ROLLUP: Trump vs. The Fed | Staked ETH ETF | The First Stage 2 Rollup | Robinhood's Crypto Pivot

This week’s Weekly Rollup covers Trump’s clash with the Fed over interest rates and the surprising crypto moves from Trump Media. Gauntlet’s Tarun Chitra joins us to unpack the latest developments—from OpenSea’s upcoming airdrop to Arbitrum’s permissionless fault proofs—while we debate whether airdrops are truly over. We also dig into Vitalik’s “communist” joke and Dave Portnoy’s memecoin mania. Tune in for all the drama and alpha happening in the second week of February! ------ 📣 MORPHO | GO-TO LENDING INFRASTRUCTURE https://bankless.cc/Morpho   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax  🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain  ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPER https://bankless.cc/Celo  🎮RONIN | THE FUTURE OF WEB3 GAMING https://bankless.cc/Ronin ----- ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/base:0x4be6cd4d402fed49eb2de95fbc8e737e8ffd3e7f/35?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES   00:00:00 Start   00:03:33 Trump vs The Fed http://cnbc.com/2025/02/12/hopes-for-more-fed-rate-cuts-dim-as-powell-notes-hot-cpi-means-were-not-quite-there-yet.html  http://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1889681567779283447    00:06:25 Tarun Market Takes   00:10:18 ETH Staking ETF http://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1889803399320969603  http://x.com/RasterlyRock/status/1889856397032235226    00:15:26 Robinhood Enters The Chat http://x.com/Tyler_Did_It/status/1889833087258992937  http://x.com/bridge__harris/status/1889904770485461389  http://x.com/0xjaypeg/status/1889805008318906689    00:27:13 Brian Quintenz Nominated to Lead CFTC http://warpcast.com/brianquintenz/0xbd4cc8ef  http://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1889736851474333932    00:30:08 Is The Airdrop Meta Over? http://x.com/ffvv1211/status/1889333575348355152?s=46    00:34:21 MegaETH Exploring Alternatives http://x.com/megaeth_labs/status/1889733671420330150  http://x.com/barnaclebarny/status/1889936153509503193    00:40:38 OpenSea SEA Airdrop http://x.com/openseafdn/status/1890041091577057522  http://x.com/dfinzer/status/1890039791808376874    00:46:17 Ethereum Shenanigans http://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1889771554512200166  http://x.com/ameensol/status/1889774627796427235  http://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1889900532770414985  http://x.com/laurashin/status/1890044244750135695  http://x.com/ethereumfndn/status/1889978208986280031    00:52:51 Arbitrum Launched BOLD http://x.com/ArbitrumDevs/status/1889709836226416805  http://l2beat.com/scaling/projects/arbitrum    00:55:19 JailStool http://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1887963615161905566  http://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1887936281058947391  http://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1887960660820042168  http://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1889032422768918834  http://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1888332104016015781  http://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1888337834605420917  http://x.com/trustyournuts/status/1888336912844255436  http://x.com/CryptoKaleo/status/1888420272182604043  http://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1888598919354941897  http://dexscreener.com/solana/etcwbb9ft7yyagpkvz6ag1qzwpjxs79tg2r7tszyup72    01:04:01 Where To Find Tarun https://x.com/tarunchitra   ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠