This week in crypto, Trump’s new DeFi project sparked debate—is it legit or a grift? After the SEC, the CFTC targeted Uniswap—what’s going on with regulators?

Brazil’s Twitter ban also made waves—what does it mean for free speech and crypto’s role in resisting censorship?

Markets are asking if the 4-year cycle is dead, and Ryan has three takes on the lackluster crypto prices and what it could mean moving forward.

On the bright side, Polymarket is now on the Bloomberg terminal, and Coinbase is looking to bank the robots—an exciting step for AI and crypto.

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

0:00 Intro

2:03 Markets
https://x.com/Negentropic_/status/1830685688662040961 
https://outlierventures.io/article/token-trendlines-2-bitcoin-halving-the-four-year-cycle-is-dead/ 
https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1831316995691671641 
https://x.com/Fiskantes/status/1831302629651042637 
https://x.com/SplitCapital/status/1831317921089642915  
https://x.com/iamDCinvestor/status/1831318267367145492 

18:30 Trump revealed more about his DeFi project, World Liberty Financial! 
https://www.worldlibertyfinancial.com/
https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1829141447087648796  
https://x.com/lex_node/status/1831084542377206220 
https://x.com/lex_node/status/1831105068952961399 
https://x.com/nic__carter/status/1831145983847137451 
https://x.com/worldlibertyfi/status/1831348462635397271 
https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1829500453152837828 

32:07 Brazil banned Twitter
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1829778143449698764 
https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1831015509384364428 

37:17 Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan entered Nigeria court on crutches
https://x.com/_RichardTeng/status/1830869029705441553 

41:47 Arbitrum released Stylus! 
https://x.com/arbitrum/status/1831020553211089243 
https://x.com/joeykrug/status/1831367181885698392 

43:30 Euler V2 is back! 
https://x.com/eulerfinance/status/1831331399619756375 

48:03 Celestia releases technical roadmap
https://blog.celestia.org/roadmap/ 

48:39 Bloomberg added Polymarket election data to Terminal
https://x.com/M_McDonough/status/1829166689516442043 
https://x.com/shayne_coplan/status/1830984489259901203 

50:13 CFTC charges Uniswap with illegal derivatives trading
https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8961-24 
https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/phamstatement090424 
https://x.com/MinarikLaw/status/1831363800542634459 

53:11 AIs are now paying other AIs with crypto
https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1829623778726592804 

56:32 MEME of the Week
https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1831386476841726226  

59:03 Closing & Disclaimers

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