Bankless Weekly Rollup 2nd Week of October ----- 🎁 Check your wallet with our brand new tool: Claimables  https://bankless.cc/GetClaimables  ------ 📚 a16z Startup School | Applications are now open! https://a16zcrypto.com/crypto-startup-school/?utm_source=bankless&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=css_london&utm_id=css  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/Toku  🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE ⁠https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🔗 CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo  ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 3:30 Markets 6:30 Inflation https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/12/cpi-september-2023.html  11:00 Why Americans Have Crypto https://twitter.com/jp_koning/status/1711714224664186943  14:05 ETH Validator Queue https://www.validatorqueue.com/  16:45 Friend.tech Surpassed Bitcoin https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1710024292992163889  17:45 Tron vs Bankless https://www.bankless.com/tron-trx-bull-bear  22:00 ETH Predictions https://www.theblock.co/post/255860/ethereum-eth-price-standard-chartered-bank  27:00 SBF Trial https://compote.slate.com/images/c8708922-4b13-418c-a8be-af557e45079e.jpeg  28:20 Gary Wang https://twitter.com/emilydparker/status/1711797258302243182?s=46  33:00 Caroline Ellison vs SBF https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/technology/caroline-ellison-sam-bankman-fried-trial.html  41:30 Thai Escorts (Not Taiwanese, David!)   44:05 SBF’s Ambitions https://x.com/innercitypress/status/1711806222117027840?s=20  https://twitter.com/byzgeneral/status/1711864012567093287  47:45 Hamas Crypto Accounts https://www.theblock.co/post/255679/israeli-authorities-have-frozen-hamas-linked-crypto-accounts-report  https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/militants-behind-israel-attack-raised-millions-in-crypto-b9134b7a  50:22 Critical Context https://twitter.com/samlyman33/status/1712209368450511162?s=46  51:33 Getting Drafted https://twitter.com/AmMuroch/status/1711980124021669941  52:30 Ray Dali on War https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/another-step-toward-international-war-ray-dalio/  53:30 Farcaster Goes Permissionless https://twitter.com/dwr/status/1711828728865849505  54:00 Five Shades of Lido https://notes.ethereum.org/@mikeneuder/magnitude-and-direction  58:10 Sam Altman on Joe Rogan https://ogjre.com/episode/2044-sam-altman  1:01:05 Trader Joe Getting Sued https://twitter.com/Blockworks_/status/1711705702287200497?s=20  1:02:00 Uniswap zkEVM https://x.com/okutrade/status/1709916468219981977?s=20  1:04:30 Questions from the Nation https://bankless.cc/GetClaimables  1:08:10 When to Sell https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/1711064578212475360?s=20  1:10:10 Cars vs Shoes https://twitter.com/0xMidnight/status/1710409447187632611  1:10:50 What David’s Bullish On https://www.bankless.com/vampire-season-diva  1:15:50 What Ryan’s Bullish On   1:21:00 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/Crypto_McKenna/status/1711851523657830561  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Last week was unprecedented, to say the least. Several, yes that’s right, not 1, not 2, but several ETH Futures ETFs launched last week for the first time in the U.S.!  What does this mean for crypto? Volumes have been surprisingly low. Is it a surprise? Will volumes pick up? Regardless, of whether they do or don't, what do all of these ETH ETFs mean for crypto? Are Bitcoin ETFs next?  We brought on Eric Balchunas to help us answer the above and much more.  is an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence focused on exchange-traded funds. Eric is an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence focused on exchange-traded funds.  ----- 🏹 Airdrop Hunter is HERE, join your first HUNT today https://bankless.cc/JoinYourFirstHUNT  ------ 📣 a16z Startup School | Apply Before Oct. 20th https://bankless.cc/a16z-startup-school  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ⁠ 🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  ⁠  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/Toku  🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE ⁠https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🔗 CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo  ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 7:12 Why ETF Week Was Unprecedented  11:15 Magnitude of Many Launches  16:40 Futures Less Than Spot?  18:25 ETHE vs. Futures  23:43 Is ETH a Security? 28:28 Why Do We Care About ETH ETFs? 32:40 Spot Approval Interpretation  37:23 Scope of the Opportunity  46:50 Timing Predictions of Spot Approvals 51:00 Gensler Preventing Spot Approval?  55:30 Eric’s Twitter 57:00 Closing & Disclaimers  ----- RESOURCES Eric Balchunas https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas  ----- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures