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 <a href="https://x.com/Negentropic_/status/1830685688662040961">https://x.com/Negentropic_/status/1830685688662040961</a>  <a href="https://outlierventures.io/article/token-trendlines-2-bitcoin-halving-the-four-year-cycle-is-dead/"> https://outlierventures.io/article/token-trendlines-2-bitcoin-halving-the-four-year-cycle-is-dead/</a>  <a href="https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1831316995691671641">https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1831316995691671641</a>  <a href="https://x.com/Fiskantes/status/1831302629651042637">https://x.com/Fiskantes/status/1831302629651042637</a>  <a href="https://x.com/SplitCapital/status/1831317921089642915">https://x.com/SplitCapital/status/1831317921089642915</a>   <a href="https://x.com/iamDCinvestor/status/1831318267367145492">https://x.com/iamDCinvestor/status/1831318267367145492</a> 
18:30 Trump revealed more about his DeFi project, World Liberty Financial!  https://www.worldlibertyfinancial.com/ <a href="https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1829141447087648796">https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1829141447087648796</a>   <a href="https://x.com/lex_node/status/1831084542377206220">https://x.com/lex_node/status/1831084542377206220</a>  <a href="https://x.com/lex_node/status/1831105068952961399">https://x.com/lex_node/status/1831105068952961399</a>  <a href="https://x.com/nic__carter/status/1831145983847137451">https://x.com/nic__carter/status/1831145983847137451</a>  <a href="https://x.com/worldlibertyfi/status/1831348462635397271">https://x.com/worldlibertyfi/status/1831348462635397271</a>  <a href="https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1829500453152837828">https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1829500453152837828</a> 
32:07 Brazil banned Twitter <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1829778143449698764">https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1829778143449698764</a>  <a href="https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1831015509384364428">https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1831015509384364428</a> 
37:17 Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan entered Nigeria court on crutches <a href="https://x.com/_RichardTeng/status/1830869029705441553">https://x.com/_RichardTeng/status/1830869029705441553</a> 
41:47 Arbitrum released Stylus!  <a href="https://x.com/arbitrum/status/1831020553211089243">https://x.com/arbitrum/status/1831020553211089243</a>  <a href="https://x.com/joeykrug/status/1831367181885698392">https://x.com/joeykrug/status/1831367181885698392</a> 
43:30 Euler V2 is back!  <a href="https://x.com/eulerfinance/status/1831331399619756375">https://x.com/eulerfinance/status/1831331399619756375</a> 
48:03 Celestia releases technical roadmap <a href="https://blog.celestia.org/roadmap/">https://blog.celestia.org/roadmap/</a> 
48:39 Bloomberg added Polymarket election data to Terminal <a href="https://x.com/M_McDonough/status/1829166689516442043">https://x.com/M_McDonough/status/1829166689516442043</a>  <a href="https://x.com/shayne_coplan/status/1830984489259901203">https://x.com/shayne_coplan/status/1830984489259901203</a> 
50:13 CFTC charges Uniswap with illegal derivatives trading <a href="https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8961-24">https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8961-24</a>  <a href="https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/phamstatement090424"> https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/phamstatement090424</a>  <a href="https://x.com/MinarikLaw/status/1831363800542634459">https://x.com/MinarikLaw/status/1831363800542634459</a> 
53:11 AIs are now paying other AIs with crypto <a href="https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1829623778726592804">https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1829623778726592804</a> 
56:32 MEME of the Week <a href="https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1831386476841726226">https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1831386476841726226</a>  
59:03 Closing & Disclaimers
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ROLLUP: Trump’s DeFi Project | CFTC vs. Uniswap | Brazil Bans Twitter | Coinbase AI | Polymarket & Bloomberg

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 [&hellip;]