On this week’s Weekly Rollup, Ryan and Haseeb debate if ETH’s new all-time high signals the top or just the start, with whales rotating from BTC into ETH and alt season heating up. Powell hints at rate cuts, ETFs keep pulling billions, and Tom Lee’s billion-dollar ETH bet takes center stage while treasury premiums sink. Meanwhile, Google teases an L1, Hyperliquid outpaces Robinhood, and Europe floats a digital euro, setting up another pivotal week in crypto.
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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES
0:00 Intro
0:38 Big Sean Crypto
https://x.com/altcoindaily/status/1960753873376961031
3:20 Powell’s speech last week
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/powell-opens-door-potential-rate-cut-speech-jack
https://x.com/FinanceLancelot/status/1958934829082583312
https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1958907551442993491:
https://x.com/charliebilello/status/1958910251819786478
https://x.com/AnnaEconomist/status/1958923556680536487
9:10 Markets
https://x.com/JSeyff/status/1959982000804442559
https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1958941150041317514
https://x.com/speculatorart/status/1960322107864141966
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/08/25/bitcoin-flash-crash-triggers-usd550m-in-sunday-l
https://x.com/JacobKinge/status/1959724849598718428
https://x.com/lookonchain/status/1958767845934080277
https://x.com/woonomic/status/1960442328604200987
24:53 HYPE Crushing it - competitive with major exchanges
https://x.com/cointelegraph/status/1960379396927213990
https://blockworks-research.beehiiv.com/p/is-hype-still-cheap-8541fea8eaae3e65
https://x.com/infinitybanyan/status/1960373080389304611
34:55 SOL DATs are coming - 3 of em!
https://x.com/matthew_sigel/status/1959942140500365564
https://x.com/SolanaFloor/status/1959948823280619558
https://decrypt.co/336832/pantera-capital-eyes-1-25b-raise-solana-treasury-firm
https://panteracapital.com/blockchain-letter/dat-value-creation/
https://mcga.com/news/trump-media-group-cro-strategy-to-acquire-cro-digital-asset-treasury
https://blockworks.co/analytics/treasury-companies/market-data
42:01 Google is building its L1
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rich-widmann-a816a54b_all-this-talk-of-layer-1-blockchains-has-activity-7366124738848415744-7idA/
49:35 US GOV - will publish GDP figures onchain!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbEPqUdelFo
https://blog.chain.link/united-states-department-of-commerce-macroeconomic-data/
https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1961067983800881224
https://x.com/krakenfx/status/1961081675175149795
https://etherscan.io/address/0x36ccdf11044f60f196e981970d592a7de567ed7b#code
https://docs.chain.link/data-feeds/us-government-macroeconomic/addresses?page=1&testnetPage=1
51:41 The EU may release a Stablecoin on a public chain - Ethereum or Solana
https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1958754787345727712
https://app.rwa.xyz/stablecoins
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/china-considering-yuan-backed-stablecoins-boost-global-currency-usage-sources-2025-08-21/
56:45 Kanye West released $YZY
https://x.com/kanyewest/status/1958346810801697237
https://x.com/CryptoHayes/status/1958356982991401006
https://x.com/lookonchain/status/1958355708010975580
https://x.com/JamesWynnReal/status/1958383968945831940
59:43 DOJ announced that it won’t bring charges against non-custodial developers
https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1958645825732501566
1:04:51 Closing & Disclaimers
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