ROLLUP: Crypto’s 2-Week Deadline | The CLARITY Act | $100 Oil | OpenAI Model Escapes

Ryan and David unpack the CLARITY Act’s last-minute lifeline, $100 oil, BitMine’s ETH slowdown, and the OpenAI model that escaped its sandbox.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

0:33 CLARITY Act at a Crossroads
x.com/EleanorTerrett/status/2079334038104408522
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x.com/coindesk/status/2079633633023836667
x.com/EleanorTerrett/status/2079608362522575063
x.com/politico/status/2080261045114065177
polymarket.com/event/clarity-act-signed-into-l…

17:56 BitMine’s 5% ETH Strategy
x.com/BitMNR/status/2079184988541448638
x.com/ykkz99/status/2079607294354964696
x.com/ykkz99/status/2079244980103659697
x.com/coindesk/status/2079200035045036162

27:40 Hester Peirce Eyes DeFi Vaults
x.com/HesterPeirce/status/2080011999702880341
x.com/CJRobins01/status/2079976258423627785
x.com/Bankless/status/2079536878588715366
morpho.org/blog/now-live-morpho-midnight

38:28 BitMEX’s End of an Era
x.com/CryptoHayes/status/2080286601125482771
x.com/BitMEX/status/2080201602456301580

44:36 NEAR Goes Post-Quantum
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x.com/NEARProtocol/status/2079189515843821764

48:58 TradFi Moves Deeper Into Crypto
x.com/EricBalchunas/status/2077774644652790240
x.com/JSeyff/status/2077792050573918432
crypto.com/us/company-news/cryptocom-announces…
x.com/mzorkin/status/2077834551091478695

54:07 OpenAI Model Breaks Out
simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/22/openai-cyberattack
huggingface.co/blog/security-incident-july-2026
openai.com/index/hugging-face-model-evaluation…

1:02:40 Closing & Disclaimers

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