Episode Details

The final Fed meeting of 2025 delivered a surprise rate cut, but the real story is how the market is reacting. In this week’s Weekly Rollup, Ryan and David unpack what the new policy shift means for crypto liquidity, why regulators across the SEC, CFTC, and OCC are suddenly embracing onchain markets, and how Tom Lee’s massive ETH accumulation is reshaping sentiment.

We also get into Ethereum’s growing momentum from ZK advancements and blob upgrades, the ZKsync Atlas rollout, Base’s bridge drama with Solana, and Farcaster’s pivot away from social. Plus, the rise of tokenization, new prediction market rails, and whether this week marks the first real cycle turn for Ethereum.

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

0:00 Intro

5:01 Markets

https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1998424357232922883

https://www.theblock.co/post/381737/bitmine-13-2-billion-holdings-eth-treasury-expands-november-slowdown

https://x.com/RyanWatkins_/status/1998529576331522334

https://x.com/MikeIppolito_/status/1998495400869900626

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/fed-interest-rate-decision-december-2025-.html

https://x.com/jameslavish/status/1998835306800505140

https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1998407015756964343

https://x.com/JustDeauIt/status/1998905919577452765

24:52 Farcaster is pivoting to a wallet

https://farcaster.xyz/dwr/0xd29fe760

https://x.com/DefiIgnas/status/1997915182073626802

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