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Bankless

The Ultimate Guide to Crypto Finance. DeFi, NFTs, and cryptocurrencies. Level up. Go bankless.
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ROLLUP: Bitcoin ETF Updates | Larry Fink Crypto Pilled | Ethereum Roadmap | Airdrops Incoming

Bankless Weekly Rollup 3rd Week of January, 2024 ----- 🏹 USE PODCAST24 FOR 10% OFF https://bankless.cc/Citizen2024 ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 ⁠ 🛞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: 00:00 Start 03:40 Markets https://twitter.com/growthepie_eth/status/174688343868934193...

Jan 19, 202457 min

Why We're Bullish L2s

Are L2 tokens worthless governance coins? Will they accrue value? Are L2 tokens bullish? Ryan and David dive into the details in this week’s episode of Bankless Takes. ----- 🏹 USE PODCAST24 FOR 10% OFF https://bankless.cc/Citizen2024 ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠ https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 ⁠ 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠ https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum 🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://ban...

Jan 17, 202451 min

205 - The State Of Ethereum L2s

We're thrilled to be joined today by Paradigm CTO, Georgios Konstantopoulos and founder of Conduit, Andrew Huang who are on the show today to deliver a masterclass on the state of Ethereum Layer 2s, how they're going, and where they're headed. There's nobody better to take us through this technical and very educational episode on the state of L2s. ----- 🏹 USE PODCAST24 FOR 10% OFF https://bankless.cc/Citizen2024 ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.x...

Jan 15, 20241 hr 16 min

ROLLUP: Bitcoin ETF Approved | ETH Moves | EigenLayer Cosmos

Bankless Weekly Rollup 2nd Week of 2024 ----- 🏹 USE PODCAST24 FOR 10% OFF https://bankless.cc/Citizen2024 ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 ⁠ 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum 🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/Toku ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 2:00 Markets https://twit...

Jan 12, 20241 hr 8 min

BTC ETF Approval with Eric Balchunas

The Bitcoin ETF was just approved. What happens next? How does this change everything? Which ETF can crypto expect next? When? Answers to these questions and so much more! ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠ https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 ⁠ 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum 🔗C...

Jan 11, 202427 min

204 - What is Bitcoin? with Robert Breedlove

✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-robert-breedlove ----- Robert Breedlove is a freedom maximalist and Bitcoin philosopher. Robert is known amongst Bitcoiners to produce content that draws from ancient wisdom, and brings it forward into the modern times, with Bitcoin as the context. In order to tell the story of the bull case for bitcoin we have to tell the story of money. ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankle...

Jan 08, 20241 hr 46 min

ROLLUP: Bitcoin ETF Rumors | IRS Tax Rules | Ethereum Dencun

Bankless Weekly Rollup First Week of 2024 ----- 🏹 USE PODCAST24 FOR 10% OFF https://bankless.cc/Citizen2024 ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum 🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/Toku ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 8:00 MARKETS https://www....

Jan 05, 202459 min

2024 Crypto Investment Themes

Welcome to Bankless Takes! This week, the first week of 2024… we have 6 Predictions for the major investment themes ahead for this year. What are going to be the trends that define 2024? What do you need to know to stay ahead of the game? At least, for what we can see today. ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 ⁠ 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAY...

Jan 04, 202455 min

203 - ETH in 2024

✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-eth-2024 ----- 2023 wasn’t great for Ethereum… from a price perspective. But it was fantastic from a building perspective. Where does Ethereum go from here? What does 2024 have in store for ETH the asset and Ethereum the network? Anthony Sassano, Mike Ippolito, and Jordi Alexander join to give a high level overview of the Ethereum ecosystem. The problems, the solutions, and the future. ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is...

Jan 01, 20241 hr 47 min

ROLLUP: Top 10 Biggest Crypto Events of 2023

Bankless Weekly Rollup Last Week of 2023 ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT —— 💳 AMBIRE | V2 Browser Extension is now Live! https://bankless.cc/ambire-v2 ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 ⁠ 🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum 🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://ban...

Dec 29, 202359 min

Coin Bureau’s Guy Turner Interviews Ryan & David

Coin Bureau’s Guy Turner interviewed Ryan and David on November 15, 2023. We’re re-releasing this episode on our channels thanks to Coin Bureau. We hope you enjoy this meta-conversation of Ryan, David, and the Bankless brand. Happy Holidays! ------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 1:55 Crypto YouTube vs. Podcast 7:10 Creating Crypto Content 16:55 SBF vs. Erik Voorhees 32:50 Crypto Industry Mistakes 41:05 Ethereum & Crypto Cycles 55:43 Crypto, Social Media, Madness 1:03:00 Podcast Guests 1:09:00 Final ...

Dec 28, 20231 hr 10 min

Eigenlayer In 2024 With CEO Sreeram Kannan

Ethereum validators are earning yield for nearly a million wallets but what happens if you can restake that ETH for even more yields? Eigen Layer is one of the most ambitious projects in crypto and crossed a billion dollars in deposits while recording this episode. Joining us today is special technical co-host Mike Neuder to discuss all things Eigen Layer with Sreeram and Teddy from the team. ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT ----- ...

Dec 27, 20231 hr 33 min

Anatoly Reflects on Solana In 2023 & 2024

In today’s episode, we have the creator of Solana and the Co-founder of Solana Labs, Anatoly Yakovenko. We brought on Anatoly to reflect on Solana in 2023 and its future in the New Year and beyond. ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 ⁠ 🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING https://bankless.com/MetaMask ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING...

Dec 26, 20231 hr 39 min

202 - The Year of the Crypto ETF with Cathie Wood

Cathie wood and Ophelia Snyder join us today, their two companies are at the top of the list for ETF approvals slated for early next year. Is trad-fi excited? Are we underestimating the scale of this? Will Ethereum ever get an ETF? All these answered and more. ------ ✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-cathie-wood ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAK...

Dec 25, 20231 hr 2 min

ROLLUP: The Inscription Infestation | Solana Flips Ethereum Volume | Restaking Heats Up

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Dec 22, 202356 min

Jito's Impact on Solana with CEO Lucas Bruder

This is an exploration of Jito, the Solana validator client, the staked Solana token JITOSOL, and MEV optimization engine. The recent Jito airdrop show the whole industry as millions of dollars in value flooded into the Solana ecosystem. Joining us today is Lucas Bruder from the Jito team to walk us through the basics and nuances of this multifaceted project. ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN ...

Dec 20, 20231 hr 21 min

Ryan Selkis Shares His 2024 Crypto Predictions

Joining us today is Ryan Selkis, who is here to walk us through his crypto thesis for 2024. We cover big investment themes, people to watch, the future of stablecoins, policy takes and so much more in this wide ranging episode. ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 ⁠ 🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.c...

Dec 19, 20231 hr 47 min

201 - Garry Kasparov on Why Freedom Always Wins

✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-garry-kasparov ----- Chess Legend and Freedom Fighter Garry Kasparov on AI, Geopolitics, and Crypto. One of the first people to experience machine intelligence in a profound way–greatest chess player in the world when he lost a match to IBM computer program Deep Blue in 1997—since then, humans have never been able to beat machines in a game of chess. The theme of this episode is Freedom. Garry’s optimism shines ...

Dec 18, 20231 hr 19 min

ROLLUP: Fed Pivot | Ledger Scare | New Warren Bill | Airdrop Szn

Bankless Weekly Rollup 2nd Week of December 2023 ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT ----- 🌐 Layer Zero V2 Launch https://bankless.cc/LayerZeroLabs ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠ https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 ⁠ 🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠ https://bankless.cc/MetaMask ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠ https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum ⁠ 🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankl...

Dec 15, 202359 min

Kraken's CEO on Their Battle Against The SEC

Kraken is one of the two most important exchanges in the US right now, it's also an essential bridge across many other jurisdictions. Recently Kraken has come under fire by the SEC for the second time this year. In today’s episode we're joined by Kraken CEO, Dave Ripley. Dave walks us through what it's like to take the reigns of one of the largest US crypto exchanges and how he plans to navigate the constant battles they have to face from US regulators. ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your...

Dec 14, 202344 min

VanEck’s 2024 Crypto Predictions with Matthew Sigel

In today’s episode, Matthew goes over VanEck’s 15 hottest 2024 crypto predictions report. Matthew Sigel is the Head of Digital Assets Research at VanEck and has been since 2021. ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠ https://bankless.cc/MetaMask ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠ https://...

Dec 12, 20231 hr 5 min

200 - Vitalik Buterin's Philosophy: d/acc

✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-vitalik-philosophy ------ This past year there’s been a great societal wide debate: Tech-acceleration (e/acc) vs deacceleration. Should we continue the path toward AI or are the robots going to kill us? We’ve been hoping Vitalik would weigh in on this debate ever since our episode Elizer Yudkowski —now he has, so what’s Vitalik’s probability of AI doom? ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today...

Dec 11, 20231 hr 32 min

ROLLUP: Bull Market is Here | $JTO Airdrop | Capitol Hill Crosshairs

Bankless Weekly Rollup 1st Week of December, 2023 ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT ----- 🌐 AEVO's Options and Perps DEX https://bankless.cc/aevo ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 ⁠ 🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING https://bankless.com/MetaMask ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.com/Arbitrum ⁠ 👾GMX | V2 IS NOW LIVE https://bankless.com...

Dec 08, 202353 min

What is Celestia ($TIA)? Unpacking Modular Blockchains

Celestia’s token ($TIA) just dropped. Highlighted by its modular data availability network the crypto community has showed a lot of excitement around this launch. Why? What is so valuable about Celestia? What is its vision for crypto? How, if successful, will Celestia change the crypto landscape? Today, on Bankless We’re talking to two Celestia CoFounders Mustafa and Ismail to explore the thesis behind Celesia. So, strap yourselves in, put on your learning cap, because we’re going to learn about...

Dec 07, 202345 min

Immutable and Merit Circle Join Forces

We’re exploring the frontier of crypto gaming! The seeds of the crypto gaming thesis are looking to play out. Today we’re hosting Robbie Ferguson from Immutable and Marco van den Heuvel from Merit Circle. Merit Circle is migrating from Avalanche to Immutable, bringing along their gaming ecosystem, DAO, and sizable treasury. ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠http...

Dec 06, 202343 min

Do We Hate Solana?

The truth on how we feel about Solana. Today we define the fundamentals, compare other networks, and ultimately share how we think SOL stacks up in the Layer 1 race. ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 ⁠ 🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/...

Dec 06, 202338 min

Ethereum is Hilariously Underpriced | Will SOL Flip ETH?

Someone has to say it. ETH price at $2.2k is hilarious. Everyone is out here trading "what ifs" this cycle when Ethereum has fundamentals. Let us tell you why $2.2k ETH doesn't make any sense. ------ 🌐 AEVO's Options and Perps DEX https://bankless.cc/aevo ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 ⁠ 🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠ https://bankless.cc/Arbitr...

Dec 05, 202354 min

199 - Are Crypto Games Making a Comeback?

Are crypto games making a comeback? Vance Spencer and his Co-Founder Michael Anderson join us today to answer that question. We did a bunch of episode on crypto gaming last hype cycle – retrospectively, it was too early. But now we have cheap blockspace, better wallets, and games that are fun to play. ------ ✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-crypto-gaming-2 ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourF...

Dec 04, 20231 hr 23 min

ROLLUP: Jito Airdrop | Cosmos Blocksize Wars | Kyber Hack | Paradigm's Blast

Bankless Weekly Rollup Last Week of Nov. 2023 ----- 🌐 Near's Cost Effective Data Availability https://bankless.cc/near ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 ⁠ 🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum ⁠ 👾GMX | V2 IS NOW LIVE https://bankless.cc/GMX 🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo 🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE ⁠h...

Dec 01, 202356 min

The Power of Property Rights with Hernando De Soto

The first think you need to know about crypto is, "what is money?" The second is, "what is property?" and that is our topic for today. Joining us is notorious economist Hernando De Soto who is here to give us a masterclass on the world of property right and why we need to tokenize the world. ------ ✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-hernando ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT ------ B...

Nov 30, 20231 hr 40 min
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