Memecoin mania spiraled out of control this week, with shocking livestream rug pulls and Pump.fun disabling its livestream feature due to disturbing behavior. Meanwhile, Base and Farcaster hit record TPS and inflows as memecoin trading heats up.
In Washington, Trump nominated pro-crypto Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary. What does this mean for crypto policy? Plus, a surprising investor joins Trump’s World Liberty Financial raise—we’ll reveal who.
And a major court victory for crypto privacy: judges ruled OFAC overstepped in the Tornado Cash case, declaring immutable smart contracts unsanctionable. Does this mean Tornado Cash is back?
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0:00 Intro
7:12 Markets <a href="https://x.com/DegenerateNews/status/1859978611606102494">https://x.com/DegenerateNews/status/1859978611606102494</a>   <a href="https://x.com/JacobKinge/status/1859979524487909769">https://x.com/JacobKinge/status/1859979524487909769</a>  <a href="https://x.com/saylor/status/1861033309934862601">https://x.com/saylor/status/1861033309934862601</a>  <a href="https://www.theblock.co/post/328025/microstrategy-4-per-cent-of-bitcoin-bernstein-price-target-600-usd"> https://www.theblock.co/post/328025/microstrategy-4-per-cent-of-bitcoin-bernstein-price-target-600-usd</a>  <a href="https://x.com/Galois_Capital/status/1861299857975046261">https://x.com/Galois_Capital/status/1861299857975046261</a>  <a href="https://farside.co.uk/?p=1518">https://farside.co.uk/?p=1518</a>  <a href="https://imgur.com/pUSaAQ2">https://imgur.com/pUSaAQ2</a>  <a href="https://l2beat.com/scaling/tvl">https://l2beat.com/scaling/tvl</a>  <a href="https://x.com/HHorsley/status/1860397442547790105">https://x.com/HHorsley/status/1860397442547790105</a> 
26:00 Pump.fun suspends livestream feature <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-26/pump-fun-s-streams-show-the-dark-side-of-memecoin-trading"> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-26/pump-fun-s-streams-show-the-dark-side-of-memecoin-trading</a>  <a href="https://x.com/crypto_bitlord7/status/1860989408092258441">https://x.com/crypto_bitlord7/status/1860989408092258441</a>   <a href="https://x.com/_kaitoai/status/1860969504798302691">https://x.com/_kaitoai/status/1860969504798302691</a>  <a href="https://x.com/pumpdotfun/status/1861138234580869128">https://x.com/pumpdotfun/status/1861138234580869128</a>  <a href="https://x.com/ChainLinkGod/status/1861091091585409400">https://x.com/ChainLinkGod/status/1861091091585409400</a>  <a href="https://x.com/moo9000/status/1860980423716659462">https://x.com/moo9000/status/1860980423716659462</a> 
34:15 Base And Farcaster AI Agent meta heating up  <a href="https://x.com/phantom/status/1861108202022318470">https://x.com/phantom/status/1861108202022318470</a>      <a href="https://x.com/qiqileyuan/status/1861650662590947411">https://x.com/qiqileyuan/status/1861650662590947411</a>  <a href="https://x.com/cryptotesters/status/1861216310631506364">https://x.com/cryptotesters/status/1861216310631506364</a>  <a href="https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1861434379270308195">https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1861434379270308195</a>  <a href="https://x.com/dwr/status/1861595910498631928">https://x.com/dwr/status/1861595910498631928</a>  <a href="https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1861422824029647241">https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1861422824029647241</a>  <a href="https://x.com/anoncast_">https://x.com/anoncast_</a>   <a href="https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1860806662962954526">https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1860806662962954526</a>  <a href="https://warpcast.com/superanon/0x5c38e09ce41560f3a469946c8e08bcf463f31469"> https://warpcast.com/superanon/0x5c38e09ce41560f3a469946c8e08bcf463f31469</a>  <a href="https://anoncast.org/anonfun">https://anoncast.org/anonfun</a>  <a href="https://x.com/ChazSchmidt/status/1861539655620919497">https://x.com/ChazSchmidt/status/1861539655620919497</a>  <a href="https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1861041911542223294">https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1861041911542223294</a>  <a href="https://warpcast.com/cherdougie/0x2c3ba9646bc37de213953294076b1250acf8635b"> https://warpcast.com/cherdougie/0x2c3ba9646bc37de213953294076b1250acf8635b</a>  <a href="https://x.com/search?q=%24blonde&src=cashtag_click">https://x.com/search?q=%24blonde&src=cashtag_click</a>  <a href="https://x.com/ayyyeandy/status/1861683577722909062">https://x.com/ayyyeandy/status/1861683577722909062</a>  <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/aixbt-by-virtuals">https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/aixbt-by-virtuals</a>  <a href="https://app.virtuals.io/">https://app.virtuals.io/</a> 
48:00 Bankless disclosures <a href="https://www.bankless.com/disclosures">https://www.bankless.com/disclosures</a>   <a href="https://x.com/iamdcinvestor/status/1861028893408317863">https://x.com/iamdcinvestor/status/1861028893408317863</a> 
53:06 Big victory in Tornado Cash case as judge says OFAC exceeded authority <a href="https://x.com/BillHughesDC/status/1861545321450336342">https://x.com/BillHughesDC/status/1861545321450336342</a>  <a href="https://x.com/valkenburgh/status/1861565828270846048">https://x.com/valkenburgh/status/1861565828270846048</a>  <a href="https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1861566807225532470">https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1861566807225532470</a>  <a href="https://x.com/rstormsf/status/1861575644796330392">https://x.com/rstormsf/status/1861575644796330392</a>  <a href="https://juicebox.money/@defend-roman-storm">https://juicebox.money/@defend-roman-storm</a> 
1:00:01 US court struck down SEC broker-dealer rule  <a href="https://x.com/BlockchainAssn/status/1859657449856463077">https://x.com/BlockchainAssn/status/1859657449856463077</a>  <a href="https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/1859678807600529892">https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/1859678807600529892</a>  <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113529294640959784"> https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113529294640959784</a>  <a href="https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1861430542668886408">https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1861430542668886408</a> 
1:05:53 Trump Media files a trademark for “TruthFi” <a href="https://x.com/JoshGerben/status/1859689670986408392">https://x.com/JoshGerben/status/1859689670986408392</a> 
1:07:10 Tron became the largest investor into World Liberty Finance <a href="https://x.com/justinsuntron/status/1861121947372773545">https://x.com/justinsuntron/status/1861121947372773545</a>  <a href="https://x.com/SplitCapital/status/1861794875668136104">https://x.com/SplitCapital/status/1861794875668136104</a>  <a href="https://x.com/Caitlyn_Jenner/status/1861123142439313714">https://x.com/Caitlyn_Jenner/status/1861123142439313714</a> 
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1:13:04 Top signals? <a href="https://x.com/HalieyWelchX/status/1861470493280206907">https://x.com/HalieyWelchX/status/1861470493280206907</a>  <a href="https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1861053012573057285">https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1861053012573057285</a> 
1:17:15 Closing & Disclaimers
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ROLLUP: Memecoin Mania | Tornado Cash Win! | Pro-Crypto Trump Cabinet | Justin Sun & WLFI

Memecoin mania spiraled out of control this week, with shocking livestream rug pulls and Pump.fun disabling its livestream feature due to disturbing behavior. Meanwhile, Base and Farcaster hit record TPS and inflows as memecoin trading heats up. In Washington, Trump nominated pro-crypto Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary. What does this mean for crypto policy? Plus, [&hellip;]