Goodnow revolutionaries–

Gian (Ruto) from Polygon rejoins the show to break down their massive week and the vision to move money onchain.

The Open Money Stack explained: what it is, why it matters, and how the pieces fit together.

Polygon's $250M acquisition of CoinMe and Sequence—48-state money transmitter licenses and 50k fiat-to-crypto locations in the US.

How the acquisitions create a flywheel for $POL token value: more users, more fees, more burns.

Where to stake your POL: staking.polygon.technology and other options.

CLARITY Act update: Brian Armstrong's dissent worked—the vote is cancelled for now. Alex breaks down the banking lobby's concerns.

Will shares his current trading strategy and a tip for using stop losses to protect gains.

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• Polygon Open Money Stack
• Stake POL
• Gian on X

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Welcome to Trust Issues--

Alex and Emily zero in on Elizabeth Warren's crusade against crypto and why it's a case study in confirmation bias doing real damage. The argument is not that she's wrong about every concern. It's that she's burning the forest to kill a bug.

Progressives should be the loudest voices for DeFi. Unbanked people, underbanked people, access to capital for populations locked out of traditional finance. That is the progressive case. Warren's opposition has accidentally aligned her with the banking lobby she built her career opposing.

The second half turns into a surprisingly heated but honest conversation about XRP, value accrual, and what actually drives the price of a token. Emily breaks down why network utilization is the mechanic that creates real value, and why speculation alone is not the same thing, even if it still makes you money.

Trust Issues Book Club officially launches February 18. The book: The Mystery of Capital by Hernando de Soto. Questions go to trustissuespod.xyz.

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Goodnow revolutionaries–

Sheryl from Simple Crypto Advice joins us to talk about teaching crypto to people over 40, 55, and seniors without the jargon.

Brian Armstrong publicly withdrew Coinbase support from the Senate's CLARITY Act revision—Alex breaks down what happened and why it matters.

Common scams targeting new crypto users and how to spot them before it's too late.

Live Jito restaking tutorial: how to stake SOL for JitoSOL and earn validator rewards plus MEV tips.

Alex demos Blockchain Basecamp—his vibe-coded masterpiece for learning crypto.

3 Arculus wallets given away to the community.

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Goodnow revolutionaries–

Dercio from Polar GTM joins us to talk data analytics, event production, and why privacy might be the biggest battleground in Web3's future. AI-powered mass surveillance is no longer theoretical—and your phone is ground zero.

The Jito tutorial continues: liquidity providing, restaking, and using Kamino for managed LP positions.

How to think about risk metrics in DeFi before you ape in.

Plus: Ruto from Polygon joins us tomorrow to break down their major announcements—yes, the token is 90% off ATH, but the adoption news is wild.

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Today Eric Pan joins Rise Up to talk DeFi beyond the wallet—solutions that make crypto accessible to anyone, even your parents. But first: former NYC Mayor Eric Adams' memecoin rug (30 minutes flat!) and Coinbase's standoff with Congress over GENIUS Act loopholes.

Eric walks through Nook, an app he advises that lets normies earn DeFi yields without seed phrases or bridges. The crew explores the Privy-Bridge-Stripe stack that's bringing crypto to TradFi, then rounds up their favorite yield plays: DeFi Carrot, Turbo, EtherFi, Reserve, and Glider.

Will delivers the CPI update (inflation cooling, rate cuts incoming?), announces his modeling career, and dips out early. Evan, Alex, and Eric close with 2026 Bitcoin predictions.

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• Eric Pan: @ericnomics (X: @_ericnomics)
• Try Nook: nook app
• DeFi Carrot: use.deficarrot.com / turbo.deficarrot.com
• EtherFi: ether.fi
• Reserve: reserve.org
• Glider: glider.fi
• River: river.com

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Welcome back to Market Watch–

Markets shrugged off the FBI investigation into Jerome Powell—stocks closed green despite the noise.

Gold hit all-time highs while silver made serious moves overnight heading into the week.

Bitcoin remains trapped in choppy volatility—flying up, slamming down, no clear bottom confirmed yet.

Will maintains his bearish stance but admits bullish momentum is building on the charts—we're not on easy mode yet.

Doug's advice: turn FOMO into patience, watch for real entry points, and keep tight stop losses in this trap-heavy environment.

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Goodnow revolutionaries–

It's launch day. Friends Stella Achenbach and Ceci Sakura from partner Unlock Protocol join us to unveil 2 major community updates: the Rise Up CommUnity Scholarship fund and pay-with-crypto for premium membership.

Evan walks through the scholarship mechanics, governance questions, and why we're seeding it with $2,500 from the RUMS treasury.

The governance conversation pivots to democracy itself—Jerome Powell's pushback against legal subpoenas, Trump's territorial flexes on Venezuela and Greenland, and what we can actually do to fix broken systems.

Alex delivers a powerful rant-swer on opting out and building alternatives.

Plus: Part 1 of our 4-part DeFi tutorial series with partner Jito is live on YouTube.

Links: Give to the Scholarship Unlock Protocol App Unlock Protocol Discord Democracy Erosion Research Jito Staking Tutorial

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Goodnow revolutionaries–

Today on the Morning Show we welcomed the return of Gerard (Geebz), crypto venture principal and friend of the show, to talk about the year that was and his predictions for 2026.

Will breaks the news about Zcash's core development team resignation—clarifying what's real vs. what's hype.

We battle through internet chop while Alex puts his tinfoil hat on for stablecoin dominance analysis.

Plus: the highest USDC yields (and potential airdrops) on Solana; crypto tax solutions to make your life easier; and a heart-to-heart discussion clarifying our stance on memecoins.

On the way out we wish Alex a happy early birthday and he reveals his favorite cake is (DeFi) carrot.

Links:
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Geebz 2026 Predictions
Mason Nystrom Thread (Geebz Recommended)

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Tonight we're joined by William Quigley—co-founder of Tether and WAX, aspiring DJ, and frustrated Porsche owner—for a fireside chat about where crypto and the economy are headed.

Ledger's firmware drama has everyone on edge, so we onboard William to Arculus live and give away a few more wallets to the community.

We revisit the 10/10 liquidation event, laugh at our wildly optimistic Bitcoin price predictions from earlier in the year, and dig into what William and his friends are watching: the AI bubble, inflation, tariffs, and how to stay resilient through economic uncertainty.

Plus: why Porsche keys really are the most expensive in the game, William's take on why DAOs are one of the worst ways to do business, and his predictions for 2026—including big acquisitions, rate cuts, and bigger Bitcoin prices.

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Welcome to Trust Issues--

Brian Armstrong tweets that the GENIUS Act is a red line. Two weeks later, he tweets that America is missing the forest for the trees by not paying interest on stablecoins. Those two positions cannot coexist.

Emily, Alex, and Lindsay pick it apart. The GENIUS Act prohibits issuers from paying yield directly to holders. Coinbase, as a third-party platform, sits in the exact sweet spot that rule creates. So when Armstrong says don't touch Genius and also says we need yield-bearing stablecoins, the math does not add up.

The crew walks through what happens when corporations like Amazon, Walmart, and Kohl's can issue their own stablecoins. Emily maps out a Kohl's cash scenario where a retailer could boost annual revenue 10-15% just by arbitraging between loyalty tokens and stable dollars. It sounds absurd. It is completely plausible under GENIUS.

Lindsay introduces The Mystery of Capital by Hernando de Soto as the first Trust Issues Book Club pick, and the conversation lands on why access to capital, not just money, is the thing that actually changes lives.

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