We’re on the edge of our seats with the potential Ethereum ETF launch just days away. Are ETH ETF products finally going to be tradeable next week?

Solana is also in the spotlight, hinting at its own ETF while rolling out impressive innovations like ZK Compression and Blinks.

The Blast token has also finally dropped! Are you eligible? We unpack everything you need to know.

Plus, Ethereum’s new execution client might unlock a hidden beast. And we cover everything happening price with prices. Are we in a crypto bull or bear? Tune in to find out.

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0:00 Intro

3:19 Markets

3:53 Mt.Gox is ready to distribute the bitcoin https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1805168222645244311 https://x.com/Ian_Unsworth/status/1805251746354131379

9:07 Germany is about to start selling the seized bitcoin https://x.com/ArkhamIntel/status/1805542881454633282

9:30 Meanwhile, the U.S. government sent $240M of BTC to Coinbase https://x.com/DegenerateNews/status/1806012142094614695 https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1806347784129290364

11:09 ETH Tailwinds https://x.com/Matt_Hougan/status/1804137327964438729 https://x.com/econoar/status/1805123906602144125

15:31 L2 Update https://l2beat.com/scaling/summary https://rollup.wtf/

17:33 Bitcoin flows https://www.theblock.co/data/crypto-markets/bitcoin-etf/spot-bitcoin-etf-onchain-flows https://www.theblock.co/data/crypto-markets/bitcoin-etf/spot-bitcoin-etf-on-chain-total-net-flows

18:21 All spot ETH ETF S-1 amendments are now in! https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/1804264951315403233 https://x.com/matthew_sigel/status/1805624888821989576 https://x.com/Matt_Hougan/status/1805941968838533534

21:20 Cooked Airdrops https://x.com/k1z4_/status/1804498112154620370 https://imgur.com/a/q7riQXD

27:41 Is Solana getting an ETF? https://x.com/matthew_sigel/status/1806313241431138434 https://x.com/JSeyff/status/1806322096924217412 https://x.com/JSeyff/status/1806324109045031034 https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1806319656694628659 https://x.com/JSeyff/status/1806330548887093414 https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1806331553594675563 https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/solana

32:10 Solana’s Blinks + ZK Compression https://x.com/solana/status/1805587979723063440 https://x.com/phantom/status/1805588661213220968 https://x.com/dabit3/status/1805955810800947472 https://x.com/0xCygaar/status/1804536674338357368 https://x.com/ufukaltinok/status/1804362153903681823

39:20 Blast launched their airdrop https://x.com/Blast_L2/status/1805630569830924310 https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/blast https://x.com/blur_io/status/1805631184028024909 https://x.com/OlimpioCrypto/status/1805634498358366697

45:44 Ethereum execution client Reth was launched! https://x.com/gakonst/status/1805920383390154845

48:52 MiCA is about to enforce strict rules for stablecoins https://www.theblock.co/post/301989/eu-crypto-mica-stablecoin-disruption https://x.com/SethHertlein/status/1799102535459877201

52:15 Gary Continues Taking Ls https://x.com/MinarikLaw/status/1805715857030439306 https://x.com/EleanorTerrett/status/1806334142432293142 https://x.com/milesjennings/status/1806354239092080665 https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1806303516694122663 https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/06/27/coinbase-accuses-us-sec-fdic-of-improperly-blocking-document-requests/

56:39 Winklevoss twins donated $2M in BTC to Trump’s campaign https://x.com/tyler/status/1803872859938549920

59:10 Raises and BVC Investments https://x.com/hotpot_dao/status/1806357081231909168 https://x.com/KAndrewHuang/status/1805632313759514783

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1:03:34 July schedule… https://lu.ma/k0amrrnz https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1805381346510225776

1:04:58 Meme of the Week https://x.com/BitwiseInvest/status/1806326930477654147

1:05:43 Closing & Disclosures

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