Exploring Arbitrum's Innovations and Celo's Transition to Layer 2

David and Ejaaz dissect the latest in AI crypto markets after a ruthless 70% drop, weighing whether it’s just a temporary setback or a major reset. Arc and Fartcoin show surprise rebounds, Virtuals unveils a $2M “fiscal policy” to fund agent innovation, and Coinbase’s AI hackathon spotlights a future swarming with yield-bots and marketing agents. Meanwhile, Freya’s vision of sovereign on-chain AI may mark the next frontier. If you’re tracking the evolution of agents, markets, and where crypto’s AI boom goes next, this episode is a must-listen (as always, anon). ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24  https://bankless.cc/spotifya-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:

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0:00 Intro

0:41 AI Crypto Mindshare https://www.cookie.fun   https://x.com/S4mmyEth/status/1886429346488791099  https://x.com/DV_Memetics/status/1886452402154316257   https://x.com/0xnairolf/status/1886756102928269748 

15:13 Fair-Launch Tokens Good or Bad? https://x.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1886829695343161494 

25:30 Virtuals Nation Fiscal Policy   https://x.com/virtuals_io/status/1884938359573000665  https://x.com/vaderresearch/status/1885311150277222641 

35:10 Coinbase Hackathon https://x.com/CoinbaseDev/status/1886468701689631006  

42:54 OpenAI’s Deep Research Agent  https://x.com/sama/status/1886220046864671067  https://x.com/Felipe_Millon/status/1886205433469178191  

50:52 Freysa https://x.com/chappieonchain/status/1886427494632276127  https://youtu.be/E4yRpY0o0Xs?si=vVd200CKk1GPFVqM&t=2900     59:32 EigenLayer Verifiable Agents  https://x.com/eigenlayer/status/1886880694019788973  

1:04:18 Voice-Enabled Agents Next Meta? https://x.com/cryptopunk7213/status/1885692491095036019  https://x.com/soulgra_ph/status/1884748450534993924  https://x.com/bcsmithx/status/1884751516399206455  https://x.com/agenttanklive/status/1885032386121138325  https://x.com/limitusintel/status/1886466941268975811 

1:11:22 Reflection of 10 Weeks of AI Rollup 

1:12:37 Closing & Disclaimers 

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