Today we're joined by Ryan Selkis, the Founder and CEO of Messari and an outspoken political advocate for the crypto industry. We explore the current state of Crypto Regulation and how Ryan plans to fight in Washington with the Digital Freedom Alliance. ------ 📣 ASYMETRIX PROTOCOL https://bankless.cc/asymetrix  ------ 🚀 Airdrop Alpha is waiting for you on Bankless.com  https://bankless.cc/Alpha    ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2     🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask   ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum   👾STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader   🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/Toku   🎮IMMUTABLE | GAMING ECOSYSTEM https://bankless.cc/Immutable   🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle   ------ Topics Covered 0:00 Intro 9:34 Does Washington Want to Kill Crypto? 15:45 How the US Affects Global Regulation 27:54 Ryan Selkis Proposal 43:10 What we can learn from SBF 51:20 The Digital Freedom Alliance 59:08 Why we have to Play Politics 1:03:49 What’s Next 1:08:00 Closing and Disclaimers ----- Resources: Ryan Selkis https://twitter.com/twobitidiot   Join the Digital Freedom Alliance https://joindfa.org/  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

The SEC is showing all of its cards. Gary Gensler doesn't want the crypto industry to exist at all. After yesterday's Binance suit, the SEC is going after Coinbase too. We brought on Coinbases's Legal Officer, Paul Grewal to hear how Coinbase plans to fight, how you, Bankless listener, can join the fight, and what's next for the crypto industry. Should we be optimistic?  ------ 📣 ASYMETRIX | STAKE stETH NOW https://bankless.cc/asymetrix-pod  ------ 🚀 Airdrop Alpha is waiting for you on Bankless.com  https://bankless.cc/Alpha   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2   🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  👾STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/Toku  🎮IMMUTABLE | GAMING ECOSYSTEM https://bankless.cc/Immutable  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ------ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 3:09 Coinbase Sued 4:42 Timing  6:50 What Does the SEC Want? 9:08 Gary's Confidence  10:38 SEC's Token/Security Choices  12:34 Will Coinbase Delist Tokens? 14:35 Freezing Coinbase Assets?  15:26 Next Steps 17:05 Future Court Case 18:20 What to be Optimistic About? 19:52 How to Join the Fight 21:02 Closing & Disclaimers 21:45 Coinbase Video https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1666135834062467083?s=20  ------ Resources: Coinbase Sued https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1666061613357584384?s=20  Crypto435 https://www.coinbase.com/public-policy/advocacy/crypto435  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Today Gary Gensler and the SEC officially filed lawsuits against crypto exchanges Binance and Coinbase. We break it all down and share some hot takes on what this means for the crypto industry as a whole. ------ 📣 ASYMETRIX | STAKE stETH NOW https://bankless.cc/asymetrix-pod  ------ 🚀 Airdrop Alpha is waiting for you on Bankless.com  https://bankless.cc/Alpha   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2   🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  👾STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/Toku  🎮IMMUTABLE | GAMING ECOSYSTEM https://bankless.cc/Immutable  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ------ CHAPTERS 0:40 Is This Lawsuit a Surprise? 2:35 Is This Lawsuit a Suprise? 8:41 An Attack On Crypto 12:05 The 4 Big Questions 17:06 Gary's Public Statements 22:20 SEC Charges Overview 27:47 Analysis on Coinbase 30:31 Brian Armstrong's Take 32:58 The Case Against Binance 38:08 David's Take on All of This 43:38 What "Securities" Are Effected? 48:41 News Price Impact 53:35 Where Does Solana Stand? 57:39 Is ETH The Next Target? 1:02:17 Does Anybody Actually Want This? 1:05:15 Twitter Takes 1:09:08 Gary's Icarus Moment? 1:11:10 Closing Thoughts ------ Resources: Binance Sued https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1665744014081941506?s=20  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures   

Is re-staking the biggest thing to happen to Ethereum since MEV?  We’re joined by Sreeram Kannan who walks us through Eigenlayer. The re-staking protocol that is set to change the trajectory of Ethereum forever. It may even be launching pretty soon… ------ ✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the episode:  https://www.bankless.com/debrief-sreeram-kannan  ------ 🪂Airdrop Alpha is waiting for you on Bankless 🪂 https://www.bankless.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-airdrops?utm_source=YouTubeRSS&utm_medium=Info&utm_campaign=Airdrop_Alpha   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2   🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask   👾STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum   🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/Toku   🎮IMMUTABLE | GAMING ECOSYSTEM https://bankless.cc/Immutable   🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ------ Topics Covered 0:00 Intro 7:51 How Big Is Restaking? 9:41 What is Restaking? 16:22 What Was The Aha Moment? 21:32 Restaking Explained (Simply) 25:11 Where Does Eigenlayer Live? 29:40 Slashing on Eigenlayer 42:20 Risks of Restaking 57:23 Restaking Networks 1:05:27 Designing Modular Trust 1:07:43 Eigen DA 1:10:35 The 3 Aspects Of Trust 1:14:18 Tokens On Eigenlayer 1:17:54 Why Start a Network on Eigenlayer? 1:24:22 2 Uses Of Economic Security 1:26:06 Eigenlayer Alignment 1:30:42 Restaking Risk Management 1:36:19 Takes on Vitalik's Post 1:46:55 When is Mainnet Launch? 1:49:59 How Will Restaking Change The World? 1:56:59 Outro ——— Resources: Sreeram Kannan: https://twitter.com/sreeramkannan  Vitalik’s Article ‘Don’t Overload’: https://vitalik.ca/general/2023/05/21/dont_overload.html  Sapiens by Yuval Harari: https://www.amazon.com/Sapiens-Humankind-Yuval-Noah-Harari/dp/0062316095  ------ Related Episodes: MEV: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa196eHJidEhiMUdla1Q5Y0FpWklJTVFkWXVfQXxBQ3Jtc0tuSGtubk1QcFpIS2lfeHdjQzJRY3dmbUFDdHpNNDRISlJfZ1F6MWh2SGM4X2JTWk1RbnVPb1dZVy1sRFF2WDNlNXFPQlFZN3dCRnJ3XzFyelp0WmxMTGtuSWh0eXhhejhuTTJCaVBDYnh6b042d2s1NA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bankless.com%2F-cryptos-existential-threat-mev-panel&v=nb7x7n8Ga3U https://www.bankless.com/125-matt-cutler    ---- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Bankless Weekly Rollup 1st Week of June 2023  ------ 🚀 AIRDROP ALPHA 🚀 https://bankless.cc/Alpha ------ 🚀 Asymetrix Go to https://bankless.cc/asymetrix ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask   👾STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum   🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/Toku   🎮IMMUTABLE | GAMING ECOSYSTEM https://bankless.cc/Immutable   🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ------ Topics Covered 0:00 Intro 3:30 MARKETS 7:49 ETH Staking https://twitter.com/hildobby_/status/1663960826225491996?s=20  10:25 CEX Balances 5 Year Low https://decrypt.co/142507/ethereum-bitcoin-balances-exchanges-edges-5-year-lows  12:25 State of NFTs https://twitter.com/cyounessi1/status/1663617804812136450?s=20  17:29 China Bullish On Crypto https://www.theblock.co/post/232404/beijing-web3-white-paper  23:03 Celsius Has A Deal https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/05/25/fahrenheit-wins-bid-to-acquire-assets-of-insolvent-crypto-lender-celsius/  28:16 Worst Crypto Winter? https://twitter.com/icebergy_/status/1663693201620758528  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1663973894645075969?s=20  36:00 SMALL NEWS 36:26 Bullish On Blend https://dappradar.com/blog/blur-dominates-82-of-the-nft-lending-market  37:50 Coinbase Gas Free Transfers https://twitter.com/CoinbaseWallet/status/1663680306329821184  39:47 MoonPay Took $150M? https://twitter.com/web3isgreat/status/1663664708409339904?s=20  41:21 Paradigm Enters AI https://www.theblock.co/post/232247/crypto-vc-paradigm-ai  44:00 Binance Layoffs https://www.theblock.co/post/232696/binance-layoffs-cuts-jobs  45:50 Worldcoin Raises $115M https://blockchain.capital/worldcoin-proof-of-personhood-world-id-and-the-future-of-crypto-onboarding/  50:07 Magic Raises $52M https://magic.link/  52:54 Questions From The Nation Join Our Discord - https://discord.gg/zMVU2bBrcz  1:06:10 Takes Of The Week https://twitter.com/VentureCoinist/status/1662514641233166337?s=20  1:15:10 What Are You Bullish On? https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1663680140117680129?s=20  1:21:48 Risks & Disclaimers ---- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures