This week’s Weekly Rollup covers Trump’s clash with the Fed over interest rates and the surprising crypto moves from Trump Media. Gauntlet’s Tarun Chitra joins us to unpack the latest developments—from OpenSea’s upcoming airdrop to Arbitrum’s permissionless fault proofs—while we debate whether airdrops are truly over. We also dig into Vitalik’s “communist” joke and Dave Portnoy’s memecoin mania. Tune in for all the drama and alpha happening in the second week of February!
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00:00:00 Start
00:03:33 Trump vs The Fed
http://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1889681567779283447
00:06:25 Tarun Market Takes
00:10:18 ETH Staking ETF
http://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1889803399320969603
http://x.com/RasterlyRock/status/1889856397032235226
00:15:26 Robinhood Enters The Chat
http://x.com/Tyler_Did_It/status/1889833087258992937
http://x.com/bridge__harris/status/1889904770485461389
http://x.com/0xjaypeg/status/1889805008318906689
00:27:13 Brian Quintenz Nominated to Lead CFTC
http://warpcast.com/brianquintenz/0xbd4cc8ef
http://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1889736851474333932
00:30:08 Is The Airdrop Meta Over?
http://x.com/ffvv1211/status/1889333575348355152?s=46
00:34:21 MegaETH Exploring Alternatives
http://x.com/megaeth_labs/status/1889733671420330150
http://x.com/barnaclebarny/status/1889936153509503193
00:40:38 OpenSea SEA Airdrop
http://x.com/openseafdn/status/1890041091577057522
http://x.com/dfinzer/status/1890039791808376874
00:46:17 Ethereum Shenanigans
http://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1889771554512200166
http://x.com/ameensol/status/1889774627796427235
http://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1889900532770414985
http://x.com/laurashin/status/1890044244750135695
http://x.com/ethereumfndn/status/1889978208986280031
00:52:51 Arbitrum Launched BOLD
http://x.com/ArbitrumDevs/status/1889709836226416805
http://l2beat.com/scaling/projects/arbitrum
00:55:19 JailStool
http://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1887963615161905566
http://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1887936281058947391
http://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1887960660820042168
http://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1889032422768918834
http://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1888332104016015781
http://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1888337834605420917
http://x.com/trustyournuts/status/1888336912844255436
http://x.com/CryptoKaleo/status/1888420272182604043
http://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1888598919354941897
http://dexscreener.com/solana/etcwbb9ft7yyagpkvz6ag1qzwpjxs79tg2r7tszyup72
01:04:01 Where To Find Tarun
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