1 Billion Users Onchain | Jesse Pollak of Base

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://bankless.cc/toku    ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum    🌐 CARTESI | APPLY FOR A GRANT https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance    ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 00:00:00 Start 00:01:58 Markets https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/btc-usd  https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/eth-usd  https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/eth-btc    00:06:07 Inflation Numbers https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/15/business/cpi-inflation-fed    00:07:07 Gamestop and Memestock Mania https://x.com/TheRoaringKitty/status/1789807772542067105  https://imgur.com/PhBgZL2 https://twitter.com/vladtenev/status/1790560257196060741    00:11:12 Institutions Buying Bitcoin https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1789020004131737624  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1789024343038586956  https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1790391049560498410    00:13:36 ETH ETF Approval Deadline https://twitter.com/vivekventures/status/1789161576987054271  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1790856567979454711  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1790825287229276526  https://twitter.com/SGJohnsson/status/1788973146478948614    00:20:46 Tornado Cash Devs Arrested https://twitter.com/valkenburgh/status/1790367445720445421  https://twitter.com/L0laL33tz/status/1790385855556698448  https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact/status/1790391222235758700  https://twitter.com/JDonoghueAuthor/status/1790485643950280894  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1790450619074871527    00:25:04 SAB 121 Repealed! https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1791140496397468064  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1791147869791002699    00:28:07 Crypto Gets Partisan https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/10/trump-crypto-biden-00157051  https://twitter.com/mcuban/status/1789037772050702824?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  https://twitter.com/arkhamintel/status/1790014778519265463  https://twitter.com/wileynickel/status/1788608778843074658?s=46  https://twitter.com/samlyman33/status/1788612636428374183    00:36:39 $25M MEV Exploiters Charged https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-brothers-arrested-attacking-ethereum-blockchain-and-stealing-25m-cryptocurrency  https://twitter.com/tmnxeq/status/1790778875816898602    00:43:42 Is Code Law? https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1791128506614608014  https://twitter.com/MohamedFFouda/status/1790812568526704849    00:46:59 Lens Network https://twitter.com/LensProtocol/status/1790458242855751950    00:48:23 Permissionless https://bankless.cc/PermissionlessDiscount    00:49:01 Airdrop Meta Shifting https://twitter.com/PrimordialAA/status/1790033102837797069    00:51:14 Future of DAI https://x.com/RuneKek/status/1790777230341062660    00:56:59 WUTANG https://x.com/msantoriESQ/status/1788944762608754731    00:57:48 Kraken Push to Dismiss SEC https://x.com/ShaneMac/status/1747262469490536594    00:58:36 Polymarket raises $70M https://polymarket.com/event/nic-carter-vs-david-hoffman-Fight?tid=1715869550851    01:00:44 David vs Nic https://x.com/KarateCombat/status/1791077245194272830    01:03:05 Meme of The Week https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1790819671534411936    ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

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 presence. Justin walks us through the evolution of Autonomous Worlds. Get ready because you're going to get a taste of where the Internet has always been pointing towards… it just took us a while to get here. ------ 📣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 | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    🌐 CARTESI | APPLY FOR A GRANT https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 2:36 Scope of Lattice 7:18 Different Affordances of Ethereum 14:21 Dark Forest 23:51 After Dark Forest 29:32 Writing Code in Assembly & Abstraction 32:42 Lattice 35:58 Games Being Built Today 43:21 Justin’s Thoughts on the “Metaverse” 51:05 Rollup & Die 55:28 Lattice’s Layer 2 1:00:13 The Future of Games 1:04:56 Onchain Native GDP 1:08:17 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Lattice https://twitter.com/latticexyz   https://lattice.xyz/   0xParc  https://twitter.com/0xPARC  https://0xparc.org/   Justin’s Twitter https://twitter.com/justinglibert   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

✨ 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 capital controls? - How can you prepare?  - How will Crypto perform? We get into all this and much more in what is a must-listen Fiscal Dominance Masterclass. ------ 📣 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  🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    🌐 CARTESI | APPLY FOR A GRANT https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:25 Nothing Stops This Train 15:15 Fiscal Dominance vs Monetary Dominance 34:23 A World of Fiscal Dominance 46:39 Federal Reserve Role 50:34 Fiscal Dominance Indicators 1:08:06 Winners & Losers 1:18:29 Living in a Fiscal Dominance Era 1:24:16 Capital Controls 1:33:06 Federal Reserve Signals 1:36:14 How to Prepare 1:40:19 How Will Crypto Perform? 1:42:52 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Lyn Alden https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact  Lyn Alden Newsletter https://www.lynalden.com/   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠   

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 | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    🌐 CARTESI | APPLY FOR A GRANT https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance    ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 00:00 Intro 01:28 Markets  https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/btc-usd  https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/eth-usd  https://www.coingecko.com/en/global-charts  03:40 M2 Money Supply https://twitter.com/thomas_fahrer/status/1786196603931644086  08:18 GBTC Inflows https://x.com/JSeyff/status/1787506564267393037  https://twitter.com/JSeyff/status/1787610459413102688  09:49 Stablecoin Mkt Supply https://twitter.com/alpha_pls/status/1787405833279545393  10:55 Bullish for Solana https://twitter.com/smyyguy/status/1787892675145781611  18:43 Robinhood Wells Notice https://newsroom.aboutrobinhood.com/robinhood-response-to-receipt-of-wells-notice-from-the-u-s-securities-and-exchange-commission/  https://x.com/vladtenev/status/1787595555981668751  https://twitter.com/BSCNews/status/1787811373361107092  22:32 Gary's Take https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1788313202024915178  28:27 Biden Administration Against Crypto https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1788274505753755836  https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1788281811086221646?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1788289854574322049  34:09 Trump Response https://twitter.com/frankdegods/status/1788359051031761269?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  42:16 FTX Creditors Make 118%? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-07/ftx-has-billions-more-than-needed-to-repay-bankruptcy-victims?cmpid=BBD050824_MONEYSTUFF&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=240508&utm_campaign=moneystuff  44:42 Friend.Tech Token https://x.com/friendtech/status/1786573081240297926  47:06 Eigen Stakedrop Update https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1786172333717066237  https://x.com/BanklessApp/status/1786055564629348383  48:28 $MODE Token https://x.com/modenetwork/status/1786115439212294386  49:43 Optimism L3 https://optimism.mirror.xyz/6idqs2nEDLdezbSynrYsakliSCm3VyzA3WWj6esBbbM  51:29 BOB Bitcoin Chain https://twitter.com/build_on_bob/status/1785601054966771970  52:10 Autonomous Worlds https://twitter.com/redstonexyz/status/1785715921014960188  54:48 Nigeria Banning P2P Crypto Trade https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-07/nigeria-to-ban-person-to-person-crypto-trade-in-battered-naira  57:05 Revolut X https://www.revolut.com/blog/post/revolut-x-launch/  57:59 Meme of The Week https://x.com/jonwu_/status/1787512817303629962  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

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 | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo      ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    🌐 CARTESI | APPLY FOR A GRANT https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance  ------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 01:30 Why Record This Episode? 06:01 Why There Are Structurally Bad Vibes 15:47 Why it's Like This 29:14 The Problem With The Points Meta 38:29 Recent Airdrop Issues 47:21 Where Do We Go From Here? ------ RESOURCES  VC Capital - https://imgur.com/KKqMWBe  Sell Pressure - https://twitter.com/pythianism/status/1784958268420522195  Chris Dixon Take - https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/memecoins-tokens-regulation-policy/  LayerZero - https://x.com/LayerZero_Labs/status/1786441554816532646  Hayden Take - https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1786784808187621874  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

✨ 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 like it is and he understands both Ethereum and Bitcoin. ------ 📣 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  🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    🌐 CARTESI | APPLY FOR A GRANT https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:47 Eric Wall 9:48 The Evolution of Bitcoin 21:31 The Genesis of Bitcoin L2s 36:40 Runes 46:22 BitVM 1:04:45 Why Bitcoin L2s are Inevitable 1:09:07 Stacks 1:11:37 Bitcoin L2 Endgame 1:17:39 Scams 1:23:13 Bitcoin’s Direction 1:27:25 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Eric Wall https://twitter.com/ercwl   Taproot Wizards https://taprootwizards.com/   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠    

✨ 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 fundamentals? - Where do we go from here? It’s about time to gain some clarity into what’s really happening in the crypto space. ------ 📣 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  🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku    🌐 CARTESI | APPLY FOR A GRANT https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 6:10 Crypto Identity Crisis 17:15 Stories 25:18 Terminal Liquidity 20:14 VCs vs Retail 38:33 Token Sales 46:22 Airdrops 52:27 The Attention Economy 1:02:03 Solutions 1:09:31 Regulatory Hurdle 1:12:28 The Weirdness of It All 1:14:41 Memecoins 1:16:17 Where do we go from here? ------ RESOURCES Regan on X https://twitter.com/reganbozman   Regan on Farcaster https://warpcast.com/regan   Regan Thread https://twitter.com/reganbozman/status/1776293611036197059   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠   

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 | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku   ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum   ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 00:00:00 Start 00:01:04 David's Eye Update https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1783846598813814785  00:05:52 Markets https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/btc-usd  https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/eth-usd  https://twitter.com/nicrypto/status/1785607112682246286  00:11:17 BTC Miners Struggling  https://twitter.com/RhoRider/status/1784720608691159410  00:13:55 BTC to $3.8 Million? https://twitter.com/DeItaone/status/1785695402819207296  00:18:52 Solana Season Over? https://x.com/0xGumshoe/status/1784240017017069849  00:25:31 The $EIGEN StakeDrop https://twitter.com/eigenfoundation/status/1785000124646572108  00:30:31 The 2 Token Model https://imgur.com/YE7PBL3  00:34:36 Distribution Details https://imgur.com/y7BEqUu  00:39:29 Locked Tokens https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1785729436895084571  00:47:33 Eigen Team Perspective https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1785373696862924997  00:56:51 Industrial Airdrop Farmers https://twitter.com/Takuiten/status/1785220889161998635  01:01:05 CZ Sentenced to Jail https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1785384669812273570  https://x.com/cz_binance/status/1785465555899822488  https://twitter.com/MikeIppolito_/status/1785388427849961678  01:08:48 Stripe Crypto Support https://x.com/collision/status/1783559623511011535  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1783854777622724683  01:10:55 Visa's Onchain Dashboard https://twitter.com/cuysheffield/status/1783471909533106610  01:12:04 USDC overtakes Tether https://visaonchainanalytics.com/transactions  https://x.com/paoloardoino/status/1785645617651274040  01:13:42 Tokenizing Treasuries https://www.franklintempleton.com/press-releases/news-room/2024/franklin-templeton-announces-availability-of-peer-to-peer-transfers-for-franklin-onchain-u.s.-government-money-fund  01:14:55 AAVE V4 https://x.com/aave/status/1785749923893223485  01:17:22 Coinbase Integrates Lightning Network https://www.coinbase.com/blog/coinbase-integrates-bitcoins-lightning-network-in-partnership-with 01:17:58 The War on Crypto https://consensys.io/blog/consensys-suing-sec-to-defend-ethereum-ecosystem  https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2024/PSA240425  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1783586883194265820  01:22:12 Square and Cash App Investigated https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1785751225062809832  01:22:56 Roger Ver Tax Fraud https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/early-bitcoin-investor-charged-tax-fraud  01:24:37 Etherscan Bankless Partnership! https://twitter.com/etherscan/status/1785357882181214215  01:25:42 Meme of The Week https://x.com/dabit3/status/1785886486165942380  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

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 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 | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku   ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 4:41 Base’s First 8 Months 9:23 The Road to 1 Giga Gas Per Second 18:39 Why More Demand For Base?  21:26 Cost to Send Transactions on Base 23:59 Non-Ethereum DA Solution? 25:59 Scaling Via L3s on Base? 27:17 Parallelization Solution? 29:34 Will Base Make Transactions Free? 38:18 Coinbase's Relationship With Base  46:18 Base Is Centralized Critique  50:17 The Base Flywheel 57:46 Onchain Summer II  58:36 Next Target Demo to Come Onchain 1:00:42 Base Independence 1:02:19 1 Billion People Onchain 1:03:25 Closing & Disclosures ------ RESOURCES Onchain Summer II https://www.base.org/   Jesse Pollak https://twitter.com/jessepollak   Jesse’s 1st Base Episode https://youtu.be/7dGU0_eEjq8   Coinbase https://twitter.com/coinbase   Base https://twitter.com/base   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

“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 Corva, the General Counsel at Consensys, leading the charge against the SEC  Joe and Matt are producing evidence that the SEC is coming after Ethereum itself. Sending discovery requests to Ethereum core developers, threatening their employers - pushing a coordinated effort to claim Ether is a security so they can control it. So Consensys is taking them to court to settle the issue. If they’re successful it’ll be the first time we get a clear court ruling that Ether is a commodity and not a security. ------ 📣 TRANSPORTER - SECURED BY CHAINLINK CCIP | TRY IT OUT 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 | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku   🏙️ CONSENSUS | SAVE 20% WITH CODE BANKLESS https://bankless.cc/4aykesD   ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 6:35 SEC vs. Ethereum  9:45 The Uniqueness of This Case 11:15 88,000 Pages to the SEC 12:11 SEC Going After Devs?  14:47 The Wells Notice 16:27 ETH ETF 17:58 Outcome of Consensys Winning   21:29 U.S. Law Process & Timeline 25:55 Ether Isn’t a Security 34:50 Gary’s Confidence Conspiracy   41:17 MetaMask Isn’t a Broker Dealer 47:10 What is Prometheum?  51:10 How Can the SEC Win? What Happens to Crypto?  55:49 What the Crypto Community Can Do 59:50 What Happens Next? 1:03:15 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Consensys Complaint  https://consensys.io/crypto-regulations/defend-ethereum  https://assets.ctfassets.net/gjyjx7gst9lo/Bu1bK7DF3tSig9Atde0lM/2fcaadea2b111a8c3f3ebce4a6a2386c/Consensys_sues_the_SEC_in_defense_of_the_Ethereum_ecosystem.pdf   Joe Lubin https://twitter.com/ethereumjoseph   Matt Corva https://twitter.com/MattCorva   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures