# ![@Bankless Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1225557966142820354.png) @Bankless Bankless

Vitalik Buterin has laid out his vision for the next [--] years of Ethereum, focusing on cryptographic verification, privacy by default, and self-custody. Meanwhile, discussions around decentralized trading, intent-based architecture, and the role of AI agents in crypto are gaining traction. The Bankless community is also gearing up for their upcoming summit, featuring top Ethereum speakers.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  #280 [finance](/list/finance)  27.48% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  15.27% [stocks](/list/stocks)  14.5% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  10.69% [exchanges](/list/exchanges)  #4042 [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  1.53% [nfts](/list/nfts)  1.53% [financial services](/list/financial-services)  1.53% [vc firms](/list/vc-firms)  0.76%

**Social topic influence**
[crypto](/topic/crypto) #114, [ethereum](/topic/ethereum) #117, [ai](/topic/ai) #2391, [bitcoin](/topic/bitcoin) #127, [$spot](/topic/$spot) #1143, [youtube](/topic/youtube) 6.11%, [onchain](/topic/onchain) #381, [money](/topic/money) 5.34%, [the most](/topic/the-most) 4.58%, [polymarket](/topic/polymarket) #540

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@trustlessstate](/creator/undefined) [@base](/creator/undefined) [@ryansadams](/creator/undefined) [@vitalikbuterin](/creator/undefined) [@wmpeaster](/creator/undefined) [@ethereum](/creator/undefined) [@f4ucorsairson9](/creator/undefined) [@davewardonline](/creator/undefined) [@megaeth](/creator/undefined) [@biancoresearch](/creator/undefined) [@olaxbt](/creator/undefined) [@dustinfocus](/creator/undefined) [@austingriffith](/creator/undefined) [@zooko](/creator/undefined) [@yangl1996](/creator/undefined) [@wassieweb3](/creator/undefined) [@davidecrapis](/creator/undefined) [@alexlaprade](/creator/undefined) [@zcash](/creator/undefined) [@justdeauit](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Ethereum (ETH)](/topic/ethereum) [Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) [Spotify Technology (SPOT)](/topic/$spot) [Zcash (ZEC)](/topic/zcash) [Coinbase Global Inc. (COIN)](/topic/coinbase) [PunkStrategy (PNKSTR)](/topic/$pnkstr) [Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"OpenClaw an open-source agent framework went viral in late Jan. as ERC-8004 launched on mainnet. The timing matters: agents finally have the identity reputation and payment infrastructure they need to operate autonomously. Today we're breaking down what OpenClaw is why it fits crypto and where the limitations still lie👇 Analysis by @davewardonline What Is OpenClaw Built by software engineer @steipete OpenClaw connects your favorite chat appsWhatsApp Telegram Discord iMessageto AI coding agents with access to a computer's OS: browser terminal files shell commands and 50+ other integrations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2020881197547606152)  2026-02-09T15:23Z 338.8K followers, 23.7K engagements


"Next Tuesday's #StateoftheNation is going to be on U.S. Election Day Who should we have on to discuss"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1322612534487126016)  2020-10-31T18:52Z 338.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Are AI agents finally giving us useful replies We take look on how @grok deployed the $DRB token using @bankrbot and what happened next👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1900235869568504192)  2025-03-13T17:21Z 338.5K followers, 70.2K engagements


"Selfie KYC is dead. Tap your e-passport to your phone. Do a liveness check and let your secure enclave feed it into a zero-knowledge proof. "Doing it the zero knowledge way is the secure way of doing it for sure. - @Zac_Aztec"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1995901015653314603)  2025-12-02T17:00Z 338.5K followers, 33.7K engagements


"EXCLUSIVE: The @rainbowdotme token sale TGE is Thursday Feb 5th [----] Learn everything you need to know in the tweet below 👇 The Rainbow Wallet Token Sale @trustlessstate chats w/ @mikedemarais & @alexlaprade to learn about the @rainbowdotme ICO - Ticker: $RNBW - 3% of total supply - $100m implied FDV - 50% discount to last round - US citizens✅ - Coinlist Sale They also introduce a legal https://t.co/DPdOkJsCmA The Rainbow Wallet Token Sale @trustlessstate chats w/ @mikedemarais & @alexlaprade to learn about the @rainbowdotme ICO - Ticker: $RNBW - 3% of total supply - $100m implied FDV - 50%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2000941258504810852)  2025-12-16T14:49Z 338.2K followers, 170.4K engagements


".@VitalikButerin just made a bold declaration: ETHEREUM HAS SOLVED THE BLOCKCHAIN TRILEMMA He credits a new combination of technical upgrades that are working together to push the networks scaling limit without sacrificing decentralization or security. Today were exploring where Ethereum is headed next. 👇 Article by @JackInabinet 🔍 Ethereums Scaling Future All networks make tradeoffs between decentralization security and scalability. While peer-to-peer file sharing platform BitTorrent is highly decentralized and very scalable it has no single source of truth that forms network consensus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2008303699731640412)  2026-01-05T22:24Z 338.5K followers, 47.6K engagements


"Crypto Treasury Companies Dodge Forced MSCI Index Exit https://www.bankless.com/read/news/msci-reaffirms-index-inclusion-of-digital-asset-treasury-companies https://www.bankless.com/read/news/msci-reaffirms-index-inclusion-of-digital-asset-treasury-companies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2008986212997190004)  2026-01-07T19:36Z 338.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Let's check in with @token_works the dev studio behind: PunkStrategy (Sept. 2025) Introduced $PNKSTR with a 10% trading fee. The protocol accumulates ETH buys the cheapest CryptoPunk it can and relists it for a 20% premium 'round and 'round. Upon any sales all proceeds are used to burn $PNKSTR. NFTStrategy (Sept. 2025) Extended the $PNKSTR playbook to a curated set of top NFT collections like Bored Ape Yacht Club Pudgy Penguins and Chimpers routing a portion of revenue back to original creators via onchain royalties. TokenStrategy (Dec. 2025) Unveiled a permissionless launchpad for deploying"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2011804989472051612)  2026-01-15T14:17Z 338.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Anchorage Digital Seeking Capital Raise Up To $400M: Bloomberg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2012290957212008953)  2026-01-16T22:28Z 338.1K followers, [----] engagements


"📢New Token Sale from @capmoney_ 📅February 9th 💲 FDV: $150-$250m 🛒Supply: 10% 🦄Uniswap CCA LIVE at 2:00pm EST: @TrustlessState talks with @DeFiDave22 and @Benjamin918_ to discuss the sale https://t.co/kXCmFbLS62 https://t.co/kXCmFbLS62"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2013285231743086743)  2026-01-19T16:19Z 338.1K followers, 21.2K engagements


"LIVE NOW - Zcash Founder on Privacy AI and How ZEC is 'Encrypted Bitcoin' @Zcash founder @zooko joins Bankless to argue that privacy is back on the critical path that AI turns chain surveillance into pattern-recognition at scale and that the real bottleneck for cypherpunk tools has always been UX and onboarding. We dig into Zcashs encrypted Bitcoin meme the dev funds evolving design (and why it helped Zcash survive) recent ZEC momentum and the wallet/intents stack that makes private spending actually usable. -------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:46 What Failed 3:58 What Succeeded 5:04"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2015771713116795355)  2026-01-26T13:00Z 338.3K followers, 60K engagements


"The Cypherpunk dream was stuck on UX." - @moxie founder of @signalapp Cypherpunks were stuck on this method: Step [--] - we'll make tools that work well for us Step [--] - "well teach everyone else in the world to be like us. That's why according to @Zcash's @zooko the Cypherpunks have totally failed. if you have fewer than [---] million users then you're not affecting the world. Otherwise It's a waste of time. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016262138713796886 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016262138713796886"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2016262138713796886)  2026-01-27T21:28Z 338.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Someone asked ChatGPT o spell check their document. And ChatGPT went ahead and removed all references to services that give you one time use phone numbers and cryptocurrency." ChatGPTs answer: One time phone number services in crypto could be used like for abuse and scams and stuff so I can't really leave that in there." - @zooko founder of @Zcash on how AI is starting to control our lives"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2016270126547628194)  2026-01-27T22:00Z 338.3K followers, 34K engagements


"Here's crazy guru metaphysical thing. "If you had the ETH and you thought to yourself: what I want is to have my ETH over in this new wallet that's unlinked." You would think: "What I want is to convert half of my ETH into ZEC and hold it in ZEC." - @zooko shilling @Zcash on Bankless. 🎬 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016587229989392589 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016587229989392589"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2016587229989392589)  2026-01-28T19:00Z 338.3K followers, 10.4K engagements


"Today @realDonaldTrump nominated Kevin Warsh as his pick to replace Jerome Powell at the Federal Reserve But who is Kevin Warsh and what does he think about Crypto He is angel investor in a old stablecoin experiment @basisprotocol and also @BitwiseInvest https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017269887328989574 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017269887328989574"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2017269887328989574)  2026-01-30T16:13Z 338.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Recently a16z published a proposal for using LLMs as prediction market judges. The pitch is to lock a specific model and prompt into the blockchain at contract creation let traders inspect the resolution mechanism before betting then run it at resolution. The goal is to eliminate human bias and token-based dispute resolution problems. There's just one problem the proposal glosses over: LLMs aren't designed to give the same answer twice.👇 Analysis by @davewardonline The Resolution Bottleneck Resolution has become the chokepoint for prediction markets at scale. In their article a16z cites"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2018342213256724486)  2026-02-02T15:14Z 338.2K followers, [----] engagements


"The @elonmusk Trifecta: - "xAI runs the intelligence" - "Tesla makes the chips" - "SpaceX launches them into outer space. And thats the endgame: The chips that are going to be trained to build AGI are going to be Tesla chips. with xAI being the orchestrator of that. "The AI data center in space thing is the new novelty a new thing that just kind of come online in the last few months because its only recently been made possible through this Starship program. You need a certain amount of energy in space in order to offset the costs until its more lucrative to train data centers in space than on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2018429315701248481)  2026-02-02T21:00Z 338.4K followers, [----] engagements


"LIVE NOW -- Where Do We Go From Here Michael Nadeau @JustDeauIt went risk-off in October and has been targeting Bitcoin's fair value near $65K. In this episode he joins @RyanSAdams to unpack what changed after BTC broke below $80K why he does not think this is the macro low yet and what a real bottom typically looks like (capitulation then apathy). They also dig into the new wild card: incoming Fed chair Kevin Warsh and why rates down could still mean tighter liquidity if the balance sheet shrinks. Mike walks through the key cycle signals he is watching (MVRV/realized price 200-week moving"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2018670807950737846)  2026-02-03T13:00Z 338.3K followers, 25.5K engagements


"LIVE NOW - Huddle01 Token Sale DePIN for RTC @huddle01com is bringing its DePIN-powered real-time communication stack to market with a token sale on @arbitrum. @ranjan3118 & @Susmit_Lavania dig into the stack (RTC compute and future low-latency capital markets) why the network is SOC2-compliant and how value accrues across the infrastructure and app layers. The sale runs Feb [---] via @Uniswap's Continuous Clearing Auction through HuddlePad aiming for market-driven price discovery. Sale participants get a 100% TGE unlock while team and investor allocations remain locked --------------"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019004823031406894)  2026-02-04T11:07Z 338.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Stablecoins are the plumbing of DeFiyet most of today's supply is tethered to TradFi approaches. When a stablecoin is custodial you inherit the issuer's worldview legal pressures and blacklisting risks. If it's backed by real-world assets like U.S. Treasury bills holders don't get direct onchain redemption rights. This is why trust-minimized stablecoins matter and why three new projects are worth watching.👇 Analysis by @wmpeaster Trust-minimized stablecoin protocols run on immutable code use crypto-native collateral and offer redemptions via onchain mechanisms. We've seen various projects"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019048766473437474)  2026-02-04T14:01Z 338.2K followers, [----] engagements


"If we see a real shock a significant drop 10% or so in stocks the fallout doesnt stop at portfolios. @JustDeauIt from @the_defi_report argues the labor market is pretty susceptible to something like that and it could create more layoffs. [----] and the last [--] years trained markets to expect a rescue. But Michael is wrestling with the possibility of a policy reflex: Are we in a new regime https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019093727046955038 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019093727046955038"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019093727046955038)  2026-02-04T17:00Z 338.5K followers, [----] engagements


"NEWS: @DigitalAssets Launches $FIDD on Ethereum https://www.bankless.com/read/news/fidelity-launches-fidd-stablecoin-on-ethereum https://www.bankless.com/read/news/fidelity-launches-fidd-stablecoin-on-ethereum"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019115577894400333)  2026-02-04T18:27Z 338.3K followers, [----] engagements


"My thesis is we'll see Bitcoin over $1 million. @JustDeauIt from @the_defi_report is "very much a long term bull." Despite everything he still expects all time highs: The entire financial system is going onto crypto rails stocks and bonds and everythings coming onto crypto rails payments. I havent changed my mind. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019123919161291066 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019123919161291066"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019123919161291066)  2026-02-04T19:00Z 338.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Listen to the full episode👇 Spotify: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=h7zj0SDWmkw https://open.spotify.com/episode/1fG5TlGS1lrgKLpo9vbwjB https://www.bankless.com/podcast/ai-on-ethereum-erc-8004-x402 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=h7zj0SDWmkw https://open.spotify.com/episode/1fG5TlGS1lrgKLpo9vbwjB https://www.bankless.com/podcast/ai-on-ethereum-erc-8004-x402"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019471253950914954)  2026-02-05T18:00Z 338.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Listen to the full episode👇 Spotify: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=h7zj0SDWmkw https://open.spotify.com/episode/1fG5TlGS1lrgKLpo9vbwjB https://www.bankless.com/podcast/ai-on-ethereum-erc-8004-x402 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=h7zj0SDWmkw https://open.spotify.com/episode/1fG5TlGS1lrgKLpo9vbwjB https://www.bankless.com/podcast/ai-on-ethereum-erc-8004-x402"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019486355303362833)  2026-02-05T19:00Z 338.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Listen to the full episode👇 Spotify: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=h7zj0SDWmkw https://open.spotify.com/episode/1fG5TlGS1lrgKLpo9vbwjB https://www.bankless.com/podcast/ai-on-ethereum-erc-8004-x402 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=h7zj0SDWmkw https://open.spotify.com/episode/1fG5TlGS1lrgKLpo9vbwjB https://www.bankless.com/podcast/ai-on-ethereum-erc-8004-x402"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019516602300190997)  2026-02-05T21:00Z 338.4K followers, [----] engagements


"LIVE NOW -- Why Everything Broke at Once (Crypto Tech Gold) & What Happens Next. Crypto enters a full-blown pain market as Bitcoin ETH tech stocks and even gold sell off together. Ryan and David break down why crowded trades are unwinding across markets what the Warsh Fed chair pick means for rates and risk assets and whether crypto has become uniquely fragile in this cycle. They dig into Vitaliks L2 pivot and what it signals about Ethereums next era unpack massive institutional paper losses at Strategy BitMine and Galaxy and analyze Polymarket odds on where Bitcoin goes next. Plus: OGs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019757975758586132)  2026-02-06T13:00Z 338.4K followers, [----] engagements


"What price will Bitcoin hit in [----] That's the Polymarket @RyanSAdams & @TrustlessState break down today. - 52% of $50000 - 81% chance of $60000 - 47% chance of $100000 - 5% chance of $250000 🙏📈 Just use @Polymarket"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019802703560585691)  2026-02-06T15:57Z 338.4K followers, 10.7K engagements


"Thanks to our partners at Polymarket. Try today.👇 https://bankless.cc/polymarket-podcast https://bankless.cc/polymarket-podcast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019802715715760557)  2026-02-06T15:57Z 338.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Listen to the full episode👇 Spotify: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=KFzaJ7_-XQ0 https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gB5dmF6xpcbLxqiqs80px https://www.bankless.com/podcast/megaeth-mainnet-is-live-the-next-era-of-ethereum-scaling https://www.youtube.com/watchv=KFzaJ7_-XQ0 https://open.spotify.com/episode/2gB5dmF6xpcbLxqiqs80px https://www.bankless.com/podcast/megaeth-mainnet-is-live-the-next-era-of-ethereum-scaling"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2021268111887040742)  2026-02-10T17:00Z 338.6K followers, [----] engagements


""The reason why @megaeth uses @ethereum is not because of fanboyism" but because its the most decentralized turing complete blockchain. We did [-----] transactions per second" on a mainnet stress test enabling low latency games with [--] UX trade offs. Building an ultra low latency environment - that cant be done on a traditional Layer1" It's only possible on a Layer2. A strong ETH is good for crypto if ETH doesn't do well were all screwed." - @NamikMudurogl & @yangl1996 reflecting on the recent @VitalikButerin's tweet 🎬 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021268099639673081"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2021268099639673081)  2026-02-10T17:00Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


"LIVE NOW -- Has Crypto Lost the Plot Bear Market Reality & What Happens Next Crypto feels cooked in [----] and the Super Bowl proves it. @RyanSAdams and @TrustlessState unpack Coinbases Backstreet Boys rug pull ad and what it reveals about cryptos collapsed public narrative. Then they dig into the brutal selloff why IBITs record volume hints at forced TradFi liquidation and what Polymarket is pricing for Bitcoin under $50K. From Robinhoods prediction markets exploding into a real revenue engine to the political fight over who regulates gambling vs markets the thesis is clear: finance is the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2022294699097329848)  2026-02-13T13:00Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


"RT @VitalikButerin: Tomasz has always impressed me with his work ethic his unique personality and the kind of organization that he built"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2022338761221345665)  2026-02-13T15:55Z 338.8K followers, [---] engagements


"You can now hedge and trade on Bitcoin price using Polymarket: The odds that Bitcoin falls below 50K this cycle are 66%. There's also 72% chance that it goes up to $80000. You can "set buy ticks" and you can use it "to inform your stink bids." Theres already "$17 million of volume on this." @TrustlessState & @RyanSAdams on @Polymarket🎬 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022308854932144299 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022308854932144299"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2022308854932144299)  2026-02-13T13:56Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


""The person who just spent a year with the deepest possible view into where Ethereum is headed decided the most important thing he could do is build on it." Well said. The person who just spent a year with the deepest possible view into where Ethereum is headed looked at everything on the horizon and decided the most important thing he could do with his next years is build on it. The EF is in strong hands. Hsiao-Wei and Bastian (fun fact: The person who just spent a year with the deepest possible view into where Ethereum is headed looked at everything on the horizon and decided the most"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2022339337212584409)  2026-02-13T15:57Z 338.8K followers, 12.6K engagements


"Listen to the full episode👇 Spotify: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=25kc95NH7N4 https://open.spotify.com/episode/10XZOaCqRuxjep9VtfeWnb https://www.bankless.com/podcast/whats-the-story-ai-stocks-crypto-downturn-metals-selloff-saaspocalypse https://www.youtube.com/watchv=25kc95NH7N4 https://open.spotify.com/episode/10XZOaCqRuxjep9VtfeWnb https://www.bankless.com/podcast/whats-the-story-ai-stocks-crypto-downturn-metals-selloff-saaspocalypse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2022340147371786442)  2026-02-13T16:00Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


"We finally got our AI holy shit moment. Co-work from Claude Claude for Excel and some prompts for Claude for law. "I could do a weeks worth of work in half an hour if I know how to use these products. Work that would take me several hours I could get done in minutes right now. - Jim Bianco ( @biancoresearch ) 🎬 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022355191153201369 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022355191153201369"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2022355191153201369)  2026-02-13T17:00Z 338.8K followers, 39K engagements


"Listen to the full episode👇 Spotify: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=25kc95NH7N4 https://open.spotify.com/episode/10XZOaCqRuxjep9VtfeWnb https://www.bankless.com/podcast/whats-the-story-ai-stocks-crypto-downturn-metals-selloff-saaspocalypse https://www.youtube.com/watchv=25kc95NH7N4 https://open.spotify.com/episode/10XZOaCqRuxjep9VtfeWnb https://www.bankless.com/podcast/whats-the-story-ai-stocks-crypto-downturn-metals-selloff-saaspocalypse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2022355203329323124)  2026-02-13T17:00Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


"The story isnt money printer go brr" anymore. Lyn Alden calls it the gradual print: We are away from fed balance sheet reduction. instead we have shifted toward gradual fed balance sheet increases. I tend to take the under those that are calling for calling for like major printing those arent in my base case. How to Survive The Gradual Print Era Fed Chair Warsh Gold & Bitcoin w/ @LynAldenContact🎬 Out on Mon Feb [--] 📆 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021990294485614765 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021990294485614765"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2021990294485614765)  2026-02-12T16:50Z 338.8K followers, 21.1K engagements


"Not good for my vertigo but I'm sooo in Bitcoin up or down [--] minute up/down crypto polymarkets are now live. Powered & secured by Chainlink 🤝 https://t.co/d4PDruOEsz Bitcoin up or down [--] minute up/down crypto polymarkets are now live. Powered & secured by Chainlink 🤝 https://t.co/d4PDruOEsz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2022370452123885935)  2026-02-13T18:01Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


"LIVE NOW - AI on Ethereum: [----] x402 and the Botconomy AI agents are moving onchain so Ethereum needs new rails for identity reputation and payments. We had @DavideCrapis and @austingriffith to break down: ERC-8004: AI passports for agents (identity + reputation + validation) Why reputation + verification matters when bots become the main onchain users x402: pay-per-call payments for agent-to-agent services What agent commerce looks like when bots can discover trust pay The Clawdbot/OpenClaw moment and why the next UX is talking to your wallet Watch now. -------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 AI is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019395594721337477)  2026-02-05T13:00Z 338.8K followers, 45K engagements


"x402 isnt a payment protocol Its pay-per-API for the agent economy. you hit an API and it gives you a [---] error and your bot instantly sends a fraction of a fraction of a cent in USDC to unlock the data. All of that happens at lightspeed. - @austingriffith"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019486343357952004)  2026-02-05T19:00Z 338.8K followers, 26.8K engagements


"LIVE NOW - Vitalik Signals the End of the Rollup-Centric Roadmap: What's Next A single tweet a major pivot: @ethereum doesnt need branded shards to scale anymore and L2s arent Ethereum by default. In this Bankless Takes episode @RyanSAdams and @TrustlessState unpack what @VitalikButerin actually said (and didnt) why stage [--] + interop stalled and why [----] is shaping up as the L1 scaling comeback powered by ZK. -------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 The Rollup-Centric Roadmap: [----] [----] 1:26 What Vitalik Actually Said 3:15 The Understated Bombshell: L1 Scaling + ZKVM 6:28 Branded Shards Are Over 8:12"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2020120369114542284)  2026-02-07T13:00Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


"AI agents change onchain UX because they have an unlimited amount of energy for try and error. "Agents dont care so the chain just needs to be cheap enough for agents to work with. Let's say "I want to swap [----] USD for [---] ETH so the agent try's to figure out "what app try to use different path different aggregator You almost have your own intent solver. The key is to stop the agent from going crazy is by enforcing constraints: This transaction should at most deduct [----] USD from USDC and should at least give me back [---] ETH As long as this cases hit I dont care what transaction it is Just"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2021313424446337152)  2026-02-10T20:00Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


"For the Agents All articles and podcasts (incl. transcripts) are now available as markdown by appending .md to any post link Read away or aggregate into your own feeds 🫡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2021710140034928981)  2026-02-11T22:17Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Listen ad-free here👇 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6HQTgU6iI0xd7AgcYkuweJ https://open.spotify.com/episode/6HQTgU6iI0xd7AgcYkuweJ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2021977647866425380)  2026-02-12T16:00Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


"LIVE NOW @ethereum Beast Mode - Scaling L1 to 10k and Beyond @drakefjustin TPS without datacenters: validators flip from executing to verifying. We cover: - Execute Verify and real-time zk (12s) - On-prem provers (10 kW) - 3/year gas target (EIP-7938) - Fort mode: censorship resistance fast finality PQ path - Native rollups + RISC-V simplification - EthProofs race and the phased rollout to mandatory proofs --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro: What is Lean Ethereum 3:32 Beast Mode Gas & Blocks 5:39 GigaGas TeraGas Gap to Target 9:32 Why Scale L1: Decentralization Tradeoffs 20:22 Provability Power"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1988592620323639449)  2025-11-12T13:00Z 338.6K followers, 72.3K engagements


"Let's imagine you have like the best view of crypto and you truly want to build something valuable. that is not just another rug pull." "The problem is that this cycle no one has cared about those people." "All people have cared about are like memecoins and like think about all the memecoin launches." "How demoralizing would it be as a developer to spend years pouring your skills into developing something only for some random memecoin to outperform your lifetime returns on a Tuesday." Ben Cowen ( @intocryptoverse ) on how builders got ignored while memecoins stole the cycle spotlight 🎬"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2003556364933832862)  2025-12-23T20:00Z 338.7K followers, 171K engagements


"Agents are about to flood the internet. And the scary part is itll be almost indistinguishable whether youre dealing with a human or an opus [---] agent on the other side. Thats why @0xArnav from @BanklessVC is very very bullish on privacy-preserving crypto-native identity checks. In this day and age nobody wants to KYC: I KYC with this platform and my data is now on the internet Im never KYCing again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2014065569579016376)  2026-01-21T20:00Z 338.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Trump is pitching affordability: "Lets cap credit card interest rates and get mortgage rates down." @JustDeauIt from @the_defi_report calls out the contradiction: "You can't really have it both ways. When you're cutting into a recession that's not going to boost the markets right away. You're just cutting into a recession. And if inflation fears return the long end may not cooperate: "They're not going to go out and buy the long bonds were in a different regime here potentially." https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019108850780237991 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019108850780237991"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019108850780237991)  2026-02-04T18:00Z 338.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Stablecoins have cemented themselves as a global killer use case for crypto. Initially a crypto experiment stablecoins have become a major financial innovation now attracting banks due to regulatory clarity and the GENIUS Act. Today we're tracing the evolution of stablecoins and unpacking the escalating power struggle over onchain dollars.👇 Analysis by @jackinabinet The Evolution of Onchain Dollars The idea to create price-stable stablecoins that could transfer value without crypto volatility first emerged in [----] shortly after Bitcoin's debut. Early concepts included BitUSD and NuBits which"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019425229970289084)  2026-02-05T14:57Z 338.7K followers, [----] engagements


""Theres never been a worse time to be a junior dev." and theres never been a better time to be a solo entrepreneur. - @austingriffith"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019501494912053414)  2026-02-05T20:00Z 338.6K followers, 21K engagements


"LIVE NOW - MegaETH Mainnet is Live The Next Era of Ethereum Scaling @megaeth mainnet is live kicking off a new frontier for @ethereum scaling: ultra-low latency massive throughput and an execution environment built to unlock apps that cant exist on L1. @yangl1996 & @NamikMuduroglu break down why Vitaliks latest L2 framing validates barbell scaling what users actually inherit from Ethereum (censorship resistance exit guarantees and fraud-proof security assumptions) and why stages + governance are harder than they look. -------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:41 Vitaliks L2 Pivot Tweet 14:05"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2020845145353302523)  2026-02-09T13:00Z 338.6K followers, 13.5K engagements


"Ethereums microscopic auctions break at extreme speed. On L1 every [--] seconds you are running an auction but in our case the block interval is [--] milliseconds and its not constructive to imagine that people can run auctions at such latency. If Im a trader in New York and the sequencer literally is in Tokyo it can take [--] almost [---] milliseconds just to get a bid thereso running auctions at this kind of fine granularity completely breaks down. - @yangl1996 on the @megaeth episode with @NamikMuduroglu 🎬"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2021298332656980320)  2026-02-10T19:00Z 338.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Lyn Alden is back on Bankless We Cover: - New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh - Fed Policy vs Fiscal - Global Liquidity - Gold & Silver - Bitcoin - The Gradual Print Era 📅 Mon Feb [--] w/ @LynAldenContact"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2021582095089545250)  2026-02-11T13:48Z 338.6K followers, [----] engagements


"The privacy trade has been a rare bright spot amid crypto market stagnation. ZEC's September run reached a nine-year high in November 28x above its 1y low before tanking when the Zcash core dev team announced they were leaving over a governance dispute. XMR has since taken command of the privacy trade. Today we're breaking down how Zcash and Monero actually differ ahead of our episode with Zooko next week.👇 Origin Stories The fundamental difference between these two projects lies in how they got started: @monero was born on forums while @Zcash was born in universities. Monero launched in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2014341689712791891)  2026-01-22T14:17Z 338.7K followers, 15.7K engagements


"LIVE NOW - The Most Underrated Chain: Celos Surprising Traction Around the World @Celo is quietly powering real-world payments at global scale. In this episode @TrustlessState and @RyanSAdams sit down with @marek_ CEO of @cLabs to unpack how Celo became a fast low-cost payments layer used for remittances savings onchain FX and identity across emerging markets. -------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Celos Origin Story and Design Philosophy 5:18 The Long Bet on P2P Payments 17:19 [------] Daily Users: The Data Behind the Narrative 22:11 MiniPay: Global Venmo Built on Celo 30:28 Solving the Last-Mile"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2016858869499383985)  2026-01-29T13:00Z 338.7K followers, 16.2K engagements


"Back in October I covered x402's planned rewrite and urged tempering excitement until V2 truly matured the design. x402 V2 is now live and production-ready resolving the original's headaches while unlocking its full potential especially for developers who weathered the friction but saw the vision most clearly. Heres a breakdown of the key upgrades in V2.👇 Analysis by @davewardonline At its core I'd break these down into three developments: ➢ The standardization of payment formats ➢ The creation of a standard extension format for plug-ins ➢ Added support for wallet-based access and reusable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2003104079485014073)  2025-12-22T14:03Z 338.8K followers, 13K engagements


"The @infinex $INX Token Sale📝 📅Registration: Dec 27th; Sale Jan 3rd 🔊@echodotxyz Sonar Sale 💸Valuation: $99.99m Supply: 5% Target: $5m Lockup: [--] year Post sale 2% further tokens will be sold on a @Uniswap CCA @ $100m @TrustlessState talks to @kaiynne to learn more:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2003876394200453595)  2025-12-24T17:12Z 338.8K followers, 279.5K engagements


"Last months x402 V2 rollout brought us closer to the machine economy future. But agent legitimacy verification is still the big gap ERC-8004 fixes that. Zyfai (a leading yield agent integrating the standard) says ERC-8004 launches this Friday bringing onchain identity + reputation for trusted agent marketplaces. x402 handles how agents pay ERC-8004 handles whether they should. Heres why this could transform the agent economy👇 Analysis by @davewardonline The Problem Right now if an agent offers to do work reconcile documents analyze data execute a trade there's no universal way to verify its"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2010729728802488469)  2026-01-12T15:04Z 338.8K followers, 40.2K engagements


"Do RWAs need to be on max decentralized rails like crypto native-assets "They don't need to but they can they can and they will and if there are buyers then people will put them there. "Does the Ethereum community want more real world assets on Ethereum" "Well we need to go buy them and hold them on Ethereum so that more people will go and put them on Ethereum. @RyanSAdams & @TrustlessState debriefing @YuvalRooz's @CantonNetwork episode. 🎬 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010834292168163385 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010834292168163385"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2010834292168163385)  2026-01-12T22:00Z 338.8K followers, 12.6K engagements


"BREAKING: @RobinhoodApp LAUNCHES TESTNET FOR ETH L2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2021397539212476475)  2026-02-11T01:35Z 338.8K followers, 15.5K engagements


"Unlock Early Access 🔓 https://www.bankless.com/podcast/lyn-alden-how-to-survive-the-gradual-print-era https://www.bankless.com/podcast/lyn-alden-how-to-survive-the-gradual-print-era"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2021990306703716561)  2026-02-12T16:50Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


"LIVE NOW: Tom Lee the World's Biggest ETH Holder @fundstrat has made $BMNR the largest ETH treasury in the world. Over [------] ETH. And he's bullish for a reason: ETH is about to have it's Bitcoin [----] moment. -------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 2:57 The Rise of ETH Treasuries 8:27 The 5% ETH Strategy 12:08 The Role of Ethereum in Wall Street 17:57 Accumulating More ETH 26:39 Wall Street's Misunderstanding of Crypto 32:41 Ethereum's [----] Moment 40:09 The Potential for 100x 48:52 Estimating ETH's Value 53:08 Navigating Market Risks 1:01:36 Closing Thoughts on Ethereum"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1953048407427240266)  2025-08-06T11:00Z 338.8K followers, 657.9K engagements


"ERC-8004: More than just another standard It's the game-changing directory and trust layer that AI agents have been missing. @DavideCrapis from @ethereumfndn walks through the stack: - Identity + trust for agents/services - A public log where agents advertise capabilities - Trust comes two ways: reputation (feedback) + verification (strong proof) https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019471241426661496 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019471241426661496"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019471241426661496)  2026-02-05T18:00Z 338.8K followers, 69.5K engagements


"AI bots making money is not news but an AI bot getting its own wallet + ENS + revenue share is different. @AustinGriffith walks through how his bot went from just running to launching a token on Base and ending up with $10K sitting in the bots wallet from transaction fees. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019516589843120302 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019516589843120302"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019516589843120302)  2026-02-05T21:00Z 338.8K followers, 33.7K engagements


""We scale far further than any L1 can scale." @megaeth's stress test achieved [-----] transactions per second. "This is only possible because we choose to build a Layer2." - Namik from MegaETH in response to @VitalikButerin's recent tweet. MegaETH Mainnet is Live The Next Era of Ethereum Scaling @yangl1996 & @NamikMuduroglu 🎬 Out on Mon Feb [--] https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019906091744985516 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019906091744985516"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2019906091744985516)  2026-02-06T22:48Z 338.8K followers, 22.5K engagements


"LIVE NOW - Robinhood Chain Takes on NYSE/Nasdaq Robinhood Crypto GM Johann Kerbrat @TrustlessState sat down with @johannkerbrat to break down: - @RobinhoodApp Chain testnet: what builders can ship on day one - Open ecosystem vs back-office ledger: what Robinhood is really building - Certified by Robinhood: how distribution becomes the moat - Stock tokens today: EU access the path to 24/7 + permissionless trading - The hardest part: liquidity routing and keeping prices aligned onchain - Wallet + chain synergies: self-custody without breaking UX - Institutional ambitions: Bitstamp Talos"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2021569914004271469)  2026-02-11T13:00Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


"When the Base first launched I hoped there would be to a boon of fun apps and I was right. I'm feeling the same way about MegaETH. The team is top notch the tech is next-gen and the chain's app ecosystem has tons of potential. Here are the early MegaETH games to play and potentially earn from right now.👇 Analysis by @wmpeaster First beginner recs If your EVM wallet hasn't natively integrated with MegaETH already you can add the chain to your wallet using ChainList. MegaETH uses ETH as its gas token so bridge some in for transactions. I personally like services like @gasdotzip @lifiprotocol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2021603947471888829)  2026-02-11T15:15Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


"LIVE NOW Whats the Story - AI Stocks Crypto Downturn Metals Selloff AI didnt just help software last week. It threatened the business model. Markets repriced everything at once. We sat down with @biancoresearch to unpack: - SaaSPocalypse and why AI looks like a substitute for SaaS seats. - $700B AI CapEx in [----] and the risk of overbuilding infrastructure. - Gold down hard silver even worse: who was buying (and why). - BTC/ETH capitulation and what might actually be breaking. - Synthetic Bitcoin and the rise of an infinite paper float. - Warsh Fed independence China risk and Jims 2026"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2021977642753200407)  2026-02-12T16:00Z 338.8K followers, 14.8K engagements


"Thanks to our partners at Polymarket. Try today.👇 https://bankless.cc/polymarket-podcast https://bankless.cc/polymarket-podcast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2022308867179434185)  2026-02-13T13:56Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Listen ad-free here👇 https://open.spotify.com/episode/72hbAwB5MnLNDaNmC7eSQV https://open.spotify.com/episode/72hbAwB5MnLNDaNmC7eSQV"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2022309224508797343)  2026-02-13T13:57Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@coinbase Intern to intern respect 🫡"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2022334016100438123)  2026-02-13T15:36Z 338.8K followers, [---] engagements


"@coinbase lol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2022334130663645214)  2026-02-13T15:36Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


""I subscribe to the pro version of every AI that exists right now" I think this is the biggest thing since the Industrial Revolution way bigger than the invention of the internet." Modern life is sit around on devices pushing buttons tapping keys all day long trying to get a million things done out of our computer. If AI can help me do all of them simultaneously I think it would be huge for us. I am embracing my AI overlord hoping that he comes" - Jim Bianco ( @biancoresearch ) 👇 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022340135405449446 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022340135405449446"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2022340135405449446)  2026-02-13T16:00Z 338.8K followers, 18.4K engagements


"You cant create more than [--] million Bitcoin onchain. But offchain Jim Bianco ( @biancoresearch ) warns we've built a fractional reserve system around Bitcoin. The ETFs TradFi borrowing to buy Bitcoin structured products tied to the ETFs treasury companies." Were creating many billions of dollars of crypto buying that is not onchain. When the market started to crack it was the synthetic markets that cracked. 📉 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022370376333037574 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022370376333037574"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022370376333037574)  2026-02-13T18:00Z 338.8K followers, 115.1K engagements


"Listen to the full episode👇 Spotify: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=25kc95NH7N4 https://open.spotify.com/episode/10XZOaCqRuxjep9VtfeWnb https://www.bankless.com/podcast/whats-the-story-ai-stocks-crypto-downturn-metals-selloff-saaspocalypse https://www.youtube.com/watchv=25kc95NH7N4 https://open.spotify.com/episode/10XZOaCqRuxjep9VtfeWnb https://www.bankless.com/podcast/whats-the-story-ai-stocks-crypto-downturn-metals-selloff-saaspocalypse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2022370388559507937)  2026-02-13T18:00Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


"The next cycle wont be powered by permission itll be powered by "replacement." Theres a chance you can get Bitcoin to a million you can get ETH to [-----] but only if crypto stops waiting for blessings: Larry Fink has given us permission J Powell Donald Trump That storys over. Jim Bianco's ( @biancoresearch ) mission is Bankless. 📈 Build the alternative so aggressively incumbents have to chase: Build systems that are going to take BlackRock away from him build a new alternate financial system. Why are we waiting for BlackRock to do it Well do it Step aside and watch how we get this done."  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2022385408345280706)  2026-02-13T19:00Z 338.8K followers, 28.9K engagements


"Listen to the full episode👇 Spotify: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=25kc95NH7N4 https://open.spotify.com/episode/10XZOaCqRuxjep9VtfeWnb https://www.bankless.com/podcast/whats-the-story-ai-stocks-crypto-downturn-metals-selloff-saaspocalypse https://www.youtube.com/watchv=25kc95NH7N4 https://open.spotify.com/episode/10XZOaCqRuxjep9VtfeWnb https://www.bankless.com/podcast/whats-the-story-ai-stocks-crypto-downturn-metals-selloff-saaspocalypse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/2022385420353573269)  2026-02-13T19:00Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


"LIVE NOW -- "Society of AI Agents" Jansen Teng (Virtuals Protocol) @ethermage of @virtuals_io joins @RyanSAdams and @cryptopunk7213 to discuss what Virtuals' grand vision is. Virtuals isnt just another protocolits an entirely new kind of digital nation where AI agents hold their own wallets strike deals with other agents and even hire humans to accomplish their goals. We dive into how these agents first exploded onto the scene why controlling their own money changes the AI game and what agent commerce means for crypto at large 👇 TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 3:12 Virtuals Impressive Stats 4:49"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1871563983905292778)  2024-12-24T14:30Z 338.8K followers, 143.5K engagements


"Mantle's Vision for Onchain Finance: Introducing Mantle Banking & MI4 Today we have @paxtechnica @ngyingzhong & @sohan_sen1 to announce & explore @Mantle_Official's vision for onchain banking. https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1dRJZYrZalvGB https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1dRJZYrZalvGB"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1915415518091137221)  2025-04-24T14:40Z 338.8K followers, 14.3K engagements


"There are incredible #DeFi projects going unnoticed right now The next Argent. The next Aave. The next YFI And I bet the Bankless community knows of one So tell us Whats the most underrated DeFi project https://bankless.substack.com/p/friday-open-thread-whats-the-most/comments https://bankless.substack.com/p/friday-open-thread-whats-the-most/comments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1291738132040187904)  2020-08-07T14:09Z 338.6K followers, [---] engagements


"$ETH is Ultra Sound Money. Pass it on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1372653371404996610)  2021-03-18T20:57Z 338.6K followers, [----] engagements


"We asked @sandeepnailwal if @0xPolygon will abandon Ethereum. This is what he had to say"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1467666632944197632)  2021-12-06T01:26Z 338.6K followers, [---] engagements


"You wake up tomorrow and you have [----] ETH what do you do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1568395010831446017)  2022-09-10T00:24Z 338.5K followers, [----] engagements


"💎 @PremiaFinance Options for those less collateral tier assets you may be interested in hedging the tail risk of or speculating on. A custom model drives an option pricing dashboard providing insight on whether options are over- or underpriced. 4/7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1625599267502186496)  2023-02-14T20:54Z 338.5K followers, [----] engagements


"What's the worst memecoin you ever bought"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1672027045784702986)  2023-06-22T23:41Z 338.6K followers, 35.4K engagements


"What was your biggest rookie mistake in crypto"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1679151846068199424)  2023-07-12T15:32Z 338.5K followers, 76.2K engagements


"This Judge just called Ethereum a commodity Something Gary Gensler's SEC has avoided saying for ages Here's what she said and why it's such a big deal: Judge Katherine Polk Failla made this statement as part of her dismissal of a case against Uniswap. The case against Uniswap alleged that the decentralized exchange was operating an unlicensed securities exchange and that it should be held accountable for those users who fell victim to "scam tokens" ". in the context of a decentralized protocols smart contracts the Court finds that the smart contracts here were themselves able to be carried"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1697254095688810615)  2023-08-31T14:24Z 338.6K followers, 128.3K engagements


".@upstreetai is onboarding all Webaverse Genesis Pass holders to The Street We have officially partnered with @webaverse to make sure that all Genesis Pass holders will get to come build on The Street with us. Specific details and timeline will announced this week. Join us on Discord https://t.co/E0XC0pabcy for the latest https://t.co/ePQoudekda We have officially partnered with @webaverse to make sure that all Genesis Pass holders will get to come build on The Street with us. Specific details and timeline will announced this week. Join us on Discord https://t.co/E0XC0pabcy for the latest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1748681383369908627)  2024-01-20T12:18Z 338.5K followers, 10K engagements


"caption this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1793759846137024939)  2024-05-23T21:44Z 338.6K followers, 58.1K engagements


"Which chain have you used the most this year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1797988115937927393)  2024-06-04T13:45Z 338.7K followers, 206K engagements


"BREAKING: The US Supreme Court overturns Chevron Deference🎉 "Chevron deference" is a U.S. administrative law that gives power to Federal agencies ruling when a particular law is ambiguous This is OVERTURNED The SEC and Federal agencies no longer have this rulemaking ability"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1806699256410935454)  2024-06-28T14:40Z 338.6K followers, 87.7K engagements


"Can @cryptopunks mount a comeback to a [---] ETH floor price @WPeaster takes the pulse of Ethereum's most iconic NFTs 👇 ======================================== CryptoPunks are Ethereums most historic and iconic digital collectibles and are arguably the NFT scene's most insane "rags to riches" story. With over $2.87 billion in all-time sales volume and an $800 million market cap today the CryptoPunks remain a dominant force. Theyre also part of a small club of projects whose floor prices have reached +100 ETH at their peaks. However while the Punks floor has climbed 50% to [--] ETH over the past"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1829175097652887943)  2024-08-29T15:11Z 338.7K followers, 18.7K engagements


"Is Farcaster the next big AI agents hub [--] trends to watch 👇 ======================================== Written by @wmpeaster ✍ ----------------------------- Aether is a new AI agent on @farcaster_xyz with crypto capabilities and a fresh onchain treasury. And it's undoubtedly just a taste of what's to come here. 🤖 What's happened so far Once Aether received an account on Supercast a souped-up Farcaster client the agent starting tipping $HIGHER out to community members and receiving donations in kind. Next Aether dropped an NFT on @zora which has been collected over 466k times and then it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1851976809828454482)  2024-10-31T13:17Z 338.6K followers, 36.8K engagements


"LIVE NOW -- AI ROLLUP #5 AI Agents will dominate [----] You ready anon @cryptopunk7213 & @TrustlessState recap all of the *wild* news over the holidays and what it means for [----] 👇 TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 3:09 Why Agents Are a Big Deal (h/t @defi_monk) 12:19 @truth_terminal's Christmas Album (h/t @AndyAyrey) 14:06 Agentic Dashboard & Meta (h/t @cookiedotfun + @thedefivillain) 19:49 AI Agent Fundamentals (h/t @thehiddenmaze) 26:13 @ai16zdao Eliza Framework (h/t @shawmakesmagic) - flips uniswap (h/t @Grantblocmates) - #1 @github repository (h/t @M4T_NFT) 50:52 @0xzerebro (h/t @jyu_eth + @tintsion)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1874817930816631060)  2025-01-02T14:00Z 338.5K followers, 162.3K engagements


"How to Launch Better Memecoins on @flaunchgg The new memecoin launcher taps Uniswap v4 to enable fairer types of fair launches Op-Ed by @wmpeaster and @crazykazu12 Memecoin launchers have been some of the busiest platforms of this cycle but they're not perfect. Platforms like Pumpdotfun have excelled at printing money from trading fees but that dynamic has left creators earning less and short on options to raise funds on these platforms without dumping coins on their communities. Not ideal. The good news is that numerous builders are exploring new dynamics to address these issues. And one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1886806051925975436)  2025-02-04T15:56Z 338.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Base Apps for Creators: All You Need to Know 🎨 Here are the [--] projects I would want to know about if I was getting started on @base today 👇 Op-Ed by @wmpeaster Content Management 🐤 @bountycaster Got a project youre cooking up but need some graphic design help Or help of any kind Bountycaster is a bounties platform built on Farcaster that makes it easy to run your own gigs or complete tasks for other creators 📝 @fileverse Fileverse creates decentralized collaboration infra like Notion but onchain; their new dDocs platform is an interesting choice if you want to make and publish documents"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1889355654457892999)  2025-02-11T16:47Z 338.5K followers, 16.2K engagements


"Here's how @grok deployed is own token with @bankrbot"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1902057754363346961)  2025-03-18T18:01Z 338.6K followers, 76.3K engagements


"LIVE NOW - "It's Time to Get Aggressive" - Tim Beiko on Ethereum's Roadmap Were joined by @TimBeiko @ethereumfndn coordinator to break down Ethereums next major upgrades and the future of scaling. We explore the upcoming Petra hard fork which introduces validator consolidation increased blob space for rollups and EIP-7702 for improved account abstraction. Tim also shares insights on Fusaka and Glacier Dam Ethereums roadmap for scaling and how Ethereums upgrade process is becoming more efficient. -------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 5:43 Current State of EIPs & ETH Hard Forks 8:01 Why Security"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1904141153353502949)  2025-03-24T12:00Z 338.6K followers, 34.2K engagements


"Base is for Everyone* Including the haters X Live with @jessepollak about Tokenizing Content on @base https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ZkKzYpdEEaxv https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ZkKzYpdEEaxv"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1912982705454641169)  2025-04-17T21:33Z 338.7K followers, 94K engagements


"LIVE NOW - Ethereums Biggest Mistake (and How to Fix It) Sam Kazemian Has @ethereum failed to properly define ETH @fraxfinance founder @samkazemian joins us to discuss what he believes is Ethereums biggest mistake: confusing the ETH asset with Ethereum the technology. Sam argues that post-EIP-1559 and Proof of Stake ETH unintentionally shifted toward a discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation model undermining its potential as a commodity-like store of value. We explore how the Ethereum community can reclaim a stronger narrative around ETH and why social consensus not just tech determines an"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1916824730755293636)  2025-04-28T12:00Z 338.7K followers, 54K engagements


"After a wave of successful Genesis launches @Virtuals_io is preparing its next phase. We spoke with co-founder @ethermage on Apps No Entrees about Genesis the upcoming [--] Days release and the power behind their Agent Commerce Protocol (ACP). Let's begin👇 Analysis by @davewardonline ACP: Building the "SWIFT" of AI Agents Sitting at the heart of Virtuals the ACP is a framework that allows AI agents to communicate transact and work together to create economic value beyond what any single agent could achieve alone. "As we grew the density of agents in the ecosystem we started to realize all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1924465537641250854)  2025-05-19T14:01Z 338.7K followers, 38.3K engagements


"LIVE NOW - Doppler: A New Way to Launch Tokens with Austin Adams @aadams founder of @whetstonedotcc and creator of @dopplerprotocol joins to discuss the next evolution in token launches. We explore why the world needs more tokensnot fewerand how Doppler enables creators apps and DAOs to build highly customized launchpads using modular tooling. We cover token market design dynamic bonding curves to prevent sniping and how this infrastructure could unlock more meaningful value-connected tokensfrom meme coins with DAOs to public market IPOs on-chain. -------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 4:08"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1929870686111039702)  2025-06-03T12:00Z 338.7K followers, 32.5K engagements


"LIVE NOW - Is Joe Lubin the Michael Saylor of Ethereum The $SBET Opportunity @ethereumJoseph returns to Bankless to break down his latest bold movelaunching @sharplink a publicly traded vehicle designed to accumulate and deploy Ether as a strategic treasury asset. We unpack whether Lubin is stepping into the @saylor role for @ethereum how SBET might outperform Bitcoin-backed models and why ETH is poised for a monetary renaissance. -------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:38 Getting Sued by The SEC 7:55 $SBET 16:32 The Michael Saylor of ETH 23:25 $SBET (ETH) vs $MSTR (BTC) 27:16 Valuing ETH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1932045013179146283)  2025-06-09T12:00Z 338.6K followers, 361.3K engagements


"Kraken Exchange is cooking up something addictive designed to bring retail into the crypto payments game the @Krak App. Krak is a global money app built for instant sending digital rewards and full flexibility. With Krak users can send over [---] digital assets in seconds and free of charge to residents of [---] countries. Heres everything you need to know about Krak. 👇 Article by @JackInabinet According to Kraken this payments app is designed to fix the outdated norms of legacy finance by blending crypto technology with the exchanges trusted network of banking relationships and payment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1938688987742585018)  2025-06-27T20:00Z 338.6K followers, 15.7K engagements


"LIVE NOW - The Ether Machine: How ETH Becomes the Internets Reserve Currency @AK_EtherMachine and @dfmerin join us to unveil @TheEtherMachine a bold new strategy to make ETH the internets reserve currency. We unpack their ambitious plan to acquire and actively manage hundreds of thousands of ETH why they believe ETH is more than just a treasury asset and how institutional capital can finally understand and tap into Ethereums full potential. From staking and restaking to DeFi yield generation and Wall Street education this episode explores why Ether is not just digital oilits the engine of the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1949802020912951477)  2025-07-28T12:00Z 338.6K followers, 39.8K engagements


""Privacy is Freedom." @VitalikButerin reminds us why privacy isn't just a featureit's a fundamental right we must build for. If you have privacy as a focus then. the game you're playing is about doing not talking. The real work of privacy isnt loud. Its quiet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1953426110542413838)  2025-08-07T12:00Z 338.6K followers, 39K engagements


"What happens when 300+ founders researchers artists and builders live together for a month in the Andes @timourxyz calls it a society incubator. Its Edge City Patagonia: - Conference - Retreat - Full-spectrum living experiment. Our convo w/ @joinedgecity 👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1957841576723415485)  2025-08-19T16:26Z 338.6K followers, 43.3K engagements


"LIVE NOW -- Billion Dollar ETH Buys & Vanguards Pivot All-Time High October In this weeks Weekly Rollup Uptober kicks off with Bitcoin and Ethereum surging toward all-time highs as Tom Lee drops another $1B into ETH and Vanguard finally opens its doors to crypto ETFs. We cover Stripes push to break the TetherCircle duopoly with its new stablecoin platform Cloudflares surprising entry into onchain payments and Swift teaming up with Consensys on blockchain rails. Plus Zcash rockets 200% Ethereums Lighter perps exchange goes live and Circle sparks debate with plans for reversible USDC."  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1974082005026677045)  2025-10-03T12:00Z 338.6K followers, 11.6K engagements


"LIVE NOW - How Lighter's Ethereum L2 Perp DEX Handled Liquidations [--] days after @Lighter_xyz mainnet a $19B liquidation wave slammed crypto. We asked the founder. @vnovakovski how Lighter a ZK L2 Perp DEX on Ethereum was capable of handling the crash. We dig into: - ADL vs. LLP. - trader-first design. - why verifiability (not vibes) should govern order matching and liquidations. - why Lighter chose custom ZK circuits over a generalized ZKVM. - L1 vs L2 tradeoffs. - whats next: Spot universal cross-margin and a ZKVM sidecar for a broader platform play. Enjoy. -------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1978785440892153946)  2025-10-16T11:29Z 338.6K followers, 113.7K engagements


"Crypto's privacy revival is firing up projects old and new with Zcash's ZEC leading at +560% in [--] days and +980% YTD. Beyond hype UX upgrades like the revamped Zashi wallet are enabling seamless shielded transactions that keep most coins in the dust. Heres why Zashi is nailing private crypto UX and how to use it👇 Guide by @wmpeaster What is Zashi Created by @Zcash's developers at Electric Coin Company @zashi_app is a non-custodial mobile wallet built around shielded ZEC payments. Zashi prevents you from transacting with transparent ZEC. You must shield any funds here before you can spend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1983164579887591571)  2025-10-28T13:30Z 338.6K followers, 17.1K engagements


"BREAKING: @WesternUnion Unveils Payments Stablecoin $USDPT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1983223844912672938)  2025-10-28T17:26Z 338.7K followers, 14.5K engagements


"LIVE NOW -- Bull Market or Fakeout Top Haseebs Crypto Cycle Take Is the crypto bull market really over or just pausing while AI takes the spotlight On this weeks Weekly Rollup @RyanSAdams and guest co-host @hosseeb break down Bitcoins 10/10 crash hidden leverage and the Bitcoin silent IPO thesis. They also cover the $128M Balancer hack DeFis decentralization debate L2 vanity metrics Brian Armstrongs prediction market stunt and why Peter Thiel says Bitcoins becoming a BlackRock coin. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 2:14 Markets - @intocryptoverse - @ColinTCrypto - @KobeissiLetter - @StreamDefi - @AzFlin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1986780682123714740)  2025-11-07T13:00Z 338.7K followers, 40.2K engagements


"🚨The Bull Case for @Rocket_Pool🚨 Rocket Pool is the ONLY permissionless ETH Staking protocol But can it really outperform centralized alternatives Does $RPL ($440m) have what it takes to dethrone $LDO ($2.2b) LIVE - 10am PST - 1pm EST WATCH📺👀 https://youtu.be/bQK9Yr1BpQw https://youtu.be/bQK9Yr1BpQw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1565696784063774720)  2022-09-02T13:42Z 338.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Google knows what's up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1568358364056530944)  2022-09-09T21:59Z 338.8K followers, [---] engagements


"The game revolves around completing challenges & using the in-game currency $MUSU to purchase items & unlock new areas You can also mint new Kamis after earning Gacha Tickets Fully onchain gaming is still early but experiments like Kamigotchi are a fun taste of whats to come"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1812973071839731888)  2024-07-15T22:10Z 338.7K followers, [---] engagements


"All in all I think Forgotten Runes is one of the most impressive communities in NFTs and Ronin is one of the most impressive teams in crypto gaming so to see them link up in bringing the Runiverse to life is something Im excited to track Keep this one on your radar"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1812973092857368940)  2024-07-15T22:10Z 338.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Hyperliquid is impossible to ignore right now. Up 80% in the past month the Hyperliquid ecosystem now accounts for 70% of all DeFi perps volume (having done $1.5T total) and $1.4B in TVL. With the HyperEVM now live media coverage exploding and a token on the rise heres why all eyes are back on Hyperliquid.👇 Analysis by @davewardonline To understand @HyperliquidX's success it helps to know how its structured. HyperCore is the exchange layer the original perps DEX handling trading liquidity and the order book. HyperEVM is the smart contract layer launched in February letting developers build"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1928454516002963810)  2025-05-30T14:12Z 338.7K followers, 60.2K engagements


"LIVE NOW - From BlackRock to Ethereum: Why Joseph Chalom is Betting It All on ETH What does @BlackRock s former crypto lead see in @ethereum that others still miss @joechalom joins Bankless to take us inside the IBIT/ETHA ramp why BUIDL launched on Ethereum mainnet and the simplebut powerfulframework he uses to value ETH as high-octane money. We break down staking inside ETFs the tokenization roadmap from stablecoins to the S&P in your wallet and the real mechanics of ETH treasury companiesmNAV premiums ATMs converts and the transparency metrics that matter. Less hype more architecture: if"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1962485591846854711)  2025-09-01T12:00Z 338.8K followers, 185.1K engagements


"BREAKING: @jessepollak hints at $BASE token at @base camp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1967597216639676866)  2025-09-15T14:31Z 338.7K followers, 174.9K engagements


"Privacy in Vogue: $ZEC Rally Rips Faces"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1973466715859345419)  2025-10-01T19:15Z 338.7K followers, 19K engagements


"Ethereum Ecosystem Ranks First Among New Developers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1978554486361841996)  2025-10-15T20:12Z 338.7K followers, 94.5K engagements


"LIVE NOW - x402: The Key to Internet Money Micropayments & The AI Agent Economy Micropayments were always meant to be part of the internet but the technology never existed to make them work. Until now. @TrustlessState sits down with @samrags_ CEO of @merit_systems to unpack x402. They explore how x402 could transform AI agents and humans pay for internet resources reshape online business models beyond ads and unlock a new economy of autonomous agents and programmable commerce. -------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:10 What is x402 6:19 Internet Micropayments 9:45 x402 Encryption 12:10 x402"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1986055901896491255)  2025-11-05T13:00Z 338.7K followers, 30.3K engagements


"🤍 @WhiteheartDeFi Seeking a no-frills method to simply lock-in todays ETH or BTC prices for a fee This protocol separates the finance bro from options and makes it easy for anyone to eliminate downside risk for a fixed period. 5/7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1625599276851281920)  2023-02-14T20:54Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


"LIVE NOW - Everything you want to know about Blast w/ @PacmanBlur Founder of @Blast_L2 and @blur_io"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1772288374532886854)  2024-03-25T15:44Z 338.8K followers, 155.1K engagements


"1 Kamigotchi @kamigotchiworld is a 2D fully onchain RPG where people collect & battle creatures called Kamis The beta just launched on the Yominet testnet -- a @Calderaxyz rollup To play find the chain details & obtain testnet faucet ETH below 🔗 http://yominet.hub.caldera.xyz http://yominet.hub.caldera.xyz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1812973066487754899)  2024-07-15T22:10Z 338.8K followers, [----] engagements


"I heard Tom Lee ( @fundstrat ) describe the @circle IPO as the ChatGPT moment. Before we were spitting in the wind with institutional investors. Now theyre finally studying crypto hard because you cannot miss the equivalent of AI and crypto together. @CathieDWood of @ARKInvest calling crypto's ChatGPT moment:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1942690793631932507)  2025-07-08T21:02Z 338.8K followers, 319K engagements


"Web3 gaming is early and @starknet is racing for an early lead These are the rising gaming opportunities in the Starknet ecosystem you should have on your radar👇 There has been a lot of buzz about Fully Onchain Gaming (FoG) as an upcoming narrative within crypto from the Ethereum Foundations push towardsAutonomous Worldsand related infrastructure like @darkforest_ethand@latticexyzs MUD engineto Paradigms research onThe Open Problem of Onchain Games Starknet has carved a niche by fostering a vibrant community of builders working towards the vision of having games built fully onchain Wait what"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1712527305162002730)  2023-10-12T17:55Z 338.8K followers, 312.4K engagements


"The Next Chapter for @pumpdotfun with Co-Founder @a1lon9 Coming Out Tomorrow 📅"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Bankless/status/1904274660092678547)  2025-03-24T20:50Z 338.8K followers, 123K engagements

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