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State Of Crypto 2025 | a16z Crypto — Eddy Lazzarin & Daren Matsuoka
a16z crypto’s CTO Eddy Lazzarin and partner Daren Matsuoka return for our annual State of Crypto to map where 2025 really is on the curve: a price–inn...
Why This Crypto Cycle is Over | Michael Nadeau's DeFi Report #7
Is the crypto cycle already over, or is this just a reset before one last push? Michael Nadeau from The DeFi Report joins Ryan to break down why he we...
How Futarchy Ends the Rug Pull Era | Felipe Montealegre & Proph3t
Futarchy flips governance on its head—decisions aren’t voted on, they’re traded on.
In this conversation with Felip...
ROLLUP: $19B Flash Crash | Binance Fee Leak | China L2 on ETH | $14B BTC Reserve
Markets just saw a $19B wipeout in a single day. In this week’s Weekly Rollup, we break down the Friday Flash Crash, what really caused it, and whethe...
Is Lighter Ethereum's L2 Perp DEX? | Founder Vlad Novakovski
A $19B liquidation wave hit crypto 10 days after Lighter’s public mainnet—so we asked founder/CEO Vladimir Novakovski why they built a ZK L2 Perp DEX...
Exposing Binance's Listing Fees | CJ Hetherington
Binance listing fees, finally out in the open. CJ Hetherington, Founder of Limitless, published the offer he received after no NDA. 8% of total token...
Tom Lee & Arthur Hayes: How Crypto Flips Wall Street
Tom Lee and Arthur Hayes map how crypto is flipping Wall Street: BTC at fresh highs, ETH’s comeback, and a surge of institutional capital, tokenizatio...
ROLLUP: Gold & BTC ATH | AI Bubble or Debasement Trade? | BNB Surge | $2B Polymarket Deal
Gold shatters $4,000, Bitcoin quietly hits new all-time highs, and Wall Street just made its biggest bet yet on prediction markets. In this week’s Wee...
The Bull Case For Prediction Markets | Ryan & David
In this episode of Bankless, Ryan and David dive into prediction markets and their place in today’s financial landscape. They unpack how peer-to-peer...
Why China Builds Faster Than America & The Rest of the World | Dan Wang
Why does China build so much faster—and what does that reveal about two very different ways of running a society?
Ryan and David sit dow...
LIMITLESS: We Interviewed The Team Behind ChatGPT's #1 Feature
OpenAI’s personalization leads, Christina Kaplan and Samir Ahmed map the shift from an “assistant with a notebook” to Pulse—the part of ChatGPT that q...
The Art of Spending Money: How to Get Rich and STAY Rich | Morgan Housel
How do you spend money in ways that actually make life better?
Morgan Housel, author of the new book The Art of Spending Money, ex...
ROLLUP: Uptober Rally | Tom Lee $1B ETH Buy | Vanguard Flips to Crypto | Stripe Stablecoin Play
In this week’s Weekly Rollup, Uptober kicks off with Bitcoin and Ethereum surging toward all-time highs as Tom Lee drops another $1B into ETH and Vang...
The State of Authoritarian Tech | Steven Feldstein
Authoritarian regimes are upgrading their playbook — from surveillance cameras and spyware to algorithmic censorship and AI-driven policing. Steven Fe...
Was That the Top? Bitcoin, ETH, & Q4 Setup | Michael Nadeau's DeFi Report #6
Is this really the cycle top, or just a reset before Q4 fireworks? Michael Nadeau from The DeFi Report joins Ryan to decode the latest onchain and mac...
Crypto vs. Banks: Who Controls America’s Money? | Summer Mersinger
Crypto vs. Banks — the proxy war for the future of money is heating up.
Summer Mersinger, CEO of the Blockchain Association and former CFTC Comm...
ROLLUP: Markets Down | Tether $500B Raise | South Park x Polymarket | Gensler Grilled
In this week’s Weekly Rollup, we break down “Downtemper” market moves as Bitcoin and Ethereum slide, and examine why Vitalik Buterin is calling low-ri...
What's Next for Crypto ETFs, ETFs vs DATs, Crypto ETF Explosion & Institutional Inflows | James Seyffart
James Seyffart from Bloomberg Intelligence joins to break down the state of crypto ETFs and their explosive growth.
...
Vitalik Declares DeFi Ethereum’s Killer App | Ryan & David
Vitalik Buterin just declared DeFi as Ethereum’s “killer app.” In his new post, he compares it to Google Search, the dependable core business that pow...
The Unbundling of Banks: How Stablecoins Change Everything | Charles Calomiris
What happens when stablecoins break apart the traditional business model of banks?
Economist Charles Calomiris expla...
ROLLUP: The Fed Lowered Interest Rates: What That Means For Crypto
In this Weekly Rollup, we discuss the implications of recent Federal Reserve rate cuts on crypto markets, exploring their potential benefits for Bitco...
FinTech Meets Crypto: The Future of Global Payments | Simon Taylor
What if payment chains are the “AWS moment for money”?
Simon Taylor — fintech veteran, ex-Barclays crypto lead, and author of FinTech Bra...
Why Recessions Are Dead & How to Invest in The Debasement Era | Macro Investor Vincent Deluard
Why do recessions feel like a relic of the past?
Macro strategist Vincent Deluard argues we’ve entered an era where fiscal dominance, st...
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ROLLUP: One Chart Determines if We're in a Bull or Bear Market
In the 2nd Weekly Rollup of Flat-tember, we discuss whether the crypto bull market is over amid rising unemployment and market uncertainty. We cover s...
Tokenized Stocks: The $100 Trillion Onchain Shift | Ondo Finance Ian De Bode & Nathan Allman
Ryan & David sit down with Ondo Finance’s Nathan Allman and Ian De Bode to map the path from stablecoins to tokenized treasuries to tokenized stocks.<...
Hyperliquid’s Rise: Revenue, Valuation & Risks | Michael Nadeau
Hyperliquid is less than a year old, yet it’s already rivalling Ethereum and Solana in revenue. In this episode, Ryan and Michael from the DeFi Report...
Stripe’s Trillion-Dollar Bet: How Stablecoins Eat Global Payments | Founder of Bridge Zach Abrams
Zach Abrams—co-founder of Bridge, acquired by Stripe—joins Ryan to unpack Stripe’s stablecoin strategy and why tokenized dollars are poised to devour...
ROLLUP: ETH Hits All Time High, But Will It Stick?
In this episode, we discuss Ethereum's rise past $4,780 and co-host David Hoffman's insights from Burning Man. We explore Ethereum's treasury dynamics...
Debate: Is Ethereum Ready for Real World Assets? | Omid Malekan vs Austin Campbell (Crypto Professors)
Austin Campbell (NYU) and Omid Malekan (Columbia) debate a simple question: is Ethereum ready to host real-world assets?
They walk throu...
From BlackRock to Ethereum: Betting It All on ETH | Joseph Chalom
What does BlackRock’s former crypto lead see in Ethereum that others still miss? Joseph Chalom joins Bankless to take us inside the IBIT/ETHA ramp, wh...
ROLLUP: ETH ATH! | U.S. Gov Onchain GDP | Google’s L1 | Hyperliquid Prints | EU Digital Euro?
On this week’s Weekly Rollup, Ryan and Haseeb debate if ETH’s new all-time high signals the top or just the start, with whales rotating from BTC into...
ETHZilla: Ethereum Treasury Strategy | McAndrew Rudisill & Avichal Garg
ETHZilla wants to turn ETH into Wall Street’s new reserve asset, and they’ve built a plan to do it. Ryan sits down with Avichal Garg (Electric Capital...
Will Crypto Peak in 2025 or 2026? Onchain Data Signals | Michael Nadeau’s DeFi Report #5
Crypto cycles have always topped on a four-year rhythm, but are we heading for a Q4 2025 peak or an extended run into 2026?
Michael Nadeau from...
We’re Still Early to The Institutional Crypto Cycle | Eric Peters, CIO Coinbase Asset Management
Eric Peters, CIO of Coinbase Asset Management joins Ryan to chart how crypto matured to today’s institutional market with deep liquidity, ETF rails, a...
ROLLUP: Market Top? | $3B ETH ETFs | Saylor Minting Shares | Fed Turns Bullish
On this week’s Weekly Rollup Ryan and David ask if the cycle top is in and whether alt season is coming, debating if it is time to buy the dip or sell...
Who Really Controls the Dollar? | Jeff Snider
What if everything you thought about the dollar was wrong?
Monetary historian Jeff Snider joins Bankless to deliver a radical thesis: the Federa...
LIMITLESS: Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO’s All-In Gamble to Take Down Google
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas joins the show to explore how AI agents, personalization, and new browsing models could transform the internet experie...
Why Passive Investors Lose | Contrarian Investor Michael Green
Contrarian strategist Michael Green lays out why “passive” isn’t passive at all—it’s a flow-driven algorithm, turbocharged by policy, that funnels cap...
ROLLUP: BTC ATH & ETH Near ATH | Stripe & Circle L1s | Monero 51% Attack
On this week’s Weekly Rollup, ETH flirts with ATH while BTC tags a new one, PPI spooks then fades? Ryan and david dig into a $1B ETH ETF day, Tom Lee’...