What happens when rebel money becomes institutional money? In this episode, David sits down with Bitcoin OG Dan Held to ask whether Bitcoin is actually going according to plan. They unpack Bitcoin’s cypherpunk origins, the rise of ETFs and corporate treasuries, Michael Saylor’s influence, Bitcoin’s missed scaling opportunities, privacy tradeoffs, quantum ris ... Show More
Jul 17
ROLLUP: Bull Market? | Inflation Cools, War Heats | Robinhood Flips Base | ETH’s Fee Problem
Inflation cooled, war intensified, and crypto climbed anyway. Ryan and David ask if the bottom is in, unpack Robinhood Chain’s surge past Base, and debate who benefits from Ethereum’s L2 boom. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premiu ... Show More
1h 7m
Jul 16
Why Every Chain, Wallet & App Is Integrating NEAR Intents | Kendall Cole
NEAR wants users to stop thinking about blockchains altogether. Proximity Labs co-founder Kendall Cole joins David to explain how NEAR Intents connects 35 chains, powers products like Infinex, brings tokenized assets and confidential transactions into one seamless experience, and ... Show More
56m 18s
Jul 15
Jito Declares War on Coinbase & Binance | Lucas Bruder on the Launch of JTX
Onchain trading infrastructure is reaching a point where it can seriously compete with centralized exchanges. Jito founder Lucas Bruder joins David to introduce JTX, a new prosumer trading terminal built to bring major crypto assets, tokenized equities, perps, and eventually glob ... Show More
49m 49s
Sep 2024
🚨Bitcoin EXPLOSION Ahead? Fed Rate Cuts, Trump vs Harris, Coinbase BlackRock ETF, SEC Gary Gensler!
Crypto Water Cooler Ep 016 - David from the <a href="https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCE4o509uGtygf_gAEbVgH0A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> @TheNextBlock3 </a> joins me to discuss the lates in the crypto market: Topics:<br />- Fed Cuts Rates and When Bitcoin and ... Show More
37m 28s
Jul 2024
Crypto Water Cooler: Bitcoin Bottom In? Solana, Ethereum ETF, Trump Democrats Crypto, Stablecoin Regulations, Congress Stock Trading Ep014
Sea Will of the <a href="https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCE4o509uGtygf_gAEbVgH0A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> @TheNextBlock3 </a> channel joins me to talk the latest in the crypto market.:<br />Topics: - Bitcoin’s correction - is the bottom near? <br />- Ethere ... Show More
42m 34s
Jan 2025
Crypto ETF Explosion! Bitcoin, XRP, Solana, Litecoin, Ethereum Staking, & Meme Coins with Nate Geraci
Nate Geraci, President of The ETF Store joined me to discuss the latest with Crypto ETFs.<br />Topics:<br />- In-kind creation and redemption for the BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) <br />- Altcoin ETF filings - XRP, Solana, Litecoin, TRUMP <br />- Staking in ETH ETFs <br ... Show More
32m 23s
Oct 2021
E50: Crypto investing deep dive, Facebook's whistleblower fallout, Chappelle's new special & more
Show Notes: 0:00 Mercury is in retrograde & impacting the besties 2:01 Sacks on Solana, sophisticated crypto strategies, crypto deep dive 26:23 Building regulatory framework for utility tokens, institutional money in crypto 40:59 Facebook whistleblower, potential ramifications & ... Show More
1h 23m
Dec 2021
Crypto Update 12/1/21 | Planet of the Ape (NFTs)
With ether testing a run towards $5K, leading the way for alternative cryptocurrencies to follow and a look at how some NFTs are serving as a gateway for crypto adoption, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io an ... Show More
14m 40s
Jun 2022
E85: SBF's crypto bailout, Zendesk sells for ~$10B, buyout targets, US diplomacy, AlphaFold & more
0:00 Bestie intros 4:09 Assessing SBF bailing out major crypto players & the state of the market 18:24 Classifying crypto assets, high-yield crypto lending 34:17 Zendesk sells for $10B, accounting for stock-based comp, evergreen standard in tech 1:01:24 Buyout targets, public mar ... Show More
1h 35m