=52ZULN6T_xyirh23 Stephen Miran’s A User's Guide to Restructuring the Global Trading System https://x.com/SteveMiran/status/1856745675943207362 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

Stablecoins are no longer a niche crypto curiosity—they're a full-blown financial revolution. In this episode, Rob Hadick, General Partner at Dragonfly, joins us to unpack the emerging stablecoin tech stack and why cross-border payments, savings, and financial infrastructure are being rebuilt from the ground up. From Circle and Tether to next-gen orchestration layers and stablecoin-native blockchains, we explore why this $200 trillion global opportunity is only 5% unlocked—and who stands to win the most.------📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain 🌐SELF | PROVE YOUR SELFhttps://bankless.cc/Self 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex ------TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro5:08 Why Stablecoins?6:50 The Stablecoin Train20:26 Stablecoin Network Effects22:55 Stablecoin Payments: Who Actually Wins?26:51 Orchestration Layers41:53 Stablecoin Blockchains52:53 Stablecoin Singularity56:03 Traditional Banks59:38 Non-USD Stablecoins1:02:05 How Many Stablecoins?1:05:03 Circle IPO1:09:32 Closing & Disclaimers------RESOURCESRob Hadickhttps://x.com/hadickmStablecoin Payments: Who Actually Wins?https://medium.com/@HadickM/stablecoin-payments-who-actually-wins-ebd72a1cc8b3------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

This week, Haseeb Qureshi joins us to break down Trump’s explosive new tariffs that rocked global markets and triggered a full-blown trade war with China. Stocks whipsawed, recession odds spiked, and the world scrambled to the negotiation table — except China. Was it 3D chess or policy chaos? Plus, we explore the ripple effects on crypto markets, investor sentiment, and what this all means for the future of U.S. economic leadership. It's a jam-packed Weekly Rollup you don't want to miss.Follow Haseeb on X:https://x.com/hosseeb ------📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium------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🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex------TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES0:00 Intro0:44 What has happened since Liberation Day?https://x.com/tier10k/status/1910020421870637132https://x.com/Birdyword/status/1910364014825070652https://polymarket.com/event/us-recession-in-202531:17 Inflation https://x.com/intocryptoverse/status/191031105822222758641:49 Paul Atkins confirmed as the new SEC chairhttps://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/191011796723030061345:43 ETH/BTC Ratio & Crypto VC Funding https://x.com/pet3rpan_/status/191034567328895805258:36 MegaETH released its testnethttps://x.com/megaeth_labs/status/1903099481874153880https://x.com/0xBreadguy/status/19096197444557417091:03:05 Closing & Disclosures ------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

Welcome to the AI Rollup, your weekly ride through the fast-paced world of artificial intelligence! This week, we’re joined by frontier tech enthusiast Josh Kale to unpack the drama around Meta’s controversial launch of Llama 4, scrutinized for potentially overstating its capabilities. We dive into “AI 2027,” a provocative roadmap predicting espionage, geopolitical turmoil, and runaway intelligence, and explore Shopify’s bold move making AI usage mandatory for employees. Plus, we cover Claude Education’s groundbreaking efforts to boost student performance with tailored AI tutors and a16z’s massive $20 billion AI startup fund aiming to shape the industry’s next era.------🪙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🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex------TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES00:00:00 AI Generated Tarriff’s00:03:58 Meta’s Huge New LLAMA 4 Announcementhttps://x.com/ahmad_al_dahle/status/1908595680828154198?s=46https://x.com/alexocheema/status/1908651942777397737?s=4600:11:54 Did Meta Cheat?https://x.com/Yuchenj_UW/status/1909061004207816960https://x.com/andrewallenxo/status/1909143884321481157https://x.com/ahmad_al_dahle/status/1909302532306092107?s=46https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/4mvphwx5pdsZLMmpY/recent-ai-model-progress-feels-mostly-like-bullshit00:20:45 AGI Is Coming in 2027https://ai-2027.com/https://situational-awareness.ai/00:28:02 What Happens After AGIhttps://ai-2027.com/https://situational-awareness.ai/00:39:58 Shopify And The Employment Crisishttps://x.com/tobi/status/190925194623543751400:48:34 The Future Of Educationhttps://www.anthropic.com/news/introducing-claude-for-educationhttps://x.com/jowettbrendan/status/1907695965726978184https://x.com/cryptopunk7213/status/1907969387958513727https://x.com/itsPaulAi/status/1907122207136137368https://www.foxnews.com/media/texas-private-schools-use-ai-tutor-rockets-student-test-scores-top-2-country00:59:55 How Much Does AI Know About You01:04:58 A16Z’s $30B Fundhttps://x.com/tkexpress11/status/1909626333711548526https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/andreessen-horowitz-seeks-raise-20-billion-megafund-amid-global-interest-us-ai-2025-04-08/------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

We’ve got the team behind Etherealize on the show today—Vivek Raman and Danny Ryan—to discuss their mission to onboard institutions, governments, and capital markets to Ethereum.We explore how Ethereum is “open for business” with L2 scaling, modular architecture, and a maturing regulatory landscape. The Etherealize team breaks down their dual structure—a for-profit consulting and product arm alongside a nonprofit focused on R&D and policy—to drive institutional adoption.------📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain 🌐SELF | PROVE YOUR SELFhttps://bankless.cc/Self 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex ------TIMESTAMPS00:00:00 Intro00:07:12 Etherealize & Its Mission00:15:29 Clients & Finances00:20:17 Relation Between Ethereum Foundation & Etherealize00:21:31 Etherealize's Funding00:22:43 Etherealize's Competitions00:26:02 Challenges & Roadblocks00:28:15 What Success Looks Like for Etherealize00:29:56 Etherealize's Co-Founders00:31:10 Ethereum’s Upcoming Era00:40:20 What Makes Ethereum Special00:46:00 Political Effect on Ethereum00:51:33 Community Support00:54:51 Layer 1 & Etherealize00:58:36 Hypothetical Scenarios with Ethereum01:01:50 What’s Next for Etherealize01:04:47 Some Unturned Stones01:07:32 Closing & Disclosures------RESOURCESEtherealizehttps://www.etherealize.comVivek Ramanhttps://x.com/VivekVenturesDanny Ryanhttps://x.com/dannyryan------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

This week, Alex Thorn joins us to unpack Trump's shocking tariff announcement that sent markets plunging and investors scrambling. Circle files for its IPO, revealing surprising financials, while the FDIC gives banks the crypto green light. CoreWeave debuts with a blockbuster IPO, and Eric Trump dives deeper into Bitcoin mining. We cover all this chaos and more in this week’s Weekly Rollup. Follow Alex on X & check out his Galaxy Brains podcast: https://x.com/intangiblecoinshttps://www.galaxy.com/insights/podcasts/galaxy-brains/ ------📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium------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🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPERhttps://bankless.cc/Celo🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex------TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES0:00 Intro0:29 Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffshttps://x.com/kobeissiletter/status/1907556839686054240https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1907533090559324204 https://x.com/CalltoActivism/status/1907549193650188469 https://x.com/notlouisck/status/1907657906117554278https://x.com/JamesSurowiecki/status/1907559189234196942https://x.com/KushDesai47/status/1907618136444067901https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/190776935962106701736:53 Circle Files for IPO https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1907172102353924269https://x.com/g_djuric/status/1907200843289370910https://x.com/Nick_van_Eck/status/1907181670504993026https://x.com/TheOneandOmsy/status/1907229821043626100https://polymarket.com/event/circle-ipo-in-2025?tid=174343544383454:32 Eric Trump & Bitcoin Mining https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1906689372142915712 https://x.com/FDICgov/status/190566242778346711158:07 CoreWeave IPOhttps://www.galaxy.com/transactions/coreweave-growth-financing1:04:47 Closing & Disclaimers ------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

AI heats up, markets shake, and the internet gets Ghbilified. OpenAI hits 1M users in 60 minutes, CoreWeave IPO rocks NASDAQ, and XAI acquires X. A new “world’s best” model quietly drops—did Google just take the lead? Cursor raises at a $9.6B valuation as “vibecoding” enters the mainstream. Welcome back to another week of the AI Rollup. ------ 📣CRYPTO TAX CALCULATOR | TAXES MADE EASY https://bankless.cc/Cryptotaxcalculator ------ 🪙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 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APP https://bankless.cc/Infinex ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 00:00:00 The Ghibli Effect https://x.com/alifarhat79/status/1904884015858884884 https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1906831621166440583 00:05:09 Coreweave IPO https://www.ft.com/content/519006a9-82c6-4939-afa1-58921a399105 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/01/coreweave-shares-bounce-ipo-price.html https://x.com/TheStalwart/status/1907438208662552647 00:14:28 xAI Acquires X https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1905731750275510312?s=46 00:20:02 Grok's Telegram Integration 00:24:38 New Best Model Has Arrived https://x.com/bookwormengr/status/1905050740110090429?s=46 https://x.com/gfodor/status/1904980153329242147?s=46 00:32:09 Cursor And The Vibe Coding Explosion https://x.com/ArfurRock/status/1906768733135098360 00:39:02 AI Crypto Trend Update https://x.com/defi0xjeff/status/1904154090424402163?s=46 00:45:47 BillyBets March Madness https://x.com/playprophetx/status/1899535745435742608?s=46 https://x.com/bunchubets/status/1904224002123473294?s=46 00:56:51 Olas https://olas.network/ 01:01:32 Vana https://x.com/anna_kazlauskas/status/1905414468315549737?s=46 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

Felipe Montealegre, co-founder of Thea Capital, joins us to unpack a new vision for global finance—what he calls the Internet Financial System. Felipe makes the case that today's financial world still runs on siloed, permissioned databases—slow, expensive, and riddled with gatekeepers. But blockchains and smart contracts offer something radically different: a unified, open system where capital can move efficiently across borders and property rights are stronger than ever. This episode is a must-listen for anyone wondering how crypto is building the financial infrastructure of the 21st century.------📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium------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 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex ------TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro5:29 Internet Financial Systems12:03 Frictions in Financial Systems20:33 Innovations in Internet Financial Systems28:42 Server with Laws40:02 Incompatibilities within Systems50:17 Absence of Financial Laws57:34 Potential of Finance in Crypto1:09:59 Server Compatibility with Governments1:16:18 Different Laws for Investing in Crypto1:26:26 Building Protocols 1:29:52 Closing & Disclaimers------RESOURCESFelipe Montealegre https://x.com/TheiaResearchInternet Financehttps://x.com/TheiaResearch/status/1876618725547233417------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev returns to Bankless for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of tokenization, crypto regulation, and Robinhood’s evolving product suite. Vlad lays out a bold vision for bringing tokenized assets like SpaceX and OpenAI equity to retail investors, discusses the role of prediction markets as "truth machines," and introduces Robinhood's latest products: Strategies, Cortex, and Banking. This one’s a big glimpse into where TradFi and DeFi collide.------📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPERhttps://bankless.cc/Celo🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex -----✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨https://zora.co/coin/base:0xa77995768d39c157180262d352f86f39ac1b3fbd?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E------TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro5:54 New Administration12:19 Tokenization16:18 Tokenized SpaceX18:12 An IPO Alternative23:39 Prediction Markets25:40 Kalshi29:58 Future of Prediction Markets35:58 Robinhood Banking38:27 Robinhood Cortex44:08 Robinhood Strategies49:04 Cash Delivery52:10 Crypto Listings54:37 Why Distinct Apps?56:32 How Bankless is Robinhood?1:00:42 Closing Thoughts------RESOURCESVlad Tenevhttps://x.com/vladtenev Robinhoodhttps://robinhood.com/Washington Post Op-edhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/28/investing-crypto-tech-robinhood-stock-market/ ------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

This week, Mike Ippolito joins us to break down crypto’s big flip as institutions rush into stablecoins—triggering excitement and anxiety alike. Hyperliquid faces drama after a high-stakes market manipulation attack, BlackRock's tokenized treasuries surge to nearly $2 billion, and the U.S. Treasury finally removes Tornado Cash from its sanctions list. Meanwhile, Robinhood enters banking, raising questions about DeFi’s future. We dive into all of this and so much more.Follow Mike on X & Checkout Bell Curve: https://x.com/MikeIppolito_https://www.youtube.com/@bellcurvepodcast/videos ------📣CRYPTO TAX CALCULATOR | TAXES MADE EASYhttps://bankless.cc/Cryptotaxcalculator------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPERhttps://bankless.cc/Celo🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex-----✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨https://zora.co/coin/base:0xe36312b13decbe5af463aaf188a510b69f28ce7e------TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES0:00 Intro0:56 Blockworks DAS Week Recap6:45 Saylor’s Strategy bought more Bitcoinhttps://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1904155021781901741https://x.com/SaylorBuysBTC/status/190463121088783614212:33 Stablecoin Gold Rushhttps://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1905219932612178237https://x.com/JasonYanowitz/status/1904886554708898112https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/190452191352897555025:32 Blackrock’s BUIDL fund is expanding to Solanahttps://x.com/solana/status/1904520943667716531https://x.com/carlosdomingo/status/190451602362302889444:59 Hyperliquid https://x.com/MacroCRG/status/1904895153384357990https://x.com/HyperliquidX/status/1904923137684496784https://x.com/toghrulmaharram/status/1904935313081856406https://x.com/Dogetoshi/status/19049190079305771751:03:10 US lifted sanctions on Tornado Cashhttps://x.com/matthuang/status/1904192079691170137https://wewantjusticedao.org/ 1:05:55 Robinhood Banking https://x.com/RobinhoodApp/status/19051272835324846961:09:38 Closing & Disclaimers ------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

Alon, co-founder of Pump.Fun, joins us to discuss the meteoric rise of their token launchpad platform, the controversial yet impactful role of memecoins in crypto, and the vision behind their newest product, PumpSwap. We dive deep into the cultural influence, sustainability mechanisms, and future possibilities for the memecoin launchpad ecosystem. Alon on X: https://x.com/a1lon9 ------ 📣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 ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPER https://bankless.cc/Celo 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APP https://bankless.cc/Infinex ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/coin/base:0x593367264faf6cdc105addb55036733e4e63fdf9?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 7:09 Pump.Fun Inception 13:46 Post-Launch Pump.Fun 19:09 Pump.Fun’s Impact on Memecoins 23:25 Making Memecoins Less Extractive 28:32 Pump.Fun 4Chan Aesthetic 36:57 Pump.Fun Moderation 47:37 Pump.Fun’s Success 50:52 PumpSwap 59:12 Creator Revenue Sharing 1:02:09 Pump.Fun vs Radium 1:05:41 Pump.Fun’s Social Elements 1:08:19 Content, Attention & Markets 1:10:56 Future of Memecoins 1:13:11 Are Memecoins Evil? 1:17:44 Pump.Fun’s Mission 1:20:17 Why Pump.Fun x Bankless 1:22:06 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

We’re joined by Tim Beiko, Ethereum Foundation coordinator, to break down Ethereum’s next major upgrades and the future of scaling.We explore the upcoming Petra hard fork, which introduces validator consolidation, increased blob space for rollups, and EIP-7702 for improved account abstraction. Tim also shares insights on Fusaka and Glacier Dam, Ethereum’s roadmap for scaling, and how Ethereum’s upgrade process is becoming more efficient.------📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPERhttps://bankless.cc/Celo🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex-----✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨https://zora.co/coin/base:0x0d142a1a30adcbc06c3c2a537d2cd1a9b7901c35?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E------TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro5:43 Current State of EIPs & ETH Hard Forks8:01 Why Security Is So Important12:43 Naming Conventions of ETH Hard Forks13:55 Pectra Upgrade & Its Effects16:15 Maxeb Upgrade & Its Effects24:29 Hard Forks, Bandwidth & Scaling28:51 Other Updates Regarding Pectra31:40 EOAs & Smart Contract Wallets36:17 Smart Contract Wallets' Effect on Layer 243:15 Timeline of Fusaka & Glamsterdam48:09 Vitalik's Tweet on Fusaka51:15 Alcore Devs' Plans54:25 What's EOF59:18 Other Updates Regarding Fusaka1:00:41 Uncertainty Regarding Glamsterdam1:02:18 ETH's Slowness & Developers1:05:19 Misconceptions Around ETH1:07:32 Scaling the Layer 11:14:52 Summer of Protocols1:18:13 Closing & Disclaimers------RESOURCESTim Beikohttps://x.com/TimBeikoEthereum Roadmap & Hard Forkshttps://ethereum.org/en/roadmap/EIP-7702 (Account Abstraction)https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7702Ethereum Object Format (EOF)https://ethresear.ch/t/ethereum-object-format-eof/------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

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.Follow Anthony on X: https://x.com/sassal0x------📣 RONIN WALLET | YOUR WEB3 GAMING ECOSYSTEM https://bankless.cc/Ronin_Wallet------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPERhttps://bankless.cc/Celo🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex-----✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨https://zora.co/coin/base:0xab88c7d76226cf4251bae07e74aa0d8877b6136a------TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro1:39 Anthony’s Crypto Vibe Check5:56 Marketshttps://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/19/fed-meeting-live-updates.html12:27 Ethena and Securitize launched a new chainhttps://x.com/ethena_labs/status/1901672646015856749https://x.com/coinbase/status/190203182891284499228:13 Robinhood launched their prediction market with Kalshihttps://x.com/Kalshi/status/1901634303768883377https://x.com/vladtenev/status/190170374603342691934:52 Solana proposal to cut inflation failed to passhttps://simd-votes.stakingfacilities.com/https://www.helius.dev/blog/simd-22847:07 SOL Futures on CME https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1901566174598398261https://x.com/solana/status/190127967862074999751:25 Eth/acc & Ethereum Leadership Change https://x.com/matthuang/status/1902562363532046674https://x.com/KyleSamani/status/1901769358273040806https://x.com/ethismoneyHQ/status/1901734022646317213https://x.com/adietrichs/status/1899607524581740576https://x.com/megapot_io/status/1902419979196338386 1:06:07 Kraken Acquires NinjaTrader $1.5Bhttps://www.reuters.com/technology/kraken-acquire-ninjatrader-15-billion-deal-2025-03-20/1:07:08 Closing & Disclaimers------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

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.------📣 RONIN WALLET | YOUR WEB3 GAMING ECOSYSTEMhttps://bankless.cc/Ronin_Wallet------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPERhttps://bankless.cc/Celo🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨https://zora.co/coin/base:0x9db2d5eb0c4af553fddda5da10777c1bcd82e3b6?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E------TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES00:00 Sentiment Check and Recap05:25 AI Podcast Hosts?https://x.com/hedra_labs/status/189769901063246646908:50 Google Gemini 2.0https://x.com/robertriachi/status/1899854394751070573https://x.com/goodside/status/1900349595718148455?s=46https://x.com/ilumine_ai/status/1900017235898622025https://x.com/halimalrasihi/status/1900667639086673962?s=46https://x.com/thatarrowsmith/status/1901203776746201556?s=4617:55 China's New Frontier Modelhttps://x.com/scobleizer/status/1901089727568281975?s=4627:21 AI Market Priceshttps://www.cookie.fun/https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum32:55 Market Manipulation?https://x.com/solgojo/status/1901002388007514381https://x.com/0thTachi/status/190209067511120738038:11 Pockets Of Outperformershttps://x.com/S4mmyEth/status/190234804647978631543:09 Virtuals Updatehttps://x.com/smyyguy/status/1899181446126076283?s=46https://x.com/ethermage/status/1899494870152282511https://x.com/virtuals_io/status/190018591814706401549:48 AIXBT Hackedhttps://x.com/S4mmyEth/status/190202191451775827752:44 New AI Trading Subnethttps://x.com/thebittensorhub/status/1899810734374047799?s=4658:54 Pluralis Announcementhttps://x.com/PluralisHQ/status/1902367132597252177------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

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.------📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPERhttps://bankless.cc/Celo🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex-----✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨https://zora.co/coin/base:0x9ad876e913102d5097df82db0617816a17b07414?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E------TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro6:41 Why Native Rollups?16:32 Security & Composability Benefits38:13 ZKProofs42:52 Making L2s Native50:48 Network Effects52:35 Customizability Trade-Offs58:59 Timelines1:02:39 ETH Economic Impacts1:05:46 Other Advantages1:08:17 Succinct1:08:59 ETHProofs.org1:11:32 Real-Time Proving1:12:33 Ethereum’s Bottleneck1:15:43 Closing & Disclaimers------RESOURCESUma Royhttps://x.com/pumatheumaJustin Drakehttps://x.com/drakefjustinNative Rollupshttps://ethresear.ch/t/native-rollups-superpowers-from-l1-execution/21517Succincthttps://www.succinct.xyz/L2Beathttps://l2beat.com/scaling/summaryETHProofshttps://ethproofs.org/------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

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. Follow Jordi on X: https://x.com/gametheorizing  ------ 📣 RONIN WALLET | YOUR WEB3 GAMING ECOSYSTEM  https://bankless.cc/Ronin_Wallet ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax  🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain  ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPER https://bankless.cc/Celo  ----- ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/coin/base:0x762ccdba41c88dbaf668c346519e09a4a9cfee8e?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ 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  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

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.------📣RONIN WALLET | DOWNLOAD NOWhttps://bankless.cc/Ronin_Wallet------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPERhttps://bankless.cc/Celo-----✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨https://zora.co/coin/base:0x8c25fca60a7f589a4552ae5edf3978c7885354f5------TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro1:33 China drops Manus AIhttps://x.com/thinking_panda/status/1897951585990590469https://x.com/rowancheung/status/1898093008601395380https://x.com/_philschmid/status/189904695786097917814:27 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/1898048925157728601https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/189944464931752792722:57 Build a game from scratch with AIhttps://x.com/minchoi/status/1898469519565492490https://x.com/Ror_Fly/status/1899473065328656485https://x.com/ror_fly/status/189980364878111976525:55 Alibaba drops QWEN 32Bhttps://x.com/hosseeb/status/1897377619240468513https://x.com/sundarpichai/status/1899779090472644881https://x.com/hyperbolic_labs/status/189743737055257004730:44 Chinese company HunYuan released a new image to videohttps://x.com/EHuanglu/status/189762892976850561132:31 The model competition is really heating up & Microsoft x OpenAIhttps://x.com/cneuralnetwork/status/1898450452540465538https://gizmodo.com/microsofts-relationship-with-openai-is-not-looking-good-200057329336:57 Grok earned over $100K this past week https://x.com/mleejr/status/1898465691096727866https://x.com/bankrbothttps://x.com/bankrbot/status/1897950192613441617https://x.com/grok/status/1898884871742758966https://x.com/grok/status/1898957064006774855https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1899565420966801647https://dexscreener.com/base/0x5116773e18a9c7bb03ebb961b38678e45e238923https://x.com/MLeeJr/status/1899647338978889743https://x.com/grok/status/1899582316747391127https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1899585667899822520https://x.com/bankrbot/status/1899589807350972768https://x.com/grok/status/1898884871742758966https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1899566730059653431https://x.com/rhynotic/status/189919025672712233156:26 Agents over the last 30 days https://x.com/defi0xjeff/status/1898025840514101654https://x.com/gkisokay/status/1899422660339393007https://x.com/696_eth/status/189744693340660559956:58 Model Context Protocolhttps://x.com/mattpocockuk/status/1897742389592440970https://x.com/sendaifun/status/1892310991737598229https://x.com/crossmint/status/18994925897634698021:05:30 Closing & Disclaimers ------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

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. ------ 📣BECOME A BANKLESS CITIZEN  https://bankless.cc/JoinToday  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax  🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain  ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPER https://bankless.cc/Celo  ------ TIMESTAMPS 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 ------ RESOURCES Josh Kale https://x.com/Josh_Kale   The Beginning of Infinity https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Infinity-Explanations-Transform-World/dp/0143121359   Bankless Nation Discord https://www.bankless.com/discord   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠