Stablecoins and National Security | Former CFTC Chair Timothy Massad

Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup  3rd Week of June 2024 The SEC drops all charges against Ethereum 2.0—could it now be recognized as a commodity? Plus, hints surface about the launch date of the ETH ETF! Airdrop season is still alive and well! LayerZero and zkSync tokens launched recently. Find out if you’re eligible and the market’s reaction. And, did Baron Trump really launch a DJT memecoin on Solana? We unpack the latest buzz and drama. Tune in for all the details and so much more! ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/18 ------ 📣STAKEWISE | LIQUID SOLO STAKING https://bankless.cc/Pod_StakeWise    ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⚡️ CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance    ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🌐 TRANSPORTER | CROSS CHAINS WITH CONFIDENCE https://transporter.io/  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo  ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 2:55 MARKET https://x.com/WhalePanda/status/1802958996392870368  https://www.theblock.co/data/crypto-markets/bitcoin-etf/spot-bitcoin-etf-flows  https://x.com/CryptoDonAlt/status/1802743515941609572  https://www.tradingview.com/chart/?symbol=AMEX%3ASPY  https://x.com/saylor/status/1803763490928119950  9:35 ETH Price & ETH ETF Going Live  https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1801725292404261308  13:03 Total Crypto Market Cap 13:46 L2Beat https://dune.com/hildobby/blobs  https://dune.com/sealaunch/dex-metrics-on-base?Select+Date+Granularity_ed0f38=week&Select+Timeframe_ed47bb=365  https://imgur.com/YuXZfAv  https://x.com/WazzCrypto/status/1803858912166449480  https://twitter.com/wbnns/status/1803217959479025857    18:40 Combo ETH + BTC ETF https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/1803080047303036971  https://x.com/Matt_Hougan/status/1803767324605886515  https://x.com/matthew_sigel/status/1801342560977190937  https://youtu.be/T2Ur8Dhc3uQ?si=Obqn5eY89sEUEdwi  https://youtu.be/KUMGYEKIiGw?si=fS4pae1N_rr1f0C0   21:35 AIRDROP Season in full swing Bankless Claimables and AIrdrop Hunter https://www.bankless.com/claimables/reveal  https://x.com/LayerZero_Fndn/status/1803744985029788042  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/layerzero  https://x.com/LayerZero_Fndn/status/1803742303204323494  https://layerzero.foundation/claim  https://www.theblock.co/post/300389/zksync-live-mcap-airdrop  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/zksync  https://x.com/TheZKNation/status/1802626483770265991  https://x.com/TheZKNation/status/1801378349442269345  https://docs.zknation.io/zk-token/zk-token-faq  https://x.com/nansen_ai/status/1803003153820082270   https://x.com/cobie/status/1803071393484939602  31:58 MOTHER + DADDY Update  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/mother-iggy  https://x.com/IGGYAZALEA  https://x.com/jimcramer/status/1800893795346637193  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/daddy-tate  37:21 What’s going on with $DJT?  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/trumpcoin-2  https://x.com/PirateWires/status/1802825492405669930  https://www.newsweek.com/crypto-djt-barron-trump-martin-shkreli-1915147  https://x.com/ArkhamIntel/status/1803161788164288875  https://x.com/ArkhamIntel/status/1803471430727901455  https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1803240784436797871  https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1803371615524364503  https://x.com/jmgramke/status/1803792368388264399  https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1803759609808564306  https://x.com/MartinShkreli/status/1803821631279612367  50:38 U.S. SEC closes investigation in Ethereum! https://x.com/Consensys/status/1803230653120659641  https://x.com/laurabrooksie1/status/1803237492130234633  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1803412140289560849  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1803783619997052977  54:30 BitWise launches a new Ethereum ad for their incoming ETH ETF  https://x.com/BitwiseInvest/status/1803789737620078875  https://zora.co/collect/base:0x9ada0269656e7855c95f54a34d4ef94f78892038/1  1:00:12 Kraken exploit for 3m and some drama - vs Certik  https://x.com/c7five/status/1803403565865771370  https://x.com/P3b7_/status/1803479749005549647  https://x.com/tayvano_/status/1803478049280893040  https://x.com/sethforprivacy/status/1803520795735683528  1:06:34 Donald Trump wants all remaining Bitcoin to be 'Made in USA' https://x.com/intangiblecoins/status/1801771689249787936  1:08:06 Optimism & Tether Releases https://x.com/Optimism/status/1800974991313469445  https://chain.box  https://x.com/Alloy_tether/status/1802676443781923289  1:10:45 Bankless ETHCC Meetup https://lu.ma/k0amrrnz  1:12:10 Who won the ETH ETF Pitch competition?  https://www.jokerace.io/contest/base/0x0f2211f6727e85dbfae20e7dbfe57875a1f2b706  1:13:45 Another voting for Bankless Nation!  https://www.jokerace.io/contest/base/0x0bac0ec9b6aeafa6c2212f67a67950940eda63a7  1:15:38 MEME of the Week  https://x.com/PleasrDAO/status/1803572250278514999  1:16:17 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Not financial or tax advice. 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Sam Jernigan, the “Unofficial ETH Maxi of Wall Street”, has been evangelizing Ethereum to institutional funds and billionaires from inside the house for the past five years. Having the perfect blend of deep Ethereum knowledge and the full Wall Street experience, Sam guides us through how he became an ETH Maxi, why the lack of understanding of ETH in TradFi is the most bullish case for the asset and what the future holds for ETH institutional adoption. ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/17  ------ 📣STAKEWISE | LIQUID SOLO STAKING https://bankless.cc/Pod_StakeWise  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🌐 TRANSPORTER | CROSS CHAINS WITH CONFIDENCE https://transporter.io/  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⚡️ CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance    ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum   ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 7:47 Defining TradFi 20:05 Ethereum’s P/E Ratio 23:49 Sam’s Background 40:44 Becoming an ETH Maxi 52:57 The State of ETH in TradFi 57:38 ETH Bull Case 1:06:11 The Flippening 1:12:11 ETH ETF 1:19:26 Security vs Commodity Debate 1:24:00 TradFi: Friend or Foe? 1:34:39 Regulation 1:46:07 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Sam Jernigan on X https://x.com/sjerniganiv   Sam Jernigan on LikedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/samjernigan07302015/   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠    

In this episode, David Hoffman is joined by Matthew Sigel, Head of Digital Assets Research at VanEck, to unpack VanEck's groundbreaking ETH 2030 report. They discuss the $154,000 bull case, $22,000 base case, and $340 bear case for Ethereum, and the factors behind these predictions.  Matthew dives deep into the role of ETH ETFs and shares insights into ETH's evolving narrative in institutional portfolios. He also provides interesting analogies and comparisons between ETH and Web 2.0, explaining how VanEck will help traditional investors understand and invest in ETH using these narratives and real market data.  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/16  ------ 📣STAKEWISE | LIQUID SOLO STAKING https://bankless.cc/Pod_StakeWise    ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⚡️CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance    ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum    🌐 TRANSPORTER | CROSS CHAINS WITH CONFIDENCE https://transporter.io/  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 7:16 VanEck Vibe Check ? 8:11 VanEck ETH 2030 Price Prediction Report  12:31 Last Year’s Report vs. Present Report  15:10 Ethereum Narrative For Retail 19:14 Pitching ETH To Customers 25:15 Parameters For Bear, Base & Bull? 28:49 What If ETH Reaches $154,000  32:31 ETH’s Most Bearish & Bullish Scenarios  33:40 Solana’s MEV vs. ETH’s MEV 41:28  BTC & ETH Allocation In Portfolio  45:59 Can Data Help Matthew Convince Customers? 49:30 $15B In ETF Assets 50:30 Closing & Disclosures  ------ RESOURCES: Matthew Sigel https://x.com/matthew_sigel  VanEck https://www.vaneck.com/us/en/  https://www.vaneck.com/us/en/blogs/digital-assets/matthew-sigel-eth-2030-price-target/  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

Now that CZ is gone, who’s going to fill his shoes? His name is Richard Teng, the new Binance CEO. He’s joining the podcast today to not only share the story of how he got here, but also to define his vision for the future of Binance. We ask him: Who is Richard Teng? What was it like to work with CZ? Why Crypto? What is going on in Nigeria? Bull Market Predictions? If you want to know who’s taking charge in the next era of Binance, this episode is for you.  ------ 🎬 DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-the-richard-teng-interview  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/15?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ 📣STAKEWISE | LIQUID SOLO STAKING https://bankless.cc/Pod_StakeWise  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ ⚡️ CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance    ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🌐 TRANSPORTER | CROSS CHAINS WITH CONFIDENCE https://transporter.io/  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 7:16 Who’s Richard Teng 15:54 The Last 2 Years 24:30 Filling CZ Shoes 34:58 The Future of Binance 48:33 What is Going on in Nigeria? 54:31 Why Crypto? 1:03:33 BNB Chain 1:05:48 Richard Teng’s Routine 1:08:25 Bull Market Predictions 1:14:21 Advice for Investors 1:16:17 User Fund Security 1:19:31 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Richard Teng https://x.com/_RichardTeng   Tigran Gambaryan Article https://www.binance.com/en/blog/leadership/from-richard-teng-binance-ceo-tigran-gambaryan-is-innocent-and-must-be-released-3634612934164622056   Binance Proof of Reserves https://www.binance.com/en/proof-of-reserves   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠  

Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup  2nd Week of June 2024 ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x9171d31d50857506ebf5c2f20e5690a126ea6687/2  ------ 📣STAKEWISE | LIQUID SOLO STAKING https://bankless.cc/Pod_StakeWise    ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⚡️ CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance    🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa   🌐 TRANSPORTER | CROSS CHAINS WITH CONFIDENCE https://transporter.io/  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo  ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 3:31 Markets 8:20 Gary G Says ETH ETF Approval “Sometime in Summer” https://x.com/tier10k/status/1801261940615848004  9:19 L2 Update 11:04  The Fed expects to cut rates just once this year https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/12/fed-meeting-today-on-interest-rate.html  15:41 Will BTC ETF follow the gold ETF success path?   https://x.com/hongkim__/status/1799442365892985257  20:48 ZKSync introduced ZK token  https://x.com/TheZKNation/status/1800424206129357194  https://app.aevo.xyz/perpetual/zk  https://x.com/eekeyguy_eth/status/1800461976969035910  https://blog.zknation.io/zk-token/  https://zknation.ghost.io/content/images/2024/06/points.png  https://x.com/LibraryDefi/status/1800589632909832509  https://x.com/Gautamguptagg/status/1800539906923733397  https://x.com/Gautamguptagg/status/1800539906923733397  https://x.com/TheZKNation/status/1801020410563060031  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1801024526001815616  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1800758353511207103  36:46 Speaking of Airdrops: Taiko launched their TAIKO token  https://x.com/taikoxyz/status/1798336750668136851  Find out whether you are eligible via Claimables!  https://bankless.cc/3Jte55n   38:33 Optimism’s fault proofs are live!  https://x.com/l2beat/status/1800530188171674070  https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1800547329931620625  49:23 Pectra is about to became the biggest upgrade of Ethereum history:  https://x.com/sassal0x/status/1798869850200412383  55:34 Symbiotic introduced their restaking platform  https://x.com/symbioticfi/status/1800530004776022493  59:29 Eigen Labs acquired Rio Network  https://x.com/eigen_labs/status/1800888626642899321  1:01:41 Crypto:The Game was acquired by Uniswap!  https://x.com/cryptothegame_/status/1800199946739822594  1:06:28 PleasrDAO releases the WuTang Album https://pitchfork.com/news/wu-tang-clan-once-upon-a-time-in-shaolin-turned-into-nft/  https://www.thealbum.com/  1:09:12 Terraform Labs agreed to pay SEC $4.5B!  https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/06/12/terraform-labs-do-kwon-agree-to-pay-sec-a-combined-45b-in-civil-fraud-case/  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1800955721955283053      1:11:44 Alchemy introduced platform for building rollups  https://x.com/alchemyplatform/status/1798747911226040679  1:13:03 New Paradigm Fund https://x.com/matthuang/status/1801283717664526835  1:14:41 The Daily Gwei  https://www.youtube.com/@TheDailyGwei/videos   https://x.com/thedailygwei   https://x.com/sassal0x  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-ether/id1443920565   1:15:49 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Today on the show, we’re exploring the frontier of ZK Rollups on Bitcoin!  The Bitcoin L2 landscape is standing on the shoulders of this technical implementation called BitVM. We brought Robin Linus, one of the author’s of the BitVM White Paper, to not only dive into how BitVM got started, but more importantly, what it means for the future of Bitcoin. ------ 🎬 DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-the-robin-linus-interview  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/14?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ 📣 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    ⁠  ⚡️ CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance    🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa   🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🌐 TRANSPORTER | CROSS CHAINS WITH CONFIDENCE https://transporter.io/  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:03 Who is Robin Linus? 10:20 Why Bitcoin? 16:19 Bitcoin Needs to Scale 22:15 BitVM Eureka Moment 24:31 The State of BitVM 27:19 BitVM vs Ethereum Rollups 33:45 How Does BitVM Work? 46:07 BitVM Critiques 55:07 The Bitcoin L2 Space 59:33 The BitVM Endgame 1:03:07 The Future of Bitcoin 1:07:09 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Robin Linus https://x.com/robin_linus   Robin Linus Website https://robinlinus.com/   BitVM https://bitvm.org/   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

The Ethereum ETF is coming. What’s the best narrative for ETH to sell to TradFi/Wall Street? Ryan and David discuss the 7 leading ETH Narratives and then have a pitch-off amongst themselves. Each of them prepared a 1-2 minute pitch and then they each spend some time unpacking each other’s pitch and analyzing each point. Bankless Citizens get to vote - whose was better? Ryan or David’s? The winner gets a bragging rights POAP.  ------ 📣BANKLESS CITIZENS VOTE HERE https://www.jokerace.io/contest/base/0x0f2211f6727e85dbfae20e7dbfe57875a1f2b706  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/13?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⚡️ CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance    🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa   🌐 TRANSPORTER | CROSS CHAINS WITH CONFIDENCE https://transporter.io/  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 2:26 Eric Balchunas https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1794023427327533456  4:44 ETH Narratives https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1795595286972383494   5:58 Ethereum is a Tokenization Platform https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod/status/1798133271139901668  https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod/status/1798133271139901668/photo/1  9:26 Ethereum is an app store https://twitter.com/jdorman81/status/1792927796353814640  13:56 Operating system and app store https://x.com/RasterlyRock/status/1791217181012701682  17:15 ETH is Digital Oil ​​https://twitter.com/0xkydo/status/1740750772093296938   20:37 ETH is an Internet Bond https://www.bankless.com/eth-the-internet-bond  23:38 Programmable Money https://x.com/econoar/status/1124311475428790273  25:59 "ETH is Ultra Sound Money" https://twitter.com/drakefjustin/status/1352734923703123968  31:44 Pitches + Debrief/Analysis + Vote https://www.jokerace.io/contest/base/0x0f2211f6727e85dbfae20e7dbfe57875a1f2b706  44:05 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures  

“Energy is the base layer of money” -  that’s how our guest Luke Gromen puts it in today’s episode. Luke is an Author and Investor who gives us a completely new way to look at money, through the lens of energy costs.  The essential learning of today’s show is that you can’t understand money until you understand energy markets. Apart from that Luke explains why the price of oil is about to force a monetary system change, why the 60/40 portfolio is dead and much more. ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/11?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ 🎬 DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-the-luke-gromen-interview  ------ 📣 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    ⁠ ⚡️ CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance    🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa   🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🌐 TRANSPORTER | CROSS CHAINS WITH CONFIDENCE https://transporter.io/  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:57 Luke’s Thesis 12:23 Energy lens 23:23 Arc of the Dollar 28:31 Why Oil? 31:31 Energy as a Denominator 38:12 Energy Price Changes 45:31 Energy Miracles 59:22 Monetary System Change 1:10:41 Capital Controls 1:18:12 Future of the US 1:24:56 How to Prepare 1:30:37 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Luke Gromen https://x.com/LukeGromen   FTT, LLC https://fftt-llc.com/   Luke Gromen Weekly Newsletter https://fftt-treerings.com/   Visualizing the History of Energy Transitions https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-the-history-of-energy-transitions/   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠   

Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup  1st Week of June 2024 ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/12?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ 📣 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 | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance    🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa   🌐 TRANSPORTER | CROSS CHAINS WITH CONFIDENCE https://transporter.io/  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo  ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 3:26 Prices 4:30 L2 Update https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1798731497173905439  https://x.com/0xKofi/status/1797645289307951127  https://x.com/Uniswap/status/1797624523711561828  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1798460468069085234  10:00 3 more milestone numbers on the wk https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1798497346512412898   https://x.com/0xDeFiDevin/status/1797462120713613511  https://twitter.com/sorellalabs  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bnb  17:52  FROTHY STONKS https://x.com/greg16676935420/status/1798404597897363936  https://companiesmarketcap.com/assets-by-market-cap/  https://www.reddit.com/user/DeepFuckingValue/  https://www.tradingview.com/chart/?symbol=NYSE%3AGME  https://x.com/JasonHitchcock/status/1797437168324899192  26:04 ETFs are back baby! Wen ETH ETF, wen banana zone for ETH? https://x.com/CarpeNoctom/status/1798170536146825630  https://x.com/ericbalchunas/status/1798156058487382232  https://x.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/1796120216780333409   https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1797644643712262482  https://finance.yahoo.com/news/blackrock-says-10m-seed-money-174942096.html  https://x.com/ericbalchunas/status/1796606348324634798  https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1797589909768949827  https://x.com/EleanorTerrett/status/1798351844248576311   https://x.com/AlexanderGrieve/status/1798352191713157308   https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1796543517671424065  https://x.com/tradetheflow_/status/1797520578087465295/photo/2  https://x.com/vaneck_us/status/1798428976068657411  https://x.com/vaneck_us/status/1798432653726658619  43:55 President Biden missed the layup - vetoed SAB-121  https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/05/31/a-message-to-the-house-of-representatives-on-the-presidents-veto-of-h-j-res-109/  https://www.aba.com/advocacy/policy-analysis/letter-to-president-biden-sab-121  https://x.com/faryarshirzad/status/1796837972978872764  https://x.com/nic__carter/status/1796687373314445766  https://x.com/standwithcrypto/status/1798433256339079417  https://x.com/fejau_inc/status/1796310685330051121  https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/05/30/trump-token-sinks-after-former-us-president-is-found-guilty-in-new-york/  52:50 Robinhood Acquires Bitstamp https://x.com/RobinhoodApp/status/1798672303519342898  https://twitter.com/vladtenev/status/1798680590344126963  55:05 Celebcoin Culture Wars  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/mother-iggy  https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1798290424622113230  https://x.com/IGGYAZALEA/status/1798471807647068297  https://x.com/haydenzadams/status/1798551176834638114  59:32 ETH Coinbase’s smart wallets is now officially launched! Is this how we get to billions? https://www.coinbase.com/blog/a-new-era-in-crypto-wallets-smart-wallet-is-here  https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1797772737207062752  1:02:31 StarkWare plans to bring ZK scaling to Bitcoin alongside Ethereum https://x.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1797985467666940265 https://bankless.cc/PermissionlessDiscount  1:05:31 Punks below 30 ETH https://x.com/punksOTC/status/1798093880711155918  1:06:26 Blackrock and Citadel wants to launch new rival Stock Exchange in Texas https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/blackrock-citadel-backed-group-start-new-national-stock-exchange-texas-wsj-2024-06-05/  https://x.com/delzennejc/status/1798399433651974301  1:10:21 Raises and BVC Investments  Mountain raised $8M in Series A https://x.com/MountainUSDM/status/1798740495679815731  1:11:35 MEME of the Week https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1798124339843449065   1:12:19 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠ 

After 3 months of flat crypto prices, people are asking “where are we in the cycle”? What if the real bull hasn't even started yet? How big of the impact can the ETH ETF's really have and can they really take us to the coveted.... Banana Zone? All of that and more on this weeks episode of Bankless Takes. ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/10  ------ 🔐 GridPlus Lattice1 Hardware Wallet  (use discount code BANKLESS2024 at checkout for 15% off) https://gridplus.io/products/grid-lattice1  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠ 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⚡️ CARTESI | LINUX-POWERED ROLLUPS https://bankless.cc/CartesiGovernance    🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH https://bankless.cc/Casa   🌐 TRANSPORTER | CROSS CHAINS WITH CONFIDENCE https://transporter.io/  🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo  ------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 03:18 The Bull Run is Boring 06:35 What Inning Are We In? 16:28 Demand For Gold Reserves 23:19 The Banana Zone 28:22 ETH ETF Impact 35:30 Celeb Memecoins 43:12 Key Takeaways ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠