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Goodnow, revolutionaries—

Big news today: The Rise Up Morning Show and Rise Up After Dark are now officially Powered by Polygon!!

To kick things off, Evan and Alex are joined by our friend Nill (@bignillcollect) to reveal the partnership live, plus plans for more Polygon-powered educational content during Consensus and beyond.

Next, we break down headlines driving Bitcoin's recent climb—including Trump’s teased trade deal, Arizona and New Hampshire announcing official Bitcoin reserves, and a preview of the SEC's upcoming TradFi x DeFi task force meeting. We also touched on the GENIUS Act and Senator Elizabeth Warren’s ongoing fight against stablecoins.

Then in the second half of the show, we welcomed Stefaan Vervaet, CEO of Akave Network, for a powerful conversation about data, privacy, and decentralization. Stefaan explains why you don’t own your data today, how crypto networks can flip the equation, and how Akave lets users and providers participate in decentralized file storage (and even spills the tea on some cool AI tools--like how to run your own GPT locally to protect your privacy).

Links & Mentions:
Polygon – https://polygon.tech | https://x.com/0xPolygon
Stefaan – https://x.com/stefaanweb3
Akave Network – https://akave.ai | https://x.com/akavenetwork
Tools mentioned: https://venice.ai | https://ollama.com

DON'T FORGET! 📍 Register to join us live in Toronto at our free Consensus event – https://lu.ma/i7mv8ism

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