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Goodnow revolutionaries— Will's in the mountains of Maine catching fireball nips from strangers in overalls. Just another Wednesday. Aave founder Stani Kulechov dropped $30M on a Notting Hill mansion. Meanwhile, Vitalik says most L2s are unnecessary—and Will agrees. As Ethereum mainnet gets faster and cheaper, what happens to the chains that only sell "we're faster and cheaper"? Then Alex accidentally starts the Great XRP Debate by sharing a Gusto x Solana payments headline. Cue the fireworks...
Goodnow revolutionaries— Evan's computer is melting into sludge (Zincian crab claws involved). Will's skiing in Maine. Alex is captaining. It's Monday. Will shares his $5K trading challenge update with a key lesson: don't set margin trades you can't watch. Also, Polygon's chart is looking clean—could run if 12.5 cents becomes support. Then we welcome Ashane from Metana—a blockchain education bootcamp that's placed students at Google, Coinbase, and across DeFi. We dig into: How do you actually...
Goodnow revolutionaries— It's Groundhog's Day! Did Satoshi see his shadow? 6 more weeks of bear market or is the sun coming out? Will kicks off his $5,000 trading challenge and breaks down how leverage, longing, and shorting actually work—including the mistake that almost cost him everything. Then we go around the horn: Evan added BTC, Turbo SOL, ETH, and UNI. Will's DCA-ing BTC/ETH/SOL and eyeing Circle stock plus precious metals. Alex is (surprise!) buying SOL—but his method might surprise ...
Goodnow revolutionaries— Will's back from snowy Boston and we're talking wintahs, the Rise Up calendar (sexy George Washington?!), and the Fed's 10-2 vote to hold rates. Alex breaks down DeFi Carrot's Turbo product with a focus on Turbo Gold—think leverage-lite with built-in liquidation protection. Tokenized gold options are heating up—PAXG on Drift, tether gold, and whether Ondo can hold its ground as Aave muscles into RWAs. Will previews Bitcoin's bear flag situation ahead of tonight's Mark...
Goodnow revolutionaries– Tonight we welcome Azeem Khan, co-founder of Miden, to Rise Up After Dark. Med school dropout, biotech escapee, Kimcoin creator, Gitcoin alum—Azeem's path to privacy-focused blockchain is anything but ordinary. He's the non-technical founder making zero-knowledge proofs accessible to builders and institutions alike, and his journey includes marrying friend of the show Mashal (crypto philanthropy expert at Octant). Alex dives into Starks vs. Snarks for a proper ZK tech...
Goodnow revolutionaries– Will's back with updated Bitcoin technical analysis—there's a potentially bullish break forming. He walks through how to weigh bull and bear cases before placing a bet. We pull up the Bitcoin heat map to see where market makers might be targeting next. Does an unpredictable news cycle make charting pointless? Will addresses the elephant in the room. Then we get into a topic that touches many nerves: altcoin bags that will never recover. How can you tell if a token is ...
Goodnow revolutionaries– Will's back from Miami with a market update: precious metals are swinging like meme coins while Bitcoin continues sideways. Could the 4-year cycle theory actually be valid? One Reddit trader thinks tungsten is the trade of a lifetime—here's what caught our attention. Will shares which tokens have revenue buyback models that inform his conviction—including HYPE, AAVE, UNI, and Polygon—and explains why this tokenomics strategy matters. Alex explains why his portfolio lo...
Goodnow revolutionaries– Clawd Bot took over our timeline this weekend—an open-source AI agent that can actually do things on your computer. Evan installed it, tested it, and walks through why you should be careful before giving an AI carte blanche to your digital life. From there, we answer your crypto questions about using crypto as cash—exploring debit cards from Phantom, MetaMask, Coinbase, and more. Alex explains why getting your money "on-chain" matters (and what that even means). We sh...
Goodnow revolutionaries— Evan and Alex are back for the final show of the week, starting with extreme cold weather reports (negative 30+ windchill in the Dakotas!). They share ideas for the Rise Up Community Scholarship: naming tiers after first donors (the "Bearded Tier" at $10!), a senior citizens crypto workshop with Sandra from Onboard60 ($500 allocated), and funding IRL meetups. Then Alex delivers a deep dive into the updated Senate Ag Market Structure Bill—the good news (self-cust...
Goodnow revolutionaries— Evan and Alex kick things off with a little light reading from Alex's nightstand: the new 161-page Senate Agriculture Committee Market Structure Bill released today. Alex is tired but committed to reading through the legislation that could reshape crypto regulation. We cover CFTC Chair Mike Selig's "Future Proof" initiative and his Washington Post op-ed declaring the regulator ready to lead crypto oversight in 2026—"pass us the torch." The big topic tonigh...
Goodnow revolutionaries— Dr. Nick Almond, Head of Governance at Jito joins the show to talk DAOs. He explains what a DAO is, shows us the forums and features that give life to Jito DAO, and we discuss how crypto, as a new medium for making meaning, can help people align their values and coordinate at scale to do things that matter (like collecting and sharing recipes, buying the Constitution, or saving civilization from collapse). We also unpack lessons from the Aave DAO conflict, exp...
Goodnow revolutionaries— and welcome to unauthorized, bootleg, backstage (and in Evan's case, bundled-up) stream! Today we answer your common crypto tax questions, do a drive-through of crypto tax prep software featuring the solution we've used for years, Koinly, and the one we're excited to try next, Awaken (use the link at our site to get a discount and support the show). Plus, Alex leads a tutorial on Solana DeFi site Hylo—a cool new protocol earning yield through LST-backed stablecoins. W...
Doug flies solo tonight while Will cruises the Caribbean. Markets are extremely volatile and there's a lot to cover. The weekend dump hit hard—Bitcoin broke below the critical $94K level for the first time since November, sparked by tariff threats and trade uncertainty around Greenland, the EU, and UK. Doug breaks down what this means and why crypto doesn't play nice when stocks fall. Key message: Crypto's in a bear market. Your goal is to survive. There's no rush to catch the bottom—wait for...
Goodnow revolutionaries– Will's on a cruise so Evan & Alex hold down the fort for a jam-packed Monday episode. We kick off with the weekend market "crash" (thanks, tariffs) and why it's getting harder to stay apolitical when politicians have their finger on the market button. From there we pivot to AI tools—Alex shares his Claude Code experiments automating file organization, and we dream about what's possible when AI meets DeFi. Speaking of DeFi, Alex showcases an advanced yield farming ...
Goodnow revolutionaries– Gian (Ruto) from Polygon rejoins the show to break down their massive week and the vision to move money onchain. The Open Money Stack explained: what it is, why it matters, and how the pieces fit together. Polygon's $250M acquisition of CoinMe and Sequence—48-state money transmitter licenses and 50k fiat-to-crypto locations in the US. How the acquisitions create a flywheel for $POL token value: more users, more fees, more burns. Where to stake your POL: staking.polygo...
Goodnow revolutionaries– Sheryl from Simple Crypto Advice joins us to talk about teaching crypto to people over 40, 55, and seniors without the jargon. Brian Armstrong publicly withdrew Coinbase support from the Senate's CLARITY Act revision—Alex breaks down what happened and why it matters. Common scams targeting new crypto users and how to spot them before it's too late. Live Jito restaking tutorial: how to stake SOL for JitoSOL and earn validator rewards plus MEV tips. Alex demos Blockchai...
Goodnow revolutionaries– Dercio from Polar GTM joins us to talk data analytics, event production, and why privacy might be the biggest battleground in Web3's future. AI-powered mass surveillance is no longer theoretical—and your phone is ground zero. The Jito tutorial continues: liquidity providing, restaking, and using Kamino for managed LP positions. How to think about risk metrics in DeFi before you ape in. Plus: Ruto from Polygon joins us tomorrow to break down their major announcements—y...
Goodnow revolutionaries– Today Eric Pan joins Rise Up to talk DeFi beyond the wallet—solutions that make crypto accessible to anyone, even your parents. But first: former NYC Mayor Eric Adams' memecoin rug (30 minutes flat!) and Coinbase's standoff with Congress over GENIUS Act loopholes. Eric walks through Nook, an app he advises that lets normies earn DeFi yields without seed phrases or bridges. The crew explores the Privy-Bridge-Stripe stack that's bringing crypto to TradFi, then rounds up...
Welcome back to Market Watch– Markets shrugged off the FBI investigation into Jerome Powell—stocks closed green despite the noise. Gold hit all-time highs while silver made serious moves overnight heading into the week. Bitcoin remains trapped in choppy volatility—flying up, slamming down, no clear bottom confirmed yet. Will maintains his bearish stance but admits bullish momentum is building on the charts—we're not on easy mode yet. Doug's advice: turn FOMO into patience, watch for real...
Goodnow revolutionaries– It's launch day. Friends Stella Achenbach and Ceci Sakura from partner Unlock Protocol join us to unveil 2 major community updates: the Rise Up CommUnity Scholarship fund and pay-with-crypto for premium membership. Evan walks through the scholarship mechanics, governance questions, and why we're seeding it with $2,500 from the RUMS treasury. The governance conversation pivots to democracy itself—Jerome Powell's pushback against legal subpoenas, Trump's territorial fle...
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