ROLLUP: Milei’s Memecoin Scandal | KAITO Airdrop | The Fed’s QT Pivot? | Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade
This week’s Weekly Rollup, David and Kain Warwick dive into Argentine President Milei’s LIBRA fiasco and Strategy’s bold $2B Bitcoin play, while we check out the new Kaito airdrop making waves. We also explore Ethereum’s biggest upgrade yet—Pectra—plus Monad’s high‐speed L1 testnet launch. Finally, we dig into the SEC’s fresh “CETU” cyber unit and what the brand‐new Infinex platform means for DeFi. Tune in for all the drama and alpha happening in the third week of February! ------ 📣RESERVE | INVEST IN CRYPTO NARRATIVES https://bankless.cc/reserve ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain ⚖️ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🌐CELO | BUILD TOGETHER AND PROSPER https://bankless.cc/Celo 🦋MORPHO | CRYPTO-BACKED LOANS https://bankless.cc/Morpho 🏦ONDO | INSTITUTIONAL GRADE FINANCE https://bankless.cc/Ondo ----- ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/base:0x4be6cd4d402fed49eb2de95fbc8e737e8ffd3e7f/38 ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro, Libra, Memecoins, & ICOs https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1890611964994363769 https://dexscreener.com/solana/bzzmnvfm7t6zsgfelxzermrxfkanldo4fszvsisxcszz https://x.com/bubblemaps/status/1890531084221182326 https://x.com/JMilei/status/1890606683291779195 https://x.com/KelsierVentures/status/1890914579493863532 https://x.com/MemeCoin_Track/status/1892324967196569675 https://x.com/JupiterExchange/status/1891181433588470052 https://x.com/hellochow/status/1891341548115149190 https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1891285564713836830 https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1890611982320971992 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/argentina-scandal-fuels-selloff-on-favorite-memecoin-platform https://x.com/RunnerXBT/status/1891400277535703389 https://polymarket.com/event/milei-out-as-president-of-argentina-in-2025?tid=1740070784399 29:59 Markets https://www.strategy.com/press/strategy-announces-proposed-private-offering-of-2b-of-convertible-senior-notes_02-18-2025 38:51 Kaito Airdrop https://yaps.kaito.ai/ https://x.com/KaitoAI/status/1890379872280682548 https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/kaito https://x.com/divine_economy/status/1892597817434145113 https://x.com/smyyguy/status/1892585101873033380 53:16 Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade https://x.com/sassal0x/status/1890534315148132521 1:00:21 Monad launched a public testnet https://x.com/monad_xyz/status/1892227817149997212 1:00:47 SEC Launches New Cyber Unit ‘CETU’ Aims to Protect From Bad Actors https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025-42 1:06:52 Infinex https://x.com/infinex_app/status/1887028112099283198 1:11:29 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures