• Kalshi's legal troubles 
• CME's data centre failure hiccup 
• Upbit hacker's details emerge 
• MegaETH's refund plans
• Infinex's upcoming Sonar sale
• Will ICOs replace airdrops in 2026? 

• Nasdaq proposes raising IBIT options limits
• Upbit falls victim to $37 million hack 
• Robinhood's share of Kalshi volume exposed
• Addressing the Tether FUD  
• Is Trump's next Fed Chair a dove?

• Monad mainnet is off the ground and running
• SEC to discuss tokenized equities on December 4 
• CFTC greenlights Polymarket's US comeback
• State of Texas scoops up Bitcoin via IBIT
• Everything about the MegaETH pre-deposit drama

• US government launches Genesis Mission to accelerate scientific discovery using AI
• MegaETH pre-deposit bridge opens today
• Galaxy Digital to provide liquidity for Polymarket and Kalshi  
• HIP-3 volume soars 
• Truth behind the billions in stablecoins minted and why no one announces when they are burnt and redeemed 

• Monad mainnet to go live today 9am ET
• Cardano chain split saga triggers FBI involvement 
• HYPE updates, FUD, team unstaking, USDH, and growth mode
• Pump.fun cashes out nearly $500 million in the last 6 weeks

• Crypto market sees major liquidations as prices tumble 
• MegaETH-based HelloTrade comes out of stealth 
• Kalshi raises $1 billion in latest round
• MSTR could be excluded from equity indices in January
• $JESSE token gets sniped

• NVIDIA earnings beat triggers market relief
• Winklevoss-backed Cypherpunk buys $18 million more Zcash
• The A-Z of the Base Chain controversy
• Hyperliquid's HIP-3 growth mode upgrade 

• MegaETH mainnet beta to go live in December
• MetaDAO's latest ICO gets over $100 million in commitments
• Brian Armstrong talks about the market structure bill
• NVIDIA earnings break down 
• Kraken raises $800 million at a $20 billion valuation

• Aave app waitlist goes live 
• Monad's underwhelming ICO stats 
• Who's buying the dip?
• Fidelity SOL ETF to go live tomorrow

• Bitcoin "death cross" confirmed
• HIP-3 markets are picking up
• McDonalds sees record applications
• Japan easing cycle picks up
• Key data for the week ahead

• Bears push BTC well below the 50-week MA
• Grayscale files for IPO
• OKX app allows DEX trading across Base and Solana
• Cash App to allow BTC & stablecoin payments in 2026
• blocmates Solana Q3 report made "public"

• Govt shutdown ends
• Crypto fear and greed index drops to bear market levels
• The Hyperliquid vault x POPCAT attack saga 
• Aave-Aptos tie up 
• Aerodrome and Velodrome's merger

We're discussing the grumblings across crypto that Monad has rugged its loyal farmers with a 3% allocation for the long-awaited airdrop. 

Three years of tweeting gMonad leads to this?! How dare they!

Also MegaETH revokes an ICO allocation after tweets insinute that there was an intention to sell, the U.K. shits the bed on stablecoins and Farage says he will save the day.

What a week. 

• JPMorgan rolls out JMP Coin 
• UAE executes its first transaction using the digital dirham
• XRP ETF to go live on Thursday
• Lighter raises at $1.5 billion valuation  
• Lido drops proposal for LDO buy backs

• Uniswap's fee switch proposal 
• Monad tokenomics 
• Coinbase's ICO platform launch
• MegaETH x ICO Beast saga
• ETPs and staking rewards

• US government shutdown is coming to an end 
• Trump promises $2k dividend for Americans 
• Ledger is looking to go public in 2026
• Bitcoin and the 50 week moving average battle 

• LayerZero buys $10 million worth ZRO  
• Ark Invest and JPMorgan unveil Bitcoin price targets
• OG whales have been selling Bitcoin all year
• Google to offer Kalshi and Polymarket data on finance searches

Bread (CMO at MegaETH) is this week’s guest with Alex and Grant.

We’re discussing what’s gone down with MEXC freezing funds, the Balancer hack and Berachain, plus getting the info on what’s next for MegaETH ahead of launch.

• Trump says US will be the "crypto capital of the world"
• Ripple raises $500 million in latest investment round
• Robinhood ($HOOD) earnings: Revenue doubled
• ZachXBT teams up with Binance Chain

• Sequans becomes the first BTC DAT to sell its holdings 
• Wintermute says no more four-year cycle
• Berachain is back online after recovering $12.8 million
• Gemini to launch prediction market contracts 
• Government shutdown is coming to an end according to Kalshi/Polymarket

• Balancer exploit breakdown
• Canton Network TGE and its upcoming $540 million DAT  
• Stream Finance and its $93 million loss 
• Strategy's new offering: Stream $STRE  
• The Wintermute x Binance legal saga

• MEXC saga unfolded 
• The Fed's $30 billion injection
• Government shutdown updates
• CZ and his $2 million ASTER purchase
• PUMP airdrop soon?

Defi Dad and Nomatic join Grant and Alex on this week's episode to talk about the week that was in crypto. 

We get into the Blockworks news and talk about journalism's place in crypto, as well as Kalshi and Polymarket's agreement with the NHL, ETHZilla let down the Ethereum bulls and we ask the fellas which project they're watching at the minute.

Enjoy. 

• SBF opens up about FTX's solvency
• Coinbase & MicroStrategy earnings round up
• Did CZ dump Aster?  
• MegaETH's historic ICO raise

• 21Shares files for Hyperliquid ETF 
• OpenAI's $1 trillion valuation and IPO buzz  
• Visa to adopt 4 stablecoins across 4 chains
• Macro updates: FOMC & Trump-Xi talks