This week in crypto, Trump’s new DeFi project sparked debate—is it legit or a grift? After the SEC, the CFTC targeted Uniswap—what’s going on with regulators?

Brazil’s Twitter ban also made waves—what does it mean for free speech and crypto’s role in resisting censorship?

Markets are asking if the 4-year cycle is dead, and Ryan has three takes on the lackluster crypto prices and what it could mean moving forward.

On the bright side, Polymarket is now on the Bloomberg terminal, and Coinbase is looking to bank the robots—an exciting step for AI and crypto.

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0:00 Intro

2:03 Markets https://x.com/Negentropic_/status/1830685688662040961 https://outlierventures.io/article/token-trendlines-2-bitcoin-halving-the-four-year-cycle-is-dead/ https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1831316995691671641 https://x.com/Fiskantes/status/1831302629651042637 https://x.com/SplitCapital/status/1831317921089642915 https://x.com/iamDCinvestor/status/1831318267367145492

18:30 Trump revealed more about his DeFi project, World Liberty Financial! https://www.worldlibertyfinancial.com/ https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1829141447087648796 https://x.com/lex_node/status/1831084542377206220 https://x.com/lex_node/status/1831105068952961399 https://x.com/nic__carter/status/1831145983847137451 https://x.com/worldlibertyfi/status/1831348462635397271 https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1829500453152837828

32:07 Brazil banned Twitter https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1829778143449698764 https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1831015509384364428

37:17 Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan entered Nigeria court on crutches https://x.com/_RichardTeng/status/1830869029705441553

41:47 Arbitrum released Stylus! https://x.com/arbitrum/status/1831020553211089243 https://x.com/joeykrug/status/1831367181885698392

43:30 Euler V2 is back! https://x.com/eulerfinance/status/1831331399619756375

48:03 Celestia releases technical roadmap https://blog.celestia.org/roadmap/

48:39 Bloomberg added Polymarket election data to Terminal https://x.com/M_McDonough/status/1829166689516442043 https://x.com/shayne_coplan/status/1830984489259901203

50:13 CFTC charges Uniswap with illegal derivatives trading https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8961-24 https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/phamstatement090424 https://x.com/MinarikLaw/status/1831363800542634459

53:11 AIs are now paying other AIs with crypto https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1829623778726592804

56:32 MEME of the Week https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1831386476841726226

59:03 Closing & Disclaimers

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