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Bankless Weekly Rollup
2nd Week of April 2023 

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Topics Covered

0:00 Intro
2:45 CryptoTaxCalculator
https://bit.ly/3me8nfF 

4:45 MARKETS
13:20 Layer 2 Adoption
https://l2beat.com/scaling/tvl 
16:00 a16z Report
https://a16zcrypto.com/content/article/state-of-crypto-report-2023/ 
18:40 Trusting Crypto
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/04/10/majority-of-americans-arent-confident-in-the-safety-and-reliability-of-cryptocurrency/ 

24:00 Shapella Withdrawals
https://twitter.com/etherscan/status/1646281789735047168 
28:40 Danny Ryan
https://twitter.com/dannyryan/status/1641679529188925442 
29:50 Nail-Biter
35:25 ETH Withdrawal Stats
https://app.metrika.co/ethereum/dashboard/withdrawals-overview 

41:25 Arbitrum Foundation
https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1642653013062868992 
48:30 Eric Wall Take
https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1644819508798865408 

52:00 Euler Redemptions
https://forum.euler.finance/t/plan-for-redemption-of-euler-funds-v2/947 
53:55 Bitcoin Lightspark
https://twitter.com/davidmarcus/status/1645849537691676672 
56:10 FTX Recovery
https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1646207148244844560 
59:45 Japan Crypto
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/04/06/japan-releases-web3-white-paper-to-promote-industry-growth-in-the-country/ 
1:03:20 Winklevoss Gemini
https://archive.ph/iCDGW 

1:03:15 🚀 TOKEN HUB 🚀
https://www.bankless.com/join?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Intro&utm_campaign=Intro_CTA1 

1:06:00 MetaMask Buy
https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1645446587131346946 
1:06:30 Etherscan Token Approval
https://twitter.com/tayvano_/status/1644977491612930048 
1:10:50 Questions from the Nation
https://www.bankless.com/join?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Intro&utm_campaign=Intro_CTA1 

1:18:05 Regulation
https://twitter.com/financenewsguy/status/1646116774880989184 

1:23:30 What David’s Bullish On 
https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1644543263670685698 
1:25:25 What Ryan’s Bullish On

MEME of the Week
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/519280913289445376/1096072369128345650/unnamed_81.png 

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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here:
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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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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here:
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures

4th Week of July 2021

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Topics Covered

0:00 Intro
5:36 EIP 1559 and other PSAs

10:55 MARKETS
11:05 BTC Price
Shorts: https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1419621135373701123?s=20 
14:02 ETH Price
14:42 BTC/ETH Ratio
15:34 DeFi Action
17:33 The BED Index
https://www.indexcoop.com/bed 
Pancake: https://twitter.com/xofee3/status/1419631884846387200?s=21 
23:23 Axie Hasn’t Stopped
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/axie-infinity 
25:21 Optimism Revenue
https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1420053733052932097?s=21 
26:06 Crypto Fees
https://cryptofees.info/ 
27:00 1 in 10 Invested
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/more-than-1-in-10-americans-invested-in-crypto-this-year-heres-how-they-differ-from-stock-market-investors-11626980261 

29:00 RELEASES
30:55 Ultra Sound Summer
https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1418660235393130502?s=20 
34:00 Polygon $100M Gaming Fund
https://twitter.com/_PolygonStudios/status/1417200733703720991 
36:15 Aave Arc
https://twitter.com/HsakaTrades/status/1418276172396306432?s=20 
38:45 Fractional NFTs
https://twitter.com/fractional_art/status/1419696688302854146?s=20 
41:22 Binance & Polygon
https://twitter.com/MihailoBjelic/status/1420328228795846658 
42:55 Etherscan ‘Blockscan’ Upgrade 
https://twitter.com/etherscan/status/1419985650632122369 
44:45 Rabby Wallet
https://medium.com/@rabby_io/rabby-release-announcement-564406988e2b 
47:00 Lyra DAO
https://blog.lyra.finance/lyra-dao-raises-3-3m/ 
49:27 Fireblocks $310M
https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain-unicorn-fireblocks-raises-310m 
50:33 Crypto Jobs
https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs 

52:10 NEWS
52:20 PayPal Super App
https://cointelegraph.com/news/paypal-s-crypto-super-app-set-to-roll-out-soon 
56:10 Amazon Hiring
https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/1644513/digital-currency-and-blockchain-product-lead 
57:10 Jack ETH Troll
https://twitter.com/jack/status/1418344349289566212?s=21 
Community: https://twitter.com/coingecko/status/1418406317903863809?s=20 
1:00:35 Uniswap Front End
https://uniswap.org/blog/token-access-app/ 
2019: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/unstoppable-liquidity-market-monday-8d6 
1:08:14 Reddit on Arbitrum
https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1418260889698983936?s=20 
1:11:50 Media’s Behind
https://twitter.com/wongisrite/status/1419790042537496581?s=20 
1:13:40 BitGo & Index Coop
https://blockworks.co/bitgo-and-index-coop-partner-to-build-blue-chip-experience-for-defi-investment/ 
1:15:05 Shopify NFTs
https://www.coindesk.com/shopify-to-allow-merchants-to-sell-nfts-directly-through-their-stores 
1:22:25 Stonercats
https://www.coindesk.com/vitalik-buterin-joins-cast-of-stoner-cats-mila-kunis-new-animated-nft-show 
1:24:50 Coca-Cola NFTs
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/112779/coca-cola-creates-its-first-collection-of-brand-inspired-nfts 
1:25:29 Pplpleasr Fortune Magazine
https://twitter.com/pplpleasr1/status/1420780214175555585 
1:26:53 Elizabeth Warren, Shadowy Super Coders
https://decrypt.co/76997/elizabeth-warren-crypto-big-banks-shadowy-super-coders 
Letter: https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FSOC%20Crypto%20Letter%2007.26.2021.pdf 
1:31:30 Infrastructure Bill
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/112877/white-house-says-crypto-tax-enforcement-will-help-pay-for-bipartisan-infrastructure-deal 
Meme: https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1420769026804912131?s=20 
Coin Center: https://twitter.com/jerrybrito/status/1420724068286926853?s=20 
1:35:14 News Quick Takes
1:37:30 Goldman Sachs DeFi ETF
https://www.coindesk.com/goldman-sachs-applies-for-defi-etf 

1:40:00 TAKES
1:41:00 Facebook Metaverse
https://twitter.com/ClaireSilver12/status/1418268267483996168 
1:43:38 Regulatory Own Goal
https://twitter.com/runekek/status/1419388578585513985?s=21 
1:45:45 Gaming is Next
https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1418699352521035779?s=20 
1:46:43 ETH vs. Commodities
https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1419942343608729601?s=20 

1:47:49 What David’s Excited About
1:48:30 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:50:38 MEME of the Week
https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1418368850052096003?s=20 

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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here:
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