When the government opens again, liquidity’s back on, and the real doorbusters this Black Friday aren’t in stores — they’re ETFs. Chip Mahoney unpacks how institutional filings are setting up the next wave of capital rotation, why the timing matters, and what retail investors can learn from the playbook. A must-listen for anyone watching the rails of “Black Friday Capital” being laid in real time.

Citadel Securities just invested $500 million into Ripple, valuing it at $40 billion — and that move says more about the future of money than any headline. In this episode, Chip Mahoney breaks down why the smartest capital is buying rails, not tokens, how privacy plays are leading this cycle, and what one Modern Money Master sees coming next. The full connection drops in the next Front Run The Week.

Crypto’s short attention span has become a cultural disease. In this episode, Chip Mahoney breaks down sunk-cost maxxing — why builders pivot too fast, how NIL culture mirrors it, and why Ripple’s long-term plan through ISO 20022 proves that real conviction still wins.

The NBA’s gambling scandal isn’t shocking — it’s predictable. The rim never moved; the players just got taller. From FTX buying the Miami Heat arena to whales owning the crypto markets, Chip Mahoney breaks down how systems stay rigged for giants while everyone else plays along. This isn’t just about basketball — it’s about power, privilege, and the illusion of fairness in every game we play.

Nepotism is alive and well in America today. If your father is an NFL legend, you'll be drafted. If he's the all-time-leading scorer in the NBA, you'll be on his team. And if he happens to be the President, you can stand on stage in the spotlight of a real winner: Bitcoin is his name.

The DAT Bubble and how to tell what's what in Web3.

Aly Madhavji, Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund and a Knight on CryptoKnights, joins me to talk about what he’s looking for in the next wave of Web3, how vaults could onboard the next billion users, and what separates real builders from noise. Full video: tokentrust.substack.com

Chip Mahoney exposes how Prophecy Asset Management hid over $500 million in losses—a Wall Street scandal that mirrors the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX. He connects the dots between hedge fund fraud, blockchain transparency, and the future of on-chain finance, showing why the next era of money and markets must be verifiable before valuable.

In a time when big banks are footing nine-figure legal bills for the very fraudsters they’re suing, Morgan Stanley is rolling out crypto access to every client — Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana included. But while Wall Street tells retirees to “diversify,” Ark Invest has been quietly offloading Solana exposure for four straight days. Chip Mahoney breaks down how institutions use retail as exit liquidity, why the timing matters, and what it means to hold what’s verifiable before it’s valuable.

Is Bitcoin the answer to debasement or is there a less volatile solution?

Is gym equipment company Fitell's Pump.fun move strategic and smart or synthetic and juiced?

Is October really “Uptober,” or is Abruptober coming? Concordium (CCD), PayFi, and the ECB’s cash warning could reshape crypto and tech markets in 2025.

Just because your financial advisor can't talk crypto doesn't mean they aren't stacking tokens and investing into crypto treasuries themselves.

My interview with Fairmint's co-founder, Joris Delanoue.

Strategy gets all the press because they're the biggest Bitcoin treasury, but other lesser known companies are stacking crypto as well. In this episode I cover VivoPower and their power-play for XRP.

Stablecoins are racing toward $300 billion, but TVL still can’t hold above the next ledge. That gap tells us liquidity is circling, not yet committed. Add in Agentic AI and new tech rails converging with crypto, and this cycle looks less about memes and more about service infrastructure. That’s why I’ll close today with a token you might want to front run — OpenServ, ticker SERV.

This episode covers the state of BTC and ETH, why financial advisors have been on lockdown, and the coming September 3rd event where Ondo launches tokenized U.S. stocks on Ethereum. I wrap up with a detailed breakdown of Prompt from Wayfinder — its backers, YouTube connection, and how it stacks against Coinbase-favored Bankrbot.

Ben & Jerry’s rolled out a new flavor for Netflix, but let’s be honest—it’s really Netflix and Scroll. Because that’s the experience: endless scrolling through recycled content with new thumbnails slapped on top.

This episode cuts past the headlines to explore the Wholecoiner theory — why the dream of owning one coin won’t deliver what people expect. Wholecoiners will only get half of what’s coming. The rest lies in the overlooked rails that connect crypto and AI, including a breakdown of one oracle token that’s quietly repositioned for the next cycle.

September is being staged with a rate cut carrot, Coinbase’s Banana Zone hype, and retail primed for an Altseason illusion. I break down the traps behind the narrative — and end with a spotlight on Lagrange LA, where verifiable comes before valuable.