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23H AGO

AI ROLLUP: 26 Months Until AGI | Meta's New Top Model Cheated? | $20 Billion To AI Apps

Welcome to the AI Rollup, your weekly ride through the fast-paced world of artificial intelligence! This week, we’re joined by frontier tech enthusiast Josh Kale to unpack the drama around Meta’s controversial launch of Llama 4, scrutinized for potentially overstating its capabilities. We dive into “AI 2027,” a provocative roadmap predicting espionage, geopolitical turmoil, and runaway intelligence, and explore Shopify’s bold move making AI usage mandatory for employees. Plus, we cover Claude Education’s groundbreaking efforts to boost student performance with tailored AI tutors and a16z’s massive $20 billion AI startup fund aiming to shape the industry’s next era. ------ 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐SELF | PROVE YOUR SELF https://bankless.cc/Self 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APP https://bankless.cc/Infinex ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 00:00:00 AI Generated Tarriff’s 00:03:58 Meta’s Huge New LLAMA 4 Announcement https://x.com/ahmad_al_dahle/status/1908595680828154198?s=46 https://x.com/alexocheema/status/1908651942777397737?s=46 00:11:54 Did Meta Cheat? https://x.com/Yuchenj_UW/status/1909061004207816960 https://x.com/andrewallenxo/status/1909143884321481157 https://x.com/ahmad_al_dahle/status/1909302532306092107?s=46 https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/4mvphwx5pdsZLMmpY/recent-ai-model-progress-feels-mostly-like-b******t 00:20:45 AGI Is Coming in 2027 https://ai-2027.com/ https://situational-awareness.ai/ 00:28:02 What Happens After AGI https://ai-2027.com/ https://situational-awareness.ai/ 00:39:58 Shopify And The Employment Crisis https://x.com/tobi/status/1909251946235437514 00:48:34 The Future Of Education https://www.anthropic.com/news/introducing-claude-for-education https://x.com/jowettbrendan/status/1907695965726978184 https://x.com/cryptopunk7213/status/1907969387958513727 https://x.com/itsPaulAi/status/1907122207136137368 https://www.foxnews.com/media/texas-private-schools-use-ai-tutor-rockets-student-test-scores-top-2-country 00:59:55 How Much Does AI Know About You 01:04:58 A16Z’s $30B Fund https://x.com/tkexpress11/status/1909626333711548526 https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/andreessen-horowitz-seeks-raise-20-billion-megafund-amid-global-interest-us-ai-2025-04-08/ ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

1h 13m
3D AGO

Etherealize: Ethereum is Open for Business | Danny Ryan & Vivek Raman

We’ve got the team behind Etherealize on the show today—Vivek Raman and Danny Ryan—to discuss their mission to onboard institutions, governments, and capital markets to Ethereum. We explore how Ethereum is “open for business” with L2 scaling, modular architecture, and a maturing regulatory landscape. The Etherealize team breaks down their dual structure—a for-profit consulting and product arm alongside a nonprofit focused on R&D and policy—to drive institutional adoption. ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain 🌐SELF | PROVE YOUR SELF https://bankless.cc/Self 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APP https://bankless.cc/Infinex ------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Intro 00:07:12 Etherealize & Its Mission 00:15:29 Clients & Finances 00:20:17 Relation Between Ethereum Foundation & Etherealize 00:21:31 Etherealize's Funding 00:22:43 Etherealize's Competitions 00:26:02 Challenges & Roadblocks 00:28:15 What Success Looks Like for Etherealize 00:29:56 Etherealize's Co-Founders 00:31:10 Ethereum’s Upcoming Era 00:40:20 What Makes Ethereum Special 00:46:00 Political Effect on Ethereum 00:51:33 Community Support 00:54:51 Layer 1 & Etherealize 00:58:36 Hypothetical Scenarios with Ethereum 01:01:50 What’s Next for Etherealize 01:04:47 Some Unturned Stones 01:07:32 Closing & Disclosures ------ RESOURCES Etherealize https://www.etherealize.com Vivek Raman https://x.com/VivekVentures Danny Ryan https://x.com/dannyryan ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

59 min
APR 3

ROLLUP: Trump Tariff Crash | Circle IPO | CoreWeave IPO | FDIC Crypto Greenlight

This week, Alex Thorn joins us to unpack Trump's shocking tariff announcement that sent markets plunging and investors scrambling. Circle files for its IPO, revealing surprising financials, while the FDIC gives banks the crypto green light. CoreWeave debuts with a blockbuster IPO, and Eric Trump dives deeper into Bitcoin mining. We cover all this chaos and more in this week’s Weekly Rollup. Follow Alex on X & check out his Galaxy Brains podcast: https://x.com/intangiblecoinshttps://www.galaxy.com/insights/podcasts/galaxy-brains/ ------📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPERhttps://bankless.cc/Celo 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex ------TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 0:29 Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs https://x.com/kobeissiletter/status/1907556839686054240 https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1907533090559324204 https://x.com/CalltoActivism/status/1907549193650188469 https://x.com/notlouisck/status/1907657906117554278 https://x.com/JamesSurowiecki/status/1907559189234196942 https://x.com/KushDesai47/status/1907618136444067901 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1907769359621067017 36:53 Circle Files for IPO https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1907172102353924269 https://x.com/g_djuric/status/1907200843289370910 https://x.com/Nick_van_Eck/status/1907181670504993026 https://x.com/TheOneandOmsy/status/1907229821043626100 https://polymarket.com/event/circle-ipo-in-2025?tid=1743435443834 54:32 Eric Trump & Bitcoin Mining https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1906689372142915712 https://x.com/FDICgov/status/1905662427783467111 58:07 CoreWeave IPO https://www.galaxy.com/transactions/coreweave-growth-financing 1:04:47 Closing & Disclaimers ------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

1h 6m
APR 3

AI ROLLUP: ChatGPT's Viral Explosion | xAI Acquires X | Coreweave IPO Rocks Markets

AI heats up, markets shake, and the internet gets Ghbilified. OpenAI hits 1M users in 60 minutes, CoreWeave IPO rocks NASDAQ, and XAI acquires X. A new “world’s best” model quietly drops—did Google just take the lead? Cursor raises at a $9.6B valuation as “vibecoding” enters the mainstream. Welcome back to another week of the AI Rollup. ------ 📣CRYPTO TAX CALCULATOR | TAXES MADE EASY https://bankless.cc/Cryptotaxcalculator ------ 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐SELF | PROVE YOUR SELF https://bankless.cc/Self 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APP https://bankless.cc/Infinex ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 00:00:00 The Ghibli Effect https://x.com/alifarhat79/status/1904884015858884884 https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1906831621166440583 00:05:09 Coreweave IPO https://www.ft.com/content/519006a9-82c6-4939-afa1-58921a399105 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/01/coreweave-shares-bounce-ipo-price.html https://x.com/TheStalwart/status/1907438208662552647 00:14:28 xAI Acquires X https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1905731750275510312?s=46 00:20:02 Grok's Telegram Integration 00:24:38 New Best Model Has Arrived https://x.com/bookwormengr/status/1905050740110090429?s=46 https://x.com/gfodor/status/1904980153329242147?s=46 00:32:09 Cursor And The Vibe Coding Explosion https://x.com/ArfurRock/status/1906768733135098360 00:39:02 AI Crypto Trend Update https://x.com/defi0xjeff/status/1904154090424402163?s=46 00:45:47 BillyBets March Madness https://x.com/playprophetx/status/1899535745435742608?s=46 https://x.com/bunchubets/status/1904224002123473294?s=46 00:56:51 Olas https://olas.network/ 01:01:32 Vana https://x.com/anna_kazlauskas/status/1905414468315549737?s=46 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

1h 8m
APR 2

From TradFi to Internet Finance: A New Era of Global Capital | Felipe Montealegre

Felipe Montealegre, co-founder of Thea Capital, joins us to unpack a new vision for global finance—what he calls the Internet Financial System. Felipe makes the case that today's financial world still runs on siloed, permissioned databases—slow, expensive, and riddled with gatekeepers. But blockchains and smart contracts offer something radically different: a unified, open system where capital can move efficiently across borders and property rights are stronger than ever. This episode is a must-listen for anyone wondering how crypto is building the financial infrastructure of the 21st century. ------📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐SELF | PROVE YOUR SELF https://bankless.cc/Self 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APP https://bankless.cc/Infinex ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:29 Internet Financial Systems 12:03 Frictions in Financial Systems 20:33 Innovations in Internet Financial Systems 28:42 Server with Laws 40:02 Incompatibilities within Systems 50:17 Absence of Financial Laws 57:34 Potential of Finance in Crypto 1:09:59 Server Compatibility with Governments 1:16:18 Different Laws for Investing in Crypto 1:26:26 Building Protocols 1:29:52 Closing & Disclaimers ------RESOURCES Felipe Montealegre https://x.com/TheiaResearch Internet Finance https://x.com/TheiaResearch/status/1876618725547233417 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠
MAR 31

Vlad Tenev Wants to Tokenize SpaceX & OpenAI on Robinhood

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev returns to Bankless for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of tokenization, crypto regulation, and Robinhood’s evolving product suite. Vlad lays out a bold vision for bringing tokenized assets like SpaceX and OpenAI equity to retail investors, discusses the role of prediction markets as "truth machines," and introduces Robinhood's latest products: Strategies, Cortex, and Banking. This one’s a big glimpse into where TradFi and DeFi collide. ------📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPER https://bankless.cc/Celo 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APP https://bankless.cc/Infinex ----- ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/coin/base:0xa77995768d39c157180262d352f86f39ac1b3fbd?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:54 New Administration 12:19 Tokenization 16:18 Tokenized SpaceX 18:12 An IPO Alternative 23:39 Prediction Markets 25:40 Kalshi 29:58 Future of Prediction Markets 35:58 Robinhood Banking 38:27 Robinhood Cortex 44:08 Robinhood Strategies 49:04 Cash Delivery 52:10 Crypto Listings 54:37 Why Distinct Apps? 56:32 How Bankless is Robinhood? 1:00:42 Closing Thoughts ------RESOURCES Vlad Tenev https://x.com/vladtenev Robinhoodhttps://robinhood.com/ Washington Post Op-ed https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/28/investing-crypto-tech-robinhood-stock-market/ ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

57 min
MAR 28

ROLLUP: Stablecoin Surge | Hyperliquid Drama | Tornado Cash Freed | Robinhood Banking

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. Follow Mike on X & Checkout Bell Curve: https://x.com/MikeIppolito_ https://www.youtube.com/@bellcurvepodcast/videos ------ 📣CRYPTO TAX CALCULATOR | TAXES MADE EASY https://bankless.cc/Cryptotaxcalculator ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPER https://bankless.cc/Celo 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APP https://bankless.cc/Infinex ----- ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/coin/base:0xe36312b13decbe5af463aaf188a510b69f28ce7e ------ 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 Rushhttps://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 https://wewantjusticedao.org/ 1:05:55 Robinhood Banking https://x.com/RobinhoodApp/status/1905127283532484696 1:09:38 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures
MAR 25

The Next Chapter for Pump.Fun | Co-Founder Alon

Alon, co-founder of Pump.Fun, joins us to discuss the meteoric rise of their token launchpad platform, the controversial yet impactful role of memecoins in crypto, and the vision behind their newest product, PumpSwap. We dive deep into the cultural influence, sustainability mechanisms, and future possibilities for the memecoin launchpad ecosystem. Alon on X: https://x.com/a1lon9 ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPER https://bankless.cc/Celo 🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APP https://bankless.cc/Infinex ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/coin/base:0x593367264faf6cdc105addb55036733e4e63fdf9?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 7:09 Pump.Fun Inception 13:46 Post-Launch Pump.Fun 19:09 Pump.Fun’s Impact on Memecoins 23:25 Making Memecoins Less Extractive 28:32 Pump.Fun 4Chan Aesthetic 36:57 Pump.Fun Moderation 47:37 Pump.Fun’s Success 50:52 PumpSwap 59:12 Creator Revenue Sharing 1:02:09 Pump.Fun vs Radium 1:05:41 Pump.Fun’s Social Elements 1:08:19 Content, Attention & Markets 1:10:56 Future of Memecoins 1:13:11 Are Memecoins Evil? 1:17:44 Pump.Fun’s Mission 1:20:17 Why Pump.Fun x Bankless 1:22:06 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

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12/19/2024

Lpinberlin

The two hosts are attentive and very well spoken when presented complimentary dialogue to the discussion. It’s good listening when the topic is of interest. Some topics go deep into the weeds without background explanations…but then again they’d be explaining in every episode. Overall a great podcast
MAGA sympathizers

6d ago

Uber eats is awful

I’ve listened since day 1. This used to be great and informative and I attribute a lot of my blockchain learnings to this show. Unfortunately the show has devolved into MAGA sympathizing, scam promotions and the like. Shameful how far they’ve fallen, David, especially. They’ll still have periodic great interviews with Vitalik, Justin Drake, et al, but that has become the exception so I’ll just check in for those periodically and stop following each episode.
Comedy

Mar 15

Nevans97

The lengths these guys will go to to not have to mention XRP is pure comedy.
VC shillers

Jan 12

john in 10 mile

These guys are VCs who shill their bags. Also strongly supported Kamala who was part of anti-crypto Biden team.

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AI ROLLUP: 26 Months Until AGI | Meta's New Top Model Cheated? | $20 Billion To AI Apps

Etherealize: Ethereum is Open for Business | Danny Ryan & Vivek Raman

ROLLUP: Trump Tariff Crash | Circle IPO | CoreWeave IPO | FDIC Crypto Greenlight

AI ROLLUP: ChatGPT's Viral Explosion | xAI Acquires X | Coreweave IPO Rocks Markets

From TradFi to Internet Finance: A New Era of Global Capital | Felipe Montealegre

Vlad Tenev Wants to Tokenize SpaceX & OpenAI on Robinhood

ROLLUP: Stablecoin Surge | Hyperliquid Drama | Tornado Cash Freed | Robinhood Banking

The Next Chapter for Pump.Fun | Co-Founder Alon

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AI ROLLUP: 26 Months Until AGI | Meta's New Top Model Cheated? | $20 Billion To AI Apps

Etherealize: Ethereum is Open for Business | Danny Ryan & Vivek Raman

ROLLUP: Trump Tariff Crash | Circle IPO | CoreWeave IPO | FDIC Crypto Greenlight

AI ROLLUP: ChatGPT's Viral Explosion | xAI Acquires X | Coreweave IPO Rocks Markets

From TradFi to Internet Finance: A New Era of Global Capital | Felipe Montealegre

Vlad Tenev Wants to Tokenize SpaceX & OpenAI on Robinhood

ROLLUP: Stablecoin Surge | Hyperliquid Drama | Tornado Cash Freed | Robinhood Banking

The Next Chapter for Pump.Fun | Co-Founder Alon

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Vladimir Tenev

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