ROLLUP: $2B Polymarket Bet | Election Pump? | Ethereum Optimism | Trump 'WLFI' Launch
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🗓️ 18 October 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
With 17 days to the election, Trump launched WLFI token sales, while Kamala’s positive crypto comments sparked reactions. Polymarket shows Trump at 62%—can that be real?
In Ethereum, despite price drops, Fuel launched a high-performance L2, and Paradigm introduced its own with Reth at the core.
Meanwhile, Saylor plans a Bitcoin Bank, and Kraken is rolling out wrapped Bitcoin.
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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES
0:00 Intro
4:17 Markets, L2 Update, & Blobs
https://farside.co.uk/?p=1518
https://x.com/Evan_ss6/status/1846592303143776269
https://x.com/growthepie_eth/status/1845076141054345464
https://x.com/ryansadams/status/1845111043250393569
https://x.com/sassal0x/status/1846458384842916143
https://dune.com/hildobby/blobs
https://x.com/litocoen/status/1846455792461140222
https://imgur.com/a/hGxZIyT
https://x.com/pythianism/status/1846502438624231605
https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1845944946991276494
21:52 What’s going on on Polymarket?
https://polymarket.com/event/presidential-election-winner-2024?tid=1729178339570
https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1846660964105453836
https://x.com/fewture/status/1846667819200795038
https://x.com/adamscochran/status/1846677802583838768
https://x.com/divine_economy/status/1846677795423785150
https://www.natesilver.net/p/whats-behind-trumps-surge-in-prediction
https://x.com/fozzydiablo/status/1846369866091319743
https://x.com/fozzydiablo/status/1846647506446246089
https://x.com/hosseeb/status/1846395633806331914
31:12 Let’s check in on Trump and Kamala - 17 Days until election
First Trump - kicked off World Liberty Financial token sale
https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1845179557852377508
https://x.com/tier10k/status/1846641132731552018
https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1845926256292122767
34:43 Then Harris - said something about crypto - appreciates the help of crypto in broadening access to wealth
https://kamalaharris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/FMfcgzQXJZxzLGgcKmSNQSXCRKXShwxJ.pdf
https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1845920172638605768
https://x.com/Matt_Hougan/status/1845832802316751251
https://x.com/BanklessHQ/status/1846552111217045904
https://elections2024.thehill.com/massachusetts/massachusetts-senate-warren-deaton/
https://polymarket.com/event/massachusetts-us-senate-election-winner?tid=1729152612507
46:16 Galaxy researched released their Crypto policy scorecard
https://x.com/intangiblecoins/status/1845845163588907486
51:29 Kraken with a big release…Wrapped BTC - KBTC
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/10/17/crypto-exchange-kraken-launches-wrapped-bitcoin-token-kbtc/
52:17 Fuel mainnet is live!
https://x.com/fuel_network/status/1846536888003313786
53:54 Paradigm is launching a new L2, Odyssey
https://x.com/gakonst/status/1844757392061542781
https://x.com/danrobinson/status/1844759810421805069
55:49 Conduit introduced Conduit G2
https://x.com/conduitxyz/status/1846567345864536468
57:41 Michael Saylor wants to turn Microstrategy into a Bitcoin bank
https://x.com/isoandso/status/1844772434991325287
59:15 Italy will raise capital gain tax on Bitcoin from 26% to 42%
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/italy-stiffens-terms-digital-services-tax-2025-budget-2024-10-16
1:00:41 Bankless Summit is coming!
https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1846722706919838081
1:02:34 Meme of the Week, David’s Fight & Kyle Samani Drama
https://x.com/Jesseeckel/status/1845491020492124361
https://x.com/sgoldfed/status/1846183598832959617
1:06:29 Closing & Disclaimers
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| 0:00.0 | Trump token stuff, his Defi token is out. How is it going? |
| 0:03.7 | Kamla also said something about crypto. Is that a pivot or is it just really weird? |
| 0:08.1 | Also, the election odds, also doing something weird. Why are a crypto prediction markets giving Trump such a massive lead or |
| 0:15.3 | are they being manipulated? |
| 0:20.5 | Bankless Station is the third week of October. |
| 0:23.0 | It's time for the Bankless Weekly Roll Up. |
| 0:24.5 | David, since our last roll-up, you got punched in the face. |
| 0:27.4 | You punched a man in the face. |
| 0:28.8 | I did. |
| 0:29.8 | Lots of things happened. |
| 0:30.8 | We're going to talk about that maybe toward the end. |
| 0:32.3 | But okay, how you feeling, dude? |
| 0:34.0 | How are you feeling on the week? |
| 0:35.0 | You won your flight. |
| 0:36.0 | I'm feeling great. |
| 0:38.0 | The week has been awesome. |
| 0:39.0 | It's a fun week in crypto. |
| 0:40.0 | If you're talking about the context of like being post fight, like my head still hurts. |
| 0:46.4 | Not as much as the other guy, maybe? |
| 0:48.4 | I'm assuming not as much as the other guy. |
| 0:51.3 | All right. |
| 0:52.3 | That's the mark of a champion fighter. |
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