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    Ryan Watkins: Hyperliquid Will Dominate Global Finance (It’s Coming To USA)

    05/09/2026 | 34 mins.
    Ryan Watkins joins the show for an updated view on the digital assets bull market
    Are traders are about to become bigger celebrities than athletes? Well, maybe or maybe not.
    He breaks down why Hyperliquid's real endgame was always taking share from Binance and Coinbase, not just onchain rivals, and makes the case that barbell portfolio of store-of-value assets and revenue-generating businesses is only getting started. He also unpacks why social trading platforms like fomo could become the permanent front-end for everything from memecoins to tokenized equities.
    Ryan Watkins is the Co-Founder of Syncracy Capital, a research-driven digital assets investment firm.
    The Rollup is where the leaders of digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world.

    Timestamps:
    00:00 Intro
    02:02 Trump Said Hyperliquid
    04:14 Ryan’s Hyperliquid Thesis
    07:51 Compounding HYPE Growth
    10:33 The Barbell Portfolio Framework
    14:17 Why Fundamentals Matter Now
    16:45 Bitcoin And Zcash Debate
    22:11 The Social Trading Thesis
    25:04 Memes Are Just A Wedge
    30:00 Why Whales Don't Want To Leak Alpha Onchain
    33:17 Ryan Opens fomo Daily

    Guest Socials:
    Ryan Watkins X: https://x.com/RyanWatkins_
    Syncracy Capital X: https://x.com/SyncracyCapital
    Syncracy Capital Website: https://www.syncracy.io/

    Partners:
    If you run concentrated liquidity positions you know the grind. Price moves, you're out of range, you're rebalancing at, like, 3am. 1inch Aqua lets you take a different approach. You can stack multiple positions on the same token balance instead of babysitting a dozen pools, and your tokens never leave your wallet. Your liquidity stays awake, so you can catch up on your sleep. Check it out at https://1inch.com/aqua
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    Dinari - Over 230 1:1 backed tokenized stocks, ETFs & more with dividends. US-based SEC transfer agent. Available on 5+ chains & via API. https://dinari.com/
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    Space and Time is providing verifiable data infrastructure for onchain finance. A decentralized database, blockchain indexer, and ZK coprocessor in one, giving DeFi protocols,stablecoins, and tokenized assets accurate, provable data.
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    Relay is the fastest and most reliable way to swap any token on any chain. Learn more here: https://relay.link/bridge
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    Zama is an open source cryptography company that builds state-of-the-art Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) solutions for blockchain.
    Learn more here: https://www.zama.org/
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    Emad Mostaque: AI Agents Just Broke Out On Their Own

    03/09/2026 | 40 mins.
    Emad Mostaque breaks down the viral story of OpenAI's self-replicating agents that left "hieroglyph-like" trails for successive generations before breaking out and taking over internal services, and explains why he believes intelligence's cost is racing toward zero. He also unpacks Intelligent Internet's Bitcoin-forked monetary thesis for a post-AGI economy, and details his plan to launch state-by-state "champion" institutions designed to keep ownership of AI agents in the hands of the people.
    Emad Mostaque is the Founder of Stability AI and the creator of Intelligent Internet, a protocol focused on building AI infrastructure for public institutions and citizen-owned agent economies.
    The Rollup is where the leaders of digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world.

    Timestamps:
    00:00 Intro
    02:14 Self-Replicating Agents Explained
    05:03 The Intelligent Internet Thesis
    08:20 What Is Money After AGI
    11:51 Objective Hacking And AI Ethics
    15:26 The Trolley Test Bias
    19:08 Blockchain's Role In AI's Future
    22:12 Why Private Inference Matters
    26:03 Who's AI Runs Public Policy
    29:49 Assume The Internet Goes Offline
    32:33 MacBooks Turned Into Hacker Swarms
    34:44 Why Bigger Models Don't Matter
    37:14 The Implementation Plan Ahead

    Guest Socials:
    Emad Mostaque X: https://x.com/EMostaque
    Intelligent Internet X: https://x.com/ii_posts
    Intelligent Internet Website: https://ii.inc/

    Partners:
    1inch Aqua lets you stack multiple positions on the same token balance instead of babysitting a dozen pools, and your tokens never leave your wallet. Your liquidity stays awake, so you can catch up on your sleep. Check it out at https://1inch.com/aqua
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    Dinari - Over 230 1:1 backed tokenized stocks, ETFs & more with dividends. US-based SEC transfer agent. Available on 5+ chains & via API. https://dinari.com/
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    Space and Time is providing verifiable data infrastructure for onchain finance, giving DeFi protocols,stablecoins, and tokenized assets accurate, provable data.
    Learn more here: https://www.spaceandtime.io/
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    Frax is the Future of Digital Money. Open. Stable. Borderless. At Frax, we're building the world's most scalable stablecoin infrastructure for the next generation of finance.
    Learn more here: net.frax.com/rollup
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    Relay is the fastest and most reliable way to swap any token on any chain. Learn more here: https://relay.link/bridge
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    Zama is the confidentiality protocol for onchain finance, using fully homomorphic encryption so smart contracts can compute on encrypted data, keeping balances, positions, and transfers confidential while remaining verifiable and compliant by design. Learn more here: https://www.zama.org/
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    Podcast: https://therollup.co/category/podcast
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    The Rollup Disclosures: https://goodidea.ventures

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    Will Clemente: Why The Hard Money Thesis Is Set To Explode Very Soon (Full Thesis)

    01/09/2026 | 33 mins.
    Will Clemente joins us for an update on the imminent digital asset bull cycle. He breaks down the significance of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's long-bond buybacks before Jackson Hole, explaining why the move to backstop yields could force excess liquidity into the system and make Bitcoin & other digital assets an increasingly attractive hedge. He also unpacks his financial repression thesis, a potential "Treasury-Fed Accord 2.0," and why he expects Bitcoin and gold's diverging performance to reverse as capital rotates back into hard assets and away from the AI buildout trade.
    Will Clemente is a solo investor and macro analyst known for his research on Bitcoin, onchain data, and the intersection of monetary policy and digital assets.
    The Rollup is where the leaders of digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world.

    Timestamps:
    00:00 Intro
    02:05 Will Sold Down At The Start Of 2026
    04:08 Everyone In Digital Assets Pivoted To Equities
    06:13 Bitcoin Cycles Bottom When Sellers Run Out
    08:18 Besant Bond Buying Is The Green Light
    10:33 Treasury Twist Explained Simply
    12:44 Stablecoin Issuance Demand Escalating
    14:55 Dollar Debasement Is The Long Game
    17:06 Hard Money Assets Vs Fiat Debt
    19:14 Iran Oil Risk Still Brewing
    21:28 Yen And Dollar Coiling Up Now
    23:51 September 9th Besant Bond Buying
    25:52 Clarity Act Vote September 15th
    28:05 All Roads Lead To Bitcoin Long Term
    30:06 Warsh Forward Guidance Contradiction
    32:17 Small Position on ZCash

    Guest Socials:
    Will Clemente X: https://x.com/WClemente

    Partners:
    If you run concentrated liquidity positions you know the grind. Price moves, you're out of range, you're rebalancing at, like, 3am. 1inch Aqua lets you take a different approach. You can stack multiple positions on the same token balance instead of babysitting a dozen pools, and your tokens never leave your wallet. Your liquidity stays awake, so you can catch up on your sleep. Check it out at https://1inch.com/aqua
    ---
    Dinari - Over 230 1:1 backed tokenized stocks, ETFs & more with dividends. US-based SEC transfer agent. Available on 5+ chains & via API. https://dinari.com/
    ---
    Space and Time is providing verifiable data infrastructure for onchain finance. A decentralized database, blockchain indexer, and ZK coprocessor in one, giving DeFi protocols,stablecoins, and tokenized assets accurate, provable data.
    Learn more here: https://www.spaceandtime.io/
    ---
    Relay is the fastest and most reliable way to swap any token on any chain. Learn more here: https://relay.link/bridge
    ---
    Zama is an open source cryptography company that builds state-of-the-art Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) solutions for blockchain.
    Learn more here: https://www.zama.org/
    ---

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    Website: https://therollup.co/
    Podcast: https://therollup.co/category/podcast
    Follow us on X: https://www.x.com/therollupco
    Follow Rob on X: https://x.com/robbieklages
    Follow Andy on X: https://x.com/andyyy
    Join our TG group: https://t.me/+TsM1CRpWFgk1NGZh
    The Rollup Disclosures: https://goodidea.ventures

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  • The Rollup

    PUMP Is The Most Mispriced Business In Crypto (Here's Why) with RockawayX CIO Austin Barack

    31/08/2026 | 26 mins.
    Austin Barack breaks down why Pump.fun isn't really a meme coin platform. Rather, it's building social trading infrastructure that's about to expand across chains and asset types and explains why the market is mispricing one of the fastest-growing businesses in the world by treating its revenue as cyclical rather than durable. He also discusses the ongoing debate over buybacks as a value accrual mechanism, and identifies the categories he believes are best positioned heading into the next bull cycle.
    Austin Barack is a Partner at RockawayX, a digital assets venture capital firm.
    The Rollup is where the leaders of digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world.

    Timestamps:
    00:00 Intro
    03:51 Pump Is Really Social Trading
    06:43 Why Pump's Multiple Feels Too Low
    09:35 Perps Trading Everything
    13:27 Are Buybacks The End Game
    16:00 Building Durable Revenue Businesses
    19:14 The Real Winning Categories

    Partners:
    If you run concentrated liquidity positions you know the grind. Price moves, you're out of range, you're rebalancing at, like, 3am. 1inch Aqua lets you take a different approach. You can stack multiple positions on the same token balance instead of babysitting a dozen pools, and your tokens never leave your wallet. Your liquidity stays awake, so you can catch up on your sleep. Check it out at https://1inch.com/aqua
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    Dinari - Over 230 1:1 backed tokenized stocks, ETFs & more with dividends. US-based SEC transfer agent. Available on 5+ chains & via API. https://dinari.com/
    ---
    Space and Time is providing verifiable data infrastructure for onchain finance. A decentralized database, blockchain indexer, and ZK coprocessor in one, giving DeFi protocols,stablecoins, and tokenized assets accurate, provable data.
    Learn more here: https://www.spaceandtime.io/
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    Relay is the fastest and most reliable way to swap any token on any chain. Learn more here: https://relay.link/bridge
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    Learn more here: https://www.zama.org/
    ---
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    The Rollup Disclosures: https://goodidea.ventures

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  • The Rollup

    Superstate CEO: How Stablecoins Are Setting Up The Biggest Tokenization Boom Yet (Here's Why)

    28/08/2026 | 27 mins.
    Robert Leshner joins us to unpack his vision of the tokenization supercycle with the explosion of stablecoins as the core undercurrent.
    He breaks down why over a dozen major banks including Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Santander, just announced plans to launch their own stablecoins, and explains why he left Compound to build Superstate, a compliant, tokenized approach to money market funds and real-world assets. He also makes the case that tokenization's addressable market isn't just 100% of finance, plus much more.
    Every asset is coming onchain.
    Robert Leshner is the Co-Founder and CEO of Superstate, and the founder of Compound, one of DeFi's original lending protocols.
    The Rollup is where the leaders of digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world.

    Timestamps:
    00:00 Intro
    04:02 Banks Rushing Into Stablecoins?
    07:20 A Hundred Approaches To Tokenization
    12:25 Compliant Tokens That Do DeFi Well
    16:56 From Wild West DeFi To Compliance
    23:39 Why He Left Compound To Start Superstate
    26:21 100% Market Share, Then Some For Tokenized Assets

    Guest Socials:
    Robert Leshner X: https://x.com/rleshner
    Superstate X: https://x.com/superstateinc
    Superstate Website: https://superstate.com/

    Partners:
    If you run concentrated liquidity positions you know the grind. Price moves, you're out of range, you're rebalancing at, like, 3am. 1inch Aqua lets you take a different approach. You can stack multiple positions on the same token balance instead of babysitting a dozen pools, and your tokens never leave your wallet. Your liquidity stays awake, so you can catch up on your sleep. Check it out at https://1inch.com/aqua
    ---
    Dinari - Over 230 1:1 backed tokenized stocks, ETFs & more with dividends. US-based SEC transfer agent. Available on 5+ chains & via API. https://dinari.com/
    ---
    Space and Time is providing verifiable data infrastructure for onchain finance. A decentralized database, blockchain indexer, and ZK coprocessor in one, giving DeFi protocols,stablecoins, and tokenized assets accurate, provable data.
    ---
    Relay is the fastest and most reliable way to swap any token on any chain. Learn more here: https://relay.link/bridge
    ---
    Zama is an open source cryptography company that builds state-of-the-art Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) solutions for blockchain.
    Learn more here: https://www.zama.org/
    ---
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    Website: https://therollup.co/
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    Podcast: https://therollup.co/category/podcast
    Follow us on X: https://www.x.com/therollupco
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