Ran Neuner argues crypto has finally found product-market fit, and a BlackRock report on AI agents and blockchain rails convinced him the thesis may be much bigger than he thought.
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The 10-year Treasury yield just hit its highest level since 2007, and Ran Neuner thinks Scott Bessent will answer by bringing more money to the party. Neuner, founder and CEO of Crypto Banter, makes the case to Laura Shin that this is not just another Bitcoin cycle but crypto's first real bull market.
His argument rests on two use cases. The first is social trading, which he describes as the world's biggest social network and casino "having a baby," with Hyperliquid and Pump.fun earning millions of dollars a day. The second is AI agents: he cites a study projecting one billion agents by 2029 and a new BlackRock report arguing machine-to-machine payments favor blockchain rails over ACH and card networks.
They also cover why he calls RWAs magazines moved online, whether AI IPOs will drain crypto liquidity, and why he thinks Zcash may be more useful than Bitcoin. If he's right, his own 7x altcoin projection may prove conservative.

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Guest:
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 <li><a href="https://x.com/cryptomanran">Ran Neuner</a> - Founder and CEO of Crypto Banter
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Timestamps
🏦 01:47 Why Ran thinks Bessent is engineering 'the ultimate short squeeze'
📊 04:45 Why an ETH/BTC breakout signals crypto's first real product-market fit
🎰 09:35 Social trading: a social network and a casino 'having a baby'
💧 14:03 1inch Aqua: Back multiple liquidity positions with one wallet balance at<a href="http://unchainedcrypto.com/go/1inch-yt"> http://unchainedcrypto.com/go/1inch-yt</a>
🤖 15:06 How a billion AI agents could send altcoins far past Bitcoin
⏱️ 29:14 Why Ran thinks AI agents will borrow against compute and tell time in blocks
🌐 37:01 Will AI IPOs drain crypto liquidity? Ran on why AI isn't the dot-com bubble
🛡️ 40:05 Privacy vs. social trading, and why Ran calls Zcash 'more useful than Bitcoin' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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