Episode description
This week, Alex Thorn joins us to unpack Trump's shocking tariff announcement that sent markets plunging and investors scrambling. Circle files for its IPO, revealing surprising financials, while the FDIC gives banks the crypto green light. CoreWeave debuts with a blockbuster IPO, and Eric Trump dives deeper into Bitcoin mining. We cover all this chaos and more in this week’s Weekly Rollup.
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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES
0:00 Intro
0:29 Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs
https://x.com/kobeissiletter/status/1907556839686054240
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1907533090559324204
https://x.com/CalltoActivism/status/1907549193650188469
https://x.com/notlouisck/status/1907657906117554278
https://x.com/JamesSurowiecki/status/1907559189234196942
https://x.com/KushDesai47/status/1907618136444067901
https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1907769359621067017
36:53 Circle Files for IPO
https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1907172102353924269
https://x.com/g_djuric/status/1907200843289370910
https://x.com/Nick_van_Eck/status/1907181670504993026
https://x.com/TheOneandOmsy/status/1907229821043626100
https://polymarket.com/event/circle-ipo-in-2025?tid=1743435443834
54:32 Eric Trump & Bitcoin Mining
https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1906689372142915712
https://x.com/FDICgov/status/1905662427783467111
58:07 CoreWeave IPO
https://www.galaxy.com/transactions/coreweave-growth-financing
1:04:47 Closing & Disclaimers
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