This week, Mike Ippolito joins us to break down crypto’s big flip as institutions rush into stablecoins—triggering excitement and anxiety alike. Hyperliquid faces drama after a high-stakes market manipulation attack, BlackRock's tokenized treasuries surge to nearly $2 billion, and the U.S. Treasury finally removes Tornado Cash from its sanctions list. Meanwhile, Robinhood enters banking, raising questions about DeFi’s future. We dive into all of this and so much more.

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

0:00 Intro

0:56 Blockworks DAS Week Recap

6:45 Saylor’s Strategy bought more Bitcoin

https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1904155021781901741

https://x.com/SaylorBuysBTC/status/1904631210887836142

12:33 Stablecoin Gold Rush
https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1905219932612178237

https://x.com/JasonYanowitz/status/1904886554708898112

https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1904521913528975550

25:32 Blackrock’s BUIDL fund is expanding to Solana

https://x.com/solana/status/1904520943667716531

https://x.com/carlosdomingo/status/1904516023623028894

44:59 Hyperliquid 

https://x.com/MacroCRG/status/1904895153384357990

https://x.com/HyperliquidX/status/1904923137684496784

https://x.com/toghrulmaharram/status/1904935313081856406

https://x.com/Dogetoshi/status/1904919007930577175

1:03:10 US lifted sanctions on Tornado Cash

https://x.com/matthuang/status/1904192079691170137

https://wewantjusticedao.org/ 

1:05:55 Robinhood Banking 

https://x.com/RobinhoodApp/status/1905127283532484696

1:09:38 Closing & Disclaimers 

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