This week’s Weekly Rollup, David and Kain Warwick dive into Argentine President Milei’s LIBRA fiasco and Strategy’s bold $2B Bitcoin play, while we check out the new Kaito airdrop making waves. We also explore Ethereum’s biggest upgrade yet—Pectra—plus Monad’s high‐speed L1 testnet launch. Finally, we dig into the SEC’s fresh “CETU” cyber unit and what the brand‐new Infinex platform means for DeFi. Tune in for all the drama and alpha happening in the third week of February!

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

0:00 Intro, Libra, Memecoins, & ICOs

https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1890611964994363769 

https://dexscreener.com/solana/bzzmnvfm7t6zsgfelxzermrxfkanldo4fszvsisxcszz 

https://x.com/bubblemaps/status/1890531084221182326 

https://x.com/JMilei/status/1890606683291779195 

https://x.com/KelsierVentures/status/1890914579493863532 

https://x.com/MemeCoin_Track/status/1892324967196569675 

https://x.com/JupiterExchange/status/1891181433588470052 

https://x.com/hellochow/status/1891341548115149190 

https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1891285564713836830 

https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1890611982320971992 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/argentina-scandal-fuels-selloff-on-favorite-memecoin-platform 

https://x.com/RunnerXBT/status/1891400277535703389 

https://polymarket.com/event/milei-out-as-president-of-argentina-in-2025?tid=1740070784399 

29:59 Markets

https://www.strategy.com/press/strategy-announces-proposed-private-offering-of-2b-of-convertible-senior-notes_02-18-2025 

38:51 Kaito Airdrop

https://yaps.kaito.ai/ 

https://x.com/KaitoAI/status/1890379872280682548 

https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/kaito 

https://x.com/divine_economy/status/1892597817434145113 

https://x.com/smyyguy/status/1892585101873033380 

53:16 Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade

https://x.com/sassal0x/status/1890534315148132521 

1:00:21 Monad launched a public testnet

https://x.com/monad_xyz/status/1892227817149997212 

1:00:47 SEC Launches New Cyber Unit ‘CETU’ Aims to Protect From Bad Actors

https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025-42 

1:06:52 Infinex

https://x.com/infinex_app/status/1887028112099283198 

1:11:29 Closing & Disclaimers

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