A Vanity Fair article rocked crypto twitter on Tuesday. TLDR, Meltem Demirors dropped some truly incredible quotes, Michael Novogratz came in with a 2-day hangover, Danny Ryan was barefoot. People still being surprised that this industry isn’t legible to mainstream media in 2026 is exhausting tbh!

Anthropic surveyed Claude users on their AI hopes and fears. 81,000 people responded in a single week, and it’s an incredible pulse on where we’re at.

A meteor exploded over Ohio with the energy of 250 tons of TNT. Same day as this????

The Fed held rates steady yesterday, as expected. I still stand by our Jerome Powell thirst trap.

Marc Andreessen has a new bit.

Steak 'n Shake is now paying employees a $0.21/hr Bitcoin bonus and says same-store sales are up dramatically since accepting BTC payments.

I can’t stop watching AI hair braiding videos.

Friend of the pod Viv Ford just launched a comedy show about living in San Francisco's Crypto Castle with 14 dudes in 2015.

Correspondent banks are cooked. “Stablecoins remain largely inaccessible for everyday commerce in emerging markets…The bridges between stablecoins and all other financial systems are lacking, creating an isolated system that may work specifically for cross-border payments but does not allow participation in the wider economy.” Read more from writers Lindsay Poss and Stefen Deleveaux here.