Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup 2nd Week of June 2024 ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x9171d31d50857506ebf5c2f20e5690a126ea6687/2 ------ 📣STAKEWISE | LIQUID SOLO STAKING https://bankless.cc/Pod_StakeWise ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle ⚡️ CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance 🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GEN...
Jun 14, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Today on the show, we’re exploring the frontier of ZK Rollups on Bitcoin! The Bitcoin L2 landscape is standing on the shoulders of this technical implementation called BitVM. We brought Robin Linus, one of the author’s of the BitVM White Paper, to not only dive into how BitVM got started, but more importantly, what it means for the future of Bitcoin. ------ 🎬 DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-the-robin-linus-interview ------ ✨ Mint the episode on...
Jun 13, 2024•1 hr 9 min
The Ethereum ETF is coming. What’s the best narrative for ETH to sell to TradFi/Wall Street? Ryan and David discuss the 7 leading ETH Narratives and then have a pitch-off amongst themselves. Each of them prepared a 1-2 minute pitch and then they each spend some time unpacking each other’s pitch and analyzing each point. Bankless Citizens get to vote - whose was better? Ryan or David’s? The winner gets a bragging rights POAP. ------ 📣BANKLESS CITIZENS VOTE HERE https://www.jokerace.io/contest/ba...
Jun 12, 2024•46 min
“Energy is the base layer of money” - that’s how our guest Luke Gromen puts it in today’s episode. Luke is an Author and Investor who gives us a completely new way to look at money, through the lens of energy costs. The essential learning of today’s show is that you can’t understand money until you understand energy markets. Apart from that Luke explains why the price of oil is about to force a monetary system change, why the 60/40 portfolio is dead and much more. ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zo...
Jun 10, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup 1st Week of June 2024 ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/12?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ 📣 TRANSPORTER - SECURED BY CHAINLINK CCIP | TRY IT OUT https://www.transporter.io/ ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle ⚡️ CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED RO...
Jun 07, 2024•1 hr 13 min
After 3 months of flat crypto prices, people are asking “where are we in the cycle”? What if the real bull hasn't even started yet? How big of the impact can the ETH ETF's really have and can they really take us to the coveted.... Banana Zone? All of that and more on this weeks episode of Bankless Takes. ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/10 ------ 🔐 GridPlus Lattice1 Hardware Wallet (use discount code BANKLESS2024 at chec...
Jun 05, 2024•49 min
✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/9?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ 🎬 DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-the-justin-drake-vs-anatoly-yakovenko-interview ------ Ethereum vs. Solana. That’s the debate we’re having today. On Ethereum’s side we have Ethereum Researcher Justin Drake, and on the Solana’s we have Solana’s Co-Founder Anatoly Yakovenko. They give ...
Jun 03, 2024•1 hr 47 min
✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/8?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup Last Week of May ------ 📣 TRANSPORTER - SECURED BY CHAINLINK CCIP | TRY IT OUT https://www.transporter.io/ ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://ban...
May 31, 2024•1 hr 16 min
✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/7?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ Is it all vibes? Always has been. Kyla Scanlon is a writer, podcaster, analyst, founder of financial education company Bread, and an all around brilliant explainer of things hard to explain. Expect to learn why economies are vibe reflectors, Kyla’s “economic kingdom” model and an overview on the current state of economic affairs. Financ...
May 28, 2024•1 hr 26 min
✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/6 ------ 🎬 DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-the-timothy-massad-interview ------ Are stablecoins a threat to national security? How should the US government step in? We brought Timothy Massad, the perfect guest to help us answer these hard questions. He was the Obama appointed chair for the CFTC, the guy who helped designate Bitcoin as a commodity...
May 27, 2024•1 hr 23 min
✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/5 ------ Matt Hougan is the CIO at Bitwise, and has been one of the best people to talk to when it comes to understanding the ETF process, and the impact of ETFs on the crypto markets. Today we dive into the specifics on what exactly the ETF approval means for ETH. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN |...
May 24, 2024•58 min
✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/4 ------ Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup 4th Week of May ------ 📣 TRANSPORTER - SECURED BY CHAINLINK CCIP | TRY IT OUT https://www.transporter.io/ ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION ...
May 24, 2024•1 hr 10 min
✨Mint the episode on Zora✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/3 The Ether spot ETF has officially been approved marking a landmark day for Ethereum and crypto as a whole. We're going live today to discuss the extent of this approval and what it means for Ether the asset, and more broadly the entire crypto industry. This is a big deal and we're stoked to be sharing this moment live with the Bankless Nation. James on X: https://x.com/JSeyff ------ 📣 SPOTIFY PR...
May 24, 2024•32 min
✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/2 This is a huge week for crypto in DC and we have on Congressman Patrick McHenry to tell us all about it. Three big things: 1) SAB 121 repeal bill going to Biden’s desk - will he let it pass or veto? 2) SEC approve/deny Ethereum ETF - decision due thursday. 3) House vote on FIT bill you’ve been championing - well talk about that bill. Stand with Crypto: https://www.standwithcrypto.org/politician...
May 21, 2024•46 min
The ETF approval deadline is coming on May 23rd and the odds just got.... wayyyy higher! Ryan and David explain. ------ 📣 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 ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO E...
May 20, 2024•49 min
✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-the-byron-tau-interview ------ Are we being watched? That’s the question we ask Byron Tau, an investigative journalist and author of “Means of Control'' that covers all about the US surveillance state. Turns out the US Government has a digital dossier of every citizen, but how? How do they collect the data? How are they using it? Can we ever get back our digital privacy? Expect to learn all that and much more in...
May 20, 2024•1 hr 26 min
The Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup Third Week of May ------ 📣 TRANSPORTER - SECURED BY CHAINLINK CCIP | TRY IT OUT https://www.transporter.io/ ------ 🎙️ 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 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://ba...
May 17, 2024•1 hr 5 min
In today’s episode, we’re exploring the frontier of onchain universes, on Ethereum. Autonomous Worlds is the new frontier of digital onchain universes, being pioneered by the Lattice team, of which Justin Glibert on the show today is the co-founder and CEO. Ethereum is not just a financial computer, but a root of state for an infinite number of universes, all with their own laws of physics, objects, players, agents, and state… and, like our universe, still continues with, or without, our presenc...
May 15, 2024•1 hr 17 min
✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-the-lyn-alden-interview ------ Bankless listener, if you want to survive this decade as an investor, as a market participant or even just as a citizen, you have to tune in to this episode with author and investor, Lyn Alden. We’re entering a new era. “Nothing Stops this Train” as Lyn would say. We’ve entered the Era of Fiscal Dominance. - What era is this? - Who will be the winners and losers? - What about capit...
May 13, 2024•1 hr 34 min
Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup Second Week Of May ------ 📣 TRANSPORTER - SECURED BY CHAINLINK CCIP | TRY IT OUT https://www.transporter.io/ ------ Bankless Premium | Use Code "FEED10" https://bankless.cc/FEED10 ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🏠 CASA | SECU...
May 10, 2024•1 hr
Today we explore David's idea that this cycle is cooked and Ryan has some question starting with... what does that even mean? On this week's episode of Bankless Takes we answer that question and so much more as we take a deep dive into token distributions and how they're playing out this time around. ------ 📣 TRANSPORTER - SECURED BY CHAINLINK CCIP | TRY IT OUT https://www.transporter.io/ ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🔗CELO...
May 09, 2024•53 min
✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-the-eric-wall-interview ------ What’s the Endgame for Bitcoin Scaling? That’s what we asked bitcoin builder and researcher Eric Wall. We start by exploring the evolution of Bitcoin and the genesis of scaling solutions on top of it. We then get into the intricacies of the BitVM, what exactly is a Bitcoin L2 and what’s coming next. Eric is the perfect guest to explore this frontier of Bitcoin Rollups, he tells it ...
May 08, 2024•1 hr 30 min
✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-the-regan-bozman-interview ------ Today we explore the frontier of Venture Capitalists vs Retail Investors, are they at war? That’s exactly what we debate on the show with crypto writer and VC Regan Bozman. Lots of questions to be asked on this episode: - Is crypto experiencing an identity crisis? - Are memecoins a reaction to VCs - Why is the current wave of Airdrops broken?. - Is attention more important than ...
May 06, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup First Week Of May ------ 📣 TRANSPORTER - SECURED BY CHAINLINK CCIP | TRY IT OUT https://www.transporter.io ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐 CARTESI | APPLY FOR A GRANT https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance 🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo 🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa 🗣️TOKU | ...
May 03, 2024•1 hr 27 min
While it's still early in the race, Base is now one of Ethereum’s largest L2s. In today’s episode, we brought back on repeat guest and co-creator of Coinbase’s L2, Base, Jesse Pollak. We cover: - How Base plans to bring billions of users onchain - How Base is increasing its scale by 400x - How Coinbase is using Base to be more onchain - Onchain Summer II ------ 📣 TRANSPORTER - SECURED BY CHAINLINK CCIP | TRY IT OUT transporter.io ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXC...
May 02, 2024•1 hr 5 min
“The U.S. is trying to disconnect from Ethereum," that’s what Joe Lubin the CEO of Consensys said in today’s conversation. He was talking about those in power trying to unplug Ethereum from the citizens. The SEC is going after Kraken, Coinbase, Uniswap and Metamask. They’re trying to turn every non-custodial wallet into a broker-dealer. We brought on Joe Lubin, a crypto OG and CEO of Consensys the company behind a number of massive crypto projects including the popular Metamask wallet, and Matt ...
May 01, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Eigenlayer token details are here! Don’t call it an Airdrop - This is a Stakedrop — because that’s the only thing you can do with your EIGEN tokens out of the gate. 15% of the total Supply of Eigen distributed over multiple Seasons, Season 1 starts today with 5% of the supply, and one of the most sophisticated set of smart contracts on Mainnet. EIGEN is not your typical ERC20 token. It’s got this feature called “Intersubjective Forking” that increases the scope of what Eigenlayer can provide sec...
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 12 min
✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-the-jeremy-allaire-interview ------ Joining the podcast today we have the man behind the largest US based stablecoin, Jeremy Allaire, the Founder of USDC Circle. A year ago USDC depegged in the face of major banks like SVB and Silvergate collapsing. How did Jeremy deal with that? What year is crypto in internet years? Why don’t we have a venmo for crypto yet? Fast forward to 2030, what’s the total value of stabl...
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 25 min
Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup Last Week Of April ------ 🔐 SAFE | USE SAFE, GET REWARDED. CHECK OUT SAFE PASS https://bankless.cc/SafePass_pod ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum 🔐 SAFE | USE SAFE, GET REWARDED https://bankless.cc/SafePass_NL 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO...
Apr 26, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Erik Torenburg and Haseeb Quereshi join us for today's debate. Should we accelerate or decelerate our tech progress? How about when it comes to something as powerful as AI? This is not just a debate in tech circles - this is a political debate that poised to define the next decade. We’ve had leaders from both sides of the debate on the podcast - episodes with Elizer Yudkowski and Beff Jezos. You’ve heard what they think. Today’s episode is a discussion and at times a debate on these opinions to ...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr 43 min
