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Social•Nov 21, 2025
AI Threat Exposes AML/KYC Weakness; Adopt ZK and Signatures
AML/KYC is broken now with today’s technology. Trads worried about a quantum attack years down the road - what about the AI attack that’s now? Need zk and digital signatures. https://t.co/0g2XitTjdW
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 20, 2025
Crypto's Progress Unfolds, Price Still Stagnant
everything we wanted to happen in crypto is happening except price
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 20, 2025
20% Fee ETH Burns Become New Holding Strategy
First @LineaBuild with a 20% of fees ETH burn. Now @reya_xyz now with a 20% of fees ETH burn. @SERdotxyz should add a Strategic ETH Burn tab. Burning is holding...forever.
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 20, 2025
L2s Boost ETH Holders by Burning More ETH
ethereum fusaka upgrade dec 3 will burn more eth through L2 transactions EIP 7918 adds a reserve price floor for blob fees which link them to execution base fees so blobs aren't free when execution costs are high tldr; L2s give...
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 20, 2025
Real‑time ZK Proofs Unleash Limitless Ethereum App Possibilities
My biggest 'ah-ha' moment from the @Bankless Summit was from @no89thkey's talk His point is that unlocking real-time proving for the Ethereum L1 doesn't JUST scale the ETH L1 by 1,000x... But it also unlocks a whole new arenas for app-layer...
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 19, 2025
Introducing Ethereum’s Zcash: A New Privacy Frontier
Isn't this kind of... the zcash for ethereum.
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 19, 2025
ETH Surges 2.1× Since April
look at the bright side eth is up 2.1x since april https://t.co/V514ekL6i5
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 19, 2025
Vitalik: 2026 Upgrades Will Boost Ethereum Scaling Securely
More confirmation of Ethereum L1 scaling from Vitalik this week: "In 2026, we will have a series of EIPs that will enable the Ethereum network to safely handle larger scales while maintaining decentralization and the ability to run regular nodes." He then...
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 18, 2025
300M Gas by 2026 Signals Bullish L1 Scaling
Slide from @tkstanczak talk at the @Bankless summit today. 200m to 300m gas in 2026 would be very bullish. Scale L1. https://t.co/FMctV6pMxx
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 18, 2025
U.S. Treasury Bonds Are America’s Biggest Export
People think the U.S. sells iPhones and NVidia Chips. But Treasuries are America's largest export. Over the last year the U.S. exported $900 billion in T-bills to foreign countries. Our distant second largest export was energy - $320 billion. Total treasuries foreign countries...
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Bankless Summit II a Huge Success, Eyeing 2026
That’s a wrap!!! Thanks everyone for helping make the 2nd @Bankless Summit a huge success! Huge thanks to all the speakers for putting on an amazing show, and our partner @m0 for helping make all of this happen Onto Summit III...
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Coinbase’s Murr Lincoln Discusses X402 in Final Talk
Last talk of the day with @MurrLincoln from @coinbase talking x402! https://t.co/4eAmmUzPR8
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 18, 2025
MEV Meets AI: Flashbots' Shea Ketsdever Explores Fusion
Shea @SheaKetsdever from @flashbots_x talking about the intersection of MEV and AI ! https://t.co/jTL7awT6fj
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 18, 2025
L2BEAT’s Donnoh Takes the Stage
We got @donnoh_eth from @l2beat on the stage! https://t.co/FQ8fHqEH2l
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Summit’s Second Half Kicks Off with Lemon Pay
We begin the 2nd half of the Summit with @lemoncheli from Lemon Pay! https://t.co/6plNwkutYr
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Ethereum Emerges as Secure, Decentralized Store of Value
This is big. At home proving for some. At home verifying for all. Cheap transactions. Max security. Ethereum is becoming the most decentralized store of value network on the planet.
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 18, 2025
Bankless Summit II Launches, Ready for Attendees
Bankless Summit II is ready https://t.co/PkGa5Qhutg
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Only 20 Tickets Remain—Summit Will Sell Out
There are TWENTY TICKETS LEFT to the Bankless Summit! After that, the Summit is SOLD OUT
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Crypto Wallets Empower Every AI Agent
Crypto gives every AI agent a wallet. That changes everything.
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Starknet Secures 97% of Assets as Ethereum Native
ETH property rights maxis should give way more credit to @Starknet. 97% of assets on Starknet are Ethereum L1 native assets fully secured by Ethereum. That's far higher than Base (24%), Arbitrum (28%), or Optimism (48%). https://t.co/eyS1AZnzZS
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 17, 2025
Ethereum Overtakes Bitcoin in Corporate Treasury Holdings
ETH exceeding BTC in treasury companies (by share of supply) is one of the most unexpected things to happen this year https://t.co/XPRg45Yn3b
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 17, 2025
After 60‑minute CZ Pardon Clip, Campbell Jumps In
Getting caught up on a 60 mins clip about @cz_binance's pardon and up pops @CampbellJAustin https://t.co/dhoJCbpkIG
By David Hoffman
Video•Nov 17, 2025
Bryan Johnson: Don’t Die, Beating Entropy, AI Alignment & The Two-Species Future
The conversation centers on Bryan Johnson’s emerging moral framework called “Don’t Die,” which posits that the preservation of existence—both individual and collective—is the highest virtue, superseding traditional goals like profit, status, or power. Johnson frames the philosophy as a response to...
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 15, 2025
Bankless Summit Reveals Its New Venue Location
Bankless Summit venue btw https://t.co/pQtY5w532I
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 14, 2025
SBF Promised Regulator Rescue, Then Collapsed Days Later
fits the timeline ya'll remember the @erikvoorhees debate with SBF right that was 12 days before the collapse SBF was telling us only he could save us from the regulators and all we'd have to do is give up defi https://t.co/rCwKP4XNAi
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 14, 2025
EFDevcon Arrives in Buenos Aires After Six‑year Vision
In 2019 I wrote an article about why we need @EFDevcon in Buenos Aires In 2025, were finally here 🤗 https://t.co/m3DvixwVig
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 13, 2025
Ethereum L2s Deliver Millisecond Trades and 200k TPS
Here we go. First it was Lighter, now Reya. Ethereum L2s taking back DeFi momentum. - 1 ms trade execution - 200k tx/s - Settlement on Ethereum - Data using @eigencloud secured by ETH Bullish.
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 13, 2025
Coinbase Poised to Launch Its Own Base Token
Strong evidence of a future base token imo. I have to think Coinbase will ICO its own Base token on its own ICO platform.
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 13, 2025
SEC Pressure Forced Crypto Staking Startup to Shut Down
Well as long as we're all coming out, i'll add mine. In 2019 before Bankless, I had a tiny proof of stake company called Mythos - just me and one employee, self funded. We launched a staking service on the Cosmos...
By David Hoffman
Social•Nov 13, 2025
Success Is Trust Reduction, Not Transaction Speed
"We measure success not by transactions per second, but by trust reduced per transaction." Whatever you think of Ethereum you have to say it's the most ambitious and mission driven project in crypto. The best critique of Ethereum - it's just a...
By David Hoffman