ROLLUP: Ethereum’s Leadership Move | Solana’s Inflation Debate | Kraken’s $1.5B Acquisition | Crypto's Macro Struggle
ROLLUP: Ethereum’s Leadership Move | Solana’s Inflation Debate | Kraken’s $1.5B Acquisition | Crypto's Macro Struggle  
Podcast: Bankless
Published On: Fri Mar 21 2025
Description: This week, Anthony Sassano joins us to unpack Solana’s most controversial governance vote yet, Ethereum’s major leadership overhaul, and crypto markets wrestling with macro chaos despite promising policy shifts. Kraken makes waves with a massive $1.5B acquisition—but will it move the needle? We dive into all of this and so much more.Follow Anthony on X: https://x.com/sassal0x------📣 RONIN WALLET | YOUR WEB3 GAMING ECOSYSTEM https://bankless.cc/Ronin_Wallet------BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFihttps://bankless.cc/Frax🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAINhttps://bankless.cc/unichain⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORKhttps://bankless.cc/Mantle🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPERhttps://bankless.cc/Celo🏦INFINEX | THE CRYPTO-EVERYTHING APPhttps://bankless.cc/Infinex-----✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨https://zora.co/coin/base:0xab88c7d76226cf4251bae07e74aa0d8877b6136a------TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro1:39 Anthony’s Crypto Vibe Check5:56 Marketshttps://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/19/fed-meeting-live-updates.html12:27 Ethena and Securitize launched a new chainhttps://x.com/ethena_labs/status/1901672646015856749https://x.com/coinbase/status/190203182891284499228:13 Robinhood launched their prediction market with Kalshihttps://x.com/Kalshi/status/1901634303768883377https://x.com/vladtenev/status/190170374603342691934:52 Solana proposal to cut inflation failed to passhttps://simd-votes.stakingfacilities.com/https://www.helius.dev/blog/simd-22847:07 SOL Futures on CME https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/1901566174598398261https://x.com/solana/status/190127967862074999751:25 Eth/acc & Ethereum Leadership Change https://x.com/matthuang/status/1902562363532046674https://x.com/KyleSamani/status/1901769358273040806https://x.com/ethismoneyHQ/status/1901734022646317213https://x.com/adietrichs/status/1899607524581740576https://x.com/megapot_io/status/1902419979196338386 1:06:07 Kraken Acquires NinjaTrader $1.5Bhttps://www.reuters.com/technology/kraken-acquire-ninjatrader-15-billion-deal-2025-03-20/1:07:08 Closing & Disclaimers------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures