ethereum merge

1st Full Week of June, 2022

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro

3:40 MARKETS
4:05 BTC Price
5:25 ETH Price & Ratio
8:15 Total Crypto Market Cap 
8:35 Fed Watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzGMSKbqjco 
12:55 S&P Trading Range
https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1534895680417841156?s=20&t=ph6CaCM3VmI-aktXIK1YuQ 
14:10 Historic Downtrends
https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1534895680417841156?s=20&t=ph6CaCM3VmI-aktXIK1YuQ 
17:09 Is the Bottom In?
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1534214035775930369?s=20&t=PgOB_giLsY0ruzmCjNf2Xg 
18:52 Arthur Hayes
https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/shut-it-down-15d230b28089 
22:24 Bottom Checklist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIyxIYd8AzY 
26:25 State of the Bear
https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi/status/1533157547204833280?s=20&t=MouipAFckt5tBzWVlAsX_Q 
31:00 Market Meme
https://twitter.com/JadedCapital/status/1534159961260892163?s=20&t=cHUeFE6WQj53jmQUiwSajg 
32:40 Burning ETH
https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1533758315267665920?s=20&t=Zov7f0A-pR8auAhF3liUlw 

37:00 The Ropsten Merge!
https://twitter.com/lightclients/status/1534568543198527491?s=20&t=JSYI9AFcKSfwqgwAk-xJSg 
39:40 Dress Rehearsal
https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1534701665772773376?s=20&t=BW4kTDm3LEofxUeCqiVM3Q 
40:35 Great Success!
https://twitter.com/dannyryan/status/1534928763057631232 
42:25 Merge Odds
https://twitter.com/PolymarketHQ/status/1534573695741612032?s=20&t=UDosiK6ra7MFZTLGYH05MQ 
43:26 Timelines
https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/ethereum-merge-updates-tim-beiko 
46:07 Electricity
https://twitter.com/drakefjustin/status/1534857446203834368?s=21&t=NUEmAxr8h0x_3KPC-wgIKQ 

48:42 20m OP Wintermute Fumble
https://plaid-cement-e44.notion.site/A-Message-to-the-Community-from-the-Optimism-Foundation-f49b913bb0974d8a854a8bdd409a9dd6 
51:50 Kain’s Takes
https://twitter.com/kaiynne/status/1534653450692497408?s=20&t=eYPpC7L9k3u4VrJ4tQQ8hQ 

53:15 The Crypto Bill
https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/-lummis-gillibrand-introduce-landmark-legislation-to-create-regulatory-framework-for-digital-assets 

1:00:00 NEWS
1:02:30 PayPal External Transfers
https://twitter.com/Blockworks_/status/1534198854077251585 
1:04:40 Bored Ape Ethereum
https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-41-keep-apecoin-within-the-ethereum-ecosystem-process/5664 
1:05:50 Illuvium Land Sale
https://twitter.com/illuviumio/status/1533458697514536960?s=21&t=6m-JweSHFrwIbq6ryn6FmA 
1:06:52 Diablo Immortal
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1533488085585076226? s=20&t=Q133IOgqCIng0FNECL_y8g
1:10:35 Budweiser and Digital Horses
https://twitter.com/budweiserusa/status/1533826563287957506 
1:11:56 Nickelodeon NFTs
https://twitter.com/nickelodeon_nft/status/1534890874747994112?s=20&t=uDZxZLg7PPW40z_MyN-y5A 
1:13:00 New York Mining Ban
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/03/heres-whats-in-new-yorks-new-bitcoin-mining-ban-.html 
1:15:28 Raises 
BlockFi: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/150377/blockfi-is-raising-a-down-round-at-1-billion-valuation-sources 
Euler: https://twitter.com/eulerfinance/status/1534163279349592064?s=21&t=iGfmuGsBnlCD3sGh_o5vrA 
1:16:35 Bankless Jobs
https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs 
1:17:36 Greyscale
https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1534279351402958849?s=20&t=DQ1mOHKUeLpHXcNyNCelNQ 
1:20:15 Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jay-z-jack-dorsey-launch-financial-literacy-school-at-brooklyn-project-1364919/ 
1:21:26 Chipotle
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/06/02/chipotle-now-accepting-cryptocurrency-payments-at-us-locations 

1:24:00 Questions from the Nation
https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1534626663354482690?s=20&t=uJAnalv_CuWnvqfMyAxHlg 
1:25:18 Tech Skills
https://twitter.com/willitsmckinley/status/1534628582206672902?s=20&t=a_fuu65MkZe07cR2MJby5g 
1:27:08 OP Token Value
https://twitter.com/RickLatona/status/1534676772587024384?s=20&t=a_fuu65MkZe07cR2MJby5g 
1:31:08 ETH Bullishness
https://twitter.com/n1x_it/status/1534627825281601536?s=20&t=a_fuu65MkZe07cR2MJby5g 

1:35:00 TAKES
1:35:15 The Citizen House
https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1532533086352576512?s=20&t=iVP94Kh6xj5s_hQw4R_aWw 
1:37:00 Analogy Resistant
https://twitter.com/jbrukh/status/1534140205334245376?s=20&t=NCZuooaqIpJCQaIrCoxJ5w 
1:38:00 Medium not the Message
https://twitter.com/ourzora/status/1534582905674076161?s=21&t=UAEzTgQHSrmu_xBnmAdNQg 
1:39:03 Crypto Equality
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1534251962362998785?s=20&t=uJAnalv_CuWnvqfMyAxHlg 

1:43:25 What David’s Bullish On
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/ 
1:46:30 What Ryan’s Bullish On

1:49:00 MEME of the Week
https://twitter.com/0xfoobar/status/1533533574397304832?s=21&t=PXZ4pEod6NJXY6-wuiRJbA 

1:50:00 Moment of ZEN
https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1534268751394197504?s=20&t=uJAnalv_CuWnvqfMyAxHlg 

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Tim Beiko of the Ethereum Foundation is here to update us on the merge. 

What steps are left? What obstacles do we need to overcome?
Are we merging in August like Justin Drake said? Or later?

Also, there are a lot of misconceptions about the merge! We’re gonna clear them up. 

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro
7:00 The State of the Merge
12:15 Testnets
15:30 Ropsten Merge
21:13  Client Diversity
24:45 Dress Rehearsals
29:45 Knowing When to Ship
34:00 The Timeline
39:30  Approaching the Merge
47:58 Wen Merge? How Merge?
53:12 Top 5 Misconceptions
1:01:22 Closing Remarks

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Resources:

Tim Beiko on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/TimBeiko?s=20&t=CI2Ox4OKbi1sqcRH98qVtg

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Anthony, Eric, and David dive into the downfall of Luna, takeaways from this week, bear market survival, and why they're bullish on the ETH merge.

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Anthony Sassano
https://twitter.com/sassal0x 
https://twitter.com/thedailygwei 
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDailyGwei 

Eric Conner
https://twitter.com/econoar 
https://podcast.ethhub.io/ 

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What happens when a guy becomes so convicted on ETH that he bets HIS ENTIRE FUND on the Ethereum Proof-of-Stake merge?

How much alpha is there in the All Core Devs calls? How should YOU play the merge? 

Hal Press of North Rock Digital joins us as we discuss how to value tokens, and how to trade the biggest moment in crypto history.

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 BRAVE | THE BROWSER NATIVE WALLET
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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro
7:00 What Sets ETH Apart
18:09 Revenue and Cost
24:50 DeFi Utility
31:00 Blockchain Expenses
35:45 Inflating and Revenue
39:48 Supply and Demand
45:56 ETH vs Alt Layer 1s
56:06 Will the Price Lag?
1:03:36 Who Leads the Market?
1:05:35 Modeling Ethereum
1:11:45 ETH Staking Numbers
1:20:00 Wen Merge?
1:30:18 Trading the Merge
1:35:50 Closing

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Resources:

Hal Press:
https://twitter.com/NorthRockLP?s=20&t=ZONa4ZJl5kcxbE43zFZKBg

Crypto Fees:
https://cryptofees.info/

Nillion:
https://www.nillion.com/

The Ethereum Thesis:
https://twitter.com/NorthRockLP/status/1484926691990556675?s=20&t=ZONa4ZJl5kcxbE43zFZKBg

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3rd Week of April, 2022

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🔐 LEDGER | NANO S PLUS WALLET
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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro

5:50 MARKETS
5:54 BTC Price
6:43 ETH Price
7:05 Ratios, BED, Gas
https://www.indexcoop.com/bed 
7:39 Total Crypto Market Cap
https://www.coingecko.com/en/global_charts 
8:13 Dollar Strong? DXY
https://imgur.com/nTyNBTR 
10:10 Crypto Correction Incoming?
https://cryptohayes.medium.com/the-q-trap-f1a38312f00f 
12:55 6 Signs Optimism Token is Coming
https://twitter.com/optimismPBC/status/1516439426330599428 
https://twitter.com/optimismPBC/status/1516767142720331777 
15:45 Price Page for Optimism?!
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/142651/coinbase-shows-price-page-for-optimism-suggesting-a-token-could-be-on-the-way 
18:35 UST: Crypto’s 3rd-Largest Stablecoin
https://decrypt.co/98069/terra-stablecoin-ust-crypto-third-largest 
19:19 Share of NFT Market
https://imgur.com/e8paHhK 
https://www.sfermionresearch.com/research/a93zqom4t8df05icmjba1y43fpvoi3 

23:15 RELEASES
24:00 SNEAK PEAK: Coinbase NFT Marketplace is Here (Beta)
https://blog.coinbase.com/gm-coinbase-nft-is-now-in-beta- 25e6c052aa43   
https://nft.coinbase.com/discover 
26:30 Powered by 0x
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/142684/coinbase-nft-marketplace-beta-launch 
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/0x 
27:50 Ethereum Foundation Report
https://twitter.com/AyaMiyagotchi/status/1515949698779164672 
https://ethereum.foundation/report-2022-04.pdf 
28:40 80% of Treasury Holdings
https://thedefiant.io/ethereum-foundation-treasury/ 
30:40 $JPG NFT Index from Index Coop
https://twitter.com/indexcoop/status/1516780112443633667 
31:40 Volt Protocol April 22, 2022
https://medium.com/volt-protocol/presenting-volt-f0ea2a38eb2e 
34:15 Bankless Spring Calendar
https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1516890191989936130 

35:50 RAISES
The Sandbox $400M - $4B Valuation
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/142466/the-sandbox-gears-up-to-raise-400-million-at-a-4-billion-valuation-report 
Framework Ventures $400M Blockchain Gaming Fund
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/142512/framework-ventures-unveils-400-million-fund-with-a-special-focus-on-blockchain-gaming 
Indian Crypto Exchange - CoinDCX $135M at $2.15B
https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/18/indian-crypto-exchange-coindcx-tops-2-1-billion-valuation-in-new-135-million-funding/ 
EPNS $131M Series A
https://twitter.com/epnsproject/status/1514605465530818567 
Kevin O’Leary’s WonderFi Acquires Coinberry
https://decrypt.co/98122/kevin-oleary-backed-defi-platform-wonderfi-to-acquire-coinberry-for-38m 

37:35 JOBS
https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs 

39:45 NEWS
39:50 MetaMask
39:55 NFTs Getting Stolen Too
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/142304/metamask-advises-users-to-disable-automatic-icloud-backups-of-its-wallet-data-to-prevent-hacks 
40:00 Do This NOW!
https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1515727239391809536 
41:30 Beanstalk Exploit
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bean 
44:50 North Korea hacked Ronin
https://blockworks.co/fbi-says-north-korea-behind-625m-ronin-hack/ 
47:00 ETH
MakerDAO ETH L2 StarkNet Integration
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/142641/makerdao-starknet-integration-ethereum-layer-2 
47:22 NFTs
47:25 Punk 6529’s OM
https://twitter.com/punk6529/status/1514718020849000461 
50:15 Warner Music Group Partners with POAP
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/warner-music-group-partners-with-leading-web3-protocol-poap-inc-to-mint-shared-memories-as-nfts-301525635.html 
52:05 NFT Influencer Shill List
https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1516129830873583617 
53:00 DeFi
53:05 Compound Ditch Yield Farmers Proposal?
https://thedefiant.io/compound-incentive-overhaul/ 
55:55 World
55:56 Crypto funding military defense…
https://twitter.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/1515610384811626497 

59:00 TAKES
59:30 Make Your Friends & Family Worry
https://twitter.com/ljin18/status/1516884317200396288 
1:01:30 Andre Cronje Culture
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/142299/andre-cronje-crypto-culture-has-strangled-crypto-ethos 
1:04:00 Welcome to Clown World
https://twitter.com/Tree_of_Alpha/status/1515967463892168705 
1:04:30 Mfers New Money Printer
https://twitter.com/sartoshi_nft/status/1516680193842294787 
https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1517142456218750982 
1:06:30 Spicy L222
https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1516345954768666625 

1:06:35 What David’s Excited About
1:14:30 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:22:20 MEME of the Week
https://twitter.com/stusim/status/1514641617369640960 

1:23:20 Closing & Disclaimers

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2nd Week of April, 2022

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📣 CONSENSYS | M·A·C: NFT Collection for a Good Cause
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🦁 BRAVE | THE BROWSER NATIVE WALLET
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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro

5:00 MARKETS
5:05 BTC Price
5:47 ETH Price
6:35 Ratios, BED, Gas
https://www.indexcoop.com/bed 
10:55 Total Crypto Market Cap
https://www.coingecko.com/en/global_charts 
12:00 ETH Min Gas Price Post-Merge
https://twitter.com/domothy/status/1512817907130114059 
16:00 ICHI Token
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/141788/ichi-token-price-collapses-by-99-in-latest-defi-debacle 
20:42 White House: Extraordinarily Elevated Inflation
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1513574076383645699
https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/u1xynt/the_annual_inflation_rate_in_the_us_accelerated 
https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1514569232306118659 
26:00 Bloomberg Merge Estimates
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1513892957371437074 

34:10 RELEASES
34:40 Robinhood Crypto Wallet Transfers
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/141008/robinhood-widens-user-access-for-crypto-wallet-transfers-unveils-plan-to-support-lightning-payments-for-bitcoin 
36:53 Polygon KPI Liquidity Mining
https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1511373161623089152 
38:50 Umbra Now Available on Optimism & Arbitrum
https://www.scopelift.co/blog/umbra-launches-on-optimism-and-polygon 
39:35 Uniswap Swap Widget
https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1514603576093335553 
41:00 AVAX Mempool Opening Up
https://twitter.com/trustlessstate/status/1514013436878983173 

44:50 RAISES
44:55 Epic Games $2B to build an Avatar Filled Metaverse
https://twitter.com/FT/status/1513575145805336577 
45:45 Uniswap Labs Ventures
https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1513564875037061122 
50:00 Circle $400M
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/circle-announces-400m-funding-round-301523647.html 
50:20 AVAX Labs
https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1514615631877836814
52:45 Ignite (formerly Tendermint) Launches $150M Accelerator
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/141302/ignite-formerly-tendermint-launches-150-million-accelerator-for-web-3-projects?ref=coingecko 
53:35 Goldman Sachs Invests $88M in Certik
54:13 Nomad $22M
https://blog.nomad.xyz/nomad-raises-22m-seed-round-for-security-first-interoperability-5d6b15c96007?gi=1dbc2b9da21d 

54:33 JOBS
https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs 

55:34 NEWS
55:40 Merge Won’t Be in June
https://twitter.com/timbeiko/status/1514010098145759232 
57:50 Maple x Maker
https://maplefinance.medium.com/maker-x-maple-a-partnership-to-scale-the-digital-economy-38f6ce0fce1b 
58:35 Meta 50% Commission on NFTs
https://twitter.com/banklesshq/status/1514333528292536328 
1:00:05 The BAYC Brand/Restaurant
https://twitter.com/BoredNHngry/status/1513599188243652610 
1:02:30 Coinbase Interactive 3-Part Film - BAYC the Movie
https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1513589848048689152 
1:03:52 Jack Dorsey NFTs Not Rare?
1:06:23 ETH NFT-Backed Loan Market
https://decrypt.co/97190/ethereum-nft-backed-loan-market-heats-up-as-cryptopunks-owner-borrows-8-3m 
1:07:13 Elon
1:07:30 Not Joining Twitter Board?
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/141437/elon-musk-reverses-decision-to-join-twitters-board 
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1514564966564651008 
1:09:38 Axie Infinity
1:09:45 Hacker Launders 7.5% of Stolen ETH
https://twitter.com/watcherguru/status/1512819830927376384 
1:15:36 $NEAR Launches April 20th
https://twitter.com/Route2FI/status/1512166993671168003 

1:15:48 REGULATION
1:15: 50 USDC Stablecoin Issuer Hires Execus to Oversee Regulation
1:16:11 Celsius No More Deposits
1:17:00 Uniswap Labs Being Sued

1:23:11 TAKES
1:23:46 U.S. Taxes
https://twitter.com/DanPriceSeattle/status/1513552893688827907 
1:24:22 Local or Global DeFi Winners
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1513865713739608076 
https://twitter.com/hildobby_/status/1513874645371559936 
1:27:20 Who Could’ve Foreseen This?
https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1513681327354171403 
1:29:30 This is Why We Fight
https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1514356560516030464 

1:36:52 What David’s Excited About
1:39:00 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:41:35 MEME of the Week
https://twitter.com/Pollo2x/status/1514335011461218307 
https://twitter.com/TheRugNews/status/1514615385806426117 

1:42:55 Closing & Disclaimers

1:43:08 Moment of Zen
https://twitter.com/songadaymann/status/1512141935959494656 

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PERMISSIONLESS TICKETS
https://blockworks.co/events/permissionless/ 

0:00 Intro

6:25 MARKETS
6:28 BTC Price
7:31 ETH Price
8:14 ETH/BTC Ratio
8:30 TA Candy
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/is-the-bear-market-over-lite 
11:04 $BED
https://app.indexcoop.com/bed 
11:30 Gas Markets
https://dune.xyz/hildobby/Gas 
12:55 Top DeFi Lending Protocol
https://thedefiant.io/anchor-passes-aave-tvl/ 
https://defillama.com/ 
17:35 DPI is 1st DeFi Index on CEX
https://twitter.com/Gemini/status/1508784238488961028 
19:40 Half of Germans to Invest in Crypto https://cointelegraph.com/news/almost-half-of-germans-to-invest-in-crypto-report 
20:55 100 People vs. 9.75M Users = $40K
https://twitter.com/RAC/status/1507189330694967296 
23:15 20k Private ETH
https://twitter.com/aztecnetwork/status/1508368318138236933

28:50 RELEASES
29:18 Wells Fargo Arena, Now Bankless Arena
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/breaking-wells-fargo-arena-now-bankless?s=w 
31:30 Apple Pay in Metamask
https://beincrypto.com/iphone-users-score-apple-pay-integration-with-popular-crypto-wallet-metamask/ 
32:35 OpenSea Adds Solana NFTs 
https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1508851483449585670 
33:40 Polygon Zk Web3 Identity Services
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/139735/polygon-unveils-identity-service-leveraging-zero-knowledge-proofs 
36:00 BNB Chain to Launch Sidechains
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/139409/bnb-chain-to-launch-application-specific-sidechains-to-reduce-network-strain 
37:37 Opera Beating Brave?
https://blogs.opera.com/crypto/2022/03/opera-web3-polygon-solana-starkex-bitcoin-ixo-ronin-nervos-celo/ 
39:05 DeFi Saver
https://twitter.com/DeFiSaver/status/150883134852551885 

39:37 RAISES
39:50 Sequoia, FTX, A16z $135M LayerZero Investment
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/30/a16z-ftx-and-sequoia-lead-155m-round-for-layerzero-at-1b-valuation/ 
41:21 Avalanche Another $100M Fund
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/139265/avalanche-launches-100-million-creator-fund-with-grimes-and-web3-platform-op3n 
45:30 $5M Seed for ZkLend
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/29/delphi-digital-leads-5m-seed-round-for-money-market-protocol-zklend/ 
46:25 nfty chat
https://twitter.com/nftychat/status/1508517166425034764 
https://nftychat.xyz/ 
https://metalink.com/login 

47:37 JOBS
https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs 
Bankless Talent Collective
https://bankless.pallet.com/talent/welcome 
Great Testimonial
https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1508888147576373249 

49:30 NEWS
49:45 Biggest Hack in Crypto History? $600M…
49:55 What Happened?
https://twitter.com/Ronin_Network/status/1508828722085867521 
50:10 William Peaster Breaks it Down
https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/analyzing-the-ronin-bridge-hack 
https://twitter.com/kelvinfichter/status/1508839255996522508 
52:30 FTX Deposit
https://twitter.com/FrankResearcher/status/1508832517826174989 
54:15 SBF Tweet
https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1508839529293176847 
56:15 Reimbursement
https://beincrypto.com/players-to-be-reimbursed-promise-axie-infinity-team-after-breach/?ref=coingecko 
57:30 Can’t Do This Hack on Polygon
https://twitter.com/Mudit__Gupta/status/1508882791525724163

1:02:55 ETH
1:03:15 5 Things to Know About the Merge
https://twitter.com/trent_vanepps/status/1508478499325202435 
1:09:50 Bloomberg Intelligence PDFs
1:11:23 Ethereum Report - Institutions
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1508448302576148480
1:13:40 Misconceptions about PoS
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/4-misconceptions-about-pos-vs-pow?s=w 
Vitalik on the Road not Taken
https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1508915954570436612 

1:18:26 NFTs
1:18:30 Tiffany & Co Buys NFT
https://twitter.com/TiffanyAndCo/status/1508149472198549505
1:19:32 Budweiser beer.eth Cans
https://twitter.com/budweiserusa/status/1507507766759411712 

1:20:35 BITCOIN
1:20:40 MacroStrategy $205M Loan
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/139719/macrostrategy-silvergate-loan-more-bitcoin 
1:21:22 Change the Code
https://www.cleanupbitcoin.com/ 
https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/change-the-code-not-the-climate-greenpeace-usa-ewg-others-launch-campaign-to-push-bitcoin-to-reduce-climate-pollution/ 
1:25:10 Counter
https://twitter.com/MessariCrypto/status/1500492844758351875 

1:26:25 REGULATION / TRADFI / MISC.
1:26:40 Canadian Regulators Crack Down
https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1507425569310392322 
1:27:56 Canada’s Next Leader?
https://twitter.com/PierrePoilievre/status/1508535716795531273
1:28:55 EU Unhosted wallets
https://twitter.com/paddi_hansen/status/1509536318585454597 
1:30:35 Write the SEC
https://twitter.com/DanSpuller/status/1509178997858521090 
1:32:12 MakerDAO Hooking Up With Traditional Bank 
https://thedefiant.io/makerdao-bank-deal-dai-loans/ 
1:35:20 Maker Panel
https://youtu.be/woW1nAWFTEI 

1:38:10 TAKES
1:38:30 Epicenter of Digitization
https://twitter.com/mikemcglone11/status/1509163605354291205 
1:39:30 What Are You in Crypto For?
https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/tokbqf/yes_i_am_in_it_for_the_money_and_i_dont_care_what/ 

1:45:15: How Many Jobs You Got?
https://twitter.com/nftnoobbby/status/1509043140325425157 
1:45:45 Democratizing Force
https://twitter.com/RoninImperial/status/1509293153349734402
1:45:50 The Point of Crypto is to _______
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1509217719555702786 

1:46:50 MEME of the Week
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/is-the-bear-market-over-lite?s=w 
https://twitter.com/sartoshi_nft/status/1508288792796581892 

1:48:15 Disclaimers

Moment of Zen
https://twitter.com/kmoney_69/status/1508915008704421890 
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Topics Covered:

 

0:00 Intro

 

3:30 MARKETS

3:47 BTC Price

5:01 ETH Price

7:23: Coinbase Numbers

https://decrypt.co/93763/coinbase-posts-record-revenue-user-numbers-in-q4-earnings-surprise 

8:26 10 Million ETH Staked

https://launchpad.ethereum.org/en/

13:20 Crypto Jobs

https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs

 

16:30 NEWS

17:10 Clash with the Real World

https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1498380832058265607?s=20&t=WJaaPqhN4PdjaLv00Id1fw

19:20 Sanctions

https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/weaponized-banks-lite?s=w

24:26 Fall of the Ruble

https://twitter.com/b_judah/status/1498137793003929601?s=20&t=KZJTbDLT7r8G8-plF_Oe6Q

25:50 Buying Bitcoin

https://decrypt.co/94164/ukrainians-use-binance-to-buy-record-sums-of-bitcoin-after-russian-invasion

30:10 Crypto Sanctions

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/02/28/us-treasury-department-formally-adds-crypto-rules-to-russian-sanctions-guidance

34:40 DeFi, Not Crypto Banks

https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1499424494758285318?s=20&t=_0_pE_F4xQZLuNYFbGp9qA

37:10 UkraineDAO

https://www.ukrainedao.love/

Overpriced JPEGs

https://youtu.be/eJgeAQYJlBo

39:00 Ukraine Crypto Donations

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/02/26/ukrainian-government-is-seeking-crypto-donations

39:54 Matching UN Donations

https://twitter.com/kylascan/status/1498672249443917833?s=20&t=IHhKN50aSnSzMonHgpi7XA

41:45 Ukraine Airdrop

https://twitter.com/Ukraine/status/1498911922791583746?s=20&t=aGxXK0E-I_-6MK-HZcJQ4A

44:10 Financing Weapons

https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1499167417678786560?s=20&t=yxH_Vk4fkCLdBL1mrymEYA

45:41 OpenSea Censoring

https://twitter.com/bornosor/status/1499371157790863369?s=21

47:27 Korean Exchanges

https://twitter.com/ki_young_ju/status/1496995862010265600?s=21

49:11 Ebay Accepting Crypto

https://www.thestreet.com/investing/ebay-considers-crypto-payments-already-accepts-nfts-ceo-says

49:54 MATIC Lido Staking

https://twitter.com/LidoFinance/status/1498949232836988929

50:16 Consensys Drama

https://twitter.com/evan_van_ness/status/1499024475970486279?s=21

52:10 Pixelmon Fail

https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/the-pixelmon-nft-debacle

57:52 Treasure Exploit on Arbitrum

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/136143/treasure-marketplace-tells-users-to-delist-nfts-after-exploit

58:34 Kuiper Finance

https://twitter.com/scott_lew_is/status/1498742697192050704?s=20&t=nw8jkP646_zFJr0g7jvtHw

59:34 Blitwear

https://twitter.com/dhof/status/1498692101579714570

1:00:59 KPMG Buys World of Women

https://twitter.com/KPMG_Canada/status/1498335705965203463?s=20&t=pakE_2RxF6JsktDbf-0yGQ

1:01:44 Japanese Rakuten NFT Marketplace

https://news.bitcoin.com/japanese-online-retail-giant-rakuten-launches-nft-marketplace

1:02:47 Puma Cool Cat

https://twitter.com/PUMA/status/1498825210757365763

1:03:25 Mfers Derivatives

https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1499424828268290051?s=20&t=gDF5kchQexMwETwVGbk6Qw

1:06:36 Discord Grinding

https://decrypt.co/94143/the-newest-crypto-side-hustle-discord-grinding

1:09:14 Arthur Hayes Pleads Guilty

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/135406/bitmex-co-founders-hayes-delo-plead-doj

1:11:12 Fractional NFT Security

https://www.ledgerinsights.com/sec-probes-fractional-nfts-for-securities-infringements/

1:13:42 Citadel Crypto

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/135864/griffin-says-fair-to-assume-that-citadel-will-be-market-making-in-crypto-in-months-to-come

 

1:16:00 TAKES

1:17:30 Web3 Won’t Rug You

https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-startup-founder-littlethings-joe-speiser-2018-algorithm-change-2022-2

1:19:48 Annihilation

https://twitter.com/CryptoHayes/status/1498811869926100992?s=20&t=kGdO4VQHrTP5vBSmELS7jg

1:22:00 The Individual Has Power

https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1499167417678786560?s=20&t=yxH_Vk4fkCLdBL1mrymEYA

1:24:54 NFTs and Identity

https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa/status/1499090669654069248?s=20&t=OtUJn574SDQINCcVwpqOYA

 

1:27:33 What David’s Excited About

1:29:50 What Ryan’s Excited About

 

1:31:58 MEME of the Week

 

Moment of Zen

https://twitter.com/randizuckerberg/status/1498425277734690816?s=20&t=QNIFJfc61RsTyYQJVKIZ9Q

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