Should We Buy a Pirate Ship with Scholarship Money? + EtherFi & Cold Storage | Ep 64 🍻🌗

Rise Up Media · Jan 22, 2026 · 2h 8m

Goodnow revolutionaries—

Evan and Alex kick things off with a little light reading from Alex's nightstand: the new 161-page Senate Agriculture Committee Market Structure Bill released today. Alex is tired but committed to reading through the legislation that could reshape crypto regulation. We cover CFTC Chair Mike Selig's "Future Proof" initiative and his Washington Post op-ed declaring the regulator ready to lead crypto oversight in 2026—"pass us the torch."

The big topic tonight is crypto payment cards: EtherFi is crushing it with nearly half of all daily crypto card transactions, hitting…