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Citadel’s $500M bet on Ripple just confirmed what I’ve been saying for months — the real money is building rails, not chasing price. In this episode, I break down what that move means, why XRP is still the center of Ripple’s playbook, and how a few words from one of the world’s great macro traders set the stage for what comes next.

Don’t miss the next Front Run The Week — it’ll connect dots most people don’t even see.

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Every 18 months, crypto crowns a new narrative — DeFi, GameFi, AI-Fi, RWA — and then pivots away before anything real is finished. It’s what Rosie Sargsian calls “sunk-cost maxxing.” Instead of finishing what they start, Web3 builders chase the next hype cycle like college quarterbacks chasing NIL money and transfer portals. We’ve built a culture that loves the recruiting process but not the program. The wedding but not the marriage. And while everyone else is switching jerseys, Ripple stayed put — quietly executing a decade-long plan that’s now peaking with ISO 20022 going live this month. They didn’t pivot. They planned. From Ripple Prime (Hidden Road) to Rail and G Treasury, they’ve been building the rails others will soon be forced to run on. This episode breaks down the cultural sickness behind constant pivoting — and why the real builders, like Ripple, prove that Vaultseason isn’t for tourists.

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Now that the NBA gambling scandal has come to light, I’m thinking less about the bets and more about the setup. The rim’s still ten feet high — even when players like Victor Wembanyama could use it as a footstool. It’s not about cheating; it’s about advantage.

Same thing in crypto. The giants — the exchanges, the funds, the insiders — are playing above the rim. The rest of us are trying to touch net while pretending it’s a fair game.

This week on The Chip Mahoney Show, I’m connecting the dots between the NBA’s gambling mess, FTX’s arena deal, and the way markets keep pretending the floor and ceiling are the same height. Because the truth is simple: the rim never moved — the players just got taller.

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Kadena is gone — another “revolutionary” chain built by ex-JPMorgan engineers that ran out of oxygen before it ran out of promises. And while real builders fade quietly, the spotlight chasers line up to praise Bitcoin like it’s their personal achievement.

That’s what this episode’s about. How people born into opportunity — the Nepo Babies of crypto and politics alike — always seem to “believe” in the assets that don’t require belief. They show up late, call it conviction, and take credit for timing that was handed to them.

So here’s my challenge: for once, don’t just back the shiny thing. Pick something like Kadena. Go all in. Hold through the dump. Then talk about conviction.

Because this cycle isn’t testing who can predict the next bull run — it’s testing who can stay aligned when the lights go out.

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In this episode, I dissect the implosion of the Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) narrative — the rush by public companies, funds, and pseudo-institutions to stack crypto assets as balance-sheet exposure… without understanding the liquidity, volatility, or narrative risk behind it.

I connect this to Tom Lee’s previous bullish statements on ETH ($5K → $10K thesis) and how, ironically, the same institutions chasing yield on-chain may now be retreating just as the real cycle begins. The bubble wasn’t in the assets — it was in the misunderstanding of what ownership actually means.

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When tariffs return, power redistributes. From medieval tolls to modern trade wars, control has always taxed movement — and crypto was built to break that pattern.

In this episode, I talk with Aly Madhavji, Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund and one of the Knights on CryptoKnights, the Web3 Shark Tank–style show now streaming on Amazon Prime through Ritestream.io.

We discuss:

What Aly’s looking for in the next wave of Web3 founders and ideas

How vaults could onboard the next billion users

And whether there’s enough crypto royalty left to defend the space if another villain rises

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A New York hedge fund that claimed to be “diversified and protected” just got caught running one of the biggest TradFi cover-ups in years. Prophecy Asset Management and its CEO, Jeffrey Spotts, allegedly funneled hundreds of millions to a single trader — Brian Kahn — who then lost it all and hid the truth behind fake documents and sham transactions.

In this episode, Chip Mahoney breaks down how this echoes the same arrogance that took down Sam Bankman-Fried — and why the future of finance isn’t about trusting fund managers, but verifying everything on-chain.

Listen to why Prophecy’s collapse is another warning for the old system — and how verifiable transparency is becoming the new definition of trust.

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Morgan Stanley just confirmed what financial advisors have been hiding — crypto isn’t a fad, it’s a new reserve system.
Starting October 15, they’re opening access to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana for every client, including retirees and 401(k) holders.

It sounds like progress — but while Wall Street markets Solana to the masses, Ark Invest has been quietly unloading it. Through its ARKK fund, Cathie Wood’s team sold Brera Holdings — a treasury company linked to Solana — four days in a row.

That’s not rebalancing — that’s rotation.

In this episode, Chip breaks down why Morgan Stanley’s crypto rollout is more about control than conviction, how institutions use retail as the exit liquidity for their own narratives, and why the next wealth wave will favor those who own what’s verifiable before it’s valuable.

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JPMorgan just called Bitcoin “the debasement trade.” But is that bullish — or is it a setup?

In this episode of The Chip Mahoney Show, Chip breaks down how Wall Street, big banks, and institutional investors are turning Bitcoin into a tech product that looks like freedom but functions like control. He explains why Wholecoiners are being minted first — not as rebels, but as customers — and how the real crypto evolution is happening underneath it all in digital dollars, stablecoins, and on-chain yield ecosystems.

You’ll learn:
– Why JPMorgan’s “debasement” framing benefits banks, not Bitcoin holders
– How the “Wholecoiner” illusion fuels late-cycle retail FOMO
– Why the real anti-debasement trade isn’t Bitcoin — it’s the digital dollar network
– How DeFi, Base, and tokenized treasuries are rewriting the rules of money

Subscribe for deep, contrarian insights on Bitcoin, crypto, tech, and the future of money — from one of the few voices connecting all three.

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In this episode, we dive deep into the world of crypto as we analyze Fitell Corporation's recent move of investing into Pump.fun tokens. With a hefty $100M credit line and a rebranding as Solana Australia Corporation, we ask: Is this truly a strategic play in the blockchain space or more of a corporate cosplay? Join me as I break down why Fitell’s treasury stunt resembles a dumbbell move rather than a disciplined strategy, and we'll contrast it with serious players in the crypto and tech sectors, such as MicroStrategy and VivoPower. Along the way, we’ll discuss the implications of late capitalism, the risks of flashy rebrands, and what it means to chase hype on Solana in contrast to building solid foundational strategies within the blockchain ecosystem.

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