ROLLUP: Trump vs. The Fed | Staked ETH ETF | The First Stage 2 Rollup | Robinhood's Crypto Pivot

This week’s Weekly Rollup covers Trump’s clash with the Fed over interest rates and the surprising crypto moves from Trump Media. Gauntlet’s Tarun Chitra joins us to unpack the latest developments—from OpenSea’s upcoming airdrop to Arbitrum’s permissionless fault proofs—while we debate whether airdrops are truly over. We also dig into Vitalik’s “communist” joke and Dave Portnoy’s memecoin mania. Tune in for all the drama and alpha happening in the second week of February!

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

00:00:00 Start

00:03:33 Trump vs The Fed

http://cnbc.com/2025/02/12/hopes-for-more-fed-rate-cuts-dim-as-powell-notes-hot-cpi-means-were-not-quite-there-yet.html

http://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1889681567779283447

00:06:25 Tarun Market Takes

00:10:18 ETH Staking ETF

http://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1889803399320969603

http://x.com/RasterlyRock/status/1889856397032235226

00:15:26 Robinhood Enters The Chat

http://x.com/Tyler_Did_It/status/1889833087258992937

http://x.com/bridge__harris/status/1889904770485461389

http://x.com/0xjaypeg/status/1889805008318906689

00:27:13 Brian Quintenz Nominated to Lead CFTC

http://warpcast.com/brianquintenz/0xbd4cc8ef

http://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1889736851474333932

00:30:08 Is The Airdrop Meta Over?

http://x.com/ffvv1211/status/1889333575348355152?s=46

00:34:21 MegaETH Exploring Alternatives

http://x.com/megaeth_labs/status/1889733671420330150

http://x.com/barnaclebarny/status/1889936153509503193

00:40:38 OpenSea SEA Airdrop

http://x.com/openseafdn/status/1890041091577057522

http://x.com/dfinzer/status/1890039791808376874

00:46:17 Ethereum Shenanigans

http://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1889771554512200166

http://x.com/ameensol/status/1889774627796427235

http://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1889900532770414985

http://x.com/laurashin/status/1890044244750135695