ROLLUP: Milei’s Memecoin Scandal | KAITO Airdrop | The Fed’s QT Pivot? | Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade
Bankless21 Feb 2025

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!

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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

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