Clarity Window Closing, Robinhood Eating Ethereum Value & Coinbase's Base Reset
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Clarity Window Closing, Robinhood Eating Ethereum Value & Coinbase's Base Reset

B2Upper-intermediateJuly 16, 20261 hr 14 min
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Crypto's window for regulatory clarity is about to close while Robinhood raises questions about who actually captures the value created onchain. This week, we unpack Clarity’s narrowing path through Congress and what failure could mean for crypto markets and institutional adoption. We also debate Ethereum’s economics, Coinbase’s Base reset, the Ostium hack vs instant settlement, and Stripe’s reported PayPal bid. Enjoy! TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 01:50 Clarity Act’s Closing Window 08:40 Trump’s Crypto Ethics Roadblock 14:07 What...

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funds, or projects discussed. All right. Happy Friday. What's up, folks? Welcome back. Welcome back. rob santi yeah no we got the gang rob looking dapper today rob looks like he's in broadway you know i literally asked before you came on santi i was like is there too much light in this room

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and they're like no you look great but i look great rob you look great my forehead is like it's just like shining right now you look great someone told me that the lighting on me was great last week unfortunately someone by that you mean your own alt on the empire telegram oh my god i'm still crying i'm still crying from that rob comment before we started recording oh

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