Bitcoin soared to new all-time highs as MicroStrategy led massive BTC buys, and BlackRock's ETF options hit $1.9B volume. Meanwhile, a 13-year-old executed a rug pull, sparking chaos and meme token wars. On the regulatory front, SEC Chair Gary Gensler announced his resignation effective January 20, 2025, coinciding with President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. Trump teased a "Crypto Czar," while 18 states sued the SEC. Binance launched BFUSD with 19.55% APY, challenging Coinbase’s USDC yield. Elsewhere, Solana reached new highs, McDonald’s partnered with Doodles, and Tether unveiled a tokenization platform. The crypto world remains as unpredictable as ever! ------ 📣 LEGION | MERIT BASED ICOs https://bankless.cc/Legion ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap 🪄MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🤖dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/toku ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/99?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 0:35 Gen-z Quant https://x.com/DeeZe/status/1859110339251478754 https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1859225228045402203 8:03 It’s a week of Bitcoin buys! https://x.com/samcallah/status/1858507239897632909 https://x.com/saylor/status/1858496146026467378 https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1859278500399620528 https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/semler-scientific-announces-btc-and-atm-activity-raised-21-5-million-purchased-additional-215-btc-now-holds-1-273-btc-with-btc-yield-of-37-3-302308149.html https://ir.mara.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1377/mara-holdings-inc-announces-proposed-private-offering-of-700-million-of-convertible-senior-notes https://x.com/Metaplanet_JP/status/1858352792647225371 https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1858535519354827251 https://x.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/1858874854402920902 https://x.com/JSeyff/status/1858991206476509659 https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1858994117617086840 21:59 Chillguy https://dexscreener.com/solana/93tjgwff5ac5thymi8c4wejvvqq4tumemuyw1leyz7bu https://x.com/nayibbukele/status/1859433926206325107 https://solscan.io/account/AySxUvESXdGTVT6G3psgzWahduxJx8bGkb4Ddip8sADx 24:12 Vitalik bought $50 of an AI memecoin on Farcaster https://x.com/Tyler_Did_It/status/1859420049427267912 30:32 Gary Gensler set to Resign https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1859659202618327276 https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1859664473025581561 https://x.com/KMSmithDC/status/1859339558342607023 https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1857123002921463862 https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/gensler-remarks-pli-s-56th-annual-institute-securities-regulation-111424 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/11/trump-crypto-regulation-bitcoin/ 36:35 “Coincidently”, Trump met with Brian Amstrong this week https://x.com/News_Of_Alpha/status/1858606637201633705 https://x.com/nic__carter/status/1858922946116346273 38:01 Trump picked Howard Lutnick to lead the US Department of Commerce https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-commerce-secretary-howard-lutnick-cabinet-77c86b81 https://x.com/TheFlowHorse/status/1858942817592103046 https://polymarket.com/event/who-will-trump-nominate-for-treasury-secretary https://x.com/twobitidiot/status/1859266763860394426 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-team-weighs-creating-first-ever-white-house-crypto-role-bloomberg-news-2024-11-20/ https://x.com/News_Of_Alpha/status/1859661975745167378 https://cointelegraph.com/news/trump-mulls-crypto-friendly-cftc-chairs-report 43:22 Trump Media might be buying Bakkt! https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/donald-trumps-social-media-group-talks-buy-bakkt-ft-reports-2024-11-18/ https://polymarket.com/event/will-trump-media-launch-a-crypto-exchange-in-2024 44:54 SEC is being sued in 18 US states https://x.com/kobeissiletter/status/1857151924061221190 48:16 DAO members might be held liable under partnership laws https://x.com/milesjennings/status/1858720755523219932 https://x.com/DennisonBertram/status/1859184992800186610 52:44 CEX STABLECOIN WARS: https://x.com/lopp/status/1858609316929974340 https://x.com/coinbasewallet/status/1859286084535906744 57:44 Doodles partnered with McDonald's for holiday-themed collectibles https://x.com/McDonalds/status/1857061165760741780 https://x.com/HuinGuillaume/status/1858538735375176159 58:44 Coinbase will delist Wrapped Bitcoin & Tether is launching a tokenization platform https://x.com/ercwl/status/1859136365083951123 https://x.com/hadron_tether/status/1857091170825891962 1:01:08 Bankless is looking for Video Editor or Producer! & Bankless Summit is now online https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1858857798471479777 https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1858741172404916622 https://bankless.cc/PodcastPremiumFeed 1:02:26 Meme of the Week https://x.com/alistairmilne/status/1858508814305153307 1:02:51 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Not financial or tax advice. 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Roman Storm Speaks - Tornado Cash Developer on What’s at Stake
📣DONATE TO ROMAN’S CASE https://juicebox.money/@defend-roman-storm Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm faces decades in prison after being arrested last year for creating open-source privacy tools on Ethereum. His case could define whether code is speech, if developers are liable for bad actors, and if Americans have a right to digital privacy. With the full force of the U.S. government against him, Roman’s trial this April is a pivotal moment for digital rights. Bankless has contributed $50k to his legal defense—this is about protecting privacy for all of us. Roman Storm, alongside his lawyer, joins us to discuss The Tornado Cash case and what’s at stake. ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 2:36 Roman’s Spirits 3:58 Who is Roman Storm? 5:40 Why Tornado Cash? 7:06 House raiding experience 8:43 What Roman was charged with 10:00 Why Roman is not guilty 17:10 What’s at stake 22:31 How to help Roman 25:16 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Donate to Roman’s Case https://juicebox.money/@defend-roman-storm DeFi Education Fund - Amicus Brief - https://www.defieducationfund.org/_files/ugd/84ba66_063f9d1fd563466cadfa3f5434f918e9.pdf ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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The Future of Rollups is Based | Mteam
Mteam explores why the future of Ethereum Rollups is inevitably based. Many people said this was the most impressive technical talk at the Bankless Summit. I don’t know what you were doing when you were 17 but I was certainly not doing anything like this. ------ 📣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 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap 🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/toku ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/98?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 4:12 History of Value Accrual 6:43 So What? 11:57 Ethereum Stats 16:51 Sustainable Value Accrual 18:26 Based Rollup Future 22:57 Questions ------ RESOURCES Mteam https://x.com/mteamisloading Presentation Slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XjpJSYqWu3SO0CydTfiIYYHddpvFOSz0/edit#slide=id.p1 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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Why Are We Here? Crypto-Anarchism Explained | Arjun Bhuptani
Arjun gives one of the best non-technical talks at the Bankless Summit that everyone in crypto needs to hear. Do you know why you’re here? Arjun explains the first principle concept of Crypto-Anarchism. ------ 📣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 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap 🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/toku ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/97?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ RESOURCES Arjun Bhuptani https://x.com/arjunbhuptani Presentation Slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rwqPdrljsFpZvGCxwEwkYpCAX7mFlGS4/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=118091317616904257032&rtpof=true&sd=true ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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Defending Beamchain & the Ethereum Roadmap | Justin Drake
For the Bankless Summit’s inaugural episode, Justin Drake shares his reflection on the Beamchain talk he gave earlier in the week at Devcon Bangkok. Additionally, Justin adds some much needed context and important (and very bullish) facets to the Ethereum Roadmap from his perspective. ------ 📣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 🦄UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap 🪄 MAGIC EDEN | HOME OF WEB3 https://bankless.cc/MagicEden 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🤖 dYdX | UNLIMITED LAUNCHING SOON https://bankless.cc/dYdXUnlimited 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT https://bankless.cc/toku ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/96?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 4:00 5-Year Ethereum Roadmap 6:58 Part 1 - Execution 14:56 Part 2 - Data 20:23 Part 3 - Consensus 27:49 Audience Questions 33:00 Closing ------ RESOURCES Justin Drake https://x.com/drakefjustin Presentation Slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Yvzh5q2jjlcW_g95s-7E4Gk5ZL-scM3l/edit#slide=id.p5 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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