Bankless Podcast

January 30, 2025 - 12:11 PM
🏴 Stock Tokens Drama

🏴 Stock Tokens Drama

September 04, 2026

AMC’s fight with Robinhood Stock Tokens sent CINEMA soaring alongside the actual AMC stock.

AMC CEO Blasts Robinhood Stock Tokens as AMC Shares Rally

AMC CEO Blasts Robinhood Stock Tokens as AMC Shares Rally

September 04, 2026

AMC’s fight with Robinhood Stock Tokens sent CINEMA soaring, alongside the actual AMC stock, showing how tokenized stocks can be guerrilla marketing machines for public companies.

🏴 Stock-Paired Meme Squeeze?

🏴 Stock-Paired Meme Squeeze?

September 03, 2026

Why cornering a tokenized stock's supply doesn't corner the real stock!

The Stock-Paired Memecoin Squeeze Is a Lie

The Stock-Paired Memecoin Squeeze Is a Lie

September 03, 2026

Why cornering a tokenized stock's supply doesn't corner the real stock.

Ethereum Achieves New Blob Usage Record

Ethereum Achieves New Blob Usage Record

September 03, 2026

Rollups pushed Ethereum blob usage to an ATH this week, with demand the highest its ever been.

Bitcoin Reclaims $80,000 Amid Dovish Fed Signal

Bitcoin Reclaims $80,000 Amid Dovish Fed Signal

September 03, 2026

BTC reached $80k again after Fed Governor Waller said he may support holding rates at the next FOMC meeting.

Pons Reaches New ATHs on Robinhood Chain

Pons Reaches New ATHs on Robinhood Chain

September 03, 2026

Pons just hit new all-time highs in trading volume and tokens created on Robinhood Chain.

What EIP-7906 Would Change About Ethereum Transactions

What EIP-7906 Would Change About Ethereum Transactions

September 02, 2026

EIP-7906 would let Ethereum accounts check what a transaction actually did and, if needed, veto malicious results.

World Open-Sources ProveKit for Private Identity Proofs

World Open-Sources ProveKit for Private Identity Proofs

September 02, 2026

World open-sources ProveKit, letting users prove identity claims like age or nationality without exposing their personal data.

HyperStrat Expands HYPE Buying Power to $2.5B

HyperStrat Expands HYPE Buying Power to $2.5B

September 02, 2026

HyperStrat expands its equity facility from $1B to $2.5B, giving the HYPE treasury company more firepower to keep accumulating tokens.

Ripe Brings Old School DeFi Farming to Robinhood Chain

Ripe Brings Old School DeFi Farming to Robinhood Chain

September 01, 2026

Ripe Protocol is bringing classic DeFi liquidity mining back on Robinhood Chain.

Ethena Launches Neobank App on Avalanche

Ethena Launches Neobank App on Avalanche

September 01, 2026

Ethena launches Ethena Pay, offering USDe yields, card rewards, global transfers, and new utility for ENA.

Permissionless Prediction Markets Go Live on Hyperliquid

Permissionless Prediction Markets Go Live on Hyperliquid

August 31, 2026

Anyone with 500K HYPE can now launch their own prediction markets on Hyperliquid.

Robinhood Chain Becomes Crypto's Top Chain by Organic Revenue

Robinhood Chain Becomes Crypto's Top Chain by Organic Revenue

August 31, 2026

Robinhood Chain's protocol revenue just topped every major chain but incentivized Canton.

Strategy Snaps Its Bitcoin Pause as Bitmine's ETH Buying Streak Continues

Strategy Snaps Its Bitcoin Pause as Bitmine's ETH Buying Streak Continues

August 31, 2026

Strategy and Bitmine now own more than 4% of Bitcoin and Ethereum's supply, respectively, after fresh buys.

Crypto's New Dividend Metric to Watch

Crypto's New Dividend Metric to Watch

August 28, 2026

Holders revenue tracks which crypto protocols actually pay their holders.

Trump Crypto Investors Are $4.7B Underwater

Trump Crypto Investors Are $4.7B Underwater

August 28, 2026

Public Citizen estimates Trump-linked crypto investors are down at least $4.7B across TRUMP, WLFI, NFTs and Trump Media’s treasury.

Solana Narrowly Passes Double-Disinflation Proposal

Solana Narrowly Passes Double-Disinflation Proposal

August 28, 2026

Solana narrowly passed SGP-0002, accelerating its path to 1.5% inflation by 2029, while its sister fee-burn proposal failed.

Ethena Adds Equities to Basis Trade, Shutters HIP-3 Market

Ethena Adds Equities to Basis Trade, Shutters HIP-3 Market

August 28, 2026

Ethena is expanding USDe into equity perps as it overhauls ENA tokenomics and looks to reignite ecosystem growth.

Why Solana Wants Less Inflation, Faster

Why Solana Wants Less Inflation, Faster

August 27, 2026

Solana's SGP-0002, which looks set to pass, would double the SOL disinflation rate and cut the path to 1.5% terminal inflation to under 3 years.

DefiLlama Introduces Universal Token Ratings Dashboard

DefiLlama Introduces Universal Token Ratings Dashboard

August 27, 2026

A new rating system for crypto tokens is live on DefiLlama, built with Forgd across roughly 40 scoring inputs.

Ethena Fee Switch Vote Ties ENA Buybacks to USDe Growth

Ethena Fee Switch Vote Ties ENA Buybacks to USDe Growth

August 27, 2026

Ethena's fee switch vote comes with a proposed USDe-tied revenue ladder.

Bitcoin Fields Its First Quantum-Safe Transaction

Bitcoin Fields Its First Quantum-Safe Transaction

August 27, 2026

A new scheme called QSB used Bitcoin's own legacy rules to lock a transaction against Shor's algorithm.

The Bull Case for Fake World Assets

The Bull Case for Fake World Assets

August 26, 2026

Fake World Assets has real revenue, a growing ecosystem, and new NFT distribution possibilities.

JPMorgan Weighs Stablecoin as Bank Push Accelerates

JPMorgan Weighs Stablecoin as Bank Push Accelerates

August 26, 2026

JPMorgan weighs its own stablecoin as major banks explore a global consortium and thousands of smaller banks launch BankChain Alliance.

Hyperliquid Gets Pumpfun Support, Energy Perps Push

Hyperliquid Gets Pumpfun Support, Energy Perps Push

August 26, 2026

Pumpfun adds HyperEVM trading as HPC pushes U.S. energy perps and AQA v2 begins generating USDC yield for HYPE buybacks.

Roman Storm Retrial Delayed to April 2027

Roman Storm Retrial Delayed to April 2027

August 26, 2026

Roman Storm’s retrial moves to April 2027 as a judge weighs throwing out his conviction and questions grow over Chainalysis’s role.

What to Expect from Kinetiq's Upcoming Hyperliquid L2

What to Expect from Kinetiq's Upcoming Hyperliquid L2

August 25, 2026

Hyperliquid’s first L2 is nearing launch. Here’s what Elysium could mean for DeFi, spot markets, and Kinetiq’s growing role in the ecosystem.

Grayscale's Zcash ETF Begins Trading on NYSE Arca

Grayscale's Zcash ETF Begins Trading on NYSE Arca

August 25, 2026

Grayscale's $ZCSH offers spot ZEC exposure, though its holdings sit outside Zcash's shielded privacy tech.

Galaxy Unveils Crypto-Backed Line of Credit Service

Galaxy Unveils Crypto-Backed Line of Credit Service

August 25, 2026

GalaxyOne's new credit line lets retail users borrow cash against crypto's majors.

Coinbase Enters the Tokenized Stock Wars

Coinbase Enters the Tokenized Stock Wars

August 24, 2026

Coinbase Tokenized Stocks just went live on Base, running on the new B20 standard. Here's what to expect.

Kinetiq Unveils Elysium L2 for Hyperliquid

Kinetiq Unveils Elysium L2 for Hyperliquid

August 24, 2026

Kinetiq unveiled Elysium, a Hyperliquid L2 built to improve HyperEVM performance, revive spot trading, and create a new KNTQ buyback engine.

Phantom to Drop Sui in Second Chain Exit

Phantom to Drop Sui in Second Chain Exit

August 24, 2026

Phantom will drop Sui support come Sept. 24, following its Monad exit as Sui TVL remains roughly 82% below its peak.

Strategy Creates $1.6B Flexible Cash Pool

Strategy Creates $1.6B Flexible Cash Pool

August 24, 2026

Strategy created a $1.59B cash pool for Bitcoin, buybacks, debt, and preferreds as it builds more flexibility into its capital stack.

Recapping the Week in AiFi

Recapping the Week in AiFi

August 21, 2026

Stripe, AWS, and Alipay all just made major moves in agentic payments.

Coldcard Ships Deeper Security Fix Following Bitcoin Heist

Coldcard Ships Deeper Security Fix Following Bitcoin Heist

August 21, 2026

Coinkite's new firmware adds hand-entered entropy and stricter transaction checks to its Coldcard wallets.

Bitcoin Nears $80K as Crypto Rally Stretches to a 3rd Straight Day

Bitcoin Nears $80K as Crypto Rally Stretches to a 3rd Straight Day

August 21, 2026

Crypto's latest rally has BTC near $80K, ETH outpacing it at +28% on the week, and HYPE hitting a fresh ATH.

ETH's Comeback Is Overdue

ETH's Comeback Is Overdue

August 20, 2026

ETH just outgained virtually every top 100 coin in a single day. Ethereum's fundamentals suggest there's more room to run.

Ramp Adds x402 Payments for AI Agents

Ramp Adds x402 Payments for AI Agents

August 20, 2026

Ramp adds x402 payments for AI agents, extending its agent finance push as AWS and Stripe accelerate the agentic payments race.

X Explores Stablecoin Payments for Creators

X Explores Stablecoin Payments for Creators

August 20, 2026

X is exploring stablecoin creator payouts as social platforms increasingly add payments and adopt crypto rails.

Trump Says CFTC Working to Bring Hyperliquid to U.S.

Trump Says CFTC Working to Bring Hyperliquid to U.S.

August 20, 2026

Trump says CFTC Chair Mike Selig is working on a compliant U.S. path for Hyperliquid after months of regulatory engagement.

The Debasement Trade Returns

The Debasement Trade Returns

August 19, 2026

Bitcoin’s breakout revives the debasement trade as Treasury buybacks, AI spending and Japan fuel bets on looser policy ahead.

Base App Unveils Hyperliquid-Powered Perps

Base App Unveils Hyperliquid-Powered Perps

August 19, 2026

Base App users can now trade perps with up to 50x leverage via Hyperliquid.

Nethermind Drops LayerZero Verifier Role, Joins Chainlink

Nethermind Drops LayerZero Verifier Role, Joins Chainlink

August 19, 2026

Another major LayerZero verifier just defected to Chainlink.

SEC Proposes "Regulation Crypto Assets" Framework

SEC Proposes "Regulation Crypto Assets" Framework

August 19, 2026

The SEC just proposed rules that would let crypto startups raise up to $75M without full registration.

TCRs Will Rise Again

TCRs Will Rise Again

August 18, 2026

Token curated registries might be crypto's most underrated primitive again. Why TCRs deserve a second look in 2026.

Centrifuge Proposes Converting Token Into Equity

Centrifuge Proposes Converting Token Into Equity

August 18, 2026

Centrifuge proposes letting eligible CFG holders subscribe for company shares at one CFG per share as it explores a token-to-equity conversion.

Kaito Launches Pulse Social Layer for X

Kaito Launches Pulse Social Layer for X

August 18, 2026

Kaito launches Pulse and Aura, bringing verified reputation and activity to "social trading" via the X timeline.

South Korea Blocks Polymarket Over Gambling Concerns

South Korea Blocks Polymarket Over Gambling Concerns

August 18, 2026

South Korea blocked Polymarket over illegal gambling concerns, joining more than 30 jurisdictions restricting the prediction market.

Getting Started with Bankless MCP

Getting Started with Bankless MCP

August 18, 2026

Bankless MCP wires AI workspaces like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor into the full Bankless content archive.

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