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This week, Mike Ippolito joins us to break down crypto’s big flip as institutions rush into stablecoins—triggering excitement and anxiety alike. Hyperliquid faces drama after a high-stakes market manipulation attack, BlackRock's tokenized treasuries surge to nearly $2 billion, and the U.S. Treasury finally removes Tornado Cash from its sanctions list. Meanwhile, Robinhood enters banking, raising questions about DeFi’s future. We dive into all of this and so much more.
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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES
0:00 Intro
0:56 Blockworks DAS Week Recap
6:45 Saylor’s Strategy bought more Bitcoin
https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1904155021781901741
https://x.com/SaylorBuysBTC/status/1904631210887836142
12:33 Stablecoin Gold Rush
https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1905219932612178237
https://x.com/JasonYanowitz/status/1904886554708898112
https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1904521913528975550
25:32 Blackrock’s BUIDL fund is expanding to Solana
https://x.com/solana/status/1904520943667716531
https://x.com/carlosdomingo/status/1904516023623028894
44:59 Hyperliquid
https://x.com/MacroCRG/status/1904895153384357990
https://x.com/HyperliquidX/status/1904923137684496784
https://x.com/toghrulmaharram/status/1904935313081856406
https://x.com/Dogetoshi/status/1904919007930577175
1:03:10 US lifted sanctions on Tornado Cash
https://x.com/matthuang/status/1904192079691170137
1:05:55 Robinhood Banking
https://x.com/RobinhoodApp/status/1905127283532484696
1:09:38 Closing & Disclaimers
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We’re joined by Tim Beiko, Ethereum Foundation coordinator, to break down Ethereum’s next major upgrades and the future of scaling.
We explore the upcoming Petra hard fork, which introduces validator consolidation, increased blob space for rollups, and EIP-7702 for improved account abstraction. Tim also shares insights on Fusaka and Glacier Dam, Ethereum’s roadmap for scaling, and how Ethereum’s upgrade process is becoming more efficient.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
5:43 Current State of EIPs & ETH Hard Forks
8:01 Why Security Is So Important
12:43 Naming Conventions of ETH Hard Forks
13:55 Pectra Upgrade & Its Effects
16:15 Maxeb Upgrade & Its Effects
24:29 Hard Forks, Bandwidth & Scaling
28:51 Other Updates Regarding Pectra
31:40 EOAs & Smart Contract Wallets
36:17 Smart Contract Wallets' Effect on Layer 2
43:15 Timeline of Fusaka & Glamsterdam
48:09 Vitalik's Tweet on Fusaka
51:15 Alcore Devs' Plans
54:25 What's EOF
59:18 Other Updates Regarding Fusaka
1:00:41 Uncertainty Regarding Glamsterdam
1:02:18 ETH's Slowness & Developers
1:05:19 Misconceptions Around ETH
1:07:32 Scaling the Layer 1
1:14:52 Summer of Protocols
1:18:13 Closing & Disclaimers
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RESOURCES
Tim Beiko
Ethereum Roadmap & Hard Forks
https://ethereum.org/en/roadmap/
EIP-7702 (Account Abstraction)
https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7702
Ethereum Object Format (EOF)
https://ethresear.ch/t/ethereum-object-format-eof/
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This week, Anthony Sassano joins us to unpack Solana’s most controversial governance vote yet, Ethereum’s major leadership overhaul, and crypto markets wrestling with macro chaos despite promising policy shifts. Kraken makes waves with a massive $1.5B acquisition—but will it move the needle? We dive into all of this and so much more.
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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES
0:00 Intro
1:39 Anthony’s Crypto Vibe Check
5:56 Markets
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/19/fed-meeting-live-updates.html
12:27 Ethena and Securitize launched a new chain
https://x.com/ethena_labs/status/1901672646015856749
https://x.com/coinbase/status/1902031828912844992
28:13 Robinhood launched their prediction market with Kalshi
https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1901634303768883377
https://x.com/vladtenev/status/1901703746033426919
34:52 Solana proposal to cut inflation failed to pass
https://simd-votes.stakingfacilities.com/
https://www.helius.dev/blog/simd-228
47:07 SOL Futures on CME
https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1901566174598398261
https://x.com/solana/status/1901279678620749997
51:25 Eth/acc & Ethereum Leadership Change
https://x.com/matthuang/status/1902562363532046674
https://x.com/KyleSamani/status/1901769358273040806
https://x.com/ethismoneyHQ/status/1901734022646317213
https://x.com/adietrichs/status/1899607524581740576
https://x.com/megapot_io/status/1902419979196338386
1:06:07 Kraken Acquires NinjaTrader $1.5B
https://www.reuters.com/technology/kraken-acquire-ninjatrader-15-billion-deal-2025-03-20/
1:07:08 Closing & Disclaimers
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This week on the AI Rollup, we’re diving into hyper-realistic AI-generated podcast hosts, showcasing Hedera Studio’s cutting-edge character tech. Google drops Gemini 2.0 Flash, making AI image generation even more powerful with improved consistency and text integration. Meanwhile, China is pushing hard—Baidu’s latest model beats GPT-4.5 at half the cost, challenging OpenAI’s dominance. Plus, Sesame open-sources its voice model, and the crypto AI market sees brutal drawdowns. Despite the turbulence, teams like Virtuals and Bittensor keep building, while Pluralis raises $7.6M to decentralize AI model training. Where does AI Crypto go from here? Let’s find out.
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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES
00:00 Sentiment Check and Recap
05:25 AI Podcast Hosts?
https://x.com/hedra_labs/status/1897699010632466469
08:50 Google Gemini 2.0
https://x.com/robertriachi/status/1899854394751070573
https://x.com/goodside/status/1900349595718148455?s=46
https://x.com/ilumine_ai/status/1900017235898622025
https://x.com/halimalrasihi/status/1900667639086673962?s=46
https://x.com/thatarrowsmith/status/1901203776746201556?s=46
17:55 China's New Frontier Model
https://x.com/scobleizer/status/1901089727568281975?s=46
27:21 AI Market Prices
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum
32:55 Market Manipulation?
https://x.com/solgojo/status/1901002388007514381
https://x.com/0thTachi/status/1902090675111207380
38:11 Pockets Of Outperformers
https://x.com/S4mmyEth/status/1902348046479786315
43:09 Virtuals Update
https://x.com/smyyguy/status/1899181446126076283?s=46
https://x.com/ethermage/status/1899494870152282511
https://x.com/virtuals_io/status/1900185918147064015
49:48 AIXBT Hacked
https://x.com/S4mmyEth/status/1902021914517758277
52:44 New AI Trading Subnet
https://x.com/thebittensorhub/status/1899810734374047799?s=46
58:54 Pluralis Announcement
https://x.com/PluralisHQ/status/1902367132597252177
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