Episodes

  • ROLLUP: U.S. Crypto Task Force | Ethereum L1 Is Scaling | Microstrategy's Record BTC Buy | Uniswap v4 | Berachain's Massive Airdrop

    ROLLUP: U.S. Crypto Task Force | Ethereum L1 Is Scaling | Microstrategy's Record BTC Buy | Uniswap v4 | Berachain's Massive Airdrop
    Feb 7 2025
    This week on Bankless Weekly Rollup, we explore major crypto updates from Berachain’s mainnet launch and the rollout of its BERA token, to Uniswap V4’s new features and hooks that are shaking up decentralized trading. The episode delves into market dynamics including SEC moves led by Hester Peirce, Microstrategy’s rebranding, and the impact of US tariff actions on global trade. We also unpack Ethereum’s scaling upgrades and discuss the innovative strategies behind emerging DeFi protocols. Tune in for an in-depth look at the evolving crypto landscape and the key developments driving the space. Thanks to Mike Ippolito for joining us: https://x.com/MikeIppolito ------ 📣 MORPHO | GO-TO LENDING INFRASTRUCTURE https://bankless.cc/Morpho ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty ⚖️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 🎮RONIN | THE FUTURE OF WEB3 GAMING https://bankless.cc/Ronin ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 00:00:00 Start 00:03:57 Why We Dumped, Again https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-imposes-tariffs-on-imports-from-canada-mexico-and-china/ https://x.com/benbybit/status/1886393172152156604 https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1886373316249649437 00:15:33 L2 Updates https://x.com/ak47ink/status/1882228296626458970 https://blog.kraken.com/product/staking/new-us-staking 00:18:06 Microstrategy Rebrands to ‘Strategy’ https://www.bankless.com/read/microstrategy-rebrands-to-strategy https://x.com/saylor/status/1887229546199462309 00:19:28 The $20 Billion Dollar Bid https://x.com/MikeIppolito_/status/1887274787677913457 https://www.tradingview.com/chart/V7YvdegA/?symbol=NASDAQ%3AMSTR https://x.com/SemlerEric/status/1886764609924948349 00:26:31 US Lawmakers Plan For Digital Assets https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1886876049113588156 00:28:06 New Stablecoin Bill https://x.com/SenLummis/status/1886887005113790866 00:35:07 SEC Creates Crypto Task Force https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/peirce-journey-begins-020425 https://x.com/HesterPeirce/status/1886864054477815861 https://x.com/AlexanderGrieve/status/1886869439293067404 https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1886910308762980788 https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025-36 https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/1886870066924245297 00:42:42 Uniswap V4 Is Live! https://x.com/Uniswap/status/1885329579495080248?t=Twla8zs17AxKhHl4DKSkQA&s=19 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1885349829091459354 https://x.com/angstromxyz/status/1885011791761068427 https://x.com/flaunchgg/status/1878879274566107323 https://x.com/whetstonedotcc 00:49:41 Berachain Token Launch https://x.com/berachain/status/1887178672995537236 https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/berachain 00:57:51 ETH To Increase Gas Limit https://x.com/data_always/status/1886573645687935463?s=46 https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1886579901039337759 01:01:38 Loss Of Ultra Sound https://ultrasound.money/ https://x.com/drakefjustin/status/1887108667675124174 01:08:02 Thanks To Mike ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠
    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 9 mins
  • AI ROLLUP #10: 70% AI Market Crash | Fair-Launch Tokens Good or Bad? | Virtuals’ $2M Fiscal Policy | Coinbase AI Hackathon

    AI ROLLUP #10: 70% AI Market Crash | Fair-Launch Tokens Good or Bad? | Virtuals’ $2M Fiscal Policy | Coinbase AI Hackathon
    Feb 6 2025
    David and Ejaaz dissect the latest in AI crypto markets after a ruthless 70% drop, weighing whether it’s just a temporary setback or a major reset. Arc and Fartcoin show surprise rebounds, Virtuals unveils a $2M “fiscal policy” to fund agent innovation, and Coinbase’s AI hackathon spotlights a future swarming with yield-bots and marketing agents. Meanwhile, Freya’s vision of sovereign on-chain AI may mark the next frontier. If you’re tracking the evolution of agents, markets, and where crypto’s AI boom goes next, this episode is a must-listen (as always, anon). ------ 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotifya-premium ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty ⚖️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 🏦ONDO | INSTITUTIONAL GRADE FINANCE https://bankless.cc/Ondo ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/base:0x4be6cd4d402fed49eb2de95fbc8e737e8ffd3e7f/28 ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 0:41 AI Crypto Mindshare https://www.cookie.fun https://x.com/S4mmyEth/status/1886429346488791099 https://x.com/DV_Memetics/status/1886452402154316257 https://x.com/0xnairolf/status/1886756102928269748 15:13 Fair-Launch Tokens Good or Bad? https://x.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1886829695343161494 25:30 Virtuals Nation Fiscal Policy https://x.com/virtuals_io/status/1884938359573000665 https://x.com/vaderresearch/status/1885311150277222641 35:10 Coinbase Hackathon https://x.com/CoinbaseDev/status/1886468701689631006 42:54 OpenAI’s Deep Research Agent https://x.com/sama/status/1886220046864671067 https://x.com/Felipe_Millon/status/1886205433469178191 50:52 Freysa https://x.com/chappieonchain/status/1886427494632276127 https://youtu.be/E4yRpY0o0Xs?si=vVd200CKk1GPFVqM&t=2900 59:32 EigenLayer Verifiable Agents https://x.com/eigenlayer/status/1886880694019788973 1:04:18 Voice-Enabled Agents Next Meta? https://x.com/cryptopunk7213/status/1885692491095036019 https://x.com/soulgra_ph/status/1884748450534993924 https://x.com/bcsmithx/status/1884751516399206455 https://x.com/agenttanklive/status/1885032386121138325 https://x.com/limitusintel/status/1886466941268975811 1:11:22 Reflection of 10 Weeks of AI Rollup 1:12:37 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠
    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Tariffs, Trump, & Bitcoin Endgame | Jeff Park

    Tariffs, Trump, & Bitcoin Endgame | Jeff Park
    Feb 5 2025

    Donald Trump’s newly announced 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico (and 10% on China) have rattled global markets and sparked fresh uncertainty around the U.S. dollar. According to Bitwise’s Jeff Park—whose article “Tariffs, Triffin, and Trump: How the End Game Sends Bitcoin Vertical” has gone viral—this policy shift is fueling one of the biggest crypto-macro convergences since COVID. In this episode, we explore how these cascading forces could radically suppress Treasury yields, devalue the dollar, and propel Bitcoin into unprecedented territory.

    ------
    📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24
    https://bankless.cc/spotifya-premium

    ------
    BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:

    🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi
    https://bankless.cc/Frax

    🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM
    https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty

    ⚖️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

    🏦ONDO | INSTITUTIONAL GRADE FINANCE
    https://bankless.cc/Ondo

    ------
    ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨
    https://zora.co/collect/base:0x4be6cd4d402fed49eb2de95fbc8e737e8ffd3e7f/27

    ------
    TIMESTAMPS

    0:00 Intro
    2:40 Trump Tariffs & Bitcoin Connection
    4:09 Fiscal Deficit Benefits
    7:28 Plaza Accord 1.0 & 2.0
    14:12 Tariffs Now vs. 8 Years Ago
    16:55 What Happens Next?
    19:36 Lowering 10-Year Rate
    22:10 Fiscal Dominance Policy Control
    23:28 The Triffin Dilemma
    29:01 Bitcoin’s Impact
    32:16 Trump Advocation of Bitcoin
    35:10 Crypto & Real Estate
    37:06 Eric Trump’s ETH Tweet
    39:22 10-Year Yield Rate Lowering Invetitabilty
    42:07 Bitcoin & Other Crypto Risk Assets
    47:17 Bitwise’s Dogecoin ETF
    50:05 Closing & Disclaimers

    ------
    RESOURCES

    Jeff Park
    https://x.com/dgt10011

    Jeff Park’s Thread
    https://x.com/dgt10011/status/1886125163642552606

    ------
    Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:
    https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠

    Show more Show less
    51 mins
  • Can Pudgy Penguins Flip DOGE? | Luca Netz

    Can Pudgy Penguins Flip DOGE? | Luca Netz
    Feb 3 2025

    In this episode of Bankless, Luca Netz, CEO of Pudgy Penguins, explores how meme coins are evolving beyond speculation. We discuss Pengu’s launch on Solana, Pudgy Penguins’ expansion into retail and gaming, and how GIFs with 300M+ daily views are driving mass adoption. Luca also shares why meme coins can be real brands and what’s next for Pudgy’s growing ecosystem.

    ------
    📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24
    https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium

    ------
    BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:

    🪙 FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi
    https://bankless.cc/Frax

    🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM
    https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty

    ⚖️ 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

    🏦ONDO | INSTITUTIONAL GRADE FINANCE
    https://bankless.cc/Ondo

    ------
    ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨
    https://zora.co/collect/base:0x4be6cd4d402fed49eb2de95fbc8e737e8ffd3e7f/24?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E

    ------
    TIMESTAMPS

    00:00:00 Intro
    00:03:53 Opinion on Pengu token and its competitor
    00:08:03 Reformatting the idea of a memecoin
    00:12:32 Pudgy Penguins aren't just memes
    00:16:09 Solana competitor vs Pengu
    00:20:03 Impact of 30 Billion views on the GIFs on the brand
    00:22:56 How does the GIFs system work?
    00:25:27 GIFs working principle
    00:27:13 Big brands doing SEO on GIFs
    00:28:38 Non-crypto people using Pudgy GIFs
    00:31:59 Physical Products of Pudgy Penguins
    00:36:50 Other components of expanding the brand
    00:38:56 How big is the conglomerate?
    00:39:26 Choosing Solana L1 over L2
    00:45:27 Where does Base stand in the algorithm?
    00:51:26 Some thoughts on Ethereum's current state
    00:55:32 Abstract Chains
    01:02:58 Pudgy Penguins' relation with Abstract Chains
    01:04:18 Closing & Disclaimers

    ------
    RESOURCES

    Luca Netz
    https://x.com/LucaNetz

    Pudgy Penguins
    https://pudgypenguins.com/

    ------
    Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:
    https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 2 mins
  • ROLLUP: Bitcoin on the US Balance Sheet? | Trump's US Crypto Stockpile | Banks Can Now Custody Crypto | Venice AI's Massive Airdrop

    ROLLUP: Bitcoin on the US Balance Sheet? | Trump's US Crypto Stockpile | Banks Can Now Custody Crypto | Venice AI's Massive Airdrop
    Jan 31 2025
    Joining us this week is Haseeb Qureshi who is here to help walk us through this week’s Weekly Rollup. We cover the major shift in the U.S. government’s stance on crypto, as Trump signs an executive order that establishes a national digital asset stockpile working group and bans CBDCs. The SEC also revokes SAB121, clearing the way for banks to custody crypto. Meanwhile, Venice AI’s token launch made waves, and Abstract Chain went live with a focus on creators and streamers. In markets, Nvidia’s $600B plunge rattled investors, and the Czech National Bank considers adding Bitcoin to its reserves. Plus, Gary Gensler lands a new job—back at MIT. ------ 💸 CRYPTO TAX CALCULATOR | CODE: BANKLESS15 https://bankless.cc/CryptoTaxCalculator ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty ⚖️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 🎮RONIN | THE FUTURE OF WEB3 GAMING https://bankless.cc/Ronin ----- ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/base:0x4be6cd4d402fed49eb2de95fbc8e737e8ffd3e7f/26?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 00:00:00 Start 00:02:10 NVDA and Deepseek Selloff https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/27/nvidia-sheds-almost-600-billion-in-market-cap-biggest-drop-ever.html 00:08:26 Why It Sold Off https://x.com/DavidSacks/status/1883935713877782884 00:10:56 Markets 00:12:28 Why is The Vibe So Off? https://x.com/intocryptoverse/status/1884408180014186958?s=46 00:16:53 Bitwise Files For Doge ETF https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1884349554256142735 00:21:01 Powell On Cutting Rates https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/29/fed-meeting-live-updates-traders-await-fed-chair-powells-comments.html https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1884699251860553789 00:24:30 US Strategic Crypto Reserve? https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/strengthening-american-leadership-in-digital-financial-technology/ https://x.com/Geiger_Capital/status/1882534611693211932 00:29:21 Czech And Norway Invest In BTC https://x.com/DavidFBailey/status/1884491705841508708 https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1884901420677386243 00:33:28 SAB121 Repeal https://x.com/hesterpeirce/status/1882562977985114185?s=46 https://x.com/saylor/status/1882565582870270241?s=46 00:37:02 New Treasury Secretary https://x.com/USTreasury/status/1884377788263633262 00:38:48 Gary Returns To MIT https://mitsloan.mit.edu/press/former-sec-chair-gary-gensler-named-professor-practice-mit-sloan-school-management 00:44:01 Venice AI Token Launch https://x.com/AskVenice/status/1883925135825990091 https://x.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1883992467151663415 https://x.com/CoinbaseAssets/status/1884041161708356000 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1884320943008538781 00:49:08 Abstract Chain Mainnet Launch https://x.com/AbstractChain/status/1883939915169423777 https://x.com/pudgypenguins/status/1884708668366545143 00:50:33 Symbiotic https://x.com/symbioticfi/status/1884266642416492713 00:52:48 TRUMP Token, Good And Bad https://x.com/hosseeb/status/1883466906080088478?s=46 https://x.com/Jesseeckel/status/1884615422521020626 00:58:02 TRUMP Is A Celeb Coin https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-28/trump-s-memecoin-can-now-be-used-to-buy-watches-and-sneakers 01:03:45 Haseeb’s Podcast And Parting Advice ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠
    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 7 mins
  • AI ROLLUP #9: $6M DeepSeek Shocker | $500B AI Push | Venice’s Billion-Dollar Airdrop | Solana DEX Record

    AI ROLLUP #9: $6M DeepSeek Shocker | $500B AI Push | Venice’s Billion-Dollar Airdrop | Solana DEX Record
    Jan 30 2025

    Ejaaz and David reunite to unpack the DeepSeek shockwave: how a mere $6M open-source AI model rattled OpenAI’s dominance, nudged Nvidia’s stock, and sparked a fresh “arms race” in crypto AI. Meanwhile, Trump’s massive AI funding pledge and Solana’s record DEX volumes signal that the space might be heading for its biggest bull run yet.

    On the builder side, ARC’s rust-based agents partner with the Solana Foundation, AI16Z launches a $10M fund, and Virtuals teases multi-chain expansions that could redefine how agent tokens earn revenue. Between China’s fast breakthroughs and America’s big AI bets, the race to integrate AI and crypto has never been hotter. Buckle up, anon.

    ------
    💸 CRYPTO TAX CALCULATOR | BANKLESS15
    https://bankless.cc/CryptoTaxCalculator

    ------
    BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:

    🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi
    https://bankless.cc/Frax

    🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM
    https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty

    ⚖️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

    🎮RONIN | THE FUTURE OF WEB3 GAMING
    https://bankless.cc/Ronin

    -----
    ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨
    https://zora.co/collect/base:0x4be6cd4d402fed49eb2de95fbc8e737e8ffd3e7f/25

    ------
    TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

    0:00 China & DeepSeek

    12:43 Why Markets Rattled
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

    24:32 OpenAI & Perplexity Agent Products
    https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1882509286439637448
    https://x.com/perplexity_ai/status/1882466239123255686
    https://x.com/sama/status/1884066337103962416

    34:12 AI Agent Chain Wars

    39:42 Virtuals is expanding to SOLANA!
    https://x.com/virtuals_io/status/1883107553183162507
    https://x.com/state_of_mika/status/1883107601183048078
    https://x.com/vaderresearch/status/1883597990830731678
    https://www.lookonchain.com/articles/1035

    53:01 AIXBT is becoming a product
    https://x.com/aixbt_terminal/status/1882755705586982969

    56:01 VeniceAI launches a token that pays for your agent’s expenses
    https://x.com/askvenice/status/1883925135825990091
    https://x.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1884051994324947001

    1:03:13 Griffain now has a Shopify integration for their agents
    https://x.com/griffaindotcom/status/1883230795764322328

    1:05:22 ARC partnered with Solana
    https://x.com/arcdotfun/status/1884325639047819476

    1:06:36 Ai16z $10M x Jupiter Fund & Rebrand?
    https://x.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1883124194013319340
    https://x.com/shawmakesmagic/status/1884376511391674742

    1:08:45 What is Ejaaz paying attention to?

    1:10:02 Closing & Disclaimers

    ------
    Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:
    https://www.bankless.com/disclosures ⁠

    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 11 mins
  • DeepSeek R1 & The Short Case For Nvidia Stock | Jeffrey Emanuel

    DeepSeek R1 & The Short Case For Nvidia Stock | Jeffrey Emanuel
    Jan 28 2025

    China’s new DeepSeek AI model, which reportedly matches GPT-4’s performance at 1/45th the cost, has rattled the AI hardware market and contributed to a 20% dip in Nvidia’s stock price. Investor-technologist Jeffrey Emanuel argues that DeepSeek’s efficiency gains aren’t the only story, as his viral 12,000-word article “The Short Case for Nvidia Stock” also catalyzed the market’s panic. In this episode, we explore how these converging factors could unbundle Nvidia’s once-unassailable lead and drastically reshape AI compute economics.

    • Jeff's Article: https://youtubetranscriptoptimizer.com/blog/05_the_short_case_for_nvda
    • Jeff on X: https://x.com/doodlestein

    ------
    BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:


    🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi
    https://bankless.cc/Frax


    🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM
    https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty


    ⚖️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


    🎮RONIN | THE FUTURE OF WEB3 GAMING
    https://bankless.cc/Ronin

    -----
    ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨
    https://zora.co/collect/base:0x4be6cd4d402fed49eb2de95fbc8e737e8ffd3e7f/23?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E

    ------
    TIMESTAMPS
    00:00 Start
    05:20 Intro To Jeff
    07:27 The Issue With DeepSeek
    16:00 Inference Compute Explained
    24:51 Nvidia's Competition
    29:14 DeepSeek's Impact On Valuations
    36:46 Criticism Around Jeff's Thesis
    44:17 DeepSeek's 45x Upgrade
    51:30 The Transformer Explained
    01:03:15 Why Is Everyone Shocked?
    01:12:07 Synthetic Data
    01:21:30 Why Jeff's Article Went Viral


    ------
    Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:
    https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Superagency: The Bull Case for AI | Reid Hoffman

    Superagency: The Bull Case for AI | Reid Hoffman
    Jan 27 2025

    In this episode of Bankless, Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and author of Super Agency, explores how AI is set to transform humanity and amplify individual potential. We dive into Hoffman’s vision of “super agency,” We examine AI's potential to democratize technology and reshape society, along with an analysis of four distinct perspectives on its impact: pessimistic, cautious, ambitious, and balanced. Hoffman shares lessons from past tech revolutions, the risks of AI misuse, and how innovation can unlock a more optimistic future.

    ------
    📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24
    https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium

    ------
    BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:

    🪙 FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi
    https://bankless.cc/Frax

    🦄UNISWAP | BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM
    https://bankless.cc/Uniswap-Bug-Bounty

    ⚖️ 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

    🎮RONIN | THE FUTURE OF WEB3 GAMING
    https://bankless.cc/Ronin

    ------
    ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨
    https://zora.co/collect/base:0x4be6cd4d402fed49eb2de95fbc8e737e8ffd3e7f/22?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E

    ------
    TIMESTAMPS

    00:00:00 Intro
    00:09:10 Is superagency a superpower?
    00:11:09 How to identify a humanoid AI agent?
    00:13:28 Which people will get this AI superpower?
    00:17:22 Propagation of AI
    00:18:47 AI religions
    00:24:31 Zoomers are e/acc?
    00:25:56 Thoughts on Gloomers
    00:29:09 Mainframe computers' relation with today's AI
    00:37:03 Negative and positive impacts of AI
    00:50:28 Benefits of AI to the average citizen
    00:52:58 What if AI misuses/sells our data?
    00:59:31 How AI will deliver value worth millions
    01:02:17 Why innovation is safety
    01:05:59 AI choices shaping our freedom?
    01:10:07 America’s approach towards AI
    01:12:27 Is AI overhyped?
    01:14:05 Closing & Disclaimers

    ------
    RESOURCES

    Reid Hoffman
    https://x.com/reidhoffman

    Blitzscaling
    https://www.blitzscaling.com/

    Super Agency
    https://www.superagency.ai/

    ------
    Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:
    https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 8 mins