This week, Anthony Sassano joins us to unpack Solana’s most controversial governance vote yet, Ethereum’s major leadership overhaul, and crypto markets wrestling with macro chaos despite promising policy shifts. Kraken makes waves with a massive $1.5B acquisition—but will it move the needle? We dive into all of this and so much more.Follow Anthony on X: https://x.com/sassal0x------📣 RONIN WALLET | YOUR WEB3 GAMING ECOSYSTEM https://bankless.cc/Ronin_Wallet------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUMhttps://bankless.cc/Arbitrum🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPERhttps://bankless.cc/Celo🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex-----✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨https://zora.co/coin/base:0xab88c7d76226cf4251bae07e74aa0d8877b6136a------TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro1:39 Anthony’s Crypto Vibe Check5:56 Marketshttps://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/19/fed-meeting-live-updates.html12:27 Ethena and Securitize launched a new chainhttps://x.com/ethena_labs/status/1901672646015856749https://x.com/coinbase/status/190203182891284499228:13 Robinhood launched their prediction market with Kalshihttps://x.com/Kalshi/status/1901634303768883377https://x.com/vladtenev/status/190170374603342691934:52 Solana proposal to cut inflation failed to passhttps://simd-votes.stakingfacilities.com/https://www.helius.dev/blog/simd-22847:07 SOL Futures on CME https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1901566174598398261https://x.com/solana/status/190127967862074999751:25 Eth/acc & Ethereum Leadership Change https://x.com/matthuang/status/1902562363532046674https://x.com/KyleSamani/status/1901769358273040806https://x.com/ethismoneyHQ/status/1901734022646317213https://x.com/adietrichs/status/1899607524581740576https://x.com/megapot_io/status/1902419979196338386 1:06:07 Kraken Acquires NinjaTrader $1.5Bhttps://www.reuters.com/technology/kraken-acquire-ninjatrader-15-billion-deal-2025-03-20/1:07:08 Closing & Disclaimers------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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AI ROLLUP #16: Retail Vs Institutions, Who's Right? | New Frontier AI Model | Mind Blowing Image Generation
This week on the AI Rollup, we’re diving into hyper-realistic AI-generated podcast hosts, showcasing Hedera Studio’s cutting-edge character tech. Google drops Gemini 2.0 Flash, making AI image generation even more powerful with improved consistency and text integration. Meanwhile, China is pushing hard—Baidu’s latest model beats GPT-4.5 at half the cost, challenging OpenAI’s dominance. Plus, Sesame open-sources its voice model, and the crypto AI market sees brutal drawdowns. Despite the turbulence, teams like Virtuals and Bittensor keep building, while Pluralis raises $7.6M to decentralize AI model training. Where does AI Crypto go from here? Let’s find out.------📣 RONIN WALLET | YOUR WEB3 GAMING ECOSYSTEMhttps://bankless.cc/Ronin_Wallet------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUMhttps://bankless.cc/Arbitrum🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPERhttps://bankless.cc/Celo🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨https://zora.co/coin/base:0x9db2d5eb0c4af553fddda5da10777c1bcd82e3b6?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E------TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES00:00 Sentiment Check and Recap05:25 AI Podcast Hosts?https://x.com/hedra_labs/status/189769901063246646908:50 Google Gemini 2.0https://x.com/robertriachi/status/1899854394751070573https://x.com/goodside/status/1900349595718148455?s=46https://x.com/ilumine_ai/status/1900017235898622025https://x.com/halimalrasihi/status/1900667639086673962?s=46https://x.com/thatarrowsmith/status/1901203776746201556?s=4617:55 China's New Frontier Modelhttps://x.com/scobleizer/status/1901089727568281975?s=4627:21 AI Market Priceshttps://www.cookie.fun/https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum32:55 Market Manipulation?https://x.com/solgojo/status/1901002388007514381https://x.com/0thTachi/status/190209067511120738038:11 Pockets Of Outperformershttps://x.com/S4mmyEth/status/190234804647978631543:09 Virtuals Updatehttps://x.com/smyyguy/status/1899181446126076283?s=46https://x.com/ethermage/status/1899494870152282511https://x.com/virtuals_io/status/190018591814706401549:48 AIXBT Hackedhttps://x.com/S4mmyEth/status/190202191451775827752:44 New AI Trading Subnethttps://x.com/thebittensorhub/status/1899810734374047799?s=4658:54 Pluralis Announcementhttps://x.com/PluralisHQ/status/1902367132597252177------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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How Native Rollups Scale Ethereum | Uma Roy & Justin Drake
Native Rollups are the next big step toward scaling Ethereum securely. In this episode,Uma Roy (CEO of Succinct) and Justin Drake (Ethereum Foundation researcher) break down what Native Rollups are, how they leverage Ethereum’s core infrastructure for execution and validation, and why they're crucial for stronger security, better composability, and sustainable Ethereum growth.Tune in to understand the evolution of Ethereum’s rollup-centric roadmap and how Native Rollups could become a foundational upgrade for Ethereum's future.------📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUMhttps://bankless.cc/Arbitrum🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPERhttps://bankless.cc/Celo🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex-----✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨https://zora.co/coin/base:0x9ad876e913102d5097df82db0617816a17b07414?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E------TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro6:41 Why Native Rollups?16:32 Security & Composability Benefits38:13 ZKProofs42:52 Making L2s Native50:48 Network Effects52:35 Customizability Trade-Offs58:59 Timelines1:02:39 ETH Economic Impacts1:05:46 Other Advantages1:08:17 Succinct1:08:59 ETHProofs.org1:11:32 Real-Time Proving1:12:33 Ethereum’s Bottleneck1:15:43 Closing & Disclaimers------RESOURCESUma Royhttps://x.com/pumatheumaJustin Drakehttps://x.com/drakefjustinNative Rollupshttps://ethresear.ch/t/native-rollups-superpowers-from-l1-execution/21517Succincthttps://www.succinct.xyz/L2Beathttps://l2beat.com/scaling/summaryETHProofshttps://ethproofs.org/------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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ROLLUP: Strategic Bitcoin Reserve | White House Digital Summit | Saylor's $21B BTC Bid | HyperLiquid
This week, the U.S. establishes its long-awaited Strategic Bitcoin Reserve yet the charts barely move and questions remain about altcoins like ADA, XRP, and SOL. A high-profile White House Digital Summit draws big names but yields few concrete regulatory wins. Meanwhile, HyperLiquid got exploited? Not quite but we'll get into that this week and so much more.
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00:00 Market Sentiment And Interpretation
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/12/cpi-inflation-report-february-2025.html
https://x.com/kobeissiletter/status/1899147239160693054
06:49 Crypto Markets
https://farside.co.uk/?p=1518
https://x.com/BitwiseInvest/status/1899445386038620631
https://x.com/HHorsley/status/1899612285980880907
https://x.com/milesdeutscher/status/1899062184917000214
13:44 Trump’s Impact On Crypto
https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/usg
18:32 Bitcoin Strategic Reserve
https://x.com/margomartin47/status/1897802829474955415?s=46&t=BK1udaJPJxPwz6RfE-m1iw
https://x.com/davidsacks47/status/1897802280738734236
https://x.com/nic__carter/status/1897837943106289967
https://x.com/ercwl/status/1897817161428541691
31:18 White House Digital Asset Summit
https://x.com/POTUS/status/1898162648962756970
https://x.com/nicrypto/status/1898180016459944350
https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1898200766315209050
https://x.com/RepNickBegich/status/1899494764682363136
https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1899586234248499450?s=46&t=LIRWzlNRT68jap2P18vctA
37:49 Saylor to Buy $21B More Bitcoin
https://x.com/saylor/status/1899068491409260639
48:32 HyperLiquid Exploit?
55:44 Interpol Red Notice For… Libra Creator
58:01 Unichain’s Explosive Growth
https://x.com/nansen_ai/status/1899000536487403748
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AI ROLLUP #15: China Beats OpenAI? | Grok Launches Token | Alibaba's AI Breakthrough
In this episode, we break down China's latest AI breakthrough—the Manus agent—and how it's shaking up the AI race. We discuss Alibaba's powerful, compact new AI model, the rise of autonomous coding agents, and Microsoft's shifting relationship with OpenAI. Plus, we explore how AI agents like Grok are starting to impact crypto markets.------📣RONIN WALLET | DOWNLOAD NOWhttps://bankless.cc/Ronin_Wallet------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUMhttps://bankless.cc/Arbitrum🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPERhttps://bankless.cc/Celo-----✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨https://zora.co/coin/base:0x8c25fca60a7f589a4552ae5edf3978c7885354f5------TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro1:33 China drops Manus AIhttps://x.com/thinking_panda/status/1897951585990590469https://x.com/rowancheung/status/1898093008601395380https://x.com/_philschmid/status/189904695786097917814:27 OpenAI Agent SDK https://x.com/cryptopunk7213/status/1897406075072377093 https://x.com/AtomSilverman/status/1899511053601698073 21:05 Ex-Deepmind engineers creating autonomous coding agents https://x.com/mishalaskin/status/1898048925157728601https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/189944464931752792722:57 Build a game from scratch with AIhttps://x.com/minchoi/status/1898469519565492490https://x.com/Ror_Fly/status/1899473065328656485https://x.com/ror_fly/status/189980364878111976525:55 Alibaba drops QWEN 32Bhttps://x.com/hosseeb/status/1897377619240468513https://x.com/sundarpichai/status/1899779090472644881https://x.com/hyperbolic_labs/status/189743737055257004730:44 Chinese company HunYuan released a new image to videohttps://x.com/EHuanglu/status/189762892976850561132:31 The model competition is really heating up & Microsoft x OpenAIhttps://x.com/cneuralnetwork/status/1898450452540465538https://gizmodo.com/microsofts-relationship-with-openai-is-not-looking-good-200057329336:57 Grok earned over $100K this past week https://x.com/mleejr/status/1898465691096727866https://x.com/bankrbothttps://x.com/bankrbot/status/1897950192613441617https://x.com/grok/status/1898884871742758966https://x.com/grok/status/1898957064006774855https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1899565420966801647https://dexscreener.com/base/0x5116773e18a9c7bb03ebb961b38678e45e238923https://x.com/MLeeJr/status/1899647338978889743https://x.com/grok/status/1899582316747391127https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1899585667899822520https://x.com/bankrbot/status/1899589807350972768https://x.com/grok/status/1898884871742758966https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1899566730059653431https://x.com/rhynotic/status/189919025672712233156:26 Agents over the last 30 days https://x.com/defi0xjeff/status/1898025840514101654https://x.com/gkisokay/status/1899422660339393007https://x.com/696_eth/status/189744693340660559956:58 Model Context Protocolhttps://x.com/mattpocockuk/status/1897742389592440970https://x.com/sendaifun/status/1892310991737598229https://x.com/crossmint/status/18994925897634698021:05:30 Closing & Disclaimers ------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
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