Goodnow revolutionaries—

Final Morning Show from ETH Denver 2026. Riverbank asks if crypto is a pyramid scheme. Will answers honestly: most of it is, but then there's the revolutionary stuff like stablecoins that solve real problems for businesses.

Yesterday at the conference: hosted by the Kraken team (bullish on Savannah, Wesley, Krakaccinos by Raposa Coffee), the Stellar Development Foundation (where Will became the mayor of the craps table), and a conversation with the Robinhood team (bearish). Evan hatches a plan to call crypto customer service lines to put them to the test.

Will updates on his Circle (CRCL) trade. We talk the accelerated crypto adoption cycle and Alex explains how some crypto news is just press releases and fluff. How to evaluate and move your service to a different crypto exchange—the community resources make it easy.

Broadcasting live from the venue tomorrow.

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Goodnow revolutionaries—

Den says this market sucks. We agree. But here in Denver for ETH Denver, the builders are still building—founders who couldn't stop thinking about the problems they're solving, bear market or not.

Someone asks why everything is down and when it'll come back. We give the bear market update nobody wants to hear but everyone needs. Plus: if you buy Bitcoin at $67K, what happens to your tokens when it hits $120K? We explain the mechanics behind price changes and what you actually own.

We talk about Lindsay Poss's work at the Stellar Development Foundation telling real crypto adoption stories. Brian Armstrong at risk of being fired? We unpack the rumor and explain why it probably can't happen. Dense technical whitepapers get their defense. Alex tries on a pink cowgirl hat.

Casey Craig's new product Euphoria.finance gets a shoutout—we give away three access codes for their tap-trading contest with cash prizes, an expenses-paid London trip, and a Rolex up for grabs.

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Goodnow revolutionaries—

Live from ETH Denver in a bear market, and the builders are still here. Excited and a little sad, but still building.

Someone asks: if you had 40K to invest in crypto for the first time, what would you buy and how would you do it? The answer is simpler than you'd think—and Kraken and Coinbase both make it easy.

Then it gets weird: the Netherlands wants to tax unrealized gains at 36%. We explain why this probably won't pass, and why taxing unrealized anything creates chaos you can't account for.

Plus: DeFi yield farming explained (thanks to Jito and the community), PCE inflation data drops Friday, and Kimberly saves the day with a coffee delivery.

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Goodnow revolutionaries—

Evan's solo from Denver for ETH Denver, and the builders are already here. This week: Alex and Will arrive Wednesday, and we're broadcasting live from the conference all week.

Someone asks why the market is down, and Evan talks about the survival mindset—what it means when you're asking that question and how to make sure you never end up in that position again. Joe asks if you can trust technical analysis given that governments lie about economic data. Short answer: technical analysis looks at the past, not macroeconomic forecasts, and past performance is all we've got.

Evan previews Euphoria, Casey Craig's tap-to-trade app that just launched its testnet with a contest where one person wins a Rolex and a flight to London. There's an extended Arculus wallet Q&A covering World Liberty Finance integration, seed phrase security, and how cold wallets work with tax software. Eric from Colorado asks about staking approaches and whether you need a seed phrase at all—Evan explains custody trade-offs and the philosophy of "not your keys, not your coins."

Alexandros asks how to buy stocks onchain or through crypto exchanges. Evan breaks down Robinhood, Coinbase, and onchain alternatives. Someone asks "What is the purpose of blockchain and DeFi?" Evan gives a preview but promises Alex will have a better answer tomorrow.

Evan issues a correction about X Money (XMN token on SUI), explains Open Dime bearer bonds for offline Bitcoin custody, and closes with scam warnings about fake "backup your wallet to web3" schemes and unnecessary trusts or LLCs for crypto holdings.

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Goodnow revolutionaries—

It's President's Day, Will and Alex have the day off from their regular jobs, and Will's breaking down Bitcoin charts while plotting his next move on Circle stock. Also: someone floats the idea of a hot tub livestream, which goes about as far as you'd expect.

Will explains why he bought Circle (CRCL) stock and what "USDC to the moon" actually means for shareholders. The conversation shifts to custody—do you need a seed phrase, or can you skip it? Evan and Will unpack the trade-offs. Someone asks how to move BTC or USDC into a Turbo position, and they walk through the mechanics of leveraged crypto.

The big question arrives: "What is the purpose of blockchain and DeFi? Why doesn't the government like it?" Alex delivers one of his best analogies yet—DeFi puts more rungs on the ladder, and those rungs come down closer to the ground. The government hates that because corporate intermediaries pay for campaigns, and crypto cuts them out. It's bipartisan, and it's gutting the middle class.

Evan issues a correction about X Money (XMN token on SUI)—he got the origin story wrong in a previous show and Alex triggers him with the details. Will gives an update on technical analysis (can you trust it when governments lie about economic data?), and the show ends with Evan dropping scam warnings about fake "backup your wallet to web3" schemes and unnecessary trusts or LLCs for crypto.

We're heading to ETH Denver this week—come see us at the Podcast Studio Friday 10a-12p local time if you're on the ground.

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Goodnow revolutionaries—

Chelsea from The Bullish Babe joins us for a full hour of technical analysis education. She breaks down her exact chart setup, explains the RSI strategy that changed her trading, and shows why TA works best as risk management—not fortune telling.

Evan delivers a much-needed mini-rant on the toddler energy plaguing crypto comments. Bullying and misogyny have no place here. Big people build people up.

We tackle crypto taxes (the IRS still hasn't figured this out), housing market dynamics, and why a South Korean exchange just made the kind of mistake that keeps us up at night.

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Good now, revolutionaries—

Tonight's theme: there's no such thing as the "best" investment. Whether you're picking wallets, platforms, or altcoins, what matters is what meets YOUR needs. Your risk tolerance. Your comfort. Your skill level.

Evan unveiled Rise Up's official Allies & Enemies list and asked for your input. We dreamed about future sponsors. We analyzed HBAR, Algorand, UNI, SOL, and ETH using DeFillama and CoinMarketCap. We debated whether to cut losses or hodl through the pain when you buy the top.

Swiss pronunciation fails, skincare tips, Arculus wallet giveaways, and waiting for Evan's thermos to run dry.

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Good now, revolutionaries—

DeFi isn't just surviving. It's evolving. Today JSB from Carrot and Dara from Gauntlet break down what institutional-grade risk management actually looks like, why perpetuals are getting easier to use, and how smart humans still beat dumb automation.

Plus Will unpacks the better-than-expected jobs report and what BlackRock buying Uniswap really means for the space.

If you've been waiting for DeFi to make sense, this is your episode.

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Gauntlet: https://gauntlet.xyz | https://app.gauntlet.xyz | https://vaultbook.gauntlet.xyz

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Welcome to Trust Issues--

A Forbes report drops that Binance and CZ hold 87% of World Liberty Financial's USD1 stablecoin. That is not decentralization. That is one entity holding almost all of a dollar-pegged token tied to the sitting president's family business, with early investment flowing through a sovereign wealth fund.

The crew breaks down what that concentration actually means and why the mainstream coverage of it barely scratches the surface. The conversation rolls into Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy leverage strategy and the systemic risk it creates if that stock faces real liquidation pressure.

SafeMoon's former CEO gets sentenced for defrauding investors. A reminder that accountability does occasionally show up, just usually years late.

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Goodnow revolutionaries—

Bitcoin's sitting at a critical level and Friday's CPI data could change everything.

We break down the technical setup, what a hot inflation print would mean for crypto, and why patience might be the play right now.

Plus: crypto taxes are a nightmare—we compare Koinly vs Awaken and why you should start now. And your questions about cold wallets, building blockchains, and stablecoin strategy answered.

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