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- 2 days ago53 min
ROLLUP: The Bull Market Test | Clarity Dies | SEC Opens the Door | Hyperliquid Comes Onshore
Crypto just shrugged off a Fed hike and the death of the Clarity Act. Ryan and David break down the early-bull signal, the SEC’s tokenized-stock breakthrough, the coming options race, and Hyperliquid’s path into the U.S. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓 NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near2026 🎯 THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless 👑 BANKLESS CONTENT MCP https://www.bankless.com/premium --- TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 0:26 Bull Market Signals: BTC, Zcash & Altcoins https://x.com/econoar/status/2099874713539604734 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/2100286172253815281 https://x.com/AviFelman/status/2100288435474825301 https://x.com/NEARProtocol/status/2099968050405495246 https://x.com/NEARProtocol/status/2099883498848784778 8:39 Macro: Tom Lee, Bonds & the Fed Hike https://x.com/StockMKTNewz/status/2100267546683543913 https://x.com/geiger_capital/status/2099503989364609340 https://x.com/CNBC/status/2100284014221295770 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-09-16/fed-chairman-warsh-calls-rate-hike-a-sober-decision-video https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/16/trump-fed-interest-rate-warsh.html 23:43 Clarity Act Falls Apart https://x.com/CoinDesk/status/2099429197034766830 https://x.com/tradfi/status/2099319531168731528 https://x.com/Polymarket/status/2099529644596731950 https://x.com/EleanorTerrett/status/2100389230874689650 26:27 Regulators Fill the Gap: SEC & Tokenized Stocks https://x.com/chairmanselig/status/2100232064259735589 https://x.com/SECPaulSAtkins/status/2100256253645668860 https://x.com/hosseeb/status/2100274788170162522 https://x.com/SECPaulSAtkins/status/2100572313334821271 https://x.com/Bankless/status/2100582318335275190 https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/2100581006004691453 42:31 The Crypto Options Race https://thedefireport.io/research/the-watch-list-derive-drv https://www.bankless.com/podcast/crypto-is-ready-for-onchain-options-nick-forster-ceo-of-derive https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/2100297485147406766 45:46 Hyperliquid Comes Onshore https://x.com/Payward/status/2100178016617869710 https://www.payward.com/press-release/payward-hyperliquid-onchain-perpetual-futures 48:38 Arc Chain Launches https://x.com/arc/status/2100170550857404852 50:50 OpenZeppelin Joins S&P Global https://x.com/OpenZeppelin/status/2100557026438848568 --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
- 4 days ago51 min
Arc Mainnet, AI Agents, and Tokenized Markets | Nikhil Chandhok, CTO of Circle
Circle just launched Arc Mainnet, and its ambition is much bigger than putting USDC on another blockchain. Circle Chief Product and Technology Officer Nikhil Chandhok joins David on launch day to unpack the vision for an “economic OS” built around fast settlement, stablecoin gas, privacy, and institutional-grade financial infrastructure. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near2026 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless 👑BANKLESS CONTENT MCP https://www.bankless.com/premium --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Arc Mainnet Is Live 2:57 The “Economic OS” Vision 5:29 Validators, Privacy and Post-Quantum Security 8:27 How Private Is Arc? 12:24 Immutability and the Lazarus Test 16:14 What Gets Built on Arc First? 19:19 AI Agents Become Economic Actors 26:45 Agentic Commerce Gets Real 33:17 Reputation, Nano-Payments and Agent Credit 36:37 Tokenized Stocks and 24/7 Markets 39:59 Solving the On-Ramp and FX Problem 47:39 What Happens After Launch Day? 49:16 Closing Thoughts --- RESOURCES Nikhil Chandhok https://x.com/chandhok Arc https://www.arc.io/ --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
- 6 days ago45 min
Crypto is Ready for Onchain Options | Nick Forster, CEO of Derive
Getting the direction of ETH right doesn’t guarantee you survive the trade. Derive co-founder Nick Forster joins David Hoffman to unpack why crypto’s options market has lagged behind perps, and why he believes that is changing. From the October 10 crash to a $300,000 Ethereum trade, they explore the different risks of leveraged bets, where options-based yield comes from, and why the deadline matters. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near2026 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless 👑BANKLESS CONTENT MCP https://www.bankless.com/premium --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Why Options Lagged 5:56 The October 10 Shift 9:03 Options vs. Perps 21:37 Market Size & Economics 27:26 Derive’s HYPE Strategy 30:01 Why Onchain Matters 33:09 Inside the Risk Engine 35:51 What V3 Changes 38:02 Options in Everyday Apps 41:53 Does Volume Lift Prices? 44:08 Following Derive --- RESOURCES Nick Forster https://x.com/nickforster Derive https://x.com/DeriveXYZ --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
- 1 weeks ago1h 4m
ROLLUP: Is Altcoin Season Here? | Treasury’s Bond War | Robinhood Chain Mania | OpenAI’s Math Controversy
Crypto speculation is back, but is this really a new bull phase? Ryan and David unpack the altcoin surge, Treasury’s escalating bond-market fight, Robinhood’s tokenized stock boom, and the OpenAI controversy raising new questions about AI, privacy, and ownership. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓 NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near2026 🎯 THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless 👑 BANKLESS CONTENT MCP https://www.bankless.com/premium --- TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 2:03 Altcoin Season & Degen Debasement Trade https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/BTC.D/ https://x.com/JustDeauIt/status/2095608847381733386 16:00 Treasury vs. The Bond Market https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2097708859531923682 https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2097719382533177507 https://x.com/uncnooman/status/2097579298181853548 https://x.com/Hedgeye/status/2098029288092013024 https://x.com/Hedgeye/status/2098045985926914317 https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2097746862463955076 http://pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-promises-5000-dividend-for-americans-if-gop-wins-midterms 27:31 Robinhood Chain & AMC’s Tokenized Stock War https://x.com/0xcarlosg/status/2096919808235208766 https://x.com/uttam_singhk/status/2096903386168021033 https://x.com/Pumpfun/status/2097785975434846285 https://x.com/haydenzadams/status/2095874039927509161 https://x.com/haydenzadams/status/2095932954417451020 https://x.com/CEOAdam/status/2095622531524784212 https://x.com/vladtenev/status/2095711439810159027 https://x.com/CEOAdam/status/2095761359388520460 https://x.com/Ryan__Rigg/status/2097744223269188000 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/2098063002205659638 40:12 OpenAI Math & Privacy Controversy https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2097374640582668336 https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2097375276384567642 https://x.com/hosseeb/status/2097217378753106336 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/2097396382982340783 52:30 Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP Memecoin https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/2097696366596071825 https://x.com/HunterBiden/status/2097790749861638547 55:00 MetaMask Split & Ethereum’s Smart Wallet Future https://x.com/MetaMask/status/2097689508187680794 https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-09-09-consensys-splits-metamask-institutional-ethereum-infrastructure-businesses-414022 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/2097054140350554620 https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/2096370186094076098 https://x.com/ethlabs_org/status/2097838222621446629 https://www.theblock.co/news/ecosystems/2026-09-08-ethereum-foundation-quantum-resistance-2029-413716 1:03:24 Clarity Act’s Do-or-Die Vote https://www.theblock.co/news/regulation/2026-08-08-majority-leader-thune-files-cloture-on-clarity-act-setting-up-sept-15-senate-vote-411211 --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
- 1 weeks ago1h 6m
The New Economics of Crypto Tokens | Austin Barack
What if the most interesting crypto investments of the next cycle aren’t new blockchains at all? Relayer Capital founder Austin Barack joins David to explain why his attention has shifted toward a small group of applications with real users, rapidly growing revenue, and increasingly explicit token value capture. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near2026 🔑BITKEY | GET 10% OFF USE CODE: BANKLESS | #bitkeypartner https://bankless.cc/bitkey 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless 👑BANKLESS CONTENT MCP https://www.bankless.com/premium --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Finding Growth and Value in Crypto 4:17 Why Liquid Tokens Are Winning His Attention 7:00 How Austin Values Venice and VVV 15:34 The Biggest Bet in the Venice Model 24:53 Can Venice Balance Growth and Token Value? 32:53 Venice Growth and the OpenRouter Signal 37:31 Can Fundamental Tokens Outperform the Crypto Cycle? 43:50 Pump, Hyperliquid and EtherFi 48:57 EtherFi’s Shift Into a Neo Brokerage 58:24 Why the Market Discounts Pump 1:02:42 The Next Era of Crypto --- RESOURCES Austin Barack https://x.com/AustinBarack --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
- 2 weeks ago1h 6m
ROLLUP: Robinhood’s Meme Economy | Solana Cuts Issuance | Saylor’s Comeback | AI Alarm
Robinhood Chain is exploding as memecoins collide with tokenized stocks and Haseeb thinks the whole thing may end badly. Ryan and Haseeb unpack the new casino economy, Saylor’s Bitcoin comeback, Solana’s issuance cut, and the latest AI safety scare. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓 NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near2026 🔑 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 2:32 Macro Bounce & Treasury-Fed Tug-of-War https://x.com/exec_sum/status/2095153582819414237 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/01/bessent-trump-bond-yields-g20.html https://x.com/0xVirtanen/status/2095121085079462032 https://x.com/hosseeb/status/2095008393434108373 12:41 Saylor’s Bitcoin Comeback https://x.com/saylor/status/2095524315936530834 https://x.com/Strategy/status/2094396231866777976 https://x.com/AIGOLDOfficial/status/2095360679226364361 https://x.com/AltcoinPro_/status/2095319252769366525 17:35 Robinhood Meme & Stock Token Mania https://x.com/MikeIppolito_/status/2095210343244894659 https://x.com/MikeIppolito_/status/2095211833124639103 https://x.com/haydenzadams/status/2095261533236252831 https://x.com/nansen_ai/status/2095350826047049942 https://x.com/nansen_ai/status/2095350856610926677 https://x.com/hosseeb/status/2095539969297404266 31:41 Ethereum, Solana & the Issuance Vote https://x.com/LorenzoARK/status/2094517633122979994 https://x.com/web3_data/status/2095054796344406404 https://x.com/0xcarlosg/status/2095444848551633401 https://x.com/P2Pvalidator/status/2094363684361388089 https://x.com/stevenzeiler/status/2094908384789123200 https://x.com/mert/status/2093359812633616577 46:52 21 Banks Chase Stablecoins https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/goldman-sachs-bofa-others-plan-issue-dollar-stablecoin-together-2027-2026-09-01/ 50:44 KYC Breach Fallout https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-probes-service-selling-153m-drivers-licenses/ https://x.com/ErikVoorhees/status/2095319741716193431 https://x.com/rstormsf/status/2095331699672732122 56:56 Astra Raises AI Alarms https://venturebeat.com/technology/welcome-to-the-agi-era-openai-launches-gpt-6-astra --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
- 2 weeks ago55 min
FWA and the New Market Structure for NFTs | Adam (Rhynotic) and Eric Conner
What if the answer to NFT liquidity looked more like opening a Pokémon pack than trading on a traditional marketplace? FWA creator Adam “Rhynotic” joins David Hoffman and Eric Conner to unpack Fake World Assets, an Ethereum protocol combining random NFT pulls, ETH-backed liquidity and permissionless market infrastructure. They explore why FWA has made NFTs fun again, how its unusual pricing and buyback mechanics work, the FWA token, custom pools and FWAR's new approach to NFT launches. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near2026 🔑BITKEY | GET 10% OFF USE CODE: BANKLESS | #bitkeypartner https://bankless.cc/bitkey 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless 👑BANKLESS CONTENT MCP https://www.bankless.com/premium --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 What Is Fake World Assets? 1:38 Making NFTs Fun Again 3:55 How the FWA Pool Works 8:42 Why Eric Is Bullish on FWA 13:20 A Liquidity Layer for NFTs 16:00 From NFTs to Real-World Assets 20:13 Pricing, Buybacks and Incentives 28:36 Custom Pools and New NFT Markets 31:57 The FWA Token 39:06 FWAR and a New Way to Launch NFTs 48:47 What Comes Next for FWA 50:12 Multichain FWA and the Bigger Vision 54:46 Closing Thoughts --- RESOURCES Adam (Rhynotic) https://x.com/Rhynotic Eric Conner https://x.com/econoar --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
- 2 weeks ago1h 7m
"We Want to Be Bigger Than the CME" | Kalshi's John Wang
Kalshi’s ambition extends far beyond winning prediction markets. It wants to become the largest exchange on Earth. John Wang joins David to explain Kalshi’s regulated crypto-perps push, upcoming gold and silver markets, international expansion, and the strategy for turning retail event contracts into serious institutional hedging infrastructure. --- 📣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 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless 👑BANKLESS CONTENT MCP https://www.bankless.com/premium --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Is Kalshi a Crypto Company? 3:56 Global Expansion and the Regulated Edge 14:55 The Regulated Perps Bet 21:38 Combining Perps and Predictions 27:51 The Insider Trading Problem 38:50 Who Owns Market Information? 45:58 From Sportsbooks to the CME 55:24 Prediction Markets for Institutions 1:02:40 Kalshi Versus Polymarket --- RESOURCES John Wang https://x.com/j0hnwang --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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