What's Next for Bitmine after 5% of ETH? | Chairman Tom Lee

The stock market is coming onchain. Jesse Pollak joins David to unpack Coinbase Tokenized Stocks, a new push to bring one-to-one equities onto Base with 24/7 trading, dividends, governance rights and permissionless onchain composability. They explore what happens when stocks plug directly into DeFi, why borrowing and lending may matter more than trading itself, how neobanks could evolve into global brokerages, and Jesse’s bigger vision for Base as the financial backend for stocks, payments, credit and local currencies around the world. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near-pod 🔑BITKEY | GET 10% OFF USE CODE: BANKLESS | #bitkeypartner https://bankless.cc/bitkey 📊BITGET | TOKENIZED STOCKS 2.0 https://bankless.cc/bitget-stocks 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless 👑BANKLESS CONTENT MCP https://www.bankless.com/premium --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Coinbase Brings Tokenized Stocks to Base 5:17 Permissionless Stocks and the First Assets Going Live 10:11 Plugging Stocks Into Base DeFi 17:52 From Tokenized Stocks to Neo Brokerages 23:32 Crypto as a Global Financial System 27:20 What Builders Can Create With Onchain Stocks 32:04 Bringing Every Currency Onchain 42:47 Jesse’s Role at Base and the Everything Exchange 49:50 Tokenized Stocks Beyond Base --- RESOURCES Jesse Pollak https://x.com/jessepollak --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

BitMine is within reach of owning 5% of ETH after more than 60 consecutive weeks of purchases, and Tom Lee believes the larger Ethereum trade may only be beginning. He joins David to explain how BitMine accumulated nearly 5% without debt, why it sometimes chooses stock buybacks over additional ETH, what happens when the target is reached, and whether the company would ever sell. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near-pod 🔑BITKEY | GET 10% OFF USE CODE: BANKLESS | #bitkeypartner https://bankless.cc/bitkey 📊BITGET | TOKENIZED STOCKS 2.0 https://bankless.cc/bitget-stocks 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless 👑BANKLESS CONTENT MCP https://www.bankless.com/premium --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 BitMine’s Rapid March Toward 5% of ETH 3:36 More Than 60 Consecutive Weeks of ETH Purchases 5:29 Where BitMine’s Capital Comes From 8:27 What Happens When BitMine Reaches 5%? 13:47 Would BitMine Ever Sell Its ETH? 15:29 Maven and BitMine’s Evolution Beyond a Treasury Company 16:52 Ethereum’s Next Narrative 23:06 Does Ethereum Actually Capture Value? 29:13 Is ETH a Store of Value or a Cash-Flowing Asset? 35:19 What BitMine Has Learned From Michael Saylor 37:42 Why BitMine Issued BMNP 42:13 The Proposal That Could Reduce Staking Yield to Zero 47:54 Funding Ethereum Foundation Spinouts 53:23 BitMine’s Role in Ethereum’s Future 1:02:14 Is AI Crowding Crypto Out of the Market? 1:05:11 Has the Crypto Market Already Bottomed? 1:06:18 Tom Lee’s ETH Price Outlook --- RESOURCES Tom Lee https://x.com/fundstrat --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

Crypto just had one of its biggest breakout days in years. Ryan and David unpack the Treasury’s QE-like move, the White House and SEC’s crypto push, ETH’s violent rebound, and whether this rally finally broke the back of the bear market. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓 NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near-pod 🔑 BITKEY | GET 10% OFF USE CODE: BANKLESS | #bitkeypartner https://bankless.cc/bitkey 📊 BITGET | TOKENIZED STOCKS 2.0 https://bankless.cc/bitget-stocks 🎯 THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless 👑 BANKLESS CONTENT MCP https://www.bankless.com/premium --- TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 0:08 Crypto Market Breakout: BTC, ETH & ETFs https://x.com/Matt_Hougan/status/2090070306199089249 https://x.com/HHorsley/status/2090198850485338569 https://x.com/jonnym1ller/status/2090196488500723745 https://x.com/TheBlockCo/status/2089338657605898711 17:14 White House Pumps Crypto https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2090152688302411815 https://x.com/Bankless/status/2090449581171454021 https://x.com/ChairmanSelig/status/2090159414170771778/video/1 https://x.com/tradfi/status/2090154939675021396 22:40 Treasury's QE-Like Move https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0607 https://x.com/Hedgeye/status/2090058257180029345 https://x.com/biancoresearch/status/2090065814581911653 https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2090212967317115053 https://x.com/fejau_inc/status/2090071008652980699 31:42 Did the Bear Market Just End? 40:58 SEC Unveils New Crypto Rules https://x.com/SECGov/status/2089784594409103507 https://x.com/SECPaulSAtkins/status/2089788275913322994 50:53 Stablecoins Get Accounting Boost https://www.fasb.org/news-and-meetings/in-the-news/fasb-seeks-public-comment-on-proposal-to-enhance-cash-equivalents-disclosures-and-clarify-the-cash-equivalents-evaluation-for-certain-digital-assets-425287 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/2090230682781938071 https://x.com/austincampbell/status/2090231550080094599 53:01 Crypto Apps & DeFi Momentum https://x.com/ErikVoorhees/status/2089375845425287610 https://x.com/business/status/2089077253778915636 https://x.com/paulerlanger/status/2089733900109021486 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/2090140422513348899 https://x.com/Compound_xyz/status/2089386082441871388 1:01:11 Bullish Into the Close --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

Ethereum may be paying too much to secure itself, and the consequences could extend far beyond a little extra ETH issuance. Jerome de Tychey, co-author of EIP-8363, and Sam Jernigan join David Hoffman to make the case for stake targeting, a proposal designed to stop Ethereum’s staking ratio from climbing indefinitely. They debate what happens if more than half of ETH becomes staked, whether today’s issuance threatens credible neutrality, why staking may be crowding out DeFi, what lower rewards could mean for ETH’s monetary premium, and whether solo stakers and institutional holders ultimately win or lose from the change. Subscribe for more conversations on Ethereum’s monetary policy and future. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓 NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near-pod 🔑 BITKEY | GET 10% OFF USE CODE: BANKLESS | #bitkeypartner https://bankless.cc/bitkey 📊 BITGET | TOKENIZED STOCKS 2.0 https://bankless.cc/bitget-stocks 🎯 THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless 👑 BANKLESS CONTENT MCP https://www.bankless.com/premium --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Why Ethereum Needs Stake Targeting 4:27 What Actually Breaks With More ETH Staked? 9:54 The 50% Social Backstop 18:24 Ethereum’s Protocol vs. Its DeFi Economy 21:30 Is Staking Crowding Out DeFi? 26:19 Dilution, Subsidies, and ETH Price 35:46 Would Lower Rewards Hurt or Help DeFi? 49:48 What About Tom Lee and Institutional ETH Holders? 57:02 Does This Hurt Solo Stakers? 1:09:01 Why EIP-8363 Is So Contentious 1:18:10 The Final Case for Changing Issuance --- RESOURCES Jerome de Tychey https://x.com/jdetychey Sam Jernigan https://x.com/macrosam --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

The Fed may no longer be a one-person institution, and markets are not ready for the consequences. Jim Bianco joins David Hoffman to unpack Kevin Warsh's emerging 12-voter Fed, the end of forward guidance, and the counterintuitive case that higher short-term rates could actually pull long-term yields lower. They also explore sticky inflation, why balance sheet reduction cannot happen overnight, how AI capex is reshaping the economy, why the AI bubble may look more like 1998 than 2000, and why Bitcoin needs more strong crypto rather than deeper dependence on Wall Street and Washington. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near-pod 🔑BITKEY | GET 10% OFF USE CODE: BANKLESS | #bitkeypartner https://bankless.cc/bitkey ✈️COINBASE ONE CARD | EARN 5% BACK IN BITCOIN https://bankless.cc/coinbase-one-card 📊BITGET | TOKENIZED STOCKS 2.0 https://bankless.cc/bitget-stocks 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 A New Fed Takes Shape 4:34 Warsh's Good Family Fight 10:16 The End of Forward Guidance 17:07 Markets Learn to Price Ambiguity 22:29 Why Rate Cuts Raised Long-Term Yields 26:42 Inflation Changes the Vote 30:42 Rates or Balance Sheet? 35:00 The Case for Higher Rates 41:07 AI Capex and the Economy 49:17 Warsh's AI Deflation Bet 53:51 The Bubble Comes Later 1:02:00 Gold, Bitcoin, and Debasement 1:07:04 Strong Crypto vs Weak Crypto --- RESOURCES Jim Bianco https://x.com/biancoresearch Jim’s podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhq-IKbzpDs&list=PLdyJxdkS1yBU --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

EtherFi is expanding from a crypto-native neobank into a broader financial account built around DeFi. Mike Silagadze joins David to break down the next version of the product, including tokenized stocks and metals, Aave V4-powered credit, yield-bearing balances, global fiat rails, and a much more normie-friendly experience. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near-pod 🔑BITKEY | GET 10% OFF USE CODE: BANKLESS | #bitkeypartner https://bankless.cc/bitkey ✈️COINBASE ONE CARD | EARN 5% BACK IN BITCOIN https://bankless.cc/coinbase-one-card 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 EtherFi’s Next Act 4:20 Stocks, Yield, and Credit 9:48 Building Beyond the Crypto Casino 16:05 Tokenized Assets and Aave V4 22:03 How EtherFi’s Lending Market Works 26:32 EtherFi Summer and What Comes Next 30:05 From Fiat Rails to Crypto Payments 37:05 ETHFI Buybacks, Privacy, and the Endgame --- RESOURCES Mike Silagadze https://x.com/MikeSilagadze --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

Bitcoin’s latest fork died after just two blocks. Ryan and David unpack what the failure says about Bitcoin maximalism, why Saylor keeps selling BTC, Robinhood Chain’s breakout, and Fidelity’s push to bring staking yield to Wall Street. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near-pod 🔑BITKEY | GET 10% OFF USE CODE: BANKLESS | #bitkeypartner https://bankless.cc/bitkey ✈️COINBASE ONE CARD | EARN 5% BACK IN BITCOIN https://bankless.cc/coinbase-one-card 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 3:21 Bitcoin Markets: Inflation, Gold, Saylor & the Bottom https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2087525891911893362 https://capitalwars.substack.com/p/china-restarts-her-great-debasement https://thedefireport.io/research/did-the-u-s-treasury-just-implement-a-qe-lite-policy https://x.com/saylor/status/2086785552355860895 22:12 Bitcoin’s Failed Fork https://x.com/ercwl/status/2086079471853985980 https://x.com/lopp/status/2086512275012075811 https://x.com/nic_carter/status/2086108921689682213 32:43 Robinhood Chain Takes #1 https://x.com/AvgJoesCrypto/status/2086889992035717166 https://dune.com/entropy_advisors/robinhood-chain-network-overview https://x.com/vladtenev/status/2087407743028355336 40:46 FOMO vs Pump https://x.com/stacy_muur/status/2087206916447670564 https://x.com/seyong/status/2087210357370577394 https://www.bankless.com/read/the-pump-vs-fomo-rivalry https://fomo.family/ 45:39 Clarity Act Faces Trouble https://x.com/EleanorTerrett/status/2085543590583836678 https://www.theblock.co/news/regulation/2026-08-11-whats-next-for-clarity-act-september-brings-tough-road-ahead-411465 https://www.theblock.co/news/regulation/2026-08-11-sec-crypto-rules-token-safe-harbor-td-cowen-411455 https://polymarket.com/event/clarity-act-signed-into-law-in-2026 47:55 Fidelity Bets on Staked ETH https://x.com/CoinDesk/status/2087475561316622745 53:00 Venice Revenue Keeps Climbing https://x.com/AustinBarack/status/2087336389654270398 --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

What if staking a token could keep an AI agent thinking? NEAR cofounder Illia Polosukhin joins David to explain NEAR’s new staking-powered inference model, where yield funds access to confidential and verifiable AI. They unpack how NEAR AI Cloud, IronClaw, Intents, and the NEAR token fit into one integrated economy for autonomous agents, why AI outputs may need cryptographic proof when money is at stake, and how GPU compute could become a liquid global market. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near-pod 🔑BITKEY | GET 10% OFF USE CODE: BANKLESS | #bitkeypartner https://bankless.cc/bitkey ✈️COINBASE ONE CARD | EARN 5% BACK IN BITCOIN https://bankless.cc/coinbase-one-card 📊BITGET | TOKENIZED STOCKS 2.0 https://bankless.cc/bitget-stocks 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Private, Verifiable AI 4:57 Why AI Outputs Need Proof 9:13 From Staking Yield to Inference 16:16 NEAR’s Integrated AI Stack 20:01 NEAR as AI Money 24:27 Autonomous Businesses 28:51 Partners and Real-World Uses 33:26 What NEAR Ships Next 38:01 Where AI Value Accrues 40:56 The AI Operating System 48:07 Turning Compute Into a Market 51:48 Closing Thoughts --- RESOURCES Illia Polosukhin https://x.com/j0hnwang Near revenue https://revenue.near.org/ --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

Ethereum’s latest staking proposal is sparking backlash across DeFi. Aave founder Stani Kulechov and EtherFi CEO Mike Silagadze join David to break down why stake tapering could push ETH yield toward zero, weaken solo staking, drive capital out of DeFi, and make ETH less attractive to institutions. They debate Ethereum’s monetary policy, whether the network is overpaying for security, and why trying to make ETH more like Bitcoin could undermine what makes Ethereum valuable in the first place. Subscribe for more conversations from the frontier of crypto. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near-pod 🔑BITKEY | GET 10% OFF USE CODE: BANKLESS | #bitkeypartner https://bankless.cc/bitkey ✈️COINBASE ONE CARD | EARN 5% BACK IN BITCOIN https://bankless.cc/coinbase-one-card 📊BITGET | TOKENIZED STOCKS 2.0 https://bankless.cc/bitget-stocks 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless --- TIMESTAMPS Intro 0:00  0:09 Ethereum’s Staking Debate 2:41 Stani’s First Reaction 7:48 Mike’s Centralization Concerns 14:37 DeFi Under Pressure 17:15 Stani on Yield and Cash Flow 24:54 The Case for Vanilla Ether 27:20 Mike Pushes Back 34:27 Issuance and Monetary Policy 35:16 Minimum Viable Issuance 40:47 Institutions Need Predictability 46:10 Conservative Yield, Not Zero 47:46 Legitimacy and Process 52:54 Final Verdict on the EIP --- RESOURCES Stani Kulechov https://x.com/StaniKulechov Mike Silagadze https://x.com/MikeSilagadze --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

Ethereum’s monetary policy is suddenly up for debate. Ryan and David unpack the issuance fight dividing researchers and DeFi builders, the Coldcard exploit that hit users who “did everything right,” Saylor’s latest Bitcoin sale, and markets ripping back to all-time highs. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near-pod 🔑BITKEY | GET 10% OFF USE CODE: BANKLESS | #bitkeypartner https://bankless.cc/bitkey ✈️COINBASE ONE CARD | EARN 5% BACK IN BITCOIN https://bankless.cc/coinbase-one-card 📊BITGET | TOKENIZED STOCKS 2.0 https://bankless.cc/bitget-stocks 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:25 Markets, AI, and Bitcoin https://x.com/bulltheoryio/status/2084634593836372202 https://www.vanityfair.com/story/anthropic-situational-awareness-wedding 6:31 Saylor’s Bitcoin Selloff https://x.com/hedgeye/status/2084278278794117372 https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2084247862833971631 https://x.com/saylor/status/2084315637715763579 18:00 Ethereum Issuance Fight https://x.com/zoomerfied/status/2084641592615256254 https://x.com/jdetychey/status/2084638778677751889 https://issuance.wtf/ https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/2084685295484633349 https://x.com/StaniKulechov/status/2084925768711213105 https://x.com/StaniKulechov/status/2084667208668467574 https://x.com/DCinvestor/status/2084971858311438688 https://x.com/MikeSilagadze/status/2084703078909907000 39:59 Coldcard Wallet Drain https://x.com/itscoachgoodman/status/2083527082223563157 https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/hackers-steal-over-130-million-by-exploiting-bug-in-offline-hardware-wallets/ https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/08/05/coldcard-exploit-could-boost-demand-for-regulated-bitcoin-exposure-analysts-say https://thedefiant.io/news/hacks/i-did-everything-right-coldcard-victims-recount-losing-life-savings https://x.com/EpsilonTheory/status/2083642741075124680 https://x.com/lopp/status/2083575437599371321 https://x.com/AriDavidPaul/status/2083591462726361235 https://x.com/PeterMcCormack/status/2083631731052290261 52:00 Uniswap, Clarity, and Crypto Updates https://x.com/Uniswap/status/2084678603812274275 https://polymarket.com/event/clarity-act-signed-into-law-in-2026/clarity-act-signed-into-law-in-2026 https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/07/27/u-s-senate-puts-off-crypto-clarity-act-for-now-as-it-focuses-limited-bandwidth-elsewhere https://x.com/Cloudflare/status/2084648084131242402 https://x.com/NEARProtocol/status/2082879865385062520 https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2084614210118426971 https://x.com/arc/status/2084993791413678099 --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures