Samourai wallet developer sentencing and legal risk for privacy devs

Market uncertainty? On this week’s Weekly Rollup, Ryan and guest co-host Tom Schmidt dig into a jittery crypto market, Trump’s new economic ideas aimed at boosting sentiment, and whether the four-year cycle prophecy is finally catching up with Bitcoin. They also cover Coinbase bringing ICOs back to U.S. retail, Uniswap’s long-awaited fee switch moment, and JPMorgan launching a deposit token on Base. Plus: Zcash’s 4,000 percent surge, Ethereum’s renewed privacy push, Binance tightening rules on shielded coins, and a privacy-wallet developer receiving a five-year prison sentence.

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

0:00 Intro

3:05 Markets

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https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/business/trump-dividend-payment-tariff-stimulus

https://polymarket.com/event/will-trump-create-a-tariff-dividend-in-2025

20:08 Privacy season in crypto? 

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https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/zcash

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https://x.com/tyler/status/1988609730646778061

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/11/06/samourai-wallet-developer-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-for-unlicensed-money-transmitting

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.615997/gov.uscourts.nysd.615997.154.1_1.pdf

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35:00 Uniswap turning on the fee switch!

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49:59 Coinbase is launching an ICO platform & Monad ICO

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55:23 Bank Adoption

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https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1988246045222912207 

https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1987882958234218601

1:01:44 Crypto Geopolitics 

https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1988341005431828918

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-11/china-accuses-us-of-orchestrating-13-billion-bitcoin-hack?srnd=homepage-americas

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1:07:35 Closing & Disclaimers 

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