ROLLUP: Prediction Market Bill | Solana DEX ATH | ETH Stablecoins ATH | Zcash Implodes | Vitalik “Trilemma Solved”
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Bankless nation. It is the January, the first week I've been back. It's time for the Bankless Weekly Roll Up. We got a lot going on. A prediction market trader placing a large bet on Maduro's capture four hours ahead of his actual capture and a bill from congressman Richie Torres saying, I don't like this. This looks like insider trading inside the government. What is going on? We'll talk about that.
I think that's going to be a reoccurring theme for this year as we figure out what to do, what we think about, and we being society, what we think about people using special information on prediction markets. But I
don't even know what I think about it though.
And I know why. I'm I'm fascinated by it. I'm yeah. I think it's an interesting topic to to pay attention to in 2026. Expect more news like this as this happens more and more and more. Meanwhile, on the crypto native side of things, Solana dex volume hits an all time high, Ethereum stablecoin transfer volume hits an all time high, and trouble in Zcash. Why is it down something like 20% on the day? Something happened, and we're gonna talk about it.
Yeah. We also cover the lighter token drop. David, you're gonna have to fill me in on that. And Vitalik Buterin, he's coming back in in 2026 with a full, Malady arc, I would say. He's got a lot of tweets out there, one of which is claiming that Ethereum has solved the notorious blockchain trilemma. David, you remember the trilemma? Couldn't be solved.
I remember the trilemma.
Yeah. It's solved now. Okay.
We we solved it. Mission accomplished.
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