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.
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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
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