ROLLUP: Bull Market Over? | Operation Choke Point 2.0 Emails | Meta Free Speech | $6.5B Silk Road BTC Sale

Ryan and David return for another Weekly Rollup, tackling the question everyone’s asking in 2025: is the crypto bull market already over, or do we still have more to go? Fresh FDIC emails prove Choke Point 2.0 was no conspiracy, with yet another key antagonist stepping down. Meanwhile, AI agents dominate headlines and reimagine DeFi UX, and Meta’s abrupt pivot to free speech has everyone buzzing. Finally, the U.S. greenlights a $6.5B Silk Road Bitcoin sale—can Trump step in to save America’s strategic BTC stash? Buckle up; 2025 isn’t slowing down. You ready anon?

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

0:00 California Wildfires
https://x.com/white_lenka/status/1876973806817775719
https://x.com/babybeginner/status/1876872061265523155/video/1
https://x.com/ashkan/status/1876970164807164042/photo/1https://x.com
mamboitaliano__/status/1876923670540501349/video/1
https://x.com/0xngmi/status/1877229902065283198

6:10 MARKETS
https://x.com/saylor/status/1876253178100117907

7:13 Meanwhile, US court greenlighted sale of $6.5B of Silk Road Bitcoin
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.368440/gov.uscourts.cand.368440.17
https://decrypt.co/300133/us-court-greenlights-sale-of-6-5b-in-seized-silk-road-bitcoin

10:57 Markets Cont.
https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/AMEX-SPY/
https://companiesmarketcap.com/assets-by-market-cap/

15:15 Movers of the Week
https://www.bankless.com/read/the-top-ai-agent-tokens-were-watching

18:21 Arbitrum is close to gain another green L2BEAT pie slice
https://x.com/sgoldfed/status/1876417832948523464
https://l2beat.com/scaling/projects/arbitrum

21:01 Succinct - zkEVMs on Superchain! First one!
https://x.com/pumatheuma/status/1877070524783931515

25:05 Is the bull market over - how long will continue?
https://mirror.xyz/kain.eth/Pa7XlhwUD-p
https://x.com/cburniske/status/1877043358956134826

35:39 Are AI Agents the Meta for the rest of the bull?
https://x.com/MessariCrypto/status/1874160250812825703/photo/1
https://www.cookie.fun/
https://x.com/RaoulGMI/status/1874934417032192325
https://x.com/Dogetoshi/status/1877381299612086691
https://x.com/askthehive_ai/status/1876730899695362452
https://x.