Crypto Regulation and Political Shifts

Ryan and David return for another Weekly Rollup, tackling the question everyone’s asking in 2025: is the crypto bull market already over, or do we still have more to go? Fresh FDIC emails prove Choke Point 2.0 was no conspiracy, with yet another key antagonist stepping down. Meanwhile, AI agents dominate headlines and reimagine DeFi UX, and Meta’s abrupt pivot to free speech has everyone buzzing. Finally, the U.S. greenlights a $6.5B Silk Road Bitcoin sale—can Trump step in to save America’s strategic BTC stash? Buckle up; 2025 isn’t slowing down. You ready anon?

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0:00 California Wildfires https://x.com/white_lenka/status/1876973806817775719    https://x.com/babybeginner/status/1876872061265523155/video/1   https://x.com/ashkan/status/1876970164807164042/photo/1https://x.com   mamboitaliano__/status/1876923670540501349/video/1     https://x.com/0xngmi/status/1877229902065283198  

6:10 MARKETS  https://x.com/saylor/status/1876253178100117907  

7:13 Meanwhile, US court greenlighted sale of $6.5B of Silk Road Bitcoin https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.368440/gov.uscourts.cand.368440.17   https://decrypt.co/300133/us-court-greenlights-sale-of-6-5b-in-seized-silk-road-bitcoin  

10:57 Markets Cont.  https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/AMEX-SPY/   https://companiesmarketcap.com/assets-by-market-cap/  

15:15 Movers of the Week https://www.bankless.com/read/the-top-ai-agent-tokens-were-watching  

18:21 Arbitrum is close to gain another green L2BEAT pie slice https://x.com/sgoldfed/status/1876417832948523464  https://l2beat.com/scaling/projects/arbitrum  

21:01 Succinct - zkEVMs on Superchain! First one! https://x.com/pumatheuma/status/1877070524783931515  

25:05 Is the bull market over - how long will continue? https://mirror.xyz/kain.eth/Pa7XlhwUD-p  https://x.com/cburniske/status/1877043358956134826  

35:39 Are AI Agents the Meta for the rest of the bull? https://x.com/MessariCrypto/status/1874160250812825703/photo/1   https://www.cookie.fun/   https://x.com/RaoulGMI/status/1874934417032192325   https://x.com/Dogetoshi/status/1877381299612086691   https://x.com/askthehive_ai/status/1876730899695362452  https://x.com/blocknewsdotcom/status/1875280354640265524  

49:05 Operation Choke Point 2.0…another general in the anti-crypto army out https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/files/other20250106a1.pdf   https://x.com/SenLummis/status/1876346748744167924  https://x.com/EconWithNick/status/1876272018821439670   https://x.com/DavidSacks/status/1865199683087245405  

55:29 Meta is now pro-free speech platform - Political wind change in DC + SV https://x.com/BasedBeffJezos/status/1876602383754789079    https://x.com/lindayaX/status/1876612826456019145   https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1876657662068461657   https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8j9e1x9z2xo   https://www.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:7c0f65f07094b:0-circle-contributes-1m-usdc-to-trump-s-inauguration-committee/  

1:00:14 Will Canada get a pro-crypto leader too?  https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1876299232887607433  

1:01:47 Do Kwon arrived to the US and pleaded not guilty  https://cointelegraph.com/news/terraform-do-kwon-appears-before-us-judge-pleads-not-guilty  

1:04:30 Meme of the Week https://x.com/dolos_diary/status/1877311858492977642  

1:06:47 Closing & Disclaimers 

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