Episode Details

In this week’s 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 Stripe’s push to break the Tether–Circle duopoly with its new stablecoin platform, Cloudflare’s surprising entry into onchain payments, and Swift teaming up with Consensys on blockchain rails. Plus, Zcash rockets 200%, Ethereum’s Lighter perps exchange goes live, and Circle sparks debate with plans for reversible USDC.

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

0:00 Intro

3:38 U.S. Government Shutdown

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrj1znp0pyo

7:13 Markets

https://x.com/pumatheuma/status/1973717212025553313 - ZK Szn??

https://x.com/CoinDesk/status/1971565473218113771

https://www.strategicethreserve.xyz/

https://www.bankless.com/read/news/another-week-another-buy-bitmine-stacks-234k-eth

https://x.com/Jrag0x/status/1972643353918677497

https://x.com/smyyguy/status/1971585912602796266

https://x.com/fundstrat/status/1972948825578131523

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-regulators-probe-stock-moves-before-companies-made-crypto-treasury-2025-09-26/

24:57 Plasma nailed its go-to-market

https://x.com/Plasma/status/1972660468561965173

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

https://defillama.com/chains

https://blockworks-research.beehiiv.com/p/plasma-s-defi-shockwave

https://x.com/lemiscate/status/1972337762205339788

https://x.com/ajwarner90/status/1972823448897634648

https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1973436365225468336

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