Episode description
Episode description
Memecoin mania spiraled out of control this week, with shocking livestream rug pulls and Pump.fun disabling its livestream feature due to disturbing behavior. Meanwhile, Base and Farcaster hit record TPS and inflows as memecoin trading heats up.
In Washington, Trump nominated pro-crypto Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary. What does this mean for crypto policy? Plus, a surprising investor joins Trump’s World Liberty Financial raise—we’ll reveal who.
And a major court victory for crypto privacy: judges ruled OFAC overstepped in the Tornado Cash case, declaring immutable smart contracts unsanctionable. Does this mean Tornado Cash is back?
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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES
0:00 Intro
7:12 Markets
https://x.com/DegenerateNews/status/1859978611606102494
https://x.com/JacobKinge/status/1859979524487909769
https://x.com/saylor/status/1861033309934862601
https://www.theblock.co/post/328025/microstrategy-4-per-cent-of-bitcoin-bernstein-price-target-600-usd
https://x.com/Galois_Capital/status/1861299857975046261
https://farside.co.uk/?p=1518
https://imgur.com/pUSaAQ2
https://l2beat.com/scaling/tvl
https://x.com/HHorsley/status/1860397442547790105
26:00 Pump.fun suspends livestream feature
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-26/pump-fun-s-streams-show-the-dark-side-of-memecoin-trading
https://x.com/crypto_bitlord7/status/1860989408092258441
https://x.com/_kaitoai/status/1860969504798302691
https://x.com/pumpdotfun/status/1861138234580869128
https://x.com/ChainLinkGod/status/1861091091585409400
https://x.com/moo9000/status/1860980423716659462
34:15 Base And Farcaster AI Agent meta heating up
https://x.com/phantom/status/1861108202022318470
https://x.com/qiqileyuan/status/1861650662590947411
https://x.com/cryptotesters/status/1861216310631506364
https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1861434379270308195
https://x.com/dwr/status/1861595910498631928
https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1861422824029647241
https://x.com/anoncast_
https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1860806662962954526
https://warpcast.com/superanon/0x5c38e09ce41560f3a469946c8e08bcf463f31469
https://anoncast.org/anonfun
https://x.com/ChazSchmidt/status/1861539655620919497
https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1861041911542223294
https://warpcast.com/cherdougie/0x2c3ba9646bc37de213953294076b1250acf8635b
https://x.com/search?q=%24blonde&src=cashtag_click
https://x.com/ayyyeandy/status/1861683577722909062
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/aixbt-by-virtuals
https://app.virtuals.io/
48:00 Bankless disclosures
https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
https://x.com/iamdcinvestor/status/1861028893408317863
53:06 Big victory in Tornado Cash case as judge says OFAC exceeded authority
https://x.com/BillHughesDC/status/1861545321450336342
https://x.com/valkenburgh/status/1861565828270846048
https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1861566807225532470
https://x.com/rstormsf/status/1861575644796330392
https://juicebox.money/@defend-roman-storm
1:00:01 US court struck down SEC broker-dealer rule
https://x.com/BlockchainAssn/status/1859657449856463077
https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/1859678807600529892
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113529294640959784
https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1861430542668886408
1:05:53 Trump Media files a trademark for “TruthFi”
https://x.com/JoshGerben/status/1859689670986408392
1:07:10 Tron became the largest investor into World Liberty Finance
https://x.com/justinsuntron/status/1861121947372773545
https://x.com/SplitCapital/status/1861794875668136104
https://x.com/Caitlyn_Jenner/status/1861123142439313714
1:11:37 Bankless has its biggest Black Friday offer ever!
https://www.bankless.com/join
1:13:04 Top signals?
https://x.com/HalieyWelchX/status/1861470493280206907
https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1861053012573057285
1:17:15 Closing & Disclaimers
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