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Goodnow revolutionaries— Alex and Will continue holding down the fort while Evan visits family. Today we dive deep into Aave V4 and what it means for tokenization of real-world assets—spoiler: it's a direct threat to Ondo's position.  We break down the Aave Labs vs DAO governance drama and why it perfectly illustrates the fundamental tension between centralized and decentralized incentiv...

Goodnow revolutionaries– Bitcoin dominance is lying to you. ETF buyers only had one coin to buy and one coin to sell—so when dominance drops, it doesn't mean altcoin season anymore. Will breaks down why the old playbook is dead. USD1 is the only stablecoin that actually passes the Genius Act requirements. Not USDC. Not Tether. Convenient timing? We walk through how this kneecaps the Fed and t...

Welcome back to Market Watch—  This week we break down Bitcoin’s key support zones, Ethereum and Solana weakness, and what current chart structures are signaling for the weeks ahead. We walk through major macro forces shaping markets, including the Bank of Japan’s rate decision, ongoing Fed policy shifts, and how global liquidity is impacting risk assets. We also cover institutional crypto narrati...

Goodnow revolutionaries— Alex and Will hold down the fort while Evan visits family in Michigan. Will kicks things off with a deep dive into the Bank of Japan rate hike—what it means for global liquidity, why this one won't be as dramatic as August 2024, and how the slowly shrinking pool of cheap money creates bearish pressure over time.  We break down the MicroStrategy FUD: Morgan Stanley may...

Goodnow revolutionaries– You keep asking about DCA and here's the honest answer: buying a coffee's worth of Bitcoin, ETH, and Solana every single day. No drama, no timing the market, just automatic and boring. Jito's building something interesting with their dual-token setup. JitoSOL pays you for staking, JTO gets you into governance, and they just shifted their whole restaking stra...

Goodnow revolutionaries– Will and Alex hold it down while Evan's on the road. Red solo cups make their appearance. Third show of the day, we're all pooped. Bitcoin perspective check: everyone asks different questions about the same asset for wildly different reasons. Some see retirement, some see day trading, some see digital gold. Unlike Apple or Amazon stock, Bitcoin means something di...

Welcome to Trust Issues-- Alex and Emily take a wrecking ball to the biggest myth in crypto: regulation will send everything to the moon. It won't. Emily lays out why. Everyday Americans hold a tiny share of global wealth. Full U.S. adoption barely moves the needle. And clear rules actually destroy the moat that makes crypto profitable for early movers. The alpha is the chaos. Remove the chao...

Welcome to Trust Issues-- First episode. Alex, Emily Herrick, Lindsay, and Katie Bettner launch the show that actually reads the legislation. "Once we get regulation, everything will be fine" is the crypto talking point that won't die. Emily and the crew break down why it's wrong, starting with the GENIUS Act and the quiet little detail that lets financial institutions mint the...

Goodnow revolutionaries– Web3 101 Wednesday gets chaotic fast—we bring Jerry and Brandon from Exit Liquidity on to talk about why crypto-enabled social media matters for creators. Brandon's origin story: started in the 2017 ICO boom, watched BitBoy and Altcoin Daily, figured out most crypto educators stay at the same level forever. Jerry's path hits different—firefighter by day, crypto c...

Goodnow revolutionaries– We call out the recycled ETF news cycle—BlackRock filed for Ethereum staking months ago but everyone's pretending it's breaking. Will explains why this actually matters: spot holders are about to migrate because who stays in a product that doesn't earn interest? CFTC quietly changed the rules on crypto collateral. We break down what Bitcoin, ETH, and USDC as...

Welcome back to Market Watch– NVIDIA gets the green light to sell H200 chips to China, adding $3B back to their revenue and keeping the AI cycle rolling while crypto sits in bear flags. MicroStrategy buys another $1B in Bitcoin but faces potential index removal pressure from Morgan Stanley in January. Will breaks down Bitcoin's technical picture, Ethereum's consolidation patterns, and wh...

Goodnow revolutionaries– (UPDATE: Luca Netz had to reschedule!) It's morning somewhere and we go live after technical difficulties! Will previews the Fed's final 2025 report. Evan breaks down the Metamask and Exodus partnership. Alex explains bridge beef, DeFi Carrot's turbo feature, and his weekly DeFi routine—DCAing into SOL and yield farming with Jupiter, Kamino, and Jito. We ans...

Goodnow revolutionaries– Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade just went live—here's what it means for ETH's burn rate and price potential. Bitcoin yield is now available on Aave through Babylon—Alex breaks down how UTXOs work and what makes this possible. Strategy moved billions in Bitcoin to Fidelity—we explain why that matters for custody and institutional crypto. Plus: The truth about APY g...

Goodnow revolutionaries– Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade just made ETH cheaper, faster, and deflationary. Babylon launches on Aave—now you can earn yield on native unwrapped Bitcoin in DeFi's biggest protocol. Alex unpacks Trust Issues and the GENIUS Act's plan to kneecap the Fed by 2029. Evan breaks down a Polymarket arbitrage strategy for 15-min markets that's actually profitable....

Goodnow revolutionaries– Bitcoin bounced hard overnight and the momentum is telling us something important. Will breaks down why this might hit 98K–105K and what comes next. We talk altcoins heating up—Solana, Hyperliquid, and what's catching our attention. Your emotions are going to tell you to hold—here's why you need to take profits anyway. Arculus Cold Storage Wallet Official cold wa...

Goodnow revolutionaries– XRP is having a moment and we break down what's real versus what's fantasy in the narrative. Alex's scam prevention video hit 20K views and saved people from losing serious money—here's why sharing knowledge matters. Pickle juice beats bananas for cramps (thanks vinegar) and we're diving into the science. Plus: your questions about minimum XRP hold...

Welcome back to Market Watch– MicroStrategy (now just "Strategy") announces they're buying $42B more Bitcoin and Jerome Powell's talking at Stanford—we break down what actually matters. Gold and silver crushed it after last week's calls while Bitcoin stays range-bound—Doug's eyeing shorts between 96K-102K. The market's lost its conviction and enthusiasm for now,...

We’re honored to welcome SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce back to Rise Up for her first public conversation since the government shutdown.  The last time we spoke—over a year ago—was in 2024, before a new regime at the SEC, the Crypto Task Force , and the passage of the GENIUS Act changed the landscape for digital assets. Today, we catch up on the state of crypto regulation , lessons from the past y...

Goodnow revolutionaries– Everything's down after the weekend and our friends want to know why. We discuss mNAV, Monad, and all the payments activity on Polygon, plus give some love to Dune Analytics. We help with a "gut check" and make a gameplan live for how to recover a down position or reevaluate your portfolio when you're uncertain. Will "unwinds" (pun intended) t...

Goodnow revolutionaries– We celebrate Thanksgiving by diving into Bitcoin's price history from Thanksgivings past and Evan shares a powerful new resource: the Bitcoin Halving Spiral. We review holiday spending trends and compare tradfi services like Venmo to crypto alternatives like Krak. We look ahead to what we expect from crypto through the end of the year. Alex leads a spirited discussion...

Goodnow revolutionaries–  Will, Alex, and Evan reunite for a full run of altcoin questions How down is down bad, when DCA works, when to walk away, and what real utility means Key metrics for small caps plus Black Friday tokens on our radar A vibe coder halts Cardano and exposes low on chain usage as Charles Hoskinson becomes a copypasta Bitcoin shows a possible long signal and the liquidation hea...

Goodnow revolutionaries—  Today on The Rise Up Morning Show the theme was leveling up. Evan, Alex, and Will welcomed back newly engaged Giancarlo (Ruto) from Polygon. Evan shared scenes from Buenos Aires and why crypto events compress years of learning into days. Ruto updated on Polygon's wins—Polymarket, Courtyard, Revolut, and Mastercard. The team covered making money in crypto with limited...

Goodnow revolutionaries— Today on The Rise Up Morning Show we welcomed back Dr. Adam Lowe, founder of Arculus, for a deeply technical session on what still holds crypto adoption back. We focused on the real frictions users feel daily: on-ramps that break across geographies, confusing security models, hard custody choices, and a rising wave of scams hitting retail users at scale. Adam walked us thr...

Welcome back to Market Watch– Bitcoin hits oversold on the Daily RSI and Stochastic RSI at the same time—prime bounce territory with a 17% move potential to 94K. Doug's analysis shows why most altcoins are following Bitcoin into bounce mode, but the 12-week EMA is your friend for targeting exits. Gold and silver charts reveal interesting macro setups as the holiday week keeps traditional mark...

Goodnow revolutionaries– Evan's live from Buenos Aires while Bitcoin tests critical monthly support—Will breaks down the chart that's been in play since 2020 and whether we close November above $98K. NVIDIA earnings crush expectations, unemployment ticks to 4.4%, and the bounce territory everyone's watching could arrive faster than expected. Pinlink pulls all liquidity and we walk t...