defi innovation

Cathie wood and Ophelia Snyder join us today, their two companies are at the top of the list for ETF approvals slated for early next year.

Is trad-fi excited? Are we underestimating the scale of this? Will Ethereum ever get an ETF? All these answered and more.

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✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode:
https://www.bankless.com/debrief-cathie-wood 

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Start
07:13 Joint Product Partnership
15:21 ETP vs ETF
20:25 Existing Products
33:13 How Much Interest Is There?
39:01 Portfolio Allocation and Risk
42:55 What Makes an ETF So Special
48:28 The Value Of Custody
53:27 How Many ETFs Can Get Approved?
58:07 Ethereum ETF in 2024
01:02:17 Did We Get A Fed Pivot?
01:04:10 Outlook For 2024

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RESOURCES

Cathie Wood
https://twitter.com/CathieDWood 

Ophelia Snyder
https://twitter.com/OpheliaBSnyder 

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Topics Covered

0:00 Intro

4:30 MARKETS
6:30 Mt Gox
https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1651317391626846214?s=20 
10:00 ETH Staking
https://www.theblock.co/data/on-chain-metrics/ethereum/cumulative-eth-deposited-to-beacon-chain-and-validators 
12:00 Staking Dashboard
https://dune.com/hildobby/eth2-staking 
15:25 Polynya Post
https://polynya.mirror.xyz/1ZTJ3_BG2-wnBTy6dJLM5E3TPH8wvLGKQVDAnv7VLIw 

20:30 Coinbase Suing the SEC
https://twitter.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1650655451720318976?s=20 
22:00 MetaLawMan Comments
https://twitter.com/MetaLawMan/status/1650847807480135681?s=20 
24:50 Coinbase Responds to SEC
https://youtu.be/pvbWPUCFdKA 
36:30 Shield NFT
https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1650612986980048897?s=20 

38:30 John Oliver 
https://youtu.be/o7zazuy_UfI 

51:00 Voyager Binance Deal
https://twitter.com/investvoyager/status/1650921887512272917?s=20 
52:45 SBF Parents
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66631291/133/united-states-v-bankman-fried/ 
54:30 Lens Bonsai Layer 3
https://twitter.com/lensprotocol/status/1651270830729592832 
55:05 DevConnect Istanbul
https://twitter.com/EFDevconnect/status/1649069463797481472 
55:45 Mad Lads
https://twitter.com/Pinapaan/status/1651413751378354176?s=20 
57:30 MiCA Going Through
https://twitter.com/paddi_hansen/status/1649070968579452933?s=20 
59:53 TransUnion DeFi Credit Score
https://newsroom.transunion.com/transunion-spring-labs-and-quadrata-partner-to-deliver-credit-scoring-to-blockchain/ 
1:00:45 Phi Bankless
https://twitter.com/phi_xyz/status/1650801856329949184 
1:02:10 Swell Maine
https://twitter.com/swellnetworkio/status/1650672099382685698?s=46 

1:02:50 Jobs
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1:06:20 Questions from the Nation
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1:12:00 Chamath Says Crypto is Dead
https://youtu.be/WvTTDxMuAis?t=4870 
1:15:50 Running an ETH Node
https://twitter.com/EthereumOnARM/status/1650805006872768512 
18:30 AGI Alignment
https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1651538022360285187?s=20 

1:22:45 What David’s Bullish On
1:24:40 What Ryan’s Bullish On

1:29:00 MEME of the Week
 

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro

2:15 MARKETS
2:25 BTC Price
Fear & Greed: https://twitter.com/BitcoinFear 
4:48 ETH Price
Fear & Greed: https://twitter.com/EthereumFear/status/1402566188144726021?s=20 
7:47 ETH/BTC Ratio
Episode w/ Ledger: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-sotn-49-the-state-of-the-charts 
8:57 DeFi Action
12:08 Cooldown
https://twitter.com/joel_john95/status/1402177944001269760?s=20 
15:49 NFT Bubble
https://protos.com/nft-market-bubble-popped-crypto-collectibles-are-over/ 
18:39 ETH Trading Volume
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1402240262911496192?s=20 
20:10 DeFi Lending Protocols
https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1401901076903776260?s=20 

22:00 RELEASES
24:00 Uniswap V3 on Arbitrum
https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1400847744596598792?s=20 
27:45 Graph Protocol on Arbitrum
https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1402023407609421830?s=20 
28:11 Uniswap V3 Calculator
https://uniswapv3.flipsidecrypto.com/ 
34:33 Curve Volatility Algorithm
https://twitter.com/curvefinance/status/1402673150425509890?s=21 
37:00 Polygon
Polygon Scan: https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1402590551619162116 
HopProtocol: https://twitter.com/HopProtocol/status/1397983455821041664 
OKEx Withdrawals: https://twitter.com/OKEx/status/1402630589551890436 
Matcha Aggregator: https://twitter.com/matchaxyz/status/1402645756834553864 

42:45 NEWS
42:55 El Salvador
The Bill: https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1402446890466217985?s=20 
Thread: https://twitter.com/CaitlinLong_/status/1401334421773504517?s=20 
Volcano Mining: https://twitter.com/jack/status/1402773957653241861?s=20 
1:02:25 NFTs on Aave
https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/nfts-are-coming-to-aave 
1:04:09 Bitcoin Ransomware Attacks
FBI Recovers: https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/1401973177346109443?s=20 
$11M Payment: https://www.coindesk.com/ransomware-jbs-holdings-meat-producer 
1:07:25 Microstrategy BTC Bond
https://twitter.com/Blockworks_/status/1401881368355876868?s=20 
1:13:22 Elizabeth Warren
https://twitter.com/senwarren/status/1402725005113364486?s=21 
Knives Out: https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1402755502715645953?s=20 
1:20:55 Quick News Takes
IRS: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/107590/irs-seeks-millions-in-fresh-funding-to-expand-crypto-tax-enforcement-and-hire-outside-experts 
CFTC: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/107769/cftc-commissioner-criticizes-defi-decries-lack-of-intermediaries 
Consumer Inflation: https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-inflation-rates/ 
Amazon DeFi: https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1402223350563344385?s=19 
BlockFi Raise: https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1402344595279822853?s=20 
Ledger Raise: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/107775/ledger-380-million-series-c-raise-dan-tapiero-10t-fund 
Solana Raise: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/107749/solana-labs-raises-314-million-funding-a16z-polychain-capital 
Coinbase 401k: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/108034/coinbase-forusall-401k-advisor-crypto-retirement-accounts 

1:24:30 TAKES
1:25:20 New Vision for Crypto
https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1401842475564687361 
1:27:30 Gen Z is Coming
https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1402462536419753985?s=21 
1:29:25 Single-Sign On
https://twitter.com/BrantlyMillegan/status/1402388133086367751 
1:31:14 BTC Physical, ETH Digital
1:34:09 Listener Question

1:36:25 What David’s Excited About
1:38:22 What Ryan’s Excited About
Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mUCFRu4fkk 

1:40:50 MEME OF THE WEEK
https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/nvojaa/this_is_exactly_why_i_want_to_go_bankless/ 

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