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✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-the-anthony-pompliano-interview  ------ Bankless Nation, we’ve finally got him… Anthony Pompliano is on the show. Pomp is an investor and media personality, best known to the crypto community for his relentless bitcoin evangelism. Expect to learn about the Bitcoin Halving, the state of BTC EwTFs, the consequential institutional adoption and crypto tribalism. We wrap up the episode with a quick lightning round with Pomp and a peek into his 2024 investment portfolio. ------ 📣 SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠   🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo    🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    🔐 SAFE | ATTEND SAFE{CON} https://conf.safe.global/  ------  TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 6:25 Bitcoin Halving 12:07 Institutional Adoption 24:08 Bitcoin ETF Aftermath 34:02 Institutional Dangers 41:49 Bitcoin Evangelism 49:44 Culture Wars 1:03:47 US vs Crypto 1:13:46 Bear Market Learnings 1:16:35 Pomp’s Focus 1:23:04 Pomp’s Portfolio 1:27:48 Lightning Round 1:31:59 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Anthony Pompliano https://twitter.com/APompliano  The Pomp Letter https://pomp.substack.com/   ------ Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures  

Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup 3rd Week Of April ------ 🔐 SAFE | BUILD WITH THE SAFE SMART ACCOUNT https://bankless.cc/Safe_pod  ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠   🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo  🔐 SAFE | ATTEND SAFE{CON} https://bankless.cc/SafeCon  🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    ------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:37 Bitcoin Halving https://www.coinwarz.com/bitcoin-halving  00:07:23 Bitcoin Runes https://youtu.be/q9RDE8U6CkI  00:08:56 Markets https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/btc-usd https://twitter.com/dunleavy89/status/1779120479233544261  00:15:29 ETH Price Updates https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/eth-usd https://twitter.com/dmihal/status/1779244625762394235  00:19:18 L2 Updates https://l2beat.com/scaling/summary https://twitter.com/NTmoney/status/1780998133025226803  00:24:27 World Chain Announcement https://twitter.com/worldcoin/status/1780611997396095157  https://worldcoin.org/blog/announcements/introducing-world-chain  00:28:19 Dead Internet Theory  https://x.com/tiagosada/status/1780616673172570532  00:30:20 OKX X Layer Launch https://www.okx.com/xlayer  00:34:45 Kraken Wallet https://twitter.com/krakenfx/status/1780612343354855625  00:37:15 Hong Kong ETF Approvals https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/15/hong-kong-regulators-approve-spot-bitcoin-and-ether-etfs-.html  https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1779867078603718970  00:42:25 Ethereum Superwallets https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1778616483838669202  https://twitter.com/0xCygaar/status/1778522744919044442  00:47:48 Eigenlayer Unpaused Restaking https://x.com/eigenlayer/status/1778885106960081116  00:50:06 Alt Restaking https://twitter.com/nektarnetwork/status/1778082320798380060  https://twitter.com/Karak_Network/status/1777370872627831019  00:54:24 Immutable Nexus https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1777894966498607146  00:56:58 Crypto The Game https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1780994358260420807  01:00:57 HeroGlyphs https://twitter.com/hero_glyphs  https://github.com/Finallyt/Heroglyph/blob/main/Heroglyph-Whitepaper.pdf  01:05:35 Solana Upgrades https://x.com/SolanaStatus/status/1779727821834686592  https://twitter.com/rexstjohn/status/1779730912269500836  01:07:34 Stablecoin Bill https://www.lummis.senate.gov/press-releases/lummis-gillibrand-introduce-bipartisan-landmark-legislation-to-create-regulatory-framework-for-stablecoins/  01:10:40 Raises https://twitter.com/alignedlayer/status/1779564155327934811?s=46&t=dAxCjT2P_GIrJMvMgWIpfA  https://x.com/nebrazkp/status/1780633313155457091  01:13:40 Meme of The Week https://vxtwitter.com/Timccopeland/status/1781012538911551808  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

Today’s episode is about exploring the frontier of tokens on Bitcoin with guest Casey Rodarmor. Casey is the creator of the Ordinals Protocol, a harmless protocol that simply allowed for arbitrary data to be inscribed into individual Bitcoin UTXOs, creating what are called Bitcoin NFTs. He is now also the creators of Runes, a second protocol, working to bring fungible tokens to Bitcoin.  Bitcoin is changing and Casey appears to be one of main reasons for the change. Soon he’ll be unveiling a new protocol standard for Bitcoin - called Runes, which wants to be a bitcoin-native version of fungible tokens, on the Bitcoin L1 - which is going to be the topic of the show today. ------ 📣 PERMISSIONLESS III | BUY TICKETS NOW  Bankless Citizens get 30% off: https://www.bankless.com/tools/perks  Use BANKLESS10 for 10% off: https://bankless.cc/PermissionlessIII  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo  🔐 SAFE | ATTEND SAFE{CON} https://bankless.cc/SafeCon  🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:00 The Guy Who Changed Bitcoin 10:21 Why Casey’s Building 16:45 Ordinals Cultural Shift 22:43 Runes 31:40 The Ord Standard  45:27 Bitcoin Blocks & Blockspace Limit 57:47 Bitcoin Innovation Implications  1:02:41 Rune Parameters 1:11:20 The First Runes (Uncommon Goods)  1:14:34 Timeline on Runes & Trading Ecosystem 1:17:12 The Future of Runes/Ordinals 1:19:48 The Bitcoin Renaissance  1:21:34 Winning Over Bitcoin Maximalists 1:23:45 Casey’s Podcast     1:24:58 Runes Team 1:26:37 Closing & Disclaimers    ------ RESOURCES Casey’s 1st Bankless Episode  https://youtu.be/ktL77zEWcEc  Casey’s Twitter https://twitter.com/rodarmor   Casey’s Hellmoney Podcast  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCflejnUswWof6yEMk9dRzOA  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

Welcome back to Bankless Takes! On the show today we walk through David’s recent article on the unified architecture theory for Ethereum.  Where does Ethereum stand in a world of many chains? How does ethereum compare to Bitcoin, Solana, Celestia, and many others are fighting for users in the space. The comparisons and top competitors might surprise you. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo  🔐 SAFE | ATTEND SAFE{CON} https://bankless.cc/SafeCon  🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku  ------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Start 02:08 Reason For This Article 06:32 Bitcoin Block Size Wars 17:51 Modern Day Big vs Small Blockers 22:06 Sophisticated Vs Primitive Blocks 33:19 Functionality Escape Velocity 37:17 The Root Of Trust 45:57 Cosmos, The Lost Tribe 56:02 Sovereignty Escape Velocity ------ RESOURCES Davids Article: https://www.bankless.com/the-unified-architecture-of-ethereum  Vitalik Article: https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2019/12/26/mvb.html?ref=bankless.ghost.io  Ryans Tweet: https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1778865602121060863  L2 Beat: https://l2beat.com/scaling/risk  Cosmos Tweet: https://twitter.com/hxrts/status/1774504453682405467  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

In today's episode, David delves into the interesting dynamics between Ethereum and Celestia. While Ethereum and Solana are often seen as the main rivals, Celestia shares similar design philosophies and goals but with notable differences. Is it Ethereum's true competitor? Joining us to help answer that question and much more is Nick White, COO of Celestia Labs. ------ 📣 SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠   🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo  🔐 SAFE | ATTEND SAFE{CON} https://bankless.cc/SafeCon 🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:28 Celestia 2 Years Ago 6:30 Build Whatever & DA 11:29 Celestia Design Architecture 19:15 Ethereum vs. Celestia 22:26 Celestia No Virtual Machine Trade-Offs  29:57 Sharing DA Layers & Blockchain Interoperability 37:23 Celestia Trustlessness 42:09 DA as a Commodity?  54:09 Network Effects of DA 57:35 $TIA’s Role in Celestia Ecosystem 1:01:50 Lightnodes  1:04:57 $TIA’s Moneyness 1:10:20 Execution & Settlement Layers 1:16:46 Cosmos & Celestia & Ethereum 1:21:56 Sovereign Endgame  1:26:42 Closing & Disclaimers   ------ RESOURCES Nick’s 1st Bankless Episode  https://youtu.be/bmSU3cZhe3U   Nick White https://twitter.com/nickwh8te   Celestia https://twitter.com/CelestiaOrg   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠  

✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-the-raoul-pal-interview  ------ Bankless Nation, we’re having none-other than Raoul Pal, a frequent guest on this show, who needs no introduction. Expect to understand debasement, how to navigate the different crypto seasons, and Raoul’s secular thesis. Besides his key learnings, Raoul also gives a peak into his portfolio and shares some hot takes on the current state of AI. ------ 📣 SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠    🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo    🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    🏙️ CONSENSUS | SAVE 20% WITH CODE BANKLESS https://bankless.cc/4aykesD  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 6:35 SEC Suing Uniswap? 9:57 US Regulation Handbrakes 19:48 State of the Bull Market 29:45 Navigating Interest Rates 35:40 Understanding Debasement 47:25 Crypto Adoption 57:11 Crypto Summer 1:03:12 The L1 Race 1:07:17 The Role of ETFs 1:13:37 The Next Winter 1:17:52 Crypto Skeptics 1:22:15 The Secular Thesis 1:26:20 Raoul’s Portfolio 1:30:47 Real Vision 1:33:01 The State of AI 1:36:31 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Raoul Pal https://twitter.com/RaoulGMI   Real Vision Festival of Learning https://www.realvision.com/festival-of-learning  Raoul Pal The Journey Man https://www.youtube.com/@RaoulPalTJM  ------ Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures  

Crypto's OG darling exchange, Uniswap is under attack after it received an enforcement notice on Wednesday, April 10th, 2024 from none other than Gensler's anti-crypto SEC. Uniswap’s CEO Hayden Adams joins us on the podcast to share what happened, how they plan to fight, and what the industry can do to support.  ------ 🦄DEFEND UNI | FREE MINT  https://zora.co/collect/base:0x3cc5c167ff67ff31f8bee4b5523c684ce1172bfd/1  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠   🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🏙️ CONSENSUS | SAVE 20% WITH CODE BANKLESS https://go.coindesk.com/4cBztCA  🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo    🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    ------ TIMESTAMPS  0:00 Intro 3:15 Uniswap’s SEC Wells Notice  5:02 Comms Between SEC & Uniswap 7:23 Is $UNI a Security?  11:12 Supreme Court  13:13 Consequences of U.S. Crypto Entrepreneurs  22:01 Uniswap Labs vs. Uniswap Protocol  31:35 How Far Will the SEC Go?  33:55 Why Uniswap Is Important 39:08 Who Protects Investors More?  42:25 Are Hayden & Uniswap Ready?  43:16 Will Crypto Win?  43:29 How to Support 45:08 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Hayden Adams https://twitter.com/haydenzadams  Uniswap https://twitter.com/Uniswap   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup 2nd Week of April, 2024  ------ ➡️ Apply to the Cartesi Grants Program here:  https://bankless.cc/Cartesi  ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🏙️ CONSENSUS | SAVE 20% WITH CODE BANKLESS https://go.coindesk.com/4cBztCA  🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo    🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 5:50 MARKET https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/04/11/grayscale-bitcoin-etf-sees-record-lowest-daily-outflow-of-18m  https://cryptohayes.substack.com/p/heatwave  https://www.growthepie.xyz/fundamentals/daily-active-addresses  13:40 Revenue from Base at $40million https://twitter.com/davidomaraX/status/1777998689874628885  15:00 4 weeks later, EIP-4844 is still a game-changer  https://twitter.com/liamihorne/status/1777689828848525607  16:20 Movers of the Week  https://www.bankless.com/toncoins-epic-rise  21:30 Bitcoin Ordinals taking top 10 NFT positions  https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1777550883082875095  https://imgur.com/UnLO0F2  22:40 Inflation hotter than expected in march - 3.8% up from 3.2% in Feb https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/business/cpi-inflation-fed.html  25:30 Gloomy news from ETH ETF frontier https://twitter.com/NateGeraci/status/1777386609760936183  https://twitter.com/NateGeraci/status/1777768937943445568  https://polymarket.com/event/ethereum-spot-etf-approved-by?tid=171284490744  https://twitter.com/dunleavy89/status/1777751802118631594  https://twitter.com/jconorgrogan/status/1777016899567604095  34:04 Uniswap received an enforcement notice from the SEC https://x.com/Uniswap/status/1778127813138071904  https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1778126466984575166  https://x.com/Uniswap/status/1778127815642075219  https://twitter.com/lex_node/status/1778167441903722768  https://twitter.com/ammori/status/1778128325996675577  https://x.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1778149863072670169  https://x.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1776292735063888374  https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1778141231190552784  https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1778455631277572241  47:58 EigenLayer and EigenDA are going to mainet!  https://twitter.com/eigenlayer/status/1777757913718899074  https://twitter.com/sreeramkannan/status/1777791230556119183  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1778463830219092476  https://x.com/ayyyeandy/status/1778439191010873835  1:00:40 Solana Tensor’s Airdrop https://twitter.com/TensorFdn/status/1777350377895043537  https://x.com/TensorFdn/status/1775193013230489721  1:02:25 Bankless Airdrop Hunter https://www.bankless.com/airdrop-hunter  1:03:25 Circle Announces USDC Smart Contract for Transfers by BlackRock’s BUIDL Fund Investors https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240411966052/en/Circle-Announces-USDC-Smart-Contract-for-Transfers-by-BlackRock’s-BUIDL-Fund-Investors  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1778430676984897970  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1778421743977173290  https://dune.com/steakhouse/tokenized-securities  1:09:10 Raises and BVC Investments  MonadLabs raised $225M!   https://twitter.com/monad_xyz/status/1777687376136982767  1:17:38 Bankless is hiring!  https://www.bankless.com/jobs  1:18:00 MEME of the Week Nic vs David! 🥊 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1775883303268081891  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1774176205190709489  https://x.com/nic__carter/status/1774070020873535536   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

While there is always a lot of activity on Crypto Legal Front, this particular moment in time feels especially active. Today on the show we have Jake Chervinsky and Amanda Tuminelli, two of crypto’s most impressive lawyers.  Every single court case, of which there are 5 different ones discussed in this episode today, brings new precedent and new clarity to the crypto space. The theme of this episode today might be… crypto bites back. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🏙️ CONSENSUS | SAVE 20% WITH CODE BANKLESS https://go.coindesk.com/4cBztCA  🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo    🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    ------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Start 00:05:18 Life as a Crypto lawyer 00:10:20 Coinbase Court Case 00:15:21 Are Airdrops Securities 00:19:34 Amanda's Take 00:22:22 Some Bad News 00:27:32 When Can We Expect Clarity? 00:30:11 Politics vs Policy 00:32:39 SEC vs ETH ETFs 00:36:55 ETH ETF Denial? 00:42:59 SEC Lying? 00:50:41 Leveraging Against Corruption 00:55:17 DeFi Education Fund vs SEC 01:03:56 Roman Storm 01:15:06 Can Courts Remain Impartial? 01:16:57 Elections Impact   ------ RESOURCES Amanda https://twitter.com/amandatums  Jake https://twitter.com/jchervinsky  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

The Ethereum community is currently in debate, are we going to change the monetary policy of ETH? Why should we? Who gets to decide? What should it be? Today's episode of Bankless Takes is a masterclass on monetary policy for Ethereum and beyond. ------ ➡️ Apply to the Cartesi Grants Program here:  https://bankless.cc/Cartesi  ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo    🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    ------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:23 Defining Monetary Policy 00:07:35 Total Monetary Base 00:12:46 M1 Chart https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M1NS  00:15:54 M2 Chart https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2NS  00:20:05 Inflation + Purchasing Power https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPIAUCNS  00:22:50 Bitcoin Issuance Policy https://river.com/learn/who-creates-new-bitcoin/  00:30:22 Ethereum's Monetary Policy https://studio.glassnode.com/metrics?a=ETH&c=native&m=supply.Current&resolution=24h  https://notes.ethereum.org/@mikeneuder/iiii  https://ultrasound.money/  00:35:27 ETH Social Contract 00:37:23 Bitcoin Monetary Policy 00:43:09 History Of ETH Issuance https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/pull/971  00:50:58 Proposal Breakdown https://ethresear.ch/t/endgame-staking-economics-a-case-for-targeting/18751  01:01:57 ETH Supply Curve https://imgur.com/pVrZ9Ii  01:13:37 David's Opinion on Moving Forward 01:19:08 Ryan's Opinion 01:25:06 Policy Option 2 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

Today on the show, we have the founder of Stability AI, Emad Mostaque. Emad recently left his company citing “You can’t beat centralized AI with more centralized AI” and decided to venture into the frontier of decentralized AI. We touch on the economical consequences of AI, why it needs to be open-source and distributed and the role of Crypto in decentralizing AI. ------ 📣 SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2   ⁠   🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo    🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:26 Navigating AI & Web3 10:52 AI Governance 18:03 Decentralizing AI 26:54 Balancing Coordination 33:52 Decentralized AI Infrastructure 40:10 Emad’s Projects 48:40 Decentralization Trade-Offs 58:53 Governance Structure 1:02:50 AI Regulation 1:06:36 Custom AI Models 1:12:21 AI Economical Consequences 1:17:11 AI x Crypto 1:20:47 Closing Thoughts ------ RESOURCES Emad Mostaque https://twitter.com/EMostaque  ------ Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures  

Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup First Week of April, 2024  Major thanks to Anthony Sassano for filling in for Ryan as he takes some time off to update his firmware. https://x.com/sassal0x  ------ 🌐 CRYPTEX | GET INVOLVED WITH GOVERNANCE FOR THE FUTURE OF DECENTRALIZED MARKETS https://bankless.cc/Cryptex_pod  ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ⁠   🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo    🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    ------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Start 00:02:24 Markets https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/btc-usd  https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/eth-usd  https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/eth-btc  https://www.coingecko.com/en/global-charts  00:09:47 L2 Check-in https://l2beat.com/scaling/summary  00:17:19 ENA Airdrop https://twitter.com/ethena_labs/status/1775060005953421401?s=20  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethena  00:23:42 Wormhole Airdrop https://wormhole.com/w-launch-roadmap/  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/wormhole  00:28:14 Blobs Update https://warpcast.com/0xrob/0x0357eacb  https://warpcast.com/sassal.eth/0xae93359e  https://dune.com/hildobby/blobs  https://twitter.com/rob_0x/status/1775130717774626839  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1775494227222315274?s=20  00:37:48 Base Ecosystem https://warpcast.com/jessepollak/0x078c9b74  https://x.com/ptrwtts/status/1774963873936011638?s=20  https://x.com/Uniswap/status/1774465349716435298?s=20  00:43:10 Degen Chain https://x.com/syndicateio/status/1773351144858750990?s=20  00:52:48 The Issuance Debate https://twitter.com/mikeneuder/status/1774072228839117307?t=C4VaAFdu-LRU1yDM31GCFQ&s=19  https://twitter.com/jon_charb/status/1774182126608380041  01:05:02 LST vs LRT Dynamics https://x.com/hildobby_/status/1775123732534603919?s=20  01:13:10 AAVE vs Maker https://x.com/lemiscate/status/1775116242019299404?s=20  https://governance.aave.com/t/arfc-risk-parameters-for-dai-update/17211/9  https://twitter.com/hasufl/status/1775157933501796465?s=20  01:17:48 Meme of The Week https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1774791420504674325?s=20  01:22:34 Check Out The Daily GWEI! https://www.youtube.com/@TheDailyGwei  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠

Welcome Bankless Nation, to the Summer of Protocols!| Summer of Protocols is an ongoing research and evangelism effort that aims to catalyze broad interest in the study of protocols as a first-class concept for thinking about the world. To explain a little more about what Summer of Protocols is all about, we brought Tim Beiko of the Ethereum Foundation and Venkat Rao of the Ribbonfarm blog on the podcast. Additionally, this episode contains three short interviews with three of the 35 total Summer of Protocols researchers.  You’re going to experience something a little different here on the show today. Some more storytelling, a different kind of frontier exploration, but all around the idea of protocols.  ------ 🎧 Listen On Your Favorite Podcast Player:  https://bankless.cc/Podcast  ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Summer of Protocols Explained 12:05 Sarah Friend https://summerofprotocols.com/research/good-death  https://twitter.com/isthisanart   37:16 Timber Schroff https://summerofprotocols.com/research/module-three/safe-new-world   https://twitter.com/tmbr_ss   1:01:52 Nahee Kim https://summerofprotocols.com/research/re-move   https://twitter.com/AppNahee   1:18:44 Summer of Protocols Future https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/blockchain-protocol-problems-braindump/223  https://summerofprotocols.com/research/sop2024   1:28:59 Closing  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Earlier this month the largest asset manager in the world released its first tokenized fund on Ethereum called the BlackRock BUIDL fund.  We knew this was big… but after recording this episode we’re realizing this is an even bigger deal than we initially thought. Tokenized treasuries on chain Tokenized securities on chain. The largest institutions in the world are here and they’re tokenizing their assets. ------ 🌐 CRYPTEX | GET INVOLVED WITH GOVERNANCE FOR THE FUTURE OF DECENTRALIZED MARKETS https://bankless.cc/Cryptex_pod  ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo    🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH http://casa.io/bankless  ------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Intro 00:06:46 What Just Happened Last Week? 00:09:09 What Composes This Fund? 00:15:01 Onchain Dividends 00:20:02 Is BUIDL a Security? 00:22:56 Is It Permissionless? 00:26:02 Redeem Function 00:30:47 What Assets Come Next? 00:39:55 Securitize's Role In This 00:42:39 Size of Inflows 00:47:09 Total Market Size 00:50:46 Yield Accounts 00:53:01 Onboarding New Users 00:55:41 When Central Bank Involvement? 00:59:49 Where Do We Go From Here? 01:02:14 Legitimizing Our Case 01:05:04 Next Blackrock Product ------ Carlos Domingo https://twitter.com/carlosdomingo Check out the fund contract on Etherscan: https://etherscan.io/token/0x7712c34205737192402172409a8F7ccef8aA2AEc  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

The Bitcoin ETF was a huge win for Crypto. What’s next? Will an Ethereum ETF be approved? We brought Matt Hougan & Ryan Rasmussen of Bitwise to explore exactly that.  We go through what made the BTC ETF so successful, what we need to replicate the process for Ethereum and what comes after the ETH ETF. ------ 📣 PERMISSIONLESS III | BUY TICKETS NOW  Bankless Citizens get 30% off: https://www.bankless.com/tools/perks  Use BANKLESS10 for 10% off: https://bankless.cc/PermissionlessIII  ------ 🎧 SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo    🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  💸 CRYPTO TAX CALCULATOR | USE CODE BANK30 https://bankless.cc/CTC  🦄 UNISWAP | SWAP SMARTER https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 6:50 Bitcoin ETFs So Far 10:40 BTC ETF 2nd Acceleration 22:56 Crypto Default Allocation 26:31 Who’s Buying the BTC ETF? 28:59 Bitcoin vs Gold 36:46 When ETH ETF? 46:39 Forces at Play 53:25 ETH ETF Derivatives 58:38 ETH ETF Price Impact 1:02:10 ETH Narratives 1:08:31 What’s Next 1:12:02 Closing Thoughts ------ RESOURCES Matt Hougan https://twitter.com/Matt_Hougan  Ryan Rasmussen https://twitter.com/RasterlyRock   Bitwise https://bitwiseinvestments.com/   ------ Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures  

Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup Last Week of March, 2024  ------ 🖼️ NFTFi Borrow ETH or USDC with an NFT at https://bankless.cc/NFTFi_pod  Check their rewards program at: https://bankless.cc/NFTfi_rewards_pod  ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo    🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  💸 CRYPTO TAX CALCULATOR | USE CODE BANK30 https://bankless.cc/CTC  🦄 UNISWAP | SWAP SMARTER https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 3:45 BTC ETF  https://dune.com/hildobby/btc-etfs  https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1773069643923570968   https://twitter.com/ki_young_ju/status/1772916778621919490  7:28 ETH ETF Update https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1772999593577390172  https://x.com/CraigSalm/status/1772360837094691302  https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1772372601098162624  https://dune.com/21co/tokenization-government-securities  13:00 L2 Update https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1772721673541747099  14:30 BASE TVL: https://l2beat.com/scaling/projects/base  https://x.com/Uniswap/status/1773375430285799546  https://x.com/MSilb7/status/1770621672237720001  https://www.growthepie.xyz/chains/base  https://x.com/0x_Osprey/status/1773044075802849391  https://imgur.com/8GiwM4e  https://x.com/base/status/1772767382362055097  https://twitter.com/jessepollak/status/1773085753850925073  https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1773099759235993725  https://twitter.com/maxbranzburg/status/1772716138499039612  https://twitter.com/hildobby_/status/1772775087562764791  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1772736730623332673  23:45 Markets https://twitter.com/TimmerFidelity/status/1772645291088388128  https://twitter.com/BrantlyMillegan/status/1772314510088409382  29:50 Blob demand skyrocketing - is it too much for Ethereum to handle? https://twitter.com/nero_eth/status/1771198600405463531  https://x.com/hildobby_/status/1773036022726627795  https://imgur.com/M8N9Plt  https://x.com/ercwl/status/1773152515875340704  https://x.com/Data_Always/status/1773056653664940219  https://x.com/terencechain/status/1773123126202601942  https://x.com/peter_szilagyi/status/1773158997446557930  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1773160352479392107  38:23 Blast Controversy - Rollback the chain? https://twitter.com/PopPunkOnChain/status/1772746208047518025  https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1772843238539325947  https://twitter.com/0xquit/status/1772751865467596823  https://x.com/ercwl/status/1772781474867011752  https://x.com/_munchables_/status/1772846122236862789  https://x.com/PacmanBlur/status/1772871466935013701  https://twitter.com/nearisbuilding/status/1772866110733287466  https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1772970536441713001  46:10 SBF Sentenced to 25 years https://x.com/innercitypress/status/1773376299626574125  https://blockworks.co/news/sam-bankman-fried-sentenced https://x.com/innercitypress/status/1773347397181092141  https://x.com/innercitypress/status/1773349731638394936  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1773358297308868973  https://x.com/crypto_bobby/status/1773358858678816783  https://x.com/Dogetoshi/status/1773370058892271763  53:57 Ethena is launching its token!  https://twitter.com/ethena_labs/status/1773077170132320626  https://www.bankless.com/airdrop-hunter   55:23 Google integrated ENS into search!  https://warpcast.com/sassal.eth/0x36e35d26  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1773076211947765921  56:57 Did Coinbase lose to the SEC? https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1772984052653478333  https://x.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1772993916146479193  https://x.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1772993916146479193  https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1772999508462309511  58:49 CFTC vs KuCoin  https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/03/26/crypto-exchange-kucoin-violated-anti-money-laundering-laws-us-charges/  https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1772666739995595007  59:50 Kraken Financial, a state-chartered bank, is live!  https://twitter.com/davidlripley/status/1770952985411301724  1:00:37 Raises and BVC Investments  https://x.com/build_on_bob/status/1773020961597452634  https://twitter.com/SuccinctLabs/status/1770843544388771914  1:02:41 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/liamihorne/status/1772363988757561474  1:03:23 Closing & Disclaimers 1:03:33 Moment of Zen https://x.com/outttoforderrr/status/1773020500060512767   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠  

On today's episode of Bankless Takes we're exploring the current state of crypto's social layer. Are we in this for the right reasons, or has crypto lost the plot? ------ 🖼️ Borrow ETH or USDC with an NFT on NFTFi https://bankless.cc/NFTFi_pod  ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo    🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  💸 CRYPTO TAX CALCULATOR | USE CODE BANK30 https://bankless.cc/CTC  🦄 UNISWAP | SWAP SMARTER https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Start 05:16 The Worst Memecoins 10:37 How We Got Here https://x.com/reganbozman/status/1769775181722190293?s=46  13:56 Have We Lost The Plot? https://polynya.mirror.xyz/ptscXuh3J3KOj2uJAn0vrEanpn2nauwA7iytYZ4cM9U  19:39 Celebrating Criminals https://x.com/laurashin/status/1772407168760713454?s=20  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1772313252183126314?s=20  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1772428935206183082?s=20  26:55 Long Term Focus https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1772320119504449592?s=20  31:10 Don't Ignore The Bad, Pursue The Good https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1771980083667861734?s=20  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-pacman-blast-l2   ------ Pacman is one of the most interesting builders in crypto right now. After creating Blur, a disruptive NFT exchange, the crypto wonder kid is targeting the L2 space with his new yield bearing L2 called Blast. In this episode, we cover Pacman’s story, how he built Blur, how he pioneered Points and finally, we get into Blast, the already third largest L2 in TVL. ------ 📣 SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠   🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo    🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 💸 CRYPTO TAX CALCULATOR | USE CODE BANK30 https://bankless.cc/CTC  🦄 UNISWAP | SWAP SMARTER https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 6:45 Pacman’s Story 24:40 Blast’s Perception 29:36 Blur 34:45 Points 47:55 Blast Genesis 54:35 Blast’s Native Yield 1:19:05 Yield Risks 1:23:15 Net Gas Revenue 1:26:00 Projects on Blast 1:30:12 Is Blast a Multisig? 1:32:51 Blast’s Vision 1:34:10 Blast on OP Superchain? 1:36:53 Closing Thoughts ------ RESOURCES Pacman https://twitter.com/PacmanBlur  Blast https://blast.io   Pacman Blur’s Episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBKRrKtGTY8  ------ Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures  

Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup 3rd Week of March ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo    🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  💸 CRYPTO TAX CALCULATOR | USE CODE BANK30 https://bankless.cc/CTC  🦄 UNISWAP | SWAP SMARTER https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ------ Timestamps & Resources: 00:00:00 Welcome to Bonkless https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1770089383850312109  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1733256908230775194/photo/1  00:05:24 MARKETS https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/btc-usd  00:06:39 Why Selloff? https://twitter.com/tedtalksmacro/status/1770297816138887223  https://www.coinglass.com/LiquidationData  https://twitter.com/Jesseeckel/status/1769339678988157077  https://imgur.com/wAzzwcj  00:13:14 Solana Memecoin Mania https://www.theblock.co/post/282993/solana-memecoin-volume-fees-highs  https://cryptopragmatist.com/p/memecoin-mania-hits-solana  https://twitter.com/phantom/status/1767610926461538795  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1769758122929693116?s=20   https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1768735643964723427?s=20  00:20:00 Problems to Solve https://dune.com/scarn_eth/solana-tx-fail-rate  00:22:18 $100M in 48 hours  https://x.com/0xGumshoe/status/1769407082908832193?s=20  https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1769948459266707961?s=20  00:25:04 Slerf Deleting $10m https://x.com/Slerfsol/status/1769628588809031864?s=20  00:29:04 Blobs and Base https://dune.com/0xRob/blobs  00:31:19 L2 Fees https://twitter.com/liamihorne/status/1768979646954008921  https://www.gasfees.io/  https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1769010809479266659  00:37:41 Fed Meeting https://twitter.com/NickTimiraos/status/1770510628492284375?s=20  https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/20/fed-meeting-march-2024-.html  https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact/status/1768669656116593146?s=20  00:40:33 Blackrock On Chain Fund https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240320771318/en/BlackRock-Launches-Its-First-Tokenized-Fund-BUIDL-on-the-Ethereum-Network  https://securitize.io/invest  https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor/status/1770226356648890491  https://twitter.com/alexadelman/status/1770480118273581410?s=46&t=iahr7Lh5v08SSM_Ery-bGw  00:45:46 Blackrock Violating Sanctions https://twitter.com/Awawat_Trades/status/1770477144990261480/photo/1  00:47:59 Ethereum Foundation Under Investigation https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/03/20/sec-gary-gensler-ethereum-security-commodity-crypto-foundation/  https://x.com/MikeSeligEsq/status/1770475199609114831?s=20  https://twitter.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1770594620969501035?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  https://x.com/BrianQuintenz/status/1770541103667929161?s=20  00:54:26 ETH ETF Updates https://www.theblock.co/amp/post/283542/following-fidelitys-lead-grayscale-looks-to-add-staking-for-its-proposed-ethereum-etf  https://twitter.com/JSeyff/status/1770184966648877511?s=20  01:00:08 EtherFi Airdrop https://twitter.com/ether_fi/status/1769002585501962253  https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1769860129543901654?s=20  01:04:53 $16.4m Alien Punk Sale https://x.com/nftnow/status/1770549365016322265?s=20  01:05:54 SEC Bad Faith https://twitter.com/eleanorterrett/status/1769840053369327671  https://twitter.com/CampbellJAustin/status/1769841646789673439  01:07:55 Bob Gensler https://twitter.com/jimmyragosa/status/1770425599472902564  01:08:50 CZ Updates https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1769877743607448029?s=46&t=LKBC7Qtm18FnZ380xCF2pA  01:10:16 Bankless is Hiring! https://bankless.pallet.com/jobs/f39528ec-e381-4c1f-a9ad-907e69ac27bf  01:11:15 Meme of The Week https://twitter.com/AshleyDCan/status/1769791782957564343  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠  

✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-patrick-mckenzie ------ Why do banks have holidays? Should we redesign the banking system? Is there a future for crypto? Today we’re joined by Patrick McKenzie, an advisor at Stripe who writes about the modern financial system helps us answer these exact questions. First, we talk about the inner workings of the existing banking system. Then we get into crypto, where Patrick shares his reasons for skepticism. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠   💸 CRYPTO TAX CALCULATOR | USE CODE BANK30 https://bankless.cc/CTC   🦄 UNISWAP | SWAP SMARTER https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo    🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 6:35 Patrick’s Background 9:48 Banking System Evolution 20:09 Banking Holidays 26:44 Financial System Redesign  40:12 Transactional Freedom Trade-offs 1:03:39 Crypto Slogans 1:11:36 Crypto Predictions 1:21:42 Closing Thoughts ------ RESOURCES Patrick McKenzie https://twitter.com/patio11  Check Out Patrick’s Blog  https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/  Molly White Episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Itd3g23QI  ------ Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures