Ethereum Crisis, Saylor’s BTC Pause & F2Pool’s Mars Mission | The Weekly May 26, 2026

Bankless walks away from Ethereum, Saylor hits pause on BTC buys, and an F2Pool founder could become one of the first humans on Mars.

This week, David Sencil and Graham Stone break down the growing cracks inside Ethereum, why Michael Saylor slowing down Bitcoin purchases may actually be bullish, and how crypto mining pioneers are now heading into space exploration.

Also in this episode:• Could the U.S. really buy 1 million BTC through the ARMA proposal?• David Hoffman exits ETH completely while Bankless steps back from Ethereum• The Ethereum Foundation talent exodus continues• MiCA-compliant Euro stablecoin crashes to $0.85 after exploit• Arthur Hayes and Eric Trump call Europe “a nice museum”• ICE and OKX launch perpetual oil futures• Hyperliquid faces its first major TradFi challenger• Chun Wang of F2Pool to command SpaceX’s first crewed Mars mission

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