Bankless

Hosted by Ryan Sean Adams & David Hoffman

Crypto & BlockchainDeFi & Crypto FinanceFinanceInvesting

As money, ownership, and the internet get rewritten in real time, Bankless sits at the center of the shift. Launched in 2020 as one of the original crypto-native podcasts, it has grown alongside the rise of Ethereum, DeFi, and on-chain culture. Hosted by Ryan Sean Adams and David Hoffman, the show explores the future of finance through conversations with builders, investors, and thinkers shaping the next system. It’s part education, part ideology, and part early signal — a guide for anyone trying to understand where power is moving in a world that’s increasingly on-chain.

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ROLLUP: Uptober Green Light? | Robinhood Goes All-In | $400M Bitget Hack | Prediction Markets to SCOTUS

with In | $400M Bitget Hack | Prediction Markets to SCOTUS

Oct 2, 202659m

Bitcoin just broke its bearish market structure, but surging bond yields could still test the rally. Ryan and David unpack Uptober, Robinhood’s trading push, the Bitget hack, and prediction markets’ path to the Supreme Court. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankle

Is Variational the Next Hyperliquid? | CEO Lucas Schuermann and Justin Bram

with Guest

Sep 30, 202649m

What if the next major onchain trading platform looks less like a crypto exchange and more like Robinhood with institutional liquidity underneath? Variational co-founder Lucas Schumann and Head of Product Justin Bram join David to unpack the broker model behind Variational, why they believe swaps ca

Ben Cowen Says You Have Permission to be Bullish

with Guest

Sep 28, 202657m

Ben Cowen is back on Bankless after publicly admitting one of his key Bitcoin calls was wrong. What changed? Ben and David unpack the breakout that challenged his bear-market thesis, whether the four-year cycle is still intact, why Bitcoin is shrugging off a macro environment Ben expected to pressur

ROLLUP: The Bull Market is On? | Zcash & NEAR | Kalshi Wash Trading | BlackRock Goes Onchain

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Sep 25, 20261h 0m

The bull market may be back, but Bitcoin might not be leading it. Ryan and David break down the early-bull signals, Zcash and NEAR’s surge, rising yields, Kalshi’s wash-trading controversy, and BlackRock’s expanding crypto push. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://ban

FOMO, Meme Stocks and Robinhood Chain | Andy8052 & Eric Conner

with Guest

Sep 23, 202656m

Meme coins are back, but this time the more interesting story may be what they're building around them. David sits down with Eric and Andy to unpack the latest meme-coin cycle, the rise of stock-paired memes on Robinhood Chain, and the strange possibility that speculative trading could actually boot

How Robinhood is using the SEC's New Innovation Exemption | Johann Kerbrat

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Sep 21, 202637m

Robinhood is trying to erase the line between crypto markets and traditional finance. David sits down with Johann from Robinhood to unpack the rise of tokenized stocks, why so much activity is already happening outside normal trading hours, and what changes when equities become programmable, composa