ROLLUP: Crypto in Free Fall | Vitalik’s L2 Pivot | Warsh Fed Pick | Clarity Act Showdown
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Show Notes
Crypto enters a full-blown pain market as Bitcoin, ETH, tech stocks, and even gold sell off together. Ryan and David break down why crowded trades are unwinding across markets, what the Warsh Fed chair pick means for rates and risk assets, and whether crypto has become uniquely fragile in this cycle. They dig into Vitalik’s L2 pivot and what it signals about Ethereum’s next era, unpack massive institutional paper losses at Strategy, BitMine, and Galaxy, and analyze Polymarket odds on where Bitcoin goes next. Plus: OGs selling to ETF buyers, the Clarity Act standoff between banks and crypto, and how to survive the psychology of a real bear market.
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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES
0:00 Intro
3:23 Markets
https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2019413451471483282
https://x.com/MelMattison1/status/2018821072934846482
https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2018215213959729487
https://imgur.com/xGMBu9p
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bitcoin
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum
https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2017679054619414773
https://x.com/AggrNews/status/2017670162481053771
https://imgur.com/fOOPShT
https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2018251708833669137
https://x.com/fundstrat/status/2018317901682373032
https://x.com/mmmikema/status/2017517404461666668
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/02/04/tom-lee-says-bitmine-s-usd6-billion-ether-paper-loss-is-by-design
https://x.com/deitaone/status/2018680207368950085
https://x.com/nic_carter/status/2018698942083412050
https://x.com/Polymarket/status/2017655487936807237
https://polymarket.com/event/what-price-will-bitcoin-hit-before-2027/?via=bankless
https://x.com/ericbalchunas/status/2019079756008800685
https://x.com/Matt_Hougan/status/2018695396386570257
https://x.com/Zeneca/status/2017713330341953547
24:49 Federal Reserve & Kevin Warsh
https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2017204939139764607
https://x.com/AshCrypto/status/2017223525522919707
https://x.com/Eric_BIGfund/status/2017077398479470788
https://x.com/shahh/status/2017266603126292607
https://x.com/avichal/status/2017107032034464256
https://x.com/RayDalio/status/2017687126926602643
https://x.com/LukeGromen/status/2013334684130746521
https://x.com/AltcoinDaily/status/2017296093621719062
31:57 Ethereum Roadmap Pivot
https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/2018727620624384059
https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1267464298919534593
https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/2019341766407725170
https://x.com/tkstanczak/status/2018969582506328077
https://x.com/haydenzadams/status/2018739946706596309
https://x.com/RyanWatkins_/status/2018722118955913367
https://x.com/josephdelong/status/2019116049694880021
https://x.com/Shaughnessy119/status/2018745708648574999
https://x.com/KhanAbbas201/status/2019155752955289652
45:16 Clarity Act & Stablecoin Yield
https://x.com/coinbureau/status/2016953240601186316
https://x.com/fintechfrank/status/2017622525987954840
https://x.com/aosipovich/status/2017173012546486292
https://x.com/Bankless/status/2017335175533715783
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https://x.com/tier10k/status/2017780627894898788
https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/2018467240136294821
https://x.com/NeerajKA/status/2019108061969866759
57:05 MetaMask Stocks & Bitwise Acquisition
https://x.com/OndoFinance/status/2018722106553348414
https://www.theblock.co/post/388379/bitwise-acquires-chorus-one
https://www.8004scan.io
58:31 Polymarket & Culture
https://x.com/Polymarket/status/2018731372920344582
https://x.com/litcapital/status/2018734492999885030
https://x.com/nycmayor/status/2019105073423327680
https://polymarket.com/sports/nfl/games/week/15/nfl-sea-ne-2026-02-08/?via=bankless
1:03:02 Closing & Disclaimers
1:03:18 Moment of Zen
https://x.com/tomwarren/status/2019039874771550516
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