Mike Toner & Ankarino Lara

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Mike Toner and Ankarino Lara discuss breaking news and trends in all things Crypto: from Bitcoin to ETH & Altcoins, from DeFi to NFTs, and of course the burgeoning Metaverse. Subscribe today and prepare yourself for a better tomorrow!

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Mike Toner & Ankarino Lara

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E63: Have You Been Involved with SEC Chair Gary Gensler Getting Fired Before Thanksgiving? 08.11.2023 46:37

Back from the Bahamas, Bankman-Fried guilty as charged! Ouija Board says March 2024 gunna be BIG, while Bored Apes sail Yachts to Hong Kong (and get laser eyed for reals!) Ripple says “we not Stable Coins”, then Paypal and Binance get grilled! #NoPaxos… Senator Lumis is gunning for Gensler hardcore, and Elon ponders A.I. to govern A.I. to police A.I. Aye aye aye!

E62: Have You Been Involved in the AI Whirlwind, Bankman’s Bahamas, AND Fed Crypto Regulation Madness? 31.10.2023 32:53

We whisk you away to the Bahamas, where Sam Bankman-Fried, the maestro of crypto, ran his empire amidst tax havens and sandy beaches. But watch out, AI's lurking, and President Biden's executive order is stirring up debates - are we innovating or over-regulating? Dive into the wild world of cryptocurrency, where SBF's strategies meet the wit of regulatory challenges, all sprinkled with...

E61: Have you been involved in AI antics, BTC Buffoonery and Regulatory Riddles during Global Unrest? 19.10.2023 33:32

Global tensions and domestic upheavals. China and Russia get buddy buddy, while court revelations shed light on Alameda's backdoor casino and gangsta’ style price manipulation. The US govt gots a hefty BTC bag amid wild market fluctuations, makes ya think? Meanwhile, AI's intersection with crypto captures regulators' attention, with Gensler warning of an impending financial crisis with...

E60: Have you been involved in selling Pokèmon Cards during a Congressional Hearing? 04.10.2023 39:53

Gov shutdown averted, but Senator McHenry steals McCarthy’s gavel. Trump in court, Sam Bankman-Fried in court, Gensler talks Pokèmon with congress. CFTC says Bitcoin *has always been* a commodity, duh, just check our undated web pages. And Brazil is confused as to what ‘blockchain’ means. But who cares? Taylor steals all the narratives, dancing in a luxury box!

E59: Have you been involved in Auto, Hollywood, AND Government Shutdowns? 27.09.2023 37:10

Biden on the picket lines, Writers off the picket line (for now), and McCarthy off his votes by a few! Apple + Disney = Entertainment-Verse, Google + Samsung = Business-Verse? The SEC, CFTC, and others open during shutdown because “essential”. American cultural exports strong this week: Dumb Money & Creator release, reshape narratives around wealth and A.I.! = = = = Each week, Mike Toner and...

E58: Have you been involved in Parading a Papier-Mâché Alien Corpse thru Congress? 19.09.2023 44:45

The Cartel must be extra busy, what with gray cadavers in tiny coffins! Apple has Wanderlust, teases Spatial Video… Google has their day in court, teases 2010 indiscretions. Congressman Emmer thinks SEC has gone too far, Senator Warren says not far enough. GOP hates CBDCs, but Fednow.gov has USDC! Wait, if government shut down is imminent, does any of this matter? = = = = Each week, Mike Toner an...

E57: Have you been involved in Hollywood Creating Derivative Financial Products? 11.09.2023 48:28

Dumb Money leads sheeple to the slaughter… look Retail Investor, you can win! IRS says NO CRYPTO TAX for next 16 months… Accumulate! Accumulate! SEC kicks BTC ETF rulings down the road, SOMA.finance repackages old news with a new ribbon. VISA, JPMorgan, and the FEds all have blockchains! And China tanks Apple stock on a whisper… but not at G20! = = = = Each week, Mike Toner and Ankarino Lara discu...

E56: Have you been involved in Publishing New IRS rules at 8PM EST on a Friday? 28.08.2023 39:47

IRS says no crypto tax for another year! Xi Jinping & Putin duck BRICS meeting, Prigozhin takes wrong plane. Trump, 29 clowns go Fulton, but GOP hopefuls pass on Crypto debate. $3.1BB BTC wallet makes a move! BlackRock, Feds, or Robinhood? CLEAR + MSFT = Business-verse, and Apple + Disney = Entertainment-verse? Then Google + Samsung = ???

E55: Have you been involved in Manipulating Global Bitcoin & Ethereum Markets? 22.08.2023 40:19

SpaceX empties Bitcoin wallet, tanks price. Elon gets a discount! Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs available in Europe, just in time for BlackRock to go back to school. Vitalik Buterin buys $1MM ETH on Coinbase, SEC vs Ripple appeal scheduled April 2024. Hurricane Hilary is nothing burger, and Putin ducks BRICKS South African summit. Inflation vs. De-Dollarization, mang! Each week, Mike Toner and Ankari...

E54: Have you been involved with the US Government stealing the Bitcoin Halvening? 14.08.2023 38:55

Coinbase allowed to buy shitcoins, Ripple appeal pushed to next April. Gensler plays Chicken Little: “the sky is falling, and so is my bottom line!” Black box algorithms = A.I., & Wall Street pays $500MM for texts. Timelines: BlackRock ETF first before EOY, everyone else in 2024, new legislation governs campaign donations. If BTC is at $100k, can a BTC ETF be at $50k? Each week, Mike Toner and...

E53: Have you been involved with AI Curing Cancer and Catching Crypto Villains? 04.08.2023 34:58

BlackRock says ETH ETFs are next, is Coinbase surveilling? Gensler says “AI” and “CTFC” at Press Club… then sues WWE for nothing to do with crypto! Forbes ran story about LAST WEEK’s crypto legislation THIS WEEK. No Aliens & sharks… good timing! BofA supports Ripple, & BofA is not part of Fednow rollout. Coincidence right? Damn, Jessie Cheng! = = = = Each week, Mike Toner and Ankarino Lara...

E52: Have you been involved in Aliens Scanning yo Iris and Spending yo Cryptos? 28.07.2023 34:11

PsyOps Summer! Fednow steals award after 15 straight years of CIA shenanigans! Gilibrand’s FIT rolls congress: decentralized = commodity, centralized = security. Garlinghouse crapping he short pants when Gensler files XRP appeal! Elon vs. Doge vs. Twitter vs. X vs. Threads vs. himself. Zuck burns $32Bs chasing Ready Player One, commits $20Bs more. Sharks vs. Aliens, Apple vs. Microsoft in proxy wa...

E51: Have you been involved in Not Being a Security? (kind of, tho?) 15.07.2023 38:46

Garlinghouse avoids jail and a fine, and XRP is not a security. Or is it? Coinbase is everyone’s surveillance partner… so who’s watching Coinbase? Activision scores a real win against FTC, and a broader win for gaming marketplace! You hear Lummis works on the weekend? So does Fink at BlackRock… shhhh, sounds like crypto is becoming a commodity overnight!

E50: Have you been involved in Pulling Threads during a Cage Match? 07.07.2023 39:02

Will the real Spiderman please stand up? Elon vs Mark in a war of webs and words, Yellen vs China in a war of policy. Hey, BlackRock has web hits AND Digital Gold! That means BTC is a commodity? SEC to decide! Coinbase becomes everyone’s best friend (and surveillance partner), and Google makes BIG money moves into Lightning network.

E49: Have you been involved in Staging a Fake Civil War? 23.06.2023 32:54

BlackRock has more money (and web hits!) than the Feds… so yeah, they finta sell BTC! Jessie Cheng pops out the woodwork with a steaming box of FedNow, while SBF walks scott free. JPM Coin saves the Euro this coming Brexit winter, but keep watching for subs and civil wars… nothing to see here! Each week, Mike Toner and Ankarino Lara discuss breaking news and trends in all things Web3, AI, Metaver...

E48: Have you been involved in running Blockchains on failed Web2 Infrastructure? 16.06.2023 39:50

If AWS goes down and no one’s around, does it make a sound? ETH nodes say YES! Congress wants Gary Gensler fired, Mark Cuban has beef with the SEC too. Bitcoin Beach Mayor Suarez rises up against DeSantis, Apple spars with Jack Doresey, and old BlackRock contradicts new BlackRock! Each week, Mike Toner and Ankarino Lara discuss breaking news and trends in all things Crypto: from Bitcoin to ETH &a...

E47: Have you been involved with Apple buying all of Disney? 09.06.2023 42:20

June 5th was Apple Vision Pro day and more! JPMorgan & Jamie Dimon press embargo advantage, throw mud on Goldman Sachs. Bitcoin dips while Gemini is down, SEC wages war against Binance & Coinbase simultaneously. And is Bob Igor really that “one more thing?” = = = = Each week, Mike Toner and Ankarino Lara discuss breaking news and trends in all things Crypto: from Bitcoin to ETH & Altco...

E46: Have you been involved with Tim Cook slapping Mark Zuckerberg in the Face? 03.06.2023 33:09

Mark your calendars! June 5th is Apple Reality day… Code New Worlds = Siri + AI upgrade. Get ready to fight! Morgan Stanley vs. Goldman Sachs, Nike and EA vs. Rockstar Games, Ripple versus the SEC… and that’s just the undercard! Main event: Cook vs. Zuckerberg! Each week, Mike Toner and Ankarino Lara discuss breaking news and trends in all things Crypto: from Bitcoin to ETH & Altcoins, from De...

E45: Have you been involved in nominating Elon Musk as Vice President? 26.05.2023 46:16

Twitter Spaces and unrestricted campaign announcements, Mike Pence will stick to CNN! Nvidia stock surges as metaverse takes shape, Apple event impending, and Adobe Photoshop to feature generative AI. Shaq finally gets served just as FTX prepares to reboot, where is the love? Each week, Mike Toner and Ankarino Lara discuss breaking news and trends in all things Crypto: from Bitcoin to ETH & Al...

E44: Have you been involved in Regulating AI Robots while launching $100M Memecoins? 19.05.2023 42:31

Elon Musk makes news with AI robots, new CEO and advertising Tesla on Twitter. Sam Altman begs Congress to regulate AI and simultaneously— his new Worldcoin will solve digital identity! Don’t forget the Writer’s are Striking and the Debt Ceiling is falling! Each week, Mike Toner and Ankarino Lara discuss breaking news and trends in all things Crypto: from Bitcoin to ETH & Altcoins, from DeFi t...

E43: Have you been involved at the intersection of AI and Blockchain? 12.05.2023 44:56

Google screams “AI is the future!” No more human engineers? Spotify removes synthetic songs, meme coins get generated and marketed by AI! Deloitte, Goldman Sachs & Microsoft love blockchains. The war between Twitter, Microsoft, Google, and Apple fought in Metaverse! Each week, Mike Toner and Ankarino Lara discuss breaking news and trends in all things Crypto: from Bitcoin to ETH & Altcoins...

E42: Have you been involved in Faking a Debt Default to push Crypto Legislation? 05.05.2023 38:13

Janet Yellen been yellin’, “we gunna default on our debt!” Meanwhile, Jamie Dimon single-handedly saves regional banks, but the ghost of Epstein gunna smear his name. AI disrupts Hollywood right after the music industry, Apple gunna disrupt banking early June! Each week, Mike Toner and Ankarino Lara discuss breaking news and trends in all things Crypto: from Bitcoin to ETH & Altcoins, from DeF...

E41: Have you been involved with Ted Cruz buying Bitcoin every Monday? 28.04.2023 36:03

Polygon Labs partners with Google and… Franklin Templeton? Apple scores victory against Epic Games, building their Metaverse moat ever wider! The GOP hates Central Bank Digital Currencies, welcome to e-Dollar surveillance state! Armstrong is arm-weak at Consensus! Each week, Mike Toner and Ankarino Lara discuss breaking news and trends in all things Crypto: from Bitcoin to ETH & Altcoins, fro...

E40: Have you been involved with the SEC Chairman lying to Congress? 21.04.2023 48:16

Gary Gensler straight-up lying on Capitol Hill, how you teach a Bitcoin class at MIT without ever buying Bitcoin? Coinbase threatens to leave USA, Euro-pegged stablecoin says no peer to peer ever! And AI creates synthetic rap music… isn’t that just autotune? 💻🎙️🗣️ Each week, Mike Toner and Ankarino Lara discuss breaking news and trends in all things Crypto: from Bitcoin to ETH & Altcoins, fro...

E39: Have you been involved in Apple becoming the world’s biggest bank? 17.04.2023 39:24

NFT NYC is a dud, Operation Choke Point 2.0 called out in Congress! USA imports UK regulations, while Musk quietly sunsets Twitter for “X Corp”. Rep Davidson wants Gary Gensler gone, while FTX rises from the dead! Apple + Goldman Sachs = Savings + Staking! Each week, Mike Toner and Ankarino Lara discuss breaking news and trends in all things Crypto: from Bitcoin to ETH & Altcoins, from DeFi...