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<p>Raoul Pal is the CEO and co-founder of Real Vision, the content production studio focused on democratizing access to financial knowledge. He’s an investor with a sharp eye on the global macro environment, and has a strong grasp on the relationship between history and economics.</p> <p>What has changed since the last time Raoul was on the podcast? His takes on Ethereum are fascinating and thought-provoking, and his bullishness does not come lightly.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a> </p> <p>🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/UniGrants">https://bankless.cc/UniGrants</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 TracerDAO | Building DeFi Infrastructure. Join the Discord!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/TracerDAO">https://bankless.cc/TracerDAO</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 5:00 Raoul Pal<br /> 7:31 The Macro World<br /> 11:48 Inflation<br /> 18:33 The Macro Crypto Story<br /> 31:43 Network Effects and Adoption<br /> 40:25 The Greatest Trade<br /> 46:25 Communities and Killers<br /> 52:50 The Ethereum Layer Zero<br /> 1:00:00 Raoul’s Allocation<br /> 1:03:27 NFT Mania & Culture<br /> 1:14:56 What’s the Metaverse?<br /> 1:22:07 Regulation, Social Tokens, Projects<br /> 1:25:43 Cyclical Markets, Predictions<br /> 1:28:41 Hope in a Rocky Decade<br /> 1:33:45 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Real Vision<br /> <a href= "https://www.realvision.com/">https://www.realvision.com/</a> <br /> Raoul on Twitter<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/RaoulGMI?s=20">https://twitter.com/RaoulGMI?s=20</a> <br /> The World Is Waking Up To Crypto<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/the-world-is-waking-up-to-crypto"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/the-world-is-waking-up-to-crypto</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>4th Week of August, 2021</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a> </p> <p>🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/UniGrants">https://bankless.cc/UniGrants</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 TracerDAO | Building DeFi Infrastructure. Join the Discord!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/TracerDAO">https://bankless.cc/TracerDAO</a> <br /> ------ </p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro</p> <p>1:50 MARKETS<br /> 2:01 BTC Price<br /> 3:00 ETH Price<br /> 3:48 ETH/BTC Ratio<br /> 4:35 DeFi Action<br /> 9:12 EIP-1559<br /> <a href= "https://ultrasound.money/">https://ultrasound.money/</a> <br /> Dominance: <a href= "https://twitter.com/kyoronut/status/1429585246849167361?s=20">https://twitter.com/kyoronut/status/1429585246849167361?s=20</a> <br /> 13:17 OpenSea Volume<br /> <a href= "https://dune.xyz/PierreYves_Gendron/opensea---metrics">https://dune.xyz/PierreYves_Gendron/opensea---metrics</a> <br /> 70% of Ebay: <a href= "https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1430323506609197059?s=21">https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1430323506609197059?s=21</a> <br /> Top 1000 Sites: <a href= "https://twitter.com/takenstheorem/status/1430372663223103488">https://twitter.com/takenstheorem/status/1430372663223103488</a> <br /> 20:00 TornadoCash<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/paolorebuffo/status/1430440030405865474?s=21">https://twitter.com/paolorebuffo/status/1430440030405865474?s=21</a> <br /> 23:29 ETH in Lido<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/kazhiloti/status/1430608546689912833?s=20">https://twitter.com/kazhiloti/status/1430608546689912833?s=20</a> </p> <p>26:00 RELEASES<br /> 27:30 Euler Lending & Paradigm<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/euler_mab/status/1430486946523099142?s=20">https://twitter.com/euler_mab/status/1430486946523099142?s=20</a> <br /> 29:12 Lyra on Optimism<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/optimismPBC/status/1430334558654767108?s=20">https://twitter.com/optimismPBC/status/1430334558654767108?s=20</a> <br /> 29:56 MEV Breakthrough<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/drakefjustin/status/1430652250226151425">https://twitter.com/drakefjustin/status/1430652250226151425</a> <br /> 34:20 Hop Protocol<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/HopProtocol/status/1430630767042904074">https://twitter.com/HopProtocol/status/1430630767042904074</a> <br /> 36:16 Layer Zero Podcast<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1430254024964513792">https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1430254024964513792</a> <br /> 39:00 tl;dr Show<br /> <a href= "https://youtu.be/Yy9CY-KOxNQ">https://youtu.be/Yy9CY-KOxNQ</a> <br /> 39:45 Raises<br /> Fractional: <a href= "https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/115122/fractional-nft-platform-raises-7-9-million-in-seed-funding"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/115122/fractional-nft-platform-raises-7-9-million-in-seed-funding</a> <br /> Immutable: <a href= "https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1430611200736337920?s=20">https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1430611200736337920?s=20</a> <br /> 3LAU: <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/3lau-raises-16m-to-tokenize-music-royalties-for-artists-and-fans"> https://www.coindesk.com/3lau-raises-16m-to-tokenize-music-royalties-for-artists-and-fans</a> <br /> 46:55 Jobs<br /> <a href= "https://jobs.banklesshq.com/">https://jobs.banklesshq.com/</a> </p> <p>47:48 NEWS<br /> 47:58 Visa Buys a Punk<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/VisaNews/status/1429745230023208969?s=20">https://twitter.com/VisaNews/status/14297

<p>The NFT Boom rages on. We bring on Fractional team members and CryptoPunk holders DeeZe and Andy to make sense of all this.</p> <p>Is this just the beginning? Is this a speculative mania? Maybe it's something more. This could be the genesis of a new set of passionate communities, where culture has a quantifiable value.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a> </p> <p>🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/UniGrants">https://bankless.cc/UniGrants</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 TracerDAO | Building DeFi Infrastructure. Join the Discord!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/TracerDAO">https://bankless.cc/TracerDAO</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 10:00 Andy & DeeZe<br /> 13:15 jpeg Summer<br /> 17:20 NFTs vs. DeFi Tokens<br /> 21:14 What Started This?<br /> 26:17 The Fundamentals<br /> 29:48 Mania or Bubble Territory?<br /> 34:03 NFT Evaluation 101<br /> 41:43 Getting Things You Like<br /> 44:38 Mimetic Desire<br /> 50:00 Art Blocks and Generative Art<br /> 55:44 Auctions & Pricing<br /> 59:47 Fidenza<br /> 1:04:01 The Next Picasso<br /> 1:11:00 The One-of-One Game<br /> 1:17:14 On-Chain NFTs<br /> 1:21:07 Vetting Projects<br /> 1:26:59 How Long Will This Last?<br /> 1:30:53 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>DeeZe on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/DeezeFi?s=20">https://twitter.com/DeezeFi?s=20</a> <br /> Andy on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/andy8052?s=20">https://twitter.com/andy8052?s=20</a> </p> <p> -----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>Dmitry Buterin joins David for the premiere of Layer Zero, a new Bankless podcast that explores the human side of Ethereum. Beneath the technological innovation and socioeconomic disruption happening in the DeFi space, there are human beings – really interesting, thoughtful, passionate human beings. Layer Zero is at the bottom of the economic stack: the people.</p> <p>For the debut episode, it only made sense to bring on Dmitry, father of Ethereum founder Vitalik. Topics include Vitalik’s youth, Soviet Russia, and universal consciousness, but they don’t stop there. How often does Dmitry check ETH Price? What’s his workout routine? Tune in and find out.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a> </p> <p>🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/UniGrants">https://bankless.cc/UniGrants</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 TracerDAO | Building DeFi Infrastructure. Join the Discord!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/TracerDAO">https://bankless.cc/TracerDAO</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 4:00 Dmitry Buterin<br /> 6:30 Growing Up in the Soviet Union<br /> 11:27 Learning Computer Science<br /> 17:02 Vitalik’s Youth<br /> 20:58 A Gifted Kid<br /> 22:43 Mindfulness & Spirituality<br /> 26:43 Kindness & Compassion<br /> 32:00 Ethereum & Spirituality<br /> 39:57 Political Compass<br /> 45:21 Canada & Vitalik’s Social Skills<br /> 49:20 The World Traveler<br /> 55:29 Conferences & Safety<br /> 1:00:23 ETH Price<br /> 1:01:48 Exercise<br /> 1:03:52 Hanging Out<br /> 1:04:53 A Chaotic World<br /> 1:07:00 Consciousness & Communism<br /> 1:15:56 A March to Universal Consciousness<br /> 1:18:48 Exporting Values</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Dmitry on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/BlockGeekDima?s=20">https://twitter.com/BlockGeekDima?s=20</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>Ryan Selkis is the Founder and CEO the crypto data analytics platform Messari. Last time Ryan was on the podcast, we debated Ether’s properties as a money and the triple point asset thesis. We revisit many of these topics and explore what has changed in the landscape over the past year.</p> <p>However, we also discuss a perhaps more pressing issue: the state of regulation for the industry. Ryan is poised to take a strong leadership role in the political side of crypto, and he’s developing offensive strategies for the crypto vs. nation-state conflict. Listen in to learn why he’s now a single-issue voter.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a> </p> <p>🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/UniGrants">https://bankless.cc/UniGrants</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 TracerDAO | Building DeFi Infrastructure. Join the Discord!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/TracerDAO">https://bankless.cc/TracerDAO</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 4:00 Ryan Selkis of Messari<br /> 6:44 Ryan’s Broad Approach<br /> 12:41 Why Do They Hate Us?<br /> 18:13 “Protecting Us”<br /> 27:30 Single Issue Voters<br /> 35:49 It’s a Team Sport<br /> 45:00 Aligning with Regulators<br /> 54:00 Institutional Reactions<br /> 57:23 What the Markets Say<br /> 1:01:01 Ether as an Asset<br /> 1:08:40 The Flippening<br /> 1:10:44 Ethereum’s Narrative<br /> 1:13:53 Market Cap vs Money<br /> 1:17:37 Institutional Demand<br /> 1:19:55 Hot Sectors for Analysis<br /> 1:23:24 The Network State<br /> 1:26:41 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Ryan on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/twobitidiot?s=20">https://twitter.com/twobitidiot?s=20</a> <br /> Ryan’s Tweet Thread:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/twobitidiot/status/1426020410370449410?s=20">https://twitter.com/twobitidiot/status/1426020410370449410?s=20</a> <br /> Mainnet Event:<br /> <a href= "https://mainnet.events/">https://mainnet.events/</a> <br /> Messari:<br /> <a href="https://messari.io/">https://messari.io/</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>3rd Week of August 2021</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 PoolTogether | Break up with your Lottery!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/PoolTogether">https://bankless.cc/PoolTogether</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>0:00 Intro</p> <p>1:26 MARKETS<br /> 1:36 BTC Price<br /> 2:05 ETH Price<br /> 2:40 ETH/BTC Ratio<br /> 3:38 DeFi Action<br /> 7:28 Layer 2 Action<br /> <a href="https://l2beat.com/">https://l2beat.com/</a> <br /> 9:55 EIP 1559 is Burning ETH<br /> <a href= "https://ultrasound.money/">https://ultrasound.money/</a> <br /> 12:53 Gas Price Volatility<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/takenstheorem/status/1427130936940851201?s=21"> https://twitter.com/takenstheorem/status/1427130936940851201?s=21</a> <br /> 16:55 NFT Monthy Volumes<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1427432022109216775?s=21">https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1427432022109216775?s=21</a> <br /> Opensea vs. Etsy<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/xanderatallah/status/1427453596858294272?s=20"> https://twitter.com/xanderatallah/status/1427453596858294272?s=20</a> </p> <p>21:00 RELEASES<br /> 22:00 1inch on Optimism<br /> <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/defis-1inch-network-launches-on-ethereum-scaling-platform-optimism"> https://www.coindesk.com/defis-1inch-network-launches-on-ethereum-scaling-platform-optimism</a> <br /> 24:26 Balancer<br /> Metastable Pools & Lido Partnership<br /> <a href= "https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-launches-metastable-pools-to-further-pool-liquidity-9eade44d73d8"> https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-launches-metastable-pools-to-further-pool-liquidity-9eade44d73d8</a> <br /> 26:54 Bloomberg Galaxy Index<br /> <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/galaxy-digital-launches-defi-index-tracker-fund"> https://www.coindesk.com/galaxy-digital-launches-defi-index-tracker-fund</a> <br /> Frank’s Take<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1428348530888871945?s=20">https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1428348530888871945?s=20</a> <br /> 30:18 Metamask EIP1559 Support<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1428148268031102976?s=20">https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1428148268031102976?s=20</a> <br /> 30:55 Fintech Collective<br /> <a href= "https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/115077/fintech-collective-250-million-fund-defi-strategy"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/115077/fintech-collective-250-million-fund-defi-strategy</a> <br /> 33:57 Jobs<br /> <a href= "https://jobs.banklesshq.com/">https://jobs.banklesshq.com/</a> </p> <p>34:26 NEWS<br /> 34:36 Robinhood Crypto Revenue<br /> <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/robinhoods-revenue-from-cryptocurrency-trading-jumps-to-41-of-total"> https://www.coindesk.com/robinhoods-revenue-from-cryptocurrency-trading-jumps-to-41-of-total</a> <br /> 37:43 Polygon x Hermez<br /> <a href= "https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/114479/polygon-hermez-merger-matic-hez-tokens-ethereum-projects"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/114479/polygon-hermez-merger-matic-hez-tokens-ethereum-projects</a> <br /> 40:03 TikTok x Audius<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/decryptmedia/status/1427344374212571151?s=21">https://twitter.com/decryptmedia/status/1427344374212571151?s=21</a> <br /> 41:24 Samczsun Saves the Day<br /> <a href= "https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/08/two-rights-might-make-a-wrong/">https://ww

<p>DAOs are heating up. In 2021, the tools and infrastructure surrounding DAOs have taken off at an incredible pace. Digital organizations have the potential to fundamentally change the way we coordinate as a species.</p> <p>We bring on DAO experts Kain Warwick, Cooper Turley, and Tracheopteryx to provide insights into this budding movement.</p> <p>What is different about DAOs? Why are we excited about them?<br /> <br /> ------<br /> 📣 TracerDAO | Building DeFi Infrastructure. Join the Discord!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/TracerDAO">https://bankless.cc/TracerDAO</a> <br /> ------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 4:00 Kain, Cooper, and Trach<br /> 6:32 Are DAOs Different?<br /> 10:55 Leadership in DAOs<br /> 16:32 Keys to a Successful DAO<br /> 23:08 Purpose and Values<br /> 29:13 Optimal DAO Size<br /> 36:20 The Goal of DAOs<br /> 41:00 Does Coin Voting Suck?<br /> 51:49 The DAO Lifestyle<br /> 57:21 Fluidity, Growth, and Community<br /> 1:04:07 The A in DAO<br /> 1:10:45 Slaying Moloch<br /> 1:15:11 How DAOs Change Lives<br /> 1:19:32 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Kain on Twitter<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/kaiynne?s=20">https://twitter.com/kaiynne?s=20</a> </p> <p>Cooper on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa?s=20">https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa?s=20</a> </p> <p>Tracheopteryx on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/tracheopteryx?s=20">https://twitter.com/tracheopteryx?s=20</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>Jake Chervinsky is fighting on the front lines for the effective regulation of crypto, and he was a key contributor in the efforts to amend the United States Infrastructure Bill, which recently passed the Senate.</p> <p>On this State of the Nation, we discuss the unfolding events in US Legislation, and how we can move forward towards a cooperative and productive regulatory landscape.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a> </p> <p>🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/UniGrants">https://bankless.cc/UniGrants</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 TracerDAO | Building DeFi Infrastructure. Join the Discord!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/TracerDAO">https://bankless.cc/TracerDAO</a> <br /> ------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Jake on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/jchervinsky?s=20">https://twitter.com/jchervinsky?s=20</a> </p> <p>The Blockchain Association:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/BlockchainAssn?s=20">https://twitter.com/BlockchainAssn?s=20</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>Fireblocks is building infrastructure to help businesses adopt digital assets with a suite of products, providing institutions access to DeFi with security and convenience. Last month, Fireblocks raised over $300 million at a $2.2B valuation.</p> <p>CEO Michael Shaulov comes on the Bankless Podcast to explore why institutions are choosing to outsource their crypto-native workflows to an infrastructure company like Fireblocks, whose expertise and products aim to provide secure & effective storage, transactions, and issuance.</p> <p>Get the Debrief for this episode!<br /> <a href= "https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-institutional-defi"> https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-institutional-defi</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a> </p> <p>🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/UniGrants">https://bankless.cc/UniGrants</a> </p> <p>------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 6:00 Michael Shaulov of Fireblocks<br /> 8:05 Valuation and Raise<br /> 13:18 Institutional FOMO<br /> 17:39 What is Fireblocks?<br /> 22:27 Outsourcing Workflows<br /> 27:41 Institutions are Coming<br /> 31:31 Clients & Products<br /> 41:52 AWS For Crypto Banking<br /> 48:22 Security & Management<br /> 54:10 Bullish on DeFi<br /> 1:00:16 CeFi & DeFi Activity<br /> 1:08:20 Using Aave & Compound<br /> 1:12:50 Bridging into DeFi<br /> 1:15:58 Institutional DeFi<br /> 1:22:00 Regulation<br /> 1:30:26 Too Successful<br /> 1:35:31 The DeFi Mullet<br /> 1:39:17 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Fireblocks<br /> <a href= "https://www.fireblocks.com/">https://www.fireblocks.com/</a> <br /> Fireblocks on Twitter<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/FireblocksHQ?s=20">https://twitter.com/FireblocksHQ?s=20</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>2nd Week of August 2021</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 PoolTogether | Break up with your Lottery!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/PoolTogether">https://bankless.cc/PoolTogether</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro</p> <p>1:30 MARKETS<br /> 2:05 BTC Price<br /> 3:04 ETH Price<br /> 7:10 ETH/BTC Ratio<br /> 9:55 ETH’s Q2<br /> <a href= "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210804005657/en/Genesis-Q2-Report-Shows-Decreasing-Bitcoin-Dominance-and-Hedge-Funds-Diving-Into-DeFi"> https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210804005657/en/Genesis-Q2-Report-Shows-Decreasing-Bitcoin-Dominance-and-Hedge-Funds-Diving-Into-DeFi</a> <br /> 13:12 ETH Volume<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/geenty/status/1425198900068110338?s=21">https://twitter.com/geenty/status/1425198900068110338?s=21</a> <br /> 14:50 Institutional Demand<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1425586708305829891">https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1425586708305829891</a> <br /> 15:57 DeFi Action<br /> 20:10 Layer 2 Beat<br /> <a href="https://l2beat.com/">https://l2beat.com/</a> <br /> 23:21 EIP-1559<br /> Burned: <a href= "https://www.etherchain.org/burn">https://www.etherchain.org/burn</a> <br /> Bankless-Inspired Dashboard: <a href= "https://twitter.com/MSilb7/status/1423314663052218373?s=20">https://twitter.com/MSilb7/status/1423314663052218373?s=20</a> <br /> 29:54 Axie $1B Volume<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/Psycheout86/status/1423719170315800581?s=20">https://twitter.com/Psycheout86/status/1423719170315800581?s=20</a> <br /> 31:38 Coinbase’s Impressive Quarter<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/CNBCClosingBell/status/1425186855641829381?s=20"> https://twitter.com/CNBCClosingBell/status/1425186855641829381?s=20</a> </p> <p>33:00 RELEASES<br /> 35:00 Arbitrum in August<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1423709666203344899?s=21">https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1423709666203344899?s=21</a> <br /> 38:26 Rarible Protocol<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/rariblecom/status/1425840333854711809?s=20">https://twitter.com/rariblecom/status/1425840333854711809?s=20</a> <br /> 39:17 Gearbox Leverage<br /> <a href= "https://medium.com/gearbox-protocol/hello-world-this-is-gearbox-generalized-leverage-protocol-cbec5f34bb98"> https://medium.com/gearbox-protocol/hello-world-this-is-gearbox-generalized-leverage-protocol-cbec5f34bb98</a> <br /> 41:37 Raises<br /> Helium: <a href= "https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1425255811731894278?s=20">https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1425255811731894278?s=20</a> <br /> Dune Analytics: <a href= "https://twitter.com/DuneAnalytics/status/1425821738626019330?s=20"> https://twitter.com/DuneAnalytics/status/1425821738626019330?s=20</a> <br /> Liquality Wallet: <a href= "https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1425200897475465220">https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1425200897475465220</a> <br /> TaxBit: <a href= "https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1425825002104922116?s=20">https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1425825002104922116?s=20</a> <br /> 46:34 Jobs<br /> <a href= "https://jobs.banklesshq.com/">https://jobs.banklesshq.com/</a> </p> <p>47:00 NEWS<br /> 47:16 Poly Network Hack<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/polynetwork2/status/1425073987164381196?s=21">https://twitter.com/polynetwork2/status/1425073987164381196?

<p>Smart Contract Summit, hosted by Chainlink Labs, is the biggest smart contract event of the year with leading speakers and projects across DeFi, the NFT economy, and the larger blockchain industry.</p> <p>Check out the other discussions here:<br /> <a href= "https://www.smartcontractsummit.io/">https://www.smartcontractsummit.io/</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 PoolTogether | DeFi's No-Loss Lottery Protocol<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/PoolTogether">https://bankless.cc/PoolTogether</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Resources:</p> <p>DC Investor on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor?s=20">https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor?s=20</a> </p> <p>SquishChaos on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/SquishChaos?s=20">https://twitter.com/SquishChaos?s=20</a> </p> <p>James Wang on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/draecomino?s=20">https://twitter.com/draecomino?s=20</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>Optimism is scaling Ethereum with its open-source Optimistic Rollup. Uniswap recently deployed on Optimistic Ethereum, officially kicking off Ethereum's Scalability Summer. Where does Optimism stand now? What's next?</p> <p>Optimists Ben Jones & Karl Floersch join to talk about working on Ethereum’s hardest problems and pioneering a better future for humanity.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> </p> <p>------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 PoolTogether | DeFi's No-Loss Lottery Protocol<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/PoolTogether">https://bankless.cc/PoolTogether</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 7:00 Ben Jones & Karl Floersch<br /> 9:10 Is Ethereum Scaling?<br /> 10:03 The History of Optimism<br /> 16:20 A Scaled Ethereum Chain<br /> 19:26 A Mental Model & Theme Parks<br /> 27:24 Governors & Contracts<br /> 29:29 Infrastructure & Use Cases<br /> 37:07 The Optimistic EVM<br /> 41:32 How Much Scale is There?<br /> 49:04 Latency & Liquidity<br /> 58:59 Layer 2 to Layer 2<br /> 1:06:29 Understanding Tradeoffs<br /> 1:09:18 MEV & Sequencing<br /> 1:19:17 Power & Responsibility<br /> 1:27:08 Saving Humanity<br /> 1:29:48 Fire Round Questions<br /> 1:34:54 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Optimism:<br /> <a href="https://optimism.io/">https://optimism.io/</a> <br /> Ben on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/ben_chain?s=20">https://twitter.com/ben_chain?s=20</a> <br /> Karl on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/karl_dot_tech?s=20">https://twitter.com/karl_dot_tech?s=20</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>Richard Turrin is the best selling author of Innovation Lab Excellence, and recently published his new book Cashless: China's Digital Currency Revolution. This new release covers the story and context of China’s new Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and the innovation happening in that space.</p> <p>In this episode, Richard walks us through the efforts China has made to innovate within its Fintech platforms, and how it poses a long-term threat to US Dollar dominance. With smart contracts on the way, what does the world look like with a maximally successful Chinese CBDC? Listen in and find out.</p> <p>In this episode's exclusive debrief, we dive into all the questions we didn't have time to ask and explore how big of a challenge CBDCs pose to crypto. Get it <a href= "https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-chinas-digital">here</a>:</p> <p><a href= "https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-chinas-digital">https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-chinas-digital</a> </p> <p><br /> ------<br /> 📣 PoolTogether | DeFi's No-Loss Lottery Protocol<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/PoolTogether">https://bankless.cc/PoolTogether</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> </p> <p>------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 9:30 Richard Turrin<br /> 12:03 Where The US Went Wrong<br /> 16:34 China’s Last 10 Years<br /> 23:10 Comparing the User Experience<br /> 30:00 A Cultural Divide<br /> 38:17 A Regulatory Divide<br /> 47:00 Central Bank Digital Currencies<br /> 57:43 Digitized vs Digital Currency<br /> 1:05:19 Benefits of a CBDC<br /> 1:14:48 The Design & Smart Contracts<br /> 1:25:00 Verification and KYC<br /> 1:30:57 China’s International Ambitions<br /> 1:35:43 The Impact on Crypto<br /> 1:39:13 When the West Wakes Up<br /> 1:42:03 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Richard on Twitter<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/richardturrin?s=20">https://twitter.com/richardturrin?s=20</a> <br /> Cashless: China's Digital Currency Revolution<br /> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Cashless-Chinas-Digital-Currency-Revolution/dp/1949642720/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr="> https://www.amazon.com/Cashless-Chinas-Digital-Currency-Revolution/dp/1949642720/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>1st Week of August 2021</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 PoolTogether | Break up with your Lottery!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/PoolTogether">https://bankless.cc/PoolTogether</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro</p> <p>1:56 MARKETS<br /> 2:08 BTC Price<br /> 2:27 ETH Price<br /> 3:28 ETH/BTC Ratio<br /> 4:24 DeFi Action<br /> 6:27 EIP 1559<br /> <a href= "https://ultrasound.money/">https://ultrasound.money/</a> <br /> 11:44 Ultra Sound Block<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/AlexanderFisher/status/1423277318773088257">https://twitter.com/AlexanderFisher/status/1423277318773088257</a> <br /> 13:14 1559 Wallets<br /> <a href= "https://metamask.io/1559.html">https://metamask.io/1559.html</a> <br /> 15:26 Going Mainstream<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1423293814312108039?s=20"> https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1423293814312108039?s=20</a> <br /> 16:05 Uniswap Burning <br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1423292792617402371?s=21">https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1423292792617402371?s=21</a> <br /> 19:09 221M Crypto Users<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1421108123016830982?s=20">https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1421108123016830982?s=20</a> <br /> 21:16 OpenSea Volume<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/dfinzer/status/1422016457290956800?s=21">https://twitter.com/dfinzer/status/1422016457290956800?s=21</a> <br /> 22:29 DeFi Addresses<br /> <a href= "https://decrypt.co/77593/ethereum-addresses-using-defi-rose-65-last-quarter"> https://decrypt.co/77593/ethereum-addresses-using-defi-rose-65-last-quarter</a> </p> <p>24:45 RELEASES<br /> 25:13 Starkware & SoRare<br /> <a href= "https://medium.com/sorare/were-live-on-our-scaling-solution-starkware-62438abee9a8"> https://medium.com/sorare/were-live-on-our-scaling-solution-starkware-62438abee9a8</a> <br /> 25:54 Thales<br /> <a href= "https://thalesmarket.medium.com/the-day-has-come-thales-dapp-launches-on-ethereum-mainnet-366b98ed0c71"> https://thalesmarket.medium.com/the-day-has-come-thales-dapp-launches-on-ethereum-mainnet-366b98ed0c71</a> <br /> 26:21 DyDx Token<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-alpha-alert-dydx-retroactive-drop"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-alpha-alert-dydx-retroactive-drop</a> <br /> Sad Meme: <a href= "https://twitter.com/monetsupply/status/1422745261986631682?s=21">https://twitter.com/monetsupply/status/1422745261986631682?s=21</a> <br /> 29:10 Bitwise UNI & Aave Funds<br /> <a href= "https://www.bitwiseinvestments.com/resources/press-releases/bitwise-asset-management-expands-defi-suite-with-launch-of-the-worlds-first-uniswap-and-aave-funds"> https://www.bitwiseinvestments.com/resources/press-releases/bitwise-asset-management-expands-defi-suite-with-launch-of-the-worlds-first-uniswap-and-aave-funds</a> <br /> 29:58 Argent Layer 2 Waitlist<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/argentHQ/status/1422262937423597571">https://twitter.com/argentHQ/status/1422262937423597571</a> <br /> 31:09 Rocket Pool Testnet<br /> <a href= "https://medium.com/rocket-pool/rocket-pool-prater-testnet-guides-2428ecdc565e"> https://medium.com/rocket-pool/rocket-pool-prater-testnet-guides-2428ecdc565e</a> <br /> 31:32 ETH Modeler<br /> <a href= "https://www.ethmodel.io/">https://www.ethmodel.io/</a> <br /> 32:12 Dive

<p>Join the Bankless and EthHub boys as they livestream during the London Hardfork and watch EIP1559 start burning ETH!<br /> ------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 PoolTogether | DeFi's No-Loss Lottery Protocol<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/PoolTogether">https://bankless.cc/PoolTogether</a> <br /> ------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>DC Investor on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor?s=20">https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor?s=20</a> </p> <p>Eric on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/econoar?s=20">https://twitter.com/econoar?s=20</a> </p> <p>Hudson on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/hudsonjameson?s=20">https://twitter.com/hudsonjameson?s=20</a> </p> <p>Justin on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/drakefjustin?s=20">https://twitter.com/drakefjustin?s=20</a> </p> <p>Anthony on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/sassal0x?s=20">https://twitter.com/sassal0x?s=20</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>The time has come. With the London Fork just around the corner, the much anticipated EIP-1559 will be implemented. This fundamentally changes the relationship among miners, users, and gas.</p> <p>This panel, moderated by Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko, is set to discuss the macro and micro shifts to the ecosystem. We've talked about this a lot on Bankless, so it's time to hear from experts around the community about this massive turning point.</p> <p>------<br /> 📣 PoolTogether | DeFi's No-Loss Lottery Protocol<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/PoolTogether">https://bankless.cc/PoolTogether</a> <br /> ------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 8:00 Understanding EIP 1559<br /> ETH Research post: https://ethresear.ch/t/first-and-second-price-auctions-and-improved-transaction-fee-markets/2410<br /> 20:34 Changing Metrics<br /> 26:21 Improving User Experience<br /> Micah’s article: https://medium.com/coinmonks/a-tale-of-two-pricing-schemes-dc9c8717906<br /> 33:45 Advice for Smart Contract Devs<br /> JSON RPC Changes: https://hackmd.io/@timbeiko/1559-json-rpc<br /> 42:30 Miners, Burning Fees, and MEV<br /> 53:52 Clarifying MEV and Gas Prices<br /> 57:00 EIP 1559 on Geth<br /> 1:04:44 Hasu's Turning Point on ETH<br /> 1:11:11 David & Ryan ask Community Questions<br /> 1:15:51 Fifteen Fifty-Nine<br /> 1:19:40 Old Transactions in a New Paradigm<br /> 1:22:00 Stuck & Pending Transactions<br /> 1:24:16 Changing Monetary Policy<br /> 1:36:01 Manipulating Block Size<br /> 1:39:58 Discussing Timelines<br /> 1:47:25 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Tim Beiko on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/TimBeiko?s=20">https://twitter.com/TimBeiko?s=20</a> </p> <p>Barnabe Monnot on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/barnabemonnot?s=20">https://twitter.com/barnabemonnot?s=20</a> </p> <p>Hasu on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/hasufl?s=20">https://twitter.com/hasufl?s=20</a> </p> <p>Lightclients on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/lightclients?s=20">https://twitter.com/lightclients?s=20</a> </p> <p>Micah Zoltu on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/MicahZoltu?s=20">https://twitter.com/MicahZoltu?s=20</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>Lyn Alden returns to the podcast, this time to discuss Inflation. Founder of Lyn Alden Investments, we keep coming back to Lyn because of her sharp analysis and compelling macro takes.</p> <p>We explore the three types of inflation, how they intersect and affect one another, and what this means for the global outlook of crypto and society.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 6:00 Lyn Alden & Overview<br /> 10:08 Fiscal Policies & COVID<br /> 19:02 3 Types of Inflation<br /> 27:22 Ordering & Measuring<br /> 32:50 The Long Arc of History<br /> 40:57 Transitory or Permanent?<br /> 49:22 Wages vs Assets<br /> 56:08 The Effects of Inflation<br /> 1:00:00 Winners and Losers<br /> 1:09:40 A Global Perspective<br /> 1:16:40 The Death of Dollar Dominance<br /> 1:23:03 Multi-Polar Reserve Currency<br /> 1:27:50 COVID Delta Variant<br /> 1:32:57 Where Crypto Comes In<br /> 1:39:12 Ethereum & The Bull Market<br /> 1:45:34 Advice for Listeners<br /> 1:48:34 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Lyn on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact?s=20">https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact?s=20</a> </p> <p>Lyn's Website & Newsletter:<br /> <a href= "https://www.lynalden.com/">https://www.lynalden.com/</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>4th Week of July 2021</p> <p>------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/unigrants">http://bankless.cc/unigrants</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 SMARTCON | Register for Smart Contract Summit 2021!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/SmartCon">https://bankless.cc/SmartCon</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 5:36 EIP 1559 and other PSAs</p> <p>10:55 MARKETS<br /> 11:05 BTC Price<br /> Shorts: <a href= "https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1419621135373701123?s=20">https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1419621135373701123?s=20</a> <br /> 14:02 ETH Price<br /> 14:42 BTC/ETH Ratio<br /> 15:34 DeFi Action<br /> 17:33 The BED Index<br /> <a href= "https://www.indexcoop.com/bed">https://www.indexcoop.com/bed</a> <br /> Pancake: <a href= "https://twitter.com/xofee3/status/1419631884846387200?s=21">https://twitter.com/xofee3/status/1419631884846387200?s=21</a> <br /> 23:23 Axie Hasn’t Stopped<br /> <a href= "https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/axie-infinity">https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/axie-infinity</a> <br /> 25:21 Optimism Revenue<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1420053733052932097?s=21"> https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1420053733052932097?s=21</a> <br /> 26:06 Crypto Fees<br /> <a href= "https://cryptofees.info/">https://cryptofees.info/</a> <br /> 27:00 1 in 10 Invested<br /> <a href= "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"> 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</a> </p> <p>29:00 RELEASES<br /> 30:55 Ultra Sound Summer<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1418660235393130502?s=20">https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1418660235393130502?s=20</a> <br /> 34:00 Polygon $100M Gaming Fund<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/_PolygonStudios/status/1417200733703720991">https://twitter.com/_PolygonStudios/status/1417200733703720991</a> <br /> 36:15 Aave Arc<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/HsakaTrades/status/1418276172396306432?s=20">https://twitter.com/HsakaTrades/status/1418276172396306432?s=20</a> <br /> 38:45 Fractional NFTs<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/fractional_art/status/1419696688302854146?s=20"> https://twitter.com/fractional_art/status/1419696688302854146?s=20</a> <br /> 41:22 Binance & Polygon<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/MihailoBjelic/status/1420328228795846658">https://twitter.com/MihailoBjelic/status/1420328228795846658</a> <br /> 42:55 Etherscan ‘Blockscan’ Upgrade <br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/etherscan/status/1419985650632122369">https://twitter.com/etherscan/status/1419985650632122369</a> <br /> 44:45 Rabby Wallet<br /> <a href= "https://medium.com/@rabby_io/rabby-release-announcement-564406988e2b"> https://medium.com/@rabby_io/rabby-release-announcement-564406988e2b</a> <br /> 47:00 Lyra DAO<br /> <a href= "https://blog.lyra.finance/lyra-dao-raises-3-3m/">https://blog.lyra.finance/lyra-dao-raises-3-3m/</a> <br /> 49:27 Fireblocks $310M<br /> <a href= "https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain-unicorn-fireblocks-raises-310m"> https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain-unicorn-fireblocks-raises-310m</a> <br /> 50:33 Crypto Jobs<br /> <a href= "https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs">https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs</a> </p> <p>52:10 NEWS<br /> 52:20 PayPal Super App<br /> <a href= "https://cointelegraph.com/news/paypal-s-crypto-super-app-set-to-roll-out-soon"> https://cointelegraph.com/news/paypal-s-crypto-super-app-set-to-roll-out-soon</a> <br /> 56:10 Amazon Hiring

<p>NFTs have exploded in 2021, but many coveted pieces are far out of the price range of average DeFi citizens. Enter Fractional, the new protocol for buying, selling, and minting fractions of NFTs.</p> <p>This breaks apart NFTs and allows anyone to unlock NFT liquidity and open the door for community involvement. To detail this step forward in crypto culture, we bring on Fractional lead dev @Andy8052 for a Live AMA.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a><br /> 🎙 SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a><br /> 🏅CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a><br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a></p> <p><br /> 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a></p> <p><br /> 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a></p> <p><br /> 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/UniGrants">https://bankless.cc/UniGrants</a></p> <p><br /> ------<br /> 📣 SMARTCON | Register for Smart Contract Summit 2021!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/SmartCon">https://bankless.cc/SmartCon</a></p> <p>------</p> <p>Resources:</p> <p>Andy on Twitter<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/andy8052?s=20">https://twitter.com/andy8052?s=20</a></p> <p><br /> Fractional<br /> <a href="https://fractional.art/">https://fractional.art/</a></p> <p><br /> ------<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a></p> <p> </p>

<p>Index Coop is a DAO focused on making fully decentralized crypto index products, like the DPI (DeFi Pulse Index). Recently, the Index Coop teamed up with Bankless DAO to launch the BED Index: 1/3 Bitcoin, 1/3 Ether, and 1/3 DPI.</p> <p>Products like these make it easier than ever to get some skin in the game, so Do Your Own Research, and learn why the future of finance is decentralized. For this week's State of the Nation, we bring on four core contributors of Index Coop to walk us through it.</p> <p>Live on Tuesday at 11am PST / 2pm EST!</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a> </p> <p>🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/UniGrants">https://bankless.cc/UniGrants</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 SMARTCON | Register for Smart Contract Summit 2021!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/SmartCon">https://bankless.cc/SmartCon</a> <br /> ------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Index Coop:<br /> <a href= "https://www.indexcoop.com/">https://www.indexcoop.com/</a> <br /> Announcing the BED Index:<br /> <a href= "https://medium.com/indexcoop/recommending-crypto-to-friends-family-just-became-10x-easier-ccb57ea1903a"> https://medium.com/indexcoop/recommending-crypto-to-friends-family-just-became-10x-easier-ccb57ea1903a</a> <br /> Verto on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/verto0912?s=20">https://twitter.com/verto0912?s=20</a> <br /> BigSky on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/BigSky_7?s=20">https://twitter.com/BigSky_7?s=20</a> <br /> Dark Forest Capital on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/DarkForestCap?s=20">https://twitter.com/DarkForestCap?s=20</a> <br /> LemonadeAlpha on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/AlphaLemonade?s=20">https://twitter.com/AlphaLemonade?s=20</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>Did you miss out on ETHCC? Here's the antidote to your FOMO.</p> <p>David interviews 9 thought leaders and builders about the conference, Paris, and the broader Ethereum Community.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a> </p> <p>🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/UniGrants">https://bankless.cc/UniGrants</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 SMARTCON | Register for Smart Contract Summit 2021!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/SmartCon">https://bankless.cc/SmartCon</a> <br /> ------<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 2:00 What is ETHCC?<br /> 6:20 The Guests & The Vibe<br /> 10:23 The Community & Building<br /> 13:55 BTC Miami & ETH CC<br /> 20:15 Ethereum Documentary<br /> 23:34 Paris, Parties, and Culture</p> <p>29:00 Vitalik Buterin<br /> 32:40 The Magnitude of ETH<br /> 39:05 What Vitalik’s Thinking About<br /> 42:26 Ethereum’s Social Layer</p> <p>45:07 Stani Kulechov<br /> 48:38 What’s New This Conference?<br /> 51:45 Aave Ark (FKA Aave Pro)<br /> 54:24 rAAVE<br /> 57:12 The Magnitude of Aave</p> <p>1:00:50 Kain Warwick<br /> 1:03:08 What’s Different This Time?<br /> 1:06:00 Around the Community</p> <p>1:10:13 Jerome de Techey<br /> 1:15:00 Conferences and Community<br /> 1:20:00 What’s Great About ETHCC?</p> <p>1:24:05 Aya Miyaguchi<br /> 1:27:18 The Ethereum Community<br /> 1:31:24 The Infinite Garden</p> <p>1:36:00 Cooper Turley<br /> 1:40:09 The ETHCC Vibe</p> <p>1:42:20 Simona Pop<br /> 1:47:40 Status</p> <p>1:57:22 Joseph Delong<br /> 2:00:17 SushiSwap Roadmap</p> <p>2:04:22 Jordi Baylina<br /> 2:08:00 The Hermez Network<br /> 2:11:58 Layer 2 vs Sidechain</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Vitalik on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin?s=20">https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin?s=20</a> <br /> Stani on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/StaniKulechov?s=20">https://twitter.com/StaniKulechov?s=20</a> <br /> Kain on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/kaiynne?s=20">https://twitter.com/kaiynne?s=20</a> <br /> Jerome on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/jdetychey?s=20">https://twitter.com/jdetychey?s=20</a> <br /> Aya on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/AyaMiyagotchi?s=20">https://twitter.com/AyaMiyagotchi?s=20</a> <br /> Cooper on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa?s=20">https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa?s=20</a> <br /> Simona on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/Sim_Pop?s=20">https://twitter.com/Sim_Pop?s=20</a> <br /> Joseph on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/josephdelong?s=20">https://twitter.com/josephdelong?s=20</a> <br /> Jordi on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/jbaylina?s=20">https://twitter.com/jbaylina?s=20</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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 discl

<p>3rd Week of July</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a> </p> <p>🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/UniGrants">https://bankless.cc/UniGrants</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 SMARTCON | Register for Smart Contract Summit 2021!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/SmartCon">https://bankless.cc/SmartCon</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro</p> <p>2:20 MARKETS<br /> 2:32 BTC Price<br /> 3:20 ETH Price<br /> 5:25 Google Search Trends<br /> <a href= "https://coinmetrics.substack.com/p/coin-metrics-state-of-the-network-7e2"> https://coinmetrics.substack.com/p/coin-metrics-state-of-the-network-7e2</a> <br /> 8:18 Market Cycles<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/LilMoonLambo/status/1417483927132987403?s=20">https://twitter.com/LilMoonLambo/status/1417483927132987403?s=20</a> <br /> 11:00 ETH/BTC Ratio<br /> 12:20 DeFi Action<br /> 13:22 Institutional Demand<br /> Bad: <a href= "https://cointelegraph.com/news/institutional-demand-for-bitcoin-evaporates-as-btc-struggles-below-31k"> https://cointelegraph.com/news/institutional-demand-for-bitcoin-evaporates-as-btc-struggles-below-31k</a> <br /> Good: <a href= "https://blockworks.co/fidelity-71-of-institutional-investors-plan-to-buy-crypto/?oly_enc_id=9918E2523689A0T"> https://blockworks.co/fidelity-71-of-institutional-investors-plan-to-buy-crypto/?oly_enc_id=9918E2523689A0T</a> <br /> 17:00 UNI Token<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1404045729560150017?s=20"> https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1404045729560150017?s=20</a> </p> <p>21:00 RELEASES<br /> 22:00 BED Index<br /> <a href= "https://www.tokensets.com/v2/set/ethereum/0x2aF1dF3AB0ab157e1E2Ad8F88A7D04fbea0c7dc6"> https://www.tokensets.com/v2/set/ethereum/0x2aF1dF3AB0ab157e1E2Ad8F88A7D04fbea0c7dc6</a> <br /> 25:07 SushiSwap Trident<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/Blockanalia/status/1417460991940571136?s=20">https://twitter.com/Blockanalia/status/1417460991940571136?s=20</a> <br /> Rivalry: <a href= "https://twitter.com/josephdelong/status/1391083986181525508?s=20">https://twitter.com/josephdelong/status/1391083986181525508?s=20</a> <br /> 28:48 ETH Issuance Model<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1416022071914729473?s=20">https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1416022071914729473?s=20</a> <br /> 31:35 Yearn Risk Dashboard<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1416103246670749698?s=21">https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1416103246670749698?s=21</a> <br /> 34:15 Grayscale DeFi<br /> <a href= "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/07/19/2264846/0/en/Grayscale-Investments-and-CoinDesk-Indexes-Launch-Decentralized-Finance-DeFi-Fund-and-Index.html"> https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/07/19/2264846/0/en/Grayscale-Investments-and-CoinDesk-Indexes-Launch-Decentralized-Finance-DeFi-Fund-and-Index.html</a> <br /> 37:12 OKEx Polygon<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/JayHao8/status/1415214114654224385?s=20">https://twitter.com/JayHao8/status/1415214114654224385?s=20</a> <br /> 38:45 Axe DogeSpray<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/AXE/status/1417175117440995328">https://twitter.com/AXE/status/1417175117440995328</a> <br /> 40:26 Immutable - IMX<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1418032781343428613">https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1418032781343428613</a> <br /> 42:11 Visor Finance R

<p>ShapeShift recently announced its plans to evolve into a community-owned, decentralized platform. In addition, they held the largest airdrop in crypto history with over 1 million eligible addresses.</p> <p>We bring on (former?) CEO Erik Voorhees to discuss the transition, and how it could be paving the way for all legacy corporations. The Future is DAO.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a> </p> <p> 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/UniGrants">https://bankless.cc/UniGrants</a> </p> <p> ------<br /> 📣 SMARTCON | Register for Smart Contract Summit 2021!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/SmartCon">https://bankless.cc/SmartCon</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 8:00 Erik Voorhees & ShapeShift<br /> 11:54 The History of ShapeShift<br /> 21:04 DAO-ifying<br /> 27:10 The Model for Shape-Shifting<br /> 32:53 How to DAO<br /> 41:06 The FOX Token<br /> 47:25 The DAO Launch<br /> 52:35 The Regulation Threat<br /> 58:40 The Industry Overview<br /> 1:05:35 What Erik’s Excited About<br /> 1:08:10 A Word for First Cyclers<br /> 1:10:34 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Erik on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees?s=20">https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees?s=20</a> <br /> FOX Airdrop:<br /> <a href= "https://fox.shapeshift.com/airdrop">https://fox.shapeshift.com/airdrop</a> <br /> ShapeShift Discord:<br /> <a href= "https://discordapp.com/invite/dVVkMhb">https://discordapp.com/invite/dVVkMhb</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>Tarun Chitra is co-founder of Gauntlet, a financial modeling platform for crypto. Tarun is a thought leader in the space and is an expert in a variety of topics surrounding DeFi.</p> <p>This week, we discuss the history of electronic markets, and how we’re in the third wave of this phenomenon.</p> <p>Get this episode's exclusive debrief! 👀<br /> <a href= "https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-the-history-of">https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-the-history-of</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a> </p> <p>🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/UniGrants">https://bankless.cc/UniGrants</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 SMARTCON | Register for Smart Contract Summit 2021!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/SmartCon">https://bankless.cc/SmartCon</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Bankless Podcast #74: The History of Electronic Markets<br /> Guest: Tarun Chitra</p> <p>We’re all familiar the image of traders in the pits of the New York Stock Exchange, holding up tickets and shouting out orders to one another. This is the backdrop for Electronic Markets 1.0, when ‘open outcry’ was the norm for the exchange of equities. When internet technology first emerged, it was brought to these markets, such that geographically distinct markets were fused by the instant communication of prices, bids, and offers.</p> <p>New technologies come quickly to the markets, giving an advantage to those who adopt the fastest. Alongside traders and brokers are the technologists, the quants and computer scientists who leveraged their understanding of networks to revolutionize trading. This first wave of electronic markets lasted until the dawn of personal computers, home internet, and E-trade.</p> <p>This second wave further revolutionized modern exchanges, distributing public access while consolidating liquidity. Synergistic with the dot-com boom, this explosion of retail investing once again turned exchanges on their heads. Look around now, and observe that we are in a third wave of new technologies applied to markets: Electronic Markets 3.0. Catalyzed first by mobile phones and now DeFi, the markets have once again been uprooted and fundamentally changed.</p> <p>What does this all mean? Where do we go from here? How do we adjust for scaling complex markets? Well, listening to what Tarun Chitra has to say about it isn’t a bad place to start.</p> <p>------<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 7:00 Tarun Chitra<br /> 10:40 A History Lesson on Markets<br /> 17:45 Patterns in Electronic Markets<br /> 20:55 Electronic Markets 1.0<br /> 29:09 Options and Removing Lawyers 1.0<br /> 38:08 Experimenting and Crashes 1.0<br /> 46:19 New Players & Regulation 1.0<br /> 52:19 Electronic Markets 2.0<br /> 1:00:08 ETFs and Consolidation 2.0<br /> 1:14:26 Before and After 2.0<br /> 1:23:00 Removing Lawyers 2.0<br /> 1:28:00 Electronic Markets 3.0<br /> 1:37:40 Experimenting and Crashes 3.0<br /> 1:46:07 Removing Lawyers 3.0<br /> 1:52:50 New Risks 3.0<br /> 2:00:35 Financial Crisis 3.0<br /> 2:09:10 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Tarun on Twitter<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/tarunchitra?s=20">https://twitter.com/tarunchitra?s=20</a> <br /> Gauntlet Network<br /> <a href= "https://gauntlet.network/">https://gauntlet.network/</a> <br /> Inside Job: The Looting of America's Savings and Loans<br /> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Job-Americas-Forbidden-Bookshelf-ebook/dp/B013S42VF6"> https://www.amazon.com/I

<p>2nd Week of July 2021</p> <p>------<br /> 📺 ETH STAKING PANEL:<br /> <a href= "https://youtu.be/-YD5cAbatOc">https://youtu.be/-YD5cAbatOc </a><br /> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a></p> <p>🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a></p> <p>🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger </a></p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/UniGrants">https://bankless.cc/UniGrants </a></p> <p>------<br /> 📣 SMARTCON | Register for Smart Contract Summit 2021!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/SmartCon">https://bankless.cc/SmartCon </a><br /> <br /> ------<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro</p> <p>2:50 MARKETS<br /> 3:00 BTC Price<br /> Lightning: <a href= "https://twitter.com/VetleLunde/status/1414935599321124864?s=20">https://twitter.com/VetleLunde/status/1414935599321124864?s=20 </a><br /> <br /> 4:15 ETH Price<br /> Settling $8T: <a href= "https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1415364147622170630?s=20">https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1415364147622170630?s=20 </a><br /> <br /> 6:20 ETH/BTC Ratio<br /> 7:08 DeFi Action<br /> 3M DeFi Users: <a href= "https://twitter.com/richardchen39/status/1414582943641657344?s=20"> https://twitter.com/richardchen39/status/1414582943641657344?s=20 </a><br /> <br /> 11:15 Axie Price Action<br /> 12:55 Value / Volume<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/richardchen39/status/1414950857586749449?s=21"> https://twitter.com/richardchen39/status/1414950857586749449?s=21 </a><br /> <br /> 14:08 DAO Super-Users<br /> <a href= "https://deepdao.io/#/people">https://deepdao.io/#/people </a></p> <p>17:00 RELEASES<br /> 18:45 Optimism!<br /> Uniswap: <a href= "https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1415118864698859524?s=20"> https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1415118864698859524?s=20 </a><br /> <br /> Synthetix: <a href= "https://blog.synthetix.io/optimism-launch-announcement/">https://blog.synthetix.io/optimism-launch-announcement/ </a><br /> <br /> 25:38 Scaling Frenzy<br /> Hop Protocol: https://twitter.com/HopProtocol/status/1414624873775878148 <br /> Gnosis Safe: <a href= "https://blog.gnosis.pm/gnosis-safe-is-live-on-layer-2-24adf83f0032"> https://blog.gnosis.pm/gnosis-safe-is-live-on-layer-2-24adf83f0032 </a><br /> <br /> Coinbase: <a href= "https://twitter.com/SetProtocol/status/1415023551120355332">https://twitter.com/SetProtocol/status/1415023551120355332 </a><br /> <br /> Infura: <a href= "https://twitter.com/infura_io/status/1414614102618656768">https://twitter.com/infura_io/status/1414614102618656768 </a><br /> <br /> 28:18 Dow Jones Crypto Indices<br /> <a href= "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sp-dow-jones-indices-launches-sp-cryptocurrency-broad-digital-market-index-301332698.html"> https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sp-dow-jones-indices-launches-sp-cryptocurrency-broad-digital-market-index-301332698.html </a><br /> <br /> 30:10 Nifty Island<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/Nifty_Island/status/1414982521377411075">https://twitter.com/Nifty_Island/status/1414982521377411075 </a><br /> <br /> 31:25 Ultra Sound Money<br /> <a href= "https://ultrasound.money/">https://ultrasound.money/ </a><br /> <br /> 33:15 Ethereum Documentary<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/ethereumfilm/status/1415376113170141184?s=21">https://twitter.com/ethereumfilm/status/1415376113170141184?s=21</a><br /> <br /> 34:36 Raises<br /> Superfluid: <a href= "https://twitter.com/superfluid_hq/status/1414937101745983491?s=21"> https://twitter.com/superfluid_hq/status/1414937101745983491?s=21 </a><br /> <br /> Connext: <a href= "https://twitter.com/theblock__/status/1414933542006624256?s=21">https://twitter.com/theblock__/status/1414933542006624256?s=21 </a><br /> <br /> Blocknative: <a href= "https://twitter.com/blocknative/status/1415344313920200706?s=20">https:/

<p>ETH Staking Panelists:<br /> Darren Langley (Rocket Pool)<br /> Vasiliy Shapovalov (Lido)<br /> Ejaaz Ahamadeen (Coinbase)</p> <p>With Ethereum's switch to Proof-of-Stake around the corner, a full spectrum of staking options has emerged. Many who want to participate will not be able to run their own self-custodied 24/7 validator node, and not everyone has the required 32 ETH. For these folks, Staking-as-a-Service allows broader participation in the PoS consensus mechanism.<br /> <br /> To discuss this, team members from Coinbase, Lido, and Rocket Pool come together in this panel to explore their approaches to the world of ETH staking!</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> <br /> -----</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>ETH Staking Panelists:</p> <p><br /> Darren Langley (Rocket Pool)<br /> Vasiliy Shapovalov (Lido)<br /> Ejaaz Ahamadeen (Coinbase)</p> <p>-----<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/unigrants">http://bankless.cc/unigrants</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 KYBER | Liquidity mine with Rainmaker<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/kyber">https://bankless.cc/kyber</a> </p> <p>------</p> <p>With Ethereum's switch to Proof-of-Stake around the corner, a full spectrum of staking options has emerged. Many who want to participate will not be able to run their own self-custodied 24/7 validator node, and not everyone has the required 32 ETH. For these folks, Staking-as-a-Service allows broader participation in the PoS consensus mechanism.<br /> <br /> To discuss this, team members from Coinbase, Lido, and Rocket Pool come together in this panel to explore their approaches to the world of ETH staking!</p> <p>------</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>Axie Infinity has exploded into the mainstream in 2021. Is it just a game? Is it an economy? What does Play-to-Earn mean?</p> <p>Join David and Ryan as they explore the world of Axie Infinity!</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>Arthur_0x is a massively successful investor in DeFi, and leads DeFiance Capital. His story is fascinating, as are his takes on the ecosystem and the crypto space from a global perspective.</p> <p>GET THIS EPISODE'S EXCLUSIVE DEBRIEF:<br /> <a href= "https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-building-a-500m">https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-building-a-500m</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 6:00 Arthur 0x<br /> 12:55 The Secret Ingredient?<br /> 19:30 Show Up and Do Something<br /> 26:00 An Investing Thesis<br /> 33:48 Fundamentals Win<br /> 38:05 Token Value Capture<br /> 46:40 How to Evaluate<br /> 50:18 Undervalued Projects<br /> 56:35 The AMM Competition<br /> 1:00:13 ETH Killers<br /> 1:05:43 Layer 2 Scaling<br /> 1:14:00 A Global Perspective<br /> 1:20:13 Culture and Language<br /> 1:24:05 China BTC Mining<br /> 1:29:30 What Arthur’s Excited About<br /> 1:33:58 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Arthur on Twitter<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/Arthur_0x?s=20">https://twitter.com/Arthur_0x?s=20</a> <br /> DeFiance Capital<br /> <a href= "https://www.defiance.capital/">https://www.defiance.capital/</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

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<p>1st Week of July, 2021.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/unigrants">http://bankless.cc/unigrants</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 KYBER | Liquidity mine with Rainmaker<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/kyber">https://bankless.cc/kyber</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered</p> <p><br /> 0:00 Intro</p> <p>2:10 MARKETS<br /> 2:20 BTC Price<br /> 4:56 ETH Price<br /> Exchanges<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/cryptoquant_com/status/1411973786941804547">https://twitter.com/cryptoquant_com/status/1411973786941804547</a> <br /> Deposit Contract<br /> <a href= "http://www.theblockcrypto.com/data/decentralized-finance/asset-management/eth-in-eth2-deposit-contract"> http://www.theblockcrypto.com/data/decentralized-finance/asset-management/eth-in-eth2-deposit-contract</a> <br /> 8:03 ETH/BTC<br /> 10:10 DeFi Action<br /> 13:15 NFT Volume<br /> <a href= "https://duneanalytics.com/rchen8/opensea">https://duneanalytics.com/rchen8/opensea</a> </p> <p>16:30 RELEASES<br /> 17:45 EIP-1559<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/TimBeiko/status/1412762432079007748?s=20">https://twitter.com/TimBeiko/status/1412762432079007748?s=20</a> <br /> Fee Burn<br /> <a href= "https://goerli.etherscan.io/blocks?p=1">https://goerli.etherscan.io/blocks?p=1</a> <br /> Fee Savings<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/TimBeiko/status/1412995748665298944?s=20">https://twitter.com/TimBeiko/status/1412995748665298944?s=20</a> <br /> 22:35 Beacon Book<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/StatefulWorks/status/1412408929267630093">https://twitter.com/StatefulWorks/status/1412408929267630093</a> <br /> 24:30 Balancer & Polygon<br /> <a href= "https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-joins-polygons-summer-of-defi-with-10-million-in-joint-token-incentives-c09d4db5ae9b"> https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-joins-polygons-summer-of-defi-with-10-million-in-joint-token-incentives-c09d4db5ae9b</a> <br /> Zapper<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/zapper_fi/status/1412889987155173382">https://twitter.com/zapper_fi/status/1412889987155173382</a> <br /> Dune<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1409556178443505667?s=20">https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1409556178443505667?s=20</a> <br /> 27:30 Göerli Sidechain <br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1412388910429347841?s=20">https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1412388910429347841?s=20</a> <br /> 31:05 Aave Pro in July<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/TraderNoah/status/1411719489947906048">https://twitter.com/TraderNoah/status/1411719489947906048</a> <br /> 34:16 Raises <br /> Index Coop<br /> <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/dao-behind-defi-pulse-index-raises-7-7m-from-galaxy-digital-1kx"> https://www.coindesk.com/dao-behind-defi-pulse-index-raises-7-7m-from-galaxy-digital-1kx</a> <br /> Zerion<br /> <a href= "https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/110675/defi-investing-platform-zerion-series-a-funding"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/110675/defi-investing-platform-zerion-series-a-funding</a> </p> <p>36:20 NEWS<br /> 36:30 JPMorgan ETH Staking Report<br /> <a href= "https://decrypt.co/75108/ethereum-staking-crypto-jp-morgan">https://decrypt.co/75108/ethereum-staking-crypto-jp-morgan</a> <br /> 39:57 Andre on a Tear&

<p>Robert Leshner is the founder of the Compound Protocol, which is pioneering decentralized borrowing and lending. He is returning to Bankless to discuss Compound Treasury, which is set to offer Compound's services to institutions.</p> <p>Is it Fintech? Is it Banking? Is it Crypto? Slick back your DeFi mullet and let's find out.</p> <p>Robert on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/rleshner?s=20">https://twitter.com/rleshner?s=20</a> </p> <p>Compound Treasury:<br /> <a href= "https://compound.finance/treasury">https://compound.finance/treasury</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 KYBER | MAKE IT RAIN WITH RAINMAKER<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/kyber">https://bankless.cc/kyber</a> <br /> ------ <br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> <br /> -----</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>Luke Burgis is an author, entrepreneur, and professor. In his new book Wanting, Luke discusses the mimetic (mimicking) roots of our desires and behaviors. Viewing our species from this lens yields a vast wealth of insights about the nature of society, and we discuss how the internet (and crypto) pose to dramatically shift our understanding of these things.</p> <p>------<br /> 🎙️ EXCLUSIVE EPISODE DEBRIEF : <a href= "https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-the-power-of-mimetic"> https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-the-power-of-mimetic</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 KYBER | Learn about Liquidity Mining with Rainmaker!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/kyber">https://bankless.cc/kyber</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>BANKLESS PODCAST #72: The Power of Mimetic Desire<br /> Guest: Luke Burgis</p> <p>When we explore what crypto is all about, it often brings us back to the fundamental questions. What is money? What is value? What are the characteristics of a good society? In our conversation with Luke Burgis, we dive even deeper: what drives our basic desires and behaviors? Luke makes an incredibly compelling argument that the root of our wants and perceived needs derive from Mimetic Desire -- the idea that we look to others and mimic what they do.</p> <p>Mimetic desire appears to emerge among all successful social species. As humans, we learn how to exist in a society by observing and processing those around us. Our parents, friends, and communities at large all collectively inform how we perceive the world around us. In this model, the individual melts away, and instead, we become interdependent nodes in a network of ideas, ideologies, actions, and behaviors. We often want things because others want them. Although rationality certainly plays a role, it takes a back seat to the more immediate and salient driving forces of mimesis.</p> <p>How does this relate to crypto in particular? Well, mimesis certainly drives the patterns we find in markets: speculation and adoption are both functions of mimetic desires. This model also applies more broadly when we consider the coordinative power of the internet and blockchains. If we accept mimesis on the aggregate and individual scale, we can more fully grasp the scale and scope of these new social and economic technologies.</p> <p>Hot off the release of his book 'Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life,' Luke is fascinated by the potential of blockchains to revolutionize how we interact and function as a species and society. However, Mimetic Desire won't be going anywhere anytime soon.</p> <p>------<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 6:50 Luke Burgis<br /> 9:05 What is Mimetic Desire?<br /> 16:25 Modeling Desire<br /> 23:35 Coping with Abundance<br /> 27:19 Collective, Shared Desires<br /> 31:30 Genes & Memes<br /> 37:25 Mimetic Desire & Memes<br /> 45:20 Subjective Scarcity & Rivalries<br /> 54:24 The Internet & Mimetic Desire<br /> 1:01:00 Bitcoin and The Role of Money<br /> 1:12:10 Wealth is What You Want<br /> 1:17:43 Markets, Bubbles, Mania<br /> 1:26:58 Rivalrous Communities<br /> 1:33:00 Mimetic Bubbles & Reflexivity<br /> 1:39:45 Algorithms Determining Outcomes<br /> 1:43:49 Legitimacy<br /> 1:48:40 What about Rationality?<br /> 1:52:22 The Take on Crypto<br /> 1:55:20 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Luke on Twitter<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/lukeburgis?s=20">https://twitter.com/lukeburgis?s=20</a> <br /> Luke’s Newsletter<br /> <a href= "https://read.lukeburgis.com/">https://read.lukeburgis.com/</a> <br /> Wanting on Amazon<br /> <a href= "https://www.amazon.co

<p>5th Week of June 2021.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/unigrants">http://bankless.cc/unigrants</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 KYBER | Liquidity mine with Rainmaker<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/kyber">https://bankless.cc/kyber</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro</p> <p>2:25 MARKETS<br /> 2:35 BTC Price<br /> 3:10 ETH Price<br /> 3:32 ETH/BTC Price<br /> 4:26 ETH Outperforming BTC<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1410601434240880646?s=20">https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1410601434240880646?s=20</a> <br /> 6:20 DeFi Action<br /> 8:00 Layer 2 TVL<br /> <a href="https://l2beat.com/">https://l2beat.com/</a> </p> <p>11:00 RELEASES<br /> 11:30 Compound Treasury<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/current/status/1409600420369084420?s=20">https://twitter.com/current/status/1409600420369084420?s=20</a> <br /> 13:35 Polygon Avail<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1409520012960825349?s=20">https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1409520012960825349?s=20</a> <br /> 15:00 Cream on Polygon<br /> <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/cream-finance-announces-integration-with-polygon"> https://www.coindesk.com/cream-finance-announces-integration-with-polygon</a> <br /> 15:53 Perpetual Protocol V2<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/perpprotocol/status/1410221752526028801?s=20">https://twitter.com/perpprotocol/status/1410221752526028801?s=20</a> <br /> 16:50 Element.Fi on Mainnet<br /> <a href= "https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/sotn-42-ethereum-devs-building-defi"> https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/sotn-42-ethereum-devs-building-defi</a> <br /> 17:55 Coinbase USDC 4%<br /> <a href= "https://blog.coinbase.com/sign-up-to-earn-4-apy-on-usd-coin-with-coinbase-cdad79e5f5eb"> https://blog.coinbase.com/sign-up-to-earn-4-apy-on-usd-coin-with-coinbase-cdad79e5f5eb</a> <br /> 19:53 Top Signal<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1409605228744175616?s=20">https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1409605228744175616?s=20</a> <br /> 22:14 Raises<br /> Nansen a16z<br /> <a href= "https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/109959/blockchain-data-nansen-12-million-series-a-a16z"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/109959/blockchain-data-nansen-12-million-series-a-a16z</a> <br /> TracerDAO<br /> <a href= "https://tracer.finance/radar/tracer-dao-raise/">https://tracer.finance/radar/tracer-dao-raise/</a> </p> <p>24:00 NEWS<br /> 24:10 Uniswap Education Fund<br /> <a href= "https://gov.uniswap.org/t/governance-proposal-005-defi-education-fund/12963"> https://gov.uniswap.org/t/governance-proposal-005-defi-education-fund/12963</a> <br /> 27:25 Decentralizing Coinbase<br /> <a href= "https://blog.coinbase.com/embracing-decentralization-at-coinbase-7fa0e5d1084b"> https://blog.coinbase.com/embracing-decentralization-at-coinbase-7fa0e5d1084b</a> <br /> 30:15 Kain & Synthetix<br /> <a href= "https://thedefiant.io/synthetix-founder-announces-return-to-save-the-project/"> https://thedefiant.io/synthetix-founder-announces-return-to-save-the-project/</a> <br /> 31:50 Axie Infinity<br /> <a href= "https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/the-axie-infinity-boom">https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/the-axie-infinity-boom</a> <br /> 34:10 Twitter NF

<p>Come learn and hear about what the Creator Economy is, and what it has in store for our industry!</p> <p>Li Jin:<br /> @ljin18</p> <p>Jesse Walden<br /> @jessewldn</p> <p>Cooper Turley:<br /> @Cooopahtroopa</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 Ledger | Securely Exchange with Paraswap<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/LedgerYT2">https://bankless.cc/LedgerYT2</a> <br /> ------<br /> The Creator Economy<br /> Panelists: Cooper Turley, Li Jin, Jesse Walden</p> <p>The Creator Economy naturally erupts with the internet. Specialization allows creatives – artists, content creators, and everything in between – to carve out increasingly specific niches and build curated cultural communities. Art in all forms has an opportunity to blossom with the coordinative capacity of modern technology, and every active participant is inherently a creator. Smartphones and social media make everyone journalists, photographers, actors, and commentators simultaneously.</p> <p>With this budding paradigm, ownership of creations is paramount. The crypto industry lends itself elegantly to this need, blending creation and ownership. Web 2 has witnessed an explosion of distributed content, but centralized platforms determine the nature of how it plays out. Crypto offers a natural evolution to the creator economy, enriching the relationship between creator and community.</p> <p>This conversation takes a wide lens to the intersection of culture and the crypto industry. From MySpace to Instagram to Patreon, the ebbs & flows of internet culture and economy moves at a blistering pace. Our experienced panelists break these things down and discuss where we're going.</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Li on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/ljin18?s=20">https://twitter.com/ljin18?s=20</a> </p> <p>Jesse on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/jessewldn?s=20">https://twitter.com/jessewldn?s=20</a> </p> <p>Cooper on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa?s=20">https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa?s=20</a> </p> <p>------<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 4:30 Cooper, Li, and Jesse<br /> 7:30 What is the Creator Economy?<br /> 14:32 Evolving Creator and Community<br /> 21:31 Creator First vs. Platforms<br /> 28:35 The Internet Dream<br /> 36:16 Evolving Platforms<br /> 43:00 Sovereign Creation<br /> 47:19 DAOs and the Creator Economy<br /> 55:30 Creator Economy Platforms<br /> 59:27 Get Involved<br /> 1:02:08 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>Jamis Johnson is a founding member and Chief Pleasing Officer of PleasrDAO✨.</p> <p>We bring him on to hear about the state of PleasrDAO, and the NFT bear market!</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p> 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 Ledger | Securely Exchange with Paraswap<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/LedgerYT2">https://bankless.cc/LedgerYT2</a> <br /> ----</p> <p>State of the Nation #49: The State of the Charts<br /> Guest: Jamis Johnson</p> <p>PleasrDAO is a fascinating experiment in internet culture. At the intersection of DAOs, NFTs, and internet culture, Jamis Johnson works as Chief Pleasing Officer. In this NFT bear market, we look forward to what happens next in this emerging space. Now is the time to be paying attention to this space.</p> <p>The start of PleasrDAO was with pplpleasr's "x * y = k' NFT following the release of Uniswap V3. It was an organic eruption of collaboration for a shared social cause. The emergence of PleasrDAO is a salient demonstration of the nature of DAOs. In many ways, they resemble an open-world sandbox game, where individuals can come together in a flexible domain and organize collectively.</p> <p>What began as a fever dream auction has coagulated into a flexible, powerful organization for the curation and management of big-ticket NFT items. The future of PleasrDAO remains open, but there will be more to learn as this Culture DAO continues trailblazing.</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Jamis on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/_jamiis?s=20">https://twitter.com/_jamiis?s=20</a> </p> <p>PleasrDAO on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/PleasrDAO?s=20">https://twitter.com/PleasrDAO?s=20</a> </p> <p>PleasrDAO:<br /> <a href="https://pleasr.org/">https://pleasr.org/</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 10:00 Jamis Johnson, Chief Pleasing Officer<br /> 18:42 The Start of PleasrDAO<br /> 26:49 Getting on the Map<br /> 33:30 Snowden and the Gallery<br /> 39:40 Rugged Coordination<br /> 46:30 Plans for PleasrDAO<br /> 55:33 Participating in the Future<br /> 1:02:41 The NFT World<br /> 1:08:15 The Next Big Catalysts<br /> 1:12:22 Closing & Disclaqimers</p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>A lot has changed since the original "Bull Case for Ethereum" episode. This sequel comes at a time when massive events loom on the horizon. EIP-1559, the Proof-of-Stake Merge, and Layer 2 Scaling.</p> <p>Many of these uncertainties are felt in the market action, but we bring you some of the Ethereum Community's strongest bulls to remind you why you're here.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/<br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/<br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge<br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 Ledger | Securely Exchange with Paraswap<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/LedgerYT2">https://bankless.cc/LedgerYT2</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 5:30 Sassano, DC Investor, and Cyrus<br /> 7:20 Cyrus Younessi<br /> 9:58 Grading Earlier Predictions<br /> 11:37 What’s New and Exciting?<br /> 18:15 New Narratives for ETH<br /> 25:03 ETH in DeFi<br /> 29:10 Feeling the Narrative Shift<br /> 37:45 Beating the Same Drum<br /> 40:19 The Energy Debate<br /> 44:12 PoS Merge and Energy<br /> 52:30 Gas Fees & Schizophrenia<br /> 58:39 EIP-1559<br /> 1:06:26 Deflationary, Scarce ETH<br /> 1:12:05 Confidence in Execution<br /> 1:20:33 Layer 2 Summer<br /> 1:28:02 Ethereum’s Scaling Solution<br /> 1:34:29 DAOs and DOs<br /> 1:44:37 DAOs and ETH<br /> 1:50:06 Post-Mortem on 4k ETH<br /> 2:03:29 Price Predictions<br /> 2:11:48 What Else Would You Buy?<br /> 2:14:12 Shaving to Save<br /> 2:15:49 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>The Bull Case for Ethereum:<br /> <a href= "https://youtu.be/36HkwlqfBaQ">https://youtu.be/36HkwlqfBaQ</a> </p> <p>Ultra Sound Money:<br /> <a href= "https://youtu.be/bWqhn1hXvVc">https://youtu.be/bWqhn1hXvVc</a> </p> <p>DC Investor on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor?s=20">https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor?s=20</a> </p> <p>Anthony Sassano on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/sassal0x?s=20">https://twitter.com/sassal0x?s=20</a> </p> <p>Cyrus Younessi on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/cyounessi1?s=20">https://twitter.com/cyounessi1?s=20</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>4th Week of June 2021.</p> <p>Anthony on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/sassal0x?s=20">https://twitter.com/sassal0x?s=20</a> </p> <p>Daily Gwei:<br /> <a href= "https://thedailygwei.substack.com/">https://thedailygwei.substack.com/</a> </p> <p>------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 Ledger | Securely Exchange with Paraswap <a href= "https://bankless.cc/LedgerYT2">https://bankless.cc/LedgerYT2</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro</p> <p>2:20 MARKETS<br /> 2:38 BTC Price<br /> 4:54 ETH Price<br /> 6:36 ETH/BTC Ratio<br /> 7:50 DeFi Action<br /> 12:06 Layer 2 Beat<br /> <a href="https://l2beat.com/">https://l2beat.com/</a> <br /> 16:13 100k ETH Staked in a Day<br /> <a href= "https://cryptopotato.com/over-100k-eth-200-million-staked-in-ethereum-2-0-in-a-single-day/"> https://cryptopotato.com/over-100k-eth-200-million-staked-in-ethereum-2-0-in-a-single-day/</a> <br /> 19:41 a16z $2.2B Fund<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1408032726716928015?s=20">https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1408032726716928015?s=20</a> <br /> 22:16 Yearn vs. Competition<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1407407535620083712?s=20">https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1407407535620083712?s=20</a> <br /> 26:43 Alpha Homora Fees<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/alphafinancelab/status/1407998167975563272?s=21"> https://twitter.com/alphafinancelab/status/1407998167975563272?s=21</a> <br /> 30:58 Borrowing on Aave<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1408012619840110592?s=21"> https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1408012619840110592?s=21</a> <br /> 31:51 Cathie Wood bought the Dip<br /> <a href= "https://news.bitcoin.com/cathie-wood-bought-the-dip-ark-invest-purchases-one-million-gbtc-shares/"> https://news.bitcoin.com/cathie-wood-bought-the-dip-ark-invest-purchases-one-million-gbtc-shares/</a> </p> <p>35:00 RELEASES<br /> 35:45 Futureswap V3 on Arbitrum<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/futureswapx/status/1405952663318011904?s=20">https://twitter.com/futureswapx/status/1405952663318011904?s=20</a> <br /> 39:30 Graph Supporting Optimism<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/graphprotocol/status/1405929132932878339?s=20"> https://twitter.com/graphprotocol/status/1405929132932878339?s=20</a> <br /> 41:39 Risk Harbor $3.2m Raise<br /> <a href= "https://medium.com/riskharbor/risk-harbor-debuts-on-mainnet-with-a-new-round-of-funding-b18064dbd5dc"> https://medium.com/riskharbor/risk-harbor-debuts-on-mainnet-with-a-new-round-of-funding-b18064dbd5dc</a> <br /> 44:14 Yield Protocol Series A<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/yield/status/1407701683954765827?s=20">https://twitter.com/yield/status/1407701683954765827?s=20</a> <br /> 45:06 Visa, PayPal, Blockchain Capital<br /> <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/visa-paypal-join-crypto-vc-blockchain-capitals-new-300m-fund"> https://www.coindesk.com/visa-paypal-join-crypto-vc-blockchain-capitals-new-300m-fund</a> <br /> 47:10 Aave News<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/AaveGrants/status/1407042749627617287?s=20">https://twitter.com/AaveGrants/status/1407042749627617287?s=20</a> <br /> 48:25 Brave Search Engine<br /> <a href= "https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/google-gets-a-new-rival-as-brave-search-opens-to-the-public/?__twitter_impression=true&s=09&utm_source=reddit.com"> https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/google-gets-a-new-rival-as-brave-search-opens-to-the-public/?__twitter_impression=true&s=09&utm_source=reddit.com</a> <br /> 50:37 Coinbase in Japan <br /> <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-enters-japanese-market-after-completing-registration-with-financi

<p>Bankless has TWO big announcements...<br /> - Big Merch Drop out of Bankless DAO. Sinjun Wesson, Design guild over at Bankless DAO, comes to show us the apparel he's outfitting us with.</p> <p>GET YOUR MERCH: https://cryptoculture.substack.com/p/paying-homage-to-cypherpunk-history</p> <p><br /> - A BRAND NEW SHOW, with a BRAND NEW COHOST out of the Bankless Ecosystem! Don't miss it!</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 Ledger | Securely Exchange with Paraswap<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/LedgerYT2">https://bankless.cc/LedgerYT2</a> <br /> -----</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>Jim Bianco is a seasoned investor, market commentator, and President of Bianco Research. With a sharp view of the past, present, and future, Jim comes on the podcast to discuss crypto from a variety of angles. Inflation, Wall Street, Defi, Regulation, and How to Invest. This is a good one.</p> <p>------<br /> 🎙️ EXCLUSIVE EPISODE DEBRIEF : <a href= "https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-facing-the-frontier"> https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-facing-the-frontier</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> <br /> ------<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 5:00 Jim Bianco<br /> 7:20 Speculation & Sideways<br /> 13:08 Speed Running Everything<br /> 17:08 How to Play this Game<br /> 20:05 Big Picture Macro View<br /> 25:30 Inflation<br /> 30:52 Rationing & Reopening<br /> 35:47 Crypto Colliding With Macro<br /> 44:00 Hayden Adams Tweet<br /> 48:03 A Broken System<br /> 58:50 Defi Eating the World<br /> 1:02:55 Jim Using DeFi<br /> 1:06:25 Taking The Leap<br /> 1:11:00 The Bill Ford<br /> 1:16:10 Wall Street Adopting<br /> 1:22:31 Wall Street and DeFi<br /> 1:30:00 Regulation<br /> 1:37:41 Possible Outcomes<br /> 1:43:05 Putting Your Foot Down<br /> 1:46:15 Grounded Experience<br /> 1:51:15 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>3rd Week of June 2021</p> <p>------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 LEDGER | START YOUR CRYPTO JOURNEY<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/LedgerYT">http://bankless.cc/LedgerYT</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro</p> <p>2:10 MARKETS<br /> 2:13 BTC Price<br /> 4:30 ETH Price<br /> 6:05 ETH / BTC Ratio<br /> 7:02 ETH in Smart Contracts<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1404101807798845442?s=20">https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1404101807798845442?s=20</a> <br /> 10:00 DeFi Action <br /> 12:00 Index Coop Revenue<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/BigSky_7/status/1405193562329739266?s=20">https://twitter.com/BigSky_7/status/1405193562329739266?s=20</a> <br /> Org Structure: <a href= "https://twitter.com/pet3rpan_/status/1403740789562232832?s=20">https://twitter.com/pet3rpan_/status/1403740789562232832?s=20</a> <br /> 14:18 BTC in Lightning Network<br /> <a href= "https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/108718/bitcoin-lightning-network-capacity-accelerates-to-1500-btc"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/108718/bitcoin-lightning-network-capacity-accelerates-to-1500-btc</a> <br /> Lightning Twitter: <a href= "https://thecryptobasic.com/2021/06/11/twitter-or-bluesky-may-soon-integrate-btc-lightning-networ/"> https://thecryptobasic.com/2021/06/11/twitter-or-bluesky-may-soon-integrate-btc-lightning-networ/</a> <br /> 19:40 Bearish UNI Fee Accrual?<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/cartesian99/status/1403998240555606016?s=20">https://twitter.com/cartesian99/status/1403998240555606016?s=20</a> <br /> 26:00 90% Aren’t Scared<br /> Meme: <a href= "https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/78099137.jpg">https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/78099137.jpg</a> </p> <p>28:00 RELEASES<br /> 29:30 Metamask Institutional<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/mminstitutional/status/1403064969575514116?s=21"> https://twitter.com/mminstitutional/status/1403064969575514116?s=21</a> <br /> 31:25 Alchemix<br /> Release: <a href= "https://alchemixfi.medium.com/behold-aleth-90d750889fd8">https://alchemixfi.medium.com/behold-aleth-90d750889fd8</a> <br /> Incident: <a href= "https://twitter.com/AlchemixFi/status/1405187348678148101?s=20">https://twitter.com/AlchemixFi/status/1405187348678148101?s=20</a> <br /> Post-Mortem: <a href= "https://forum.alchemix.fi/public/d/137-incident-report-06162021">https://forum.alchemix.fi/public/d/137-incident-report-06162021</a> <br /> 34:40 BED Index<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/Crypto_Texan/status/1404422145191649284">https://twitter.com/Crypto_Texan/status/1404422145191649284</a> <br /> 38:11 Lyra<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/lyrafinance/status/1404589635867615233?s=20">https://twitter.com/lyrafinance/status/1404589635867615233?s=20</a> <br /> 40:37 Ernst & Young on Polygon<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/pbrody/status/1404753341738070016">https://twitter.com/pbrody/status/1404753341738070016</a> <br /> 41:07 Volmex Finance<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/volmexfinance/status/1405176261262004230">https://twitter.com/volmexfinance/status/1405176261262004230</a> <br /> 41:54 Gitcoin Round 10<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/gitcoin/status/1404589721863393286?s=20">https://twitter.com/gitcoin/status/1404589721863393286?s=20</a> <br /> 44:00 Alexandra Botez ETH<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/alexandravbotez/status/1404896176479117315?s=20"> https://twitter.com/alexandravbotez/status/1404896176479117315?s=20</a> <br /> 44:55 Other Releases<br /> MATIC on dYdX<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/dydxprotocol/status/1404490781369552900?s=20">https://twitter.com/dydxprotocol/status/1404490781369

<p>Last week, El Salvador announced that Bitcoin would be accepted as Legal Tender. We bring on our favorite Bitcoiner Nic Carter to the State of the Nation to discuss this monumental historical event -- a nation-state officially recognizing Bitcoin as a currency.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 LEDGER | START YOUR CRYPTO JOURNEY<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/LedgerYT">http://bankless.cc/LedgerYT</a> <br /> -----</p> <p>State of the Nation #50: El Salvador Adopting Bitcoin<br /> Guest: Nic Carter</p> <p>Nic Carter, recently verified on Twitter, is a partner at Castle Island and 4-time guest on Bankless. In 2021, Nic has spent much of his time dispelling the common myths frequently pointed at Bitcoin by the mainstream media, and he has been a general in the Green Energy war taking place around Bitcoin.</p> <p>Last week, Nic started a Twitter Space to discuss El Salvador adopting Bitcoin as legal tender, a historic moment for crypto. Nayib Bukele, the President of El Salvador, joined the Space as the El Salvadorian congress ratified the bill. This twitter space ultimately garnered over 20,000 listeners, including some of the biggest names in crypto. Bukele showed himself to be savvy with both tech and social media, earning his label as a populist.</p> <p>This is a pivotal time for cryptocurrency. The news from El Salvador bring up increasingly important questions like the relationship between nation-states and digital value. There are a variety of motives for El Salvador to adopt Bitcoin including lessening dependence on US monetary policy, as the Dollar was previously the sole currency of the country.</p> <p>What does it mean for a country to adopt a cryptocurrency? Is Bitcoin being used for its 'intended purpose?' Is this a populist reprisal? Do these events represent a rejection of the Cantillon effect, and a move against the monetary hierarchy of capital gains taxes? In this State of the Nation, we cover these questions and more as we digest this monumental news and figure out what to make of it.</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Nic on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/nic__carter?s=20">https://twitter.com/nic__carter?s=20</a> <br /> Castle Island:<br /> <a href= "https://www.castleisland.vc/">https://www.castleisland.vc/</a> <br /> Nic's Podcast, On the Brink:<br /> <a href= "https://onthebrink-podcast.com/">https://onthebrink-podcast.com/</a> <br /> Crypto-Fiat Mutualistic or Parasitic:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/crypto-fiat-mutualistic-or-parasitic"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/crypto-fiat-mutualistic-or-parasitic</a> <br /> Bitcoin Beach:<br /> <a href= "https://www.bitcoinbeach.com/">https://www.bitcoinbeach.com/</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 8:30 Nic Carter, Global Diplomat<br /> 10:18 Does El Salvador Change Everything?<br /> 15:43 Capital Gains<br /> 20:24 President Nayib Bukele<br /> 26:04 Is this good for El Salvador?<br /> 34:55 Lightning Network<br /> 40:15 Custodial Bitcoin<br /> 43:10 Bitcoin's Biggest Test<br /> 52:13 The First Domino to Fall<br /> 58:01 Is This Freedom or Coercion?<br /> 1:03:27 Pumping their own Bags<br /> 1:09:23 Authoritarian Populism<br /> 1:15:03 Gateway to DeFi<br /> 1:18:30 Physical vs. Digital<br /> 1:21:20 Consequences<br /> 1:23:54 Closing & Disclaimers

<p>Bitcoiner Preston Pysh joins the Bankless Podcast to discuss Bitcoin and Ethereum and prove that there are high level conversations to be had between the two communities.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> 🎧 Get this Episode's Debrief: <a href= "https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-asking-the-questions"> https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-asking-the-questions</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/metamask">https://bankless.cc/metamask</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>🔀 KWENTA | EXCHANGE SYNTHETIC ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/kwenta">https://bankless.cc/kwenta</a> </p> <p>------<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 5:50 Preston Pysh<br /> 8:17 Macro Value Investing<br /> 16:32 Moving to Bitcoin<br /> 21:22 The Last Free Market<br /> 26:13 Decentralized & P2P<br /> 29:32 Misconceptions<br /> 37:05 DeFi and Execution Risk<br /> 40:55 Ethereum Concerns<br /> 45:00 ETH’s Price Action<br /> 49:20 Protocol Consensus<br /> 53:54 Nodes<br /> 1:00:55 Work Vs. Stake<br /> 1:10:30 Clean Energy & Halvings<br /> 1:19:00 Issuance & EIP-1559<br /> 1:28:45 Currency and Blockspace<br /> 1:34:43 Risk-on vs Risk-off<br /> 1:38:24 Decentralized Finance<br /> 1:52:30 Preston Pitches ETH<br /> 1:56:06 David & Ryan Pitch BTC<br /> 2:00:40 On the Same Team<br /> 2:04:46 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Preston on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/PrestonPysh?s=20">https://twitter.com/PrestonPysh?s=20</a> </p> <p>The Investor’s Podcast Network:<br /> <a href= "https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/">https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/</a> </p> <p>Bitcoin Fundamentals:<br /> <a href= "https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/bitcoin-fundamentals/">https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/bitcoin-fundamentals/</a> </p> <p>Bitcoin & Bonds with Greg Foss:<br /> <a href= "https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/bitcoin-fundamentals/bitcoin-and-bonds-greg-foss/"> https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/bitcoin-fundamentals/bitcoin-and-bonds-greg-foss/</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures</a> </p>

<p>Download the crypto meta to your brain in this weekly show.</p> <p>4th Week of May, 2021</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro</p> <p>2:15 MARKETS<br /> 2:25 BTC Price<br /> Fear & Greed: <a href= "https://twitter.com/BitcoinFear">https://twitter.com/BitcoinFear</a> <br /> 4:48 ETH Price<br /> Fear & Greed: <a href= "https://twitter.com/EthereumFear/status/1402566188144726021?s=20">https://twitter.com/EthereumFear/status/1402566188144726021?s=20</a> <br /> 7:47 ETH/BTC Ratio<br /> Episode w/ Ledger: <a href= "https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-sotn-49-the-state-of-the-charts">https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-sotn-49-the-state-of-the-charts</a> <br /> 8:57 DeFi Action<br /> 12:08 Cooldown<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/joel_john95/status/1402177944001269760?s=20">https://twitter.com/joel_john95/status/1402177944001269760?s=20</a> <br /> 15:49 NFT Bubble<br /> <a href= "https://protos.com/nft-market-bubble-popped-crypto-collectibles-are-over/"> https://protos.com/nft-market-bubble-popped-crypto-collectibles-are-over/</a> <br /> 18:39 ETH Trading Volume<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1402240262911496192?s=20">https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1402240262911496192?s=20</a> <br /> 20:10 DeFi Lending Protocols<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1401901076903776260?s=20"> https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1401901076903776260?s=20</a> </p> <p>22:00 RELEASES<br /> 24:00 Uniswap V3 on Arbitrum<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1400847744596598792?s=20">https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1400847744596598792?s=20</a> <br /> 27:45 Graph Protocol on Arbitrum<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1402023407609421830?s=20">https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1402023407609421830?s=20</a> <br /> 28:11 Uniswap V3 Calculator<br /> <a href= "https://uniswapv3.flipsidecrypto.com/">https://uniswapv3.flipsidecrypto.com/</a> <br /> 34:33 Curve Volatility Algorithm<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/curvefinance/status/1402673150425509890?s=21">https://twitter.com/curvefinance/status/1402673150425509890?s=21</a> <br /> 37:00 Polygon<br /> Polygon Scan: <a href= "https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1402590551619162116">https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1402590551619162116</a> <br /> HopProtocol: <a href= "https://twitter.com/HopProtocol/status/1397983455821041664">https://twitter.com/HopProtocol/status/1397983455821041664</a> <br /> OKEx Withdrawals: <a href= "https://twitter.com/OKEx/status/1402630589551890436">https://twitter.com/OKEx/status/1402630589551890436</a> <br /> Matcha Aggregator: <a href= "https://twitter.com/matchaxyz/status/1402645756834553864">https://twitter.com/matchaxyz/status/1402645756834553864</a> </p> <p>42:45 NEWS<br /> 42:55 El Salvador<br /> The Bill: <a href= "https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1402446890466217985?s=20">https://twitter.com/nayibbukele/status/1402446890466217985?s=20</a> <br /> Thread: <a href= "https://twitter.com/CaitlinLong_/status/1401334421773504517?s=20">https://twitter.com/CaitlinLong_/status/1401334421773504517?s=20</a> <br /> Volcano Mining: <a href= "https://tw

<p>In this special episode of Bankless, we bring on some of the best minds in the space to discuss where DeFi is and where we're headed.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/metamask">https://bankless.cc/metamask</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>🔀 KWENTA | EXCHANGE SYNTHETIC ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/kwenta">https://bankless.cc/kwenta</a> <br /> ------<br /> The Current State of DeFi<br /> Panel: Vance Spencer, Santiago Santos, and Spencer Noon</p> <p>It feels like we're living out a crucial moment in the story of Decentralized Finance. A variety of perspectives will collectively yield that we are at a tipping point, from a macro and micro standpoint. As we witness the emergence of a new technological ecosystem, the stakes and implications are ever increasing. Thus it only makes sense to bring on a panel of some of DeFi's smartest minds to hold a summit on where we are and where we're heading.</p> <p>This panel comprised of Santiago Santos of Parafi Capital, Vance Spencer of Framework Ventures, and Spencer Noon of the Variant Fund. In broad terms, DeFi refers to open, blockchain-based finance. The root of this stack consists of primitive financial services – the money verbs like borrowing, lending, trading, escrow, etc. It involves programming smart contracts to execute logic that transfers value on the blockchain. Within these parameters, there is infinite expressivity and room to explore.</p> <p>The internet of value has set itself up to be a game of optimizing capital efficiency through logic. The winners of this game will be the protocols, apps, individuals, and institutions that minimize counterparty risk while maximizing anti-fragility and resilience. The key here is finding ways to balance the values of consumer agency and protection with the power of capital efficiency. Maximalism and absolutes will be pushed to the margin as the realities of tradeoffs become increasingly apparent.</p> <p>DeFi, despite its youth, has shown itself to be resilient and deeply anti-fragile. Good logic doesn't break. As it matures, the growth and depth of DeFi infrastructure will demonstrably contribute to its Lindy effect. The total addressable market (TAM) of this ecosystem difficult to quantify, as it is a non-zero game that currently encapsulates the entire global economy at present. Conversations like these should leave an informed viewer feeling optimistic, inspired, and determined to face the obstacles ahead with resolve and conviction.</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Vance on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/pythianism?s=20">https://twitter.com/pythianism?s=20</a> </p> <p>Santiago on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/santiagoroel?s=20">https://twitter.com/santiagoroel?s=20</a> </p> <p>Spencer on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/spencernoon?s=20">https://twitter.com/spencernoon?s=20</a> </p> <p>------<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 4:00 Santiago, Vance, and Spencer<br /> 5:40 What is DeFi?<br /> 12:01 Can't Be Evil<br /> 17:10 Total Addressable Market<br /> 20:39 DeFi Eating the World<br /> 24:50 Capitulating Institutions<br /> 31:26 Regulatory Winter<br /> 34:39 Stablecoins and Yield<br /> 44:36 El Salvador & Usability<br /> 49:30 Uniswap V3<br /> 57:51 Layer 2 Madness<br /> 1:05:21 Being About That Life<br /> 1:09:10 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p

<p>In this week's State of the Nation, we bring on UpOnly co-host Brian Krogsgard (AKA LedgerStatus) to teach us about the charts. This is the official Bankless TA episode 📈</p> <p>State of the Nation is live-streamed on the Youtube Channel – Tuesdays at 11am PT.<br /> This week's episode is airing two hours early -- 9am PT / 12pm ET<br /> ------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/metamask">https://bankless.cc/metamask</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>🔀 KWENTA | EXCHANGE SYNTHETIC ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/kwenta">https://bankless.cc/kwenta</a> <br /> ------<br /> State of the Nation #49: The State of the Charts<br /> Guest: LedgerStatus</p> <p>Bankless is not a trading or market-specific podcast by any means, but the chaos we have observed in the markets over the past several months warrants discussion. So we brought on Brian Krogsgard (AKA Ledger Status) to help us understand the price action in the markets from a variety of perspectives. Brian is a host on the Ledger Status and UpOnly podcasts, and co-founder of the FlipMetrics data platform.</p> <p>Brian introduces the concept of investing and trading as a pyramid -- at the bottom of the pyramid lies fundamentals and an overall investing thesis. As one moves up the pyramid, the time frames become increasingly shorter, and at the top are the pure psychological and analytical-based trades. Having sound plans throughout this pyramid is what makes for strong investing. Fundamentals, narratives, and tactics form a holistic approach which dictates how you should execute rotations and denominate wealth.</p> <p>Ledger screens by fundamentals, and enters by technicals, while keeping the tactical side of things as simple as possible to avoid "analysis paralysis." The technical top of the pyramid is influenced by market psychology, and is inherently chaotic and more difficult to grasp. With a broad approach to playing this money game, Brian went down the DeFi rabbit hole throughout the course of 'DeFi Summer' in 2020. The object of this game is a quest to get more ETH. Although there are countless ways to view a chart, these 'horoscopes' can easily become self-fulfilling prophecies when it comes to aggregate market psychology.</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Ledger on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/ledgerstatus?s=20">https://twitter.com/ledgerstatus?s=20</a> </p> <p>Flip Metrics:<br /> <a href= "https://flipmetrics.com/">https://flipmetrics.com/</a> </p> <p>UpOnly:<br /> <a href="https://uponly.tv/">https://uponly.tv/</a> </p> <p>Ledger Status Podcast:<br /> <a href= "https://ledgerstatus.com/">https://ledgerstatus.com/</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 7:12 Brian Krogsgard aka Ledger<br /> 10:53 The DeFi/Miami Rabbit Hole<br /> 15:35 Trading, Narratives, and Fundamentals<br /> 22:25 The Work of Savvy Investing<br /> 27:41 The Approach<br /> 36:30 Diving into the Charts<br /> 39:40 The BTC Death Cross<br /> 42:15 Ledger's Favorite Charts<br /> 45:23 Moving Averages<br /> 51:43 Where do I wanna buy?<br /> 55:26 Decoupling, Dragging, & PR<br /> 1:03:59 Visualizing 2017 and Psychology<br /> 1:08:00 The Not So Happy Scenario<br /> 1:11:00 The Happier Scenario (For ETH)<br /> 1:15:00 ETH / DeFi Ratio<br /> 1:20:28 DeFi's and Tech Growth Stocks<br /> 1:25:55 Flip Metrics<br /> 1:28:27 So... Up or Down?<br /> 1:35:15 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>-----<br /> 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 an

<p>Vance Spencer returns to Bankless to refresh his takes from his last appearance, 'The Bull Case For DeFi.' His predictions have held up exceptionally well, and listen in as he takes us through what Layer 2 means for the DeFi space.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> 🎧 Get this Episode's Debrief: <a href= "https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-defi-verticals">https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-defi-verticals</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/metamask">https://bankless.cc/metamask</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>🔀 KWENTA | EXCHANGE SYNTHETIC ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/kwenta">https://bankless.cc/kwenta</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 KYBER | DeFi’s First Dynamic Market Maker Protocol<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/kyber">https://bankless.cc/kyber</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Bankless Podcast #68 - DeFi Verticals<br /> Guest: Vance Spencer</p> <p>Framework's Vance Spencer returns to Bankless nine months after his first appearance, 'The Bull Case for DeFi.' A lot has happened in the space since then, but his perspective holds up as salient and sharp. He and investing partner Michael Anderson have built a venture fund that invests in people.</p> <p>With a healthy mix of on-chain and venture investments, Framework has consistently led as a thesis-driven firm with a clear focus on DeFi. Primitives, aggregators, and apps comprise a diverse and thoughtful portfolio representing a successful past and bullish future. It is increasingly apparent that capital efficiency is the game that DeFi projects are playing to gobble up market share.</p> <p>Vance brings a uniquely holistic approach to investing in the space, discussing the verticalization of DeFi and seeking projects that leverage the smart contract money legoes to optimize front ends. The space's growth depends on building out payment rails, optimizing MEV, and exploring the world of rollups as a massive upgrade to the DeFi Sandbox. Stay tuned for hot predictions towards the end – this is somebody to listen to.</p> <p>------<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 6:00 Vance Spencer of Framework<br /> 9:15 Accelerating Innovation & TVL<br /> 12:25 Bullish Bear Market<br /> 15:00 Optimism, ETH, and BTC<br /> 20:11 Long-term Market Cycles<br /> 24:23 Speculation, Value, and Resilience<br /> 29:06 Narratives and Volatility<br /> 35:41 The DeFi Sandbox Today<br /> 42:14 What to Build Next<br /> 47:30 Institutional Aave<br /> 51:40 Enterprise Blockchain<br /> 56:03 Regulation<br /> 59:54 DeFi Layer 2 Summer<br /> 1:09:57 Derivatives & Games<br /> 1:13:30 Layer 2 Implications<br /> 1:19:40 Multi-Chain DeFi<br /> 1:23:44 Ultra-Sound Values<br /> 1:28:29 Eating the World<br /> 1:31:40 Information and DAOs<br /> 1:37:02 Be About That Life<br /> 1:42:00 Predictions<br /> 1:48:18 Framework Ventures<br /> 1:50:54 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Vance on Twitter:<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/pythianism?s=20">https://twitter.com/pythianism?s=20</a> </p> <p>The Bull Case for DeFi:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/the-bull-case-for-defi-vance-spencer"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/the-bull-case-for-defi-vance-spencer</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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 ass

<p>Download the crypto meta to your brain in this weekly show.</p> <p>4th Week of May, 2021</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 KYBER | Dynamic Market Maker for Liquidity & Exchange<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/kyber">https://bankless.cc/kyber</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro</p> <p>1:39 MARKETS<br /> 1:50 BTC Price. Death Cross?<br /> <a href= "https://rektcapital.substack.com/p/bitcoin-death-cross-coming-soon"> https://rektcapital.substack.com/p/bitcoin-death-cross-coming-soon</a> <br /> 6:55 ETH Price<br /> Monthly: <a href= "https://twitter.com/coinalyzetool/status/1399647743602212866?s=20"> https://twitter.com/coinalyzetool/status/1399647743602212866?s=20</a> <br /> Exchanges: <a href= "https://twitter.com/mskvsk/status/1400379607786962944?s=20">https://twitter.com/mskvsk/status/1400379607786962944?s=20</a> <br /> 12:37 ETH / BTC Ratio<br /> 13:53 DeFi Action<br /> DPI Inflows: <a href= "https://twitter.com/AlphaLemonade/status/1399843969366827010?s=20"> https://twitter.com/AlphaLemonade/status/1399843969366827010?s=20</a> <br /> 19:20 DEX Volume<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/DocumentEther/status/1399304548745842688?s=20"> https://twitter.com/DocumentEther/status/1399304548745842688?s=20</a> <br /> 20:40 Uniswap<br /> Volume Dominance: <a href= "https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1398757151850573830?s=20">https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1398757151850573830?s=20</a> <br /> V3 Competition: <a href= "https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1398757151850573830?s=20">https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1398757151850573830?s=20</a> <br /> 24:25 Flippening Tracker<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/lars0x/status/1399734913218355201?s=20">https://twitter.com/lars0x/status/1399734913218355201?s=20</a> </p> <p>28:15 RELEASES<br /> 29:30 Arbitrum Launch<br /> <a href= "https://offchain.medium.com/introducing-arbitrum-one-our-mainet-beta-ed0e9b63b435"> https://offchain.medium.com/introducing-arbitrum-one-our-mainet-beta-ed0e9b63b435</a> <br /> 34:17 Coinbase, Visa, Apple, Google<br /> <a href= "https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/106825/coinbase-links-its-visa-debit-card-with-apple-pay-google-pay"> https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/106825/coinbase-links-its-visa-debit-card-with-apple-pay-google-pay</a> <br /> 35:40 Gnosis & Erigon Client<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/gnosispm/status/1400092066483421186?s=21">https://twitter.com/gnosispm/status/1400092066483421186?s=21</a> <br /> 36:45 Argent Uniswap Multicall<br /> <a href= "https://www.argent.xyz/blog/uniswap-multicall/">https://www.argent.xyz/blog/uniswap-multicall/</a> <br /> 38:38 MakerDAO Multi-Chain<br /> <a href= "https://forum.makerdao.com/t/a-multichain-strategy-and-roadmap-for-maker/8380"> https://forum.makerdao.com/t/a-multichain-strategy-and-roadmap-for-maker/8380</a> </p> <p>41:10 NEWS<br /> 41:20 Uniswap Makes CCTV!<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1400137814923218944?s=21">https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1400137814923218944?s=21</a> <br /> 42:50 Yuan on Ethereum?<br /> <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/ex-head-of-chinas-digital-yuan-effort-says-cbdcs-could-operate-on-ethereum"> https://www.coindesk.com/ex-head-of-chinas-digital-yuan-effort-says-cbdcs-could-operate-on-ethereum</a> <br /> 45:40 Goldman Sa

<p>Arbitrum is one of Ethereum's hottest L2 scaling solutions, and it has LAUNCHED<br /> ------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ WE'RE HIRING AN EDITOR: <a href= "https://cryptocurrencyjobs.co/marketing/bankless-editor-writer/">https://cryptocurrencyjobs.co/marketing/bankless-editor-writer/</a> <br /> 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge"> https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/metamask">https://bankless.cc/metamask</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>🔀 KWENTA | EXCHANGE SYNTHETIC ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/kwenta">https://bankless.cc/kwenta</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 KYBER | DeFi’s First Dynamic Market Maker Protocol<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/kyber">https://bankless.cc/kyber</a> <br /> ------<br /> State of the Nation #48: Arbitrum LAUNCH<br /> Guests:<br /> Co-Founder & CEO: Steven Goldfeder<br /> CTO: Harry Kalodner</p> <p>Steven Goldfeder is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Offchain Labs. He holds a PhD from Princeton University, where he worked at the intersection of cryptography and cryptocurrencies. Harry Kalodner is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Offchain Labs, where he leads the engineering team. Before Offchain, he attended Princeton as a PhD candidate, where his research explored economics, anonymity, and incentive compatibility of cryptocurrencies.</p> <p>Arbitrum released its Mainnet for Developers last Friday. This is an EVM-Compatible Layer 2 Optimistic Rollup, which allows for scaling Ethereum's app layer without sacrificing layer 1 Ethereum security & consensus. This is a massive step forward for the blockchain space and a culmination of years of technical research and testing. This is a milestone in effectively scaling blockchains, while maintaining core cypherpunk values.</p> <p>There are tremendous opportunities and possibilities in this new digital real estate. This hub of optimized blockspace keeps the economic security guarantees of Ethereum and poses to greatly improve the DeFi user experience. To scale to a billion users, projects like Arbitrum need to earn legitimacy and demonstrate efficacy as the Ethereum ecosystem continues to mature. In the immediate term, the next few months will be exciting to watch - will we see a DeFi Layer 2 Summer?</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Arbitrum:<br /> <a href="https://arbitrum.io/">https://arbitrum.io/</a> <br /> Arbitrum Twitter: <br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/arbitrum?s=20">https://twitter.com/arbitrum?s=20</a> <br /> Arbitrum Discord:<br /> <a href= "http://discord.gg/5KE54JwyTs">http://discord.gg/5KE54JwyTs</a> </p> <p>-----</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Buffer<br /> 0:30 Intro<br /> 9:48 Arbitrum's Steven and Harry<br /> 13:00 Shipping A Layer 2 Product<br /> 17:51 A Fair Launch, Equal Opportunity<br /> 21:36 Migrating dApps to Layer 2<br /> 25:43 A Flourishing Ecosystem<br /> 29:17 Bridging the User Experience<br /> 33:16 Different than a Sidechain<br /> 36:50 Layer 2 ETH Fees<br /> 41:10 Resources & Scaling<br /> 47:03 Delay Period for Exiting<br /> 54:11 Complexity of Rollups<br /> 58:30 A Digital Nation-State<br /> 1:06:23 Ether is the Reserve Currency<br /> 1:11:23 Layer 2 DeFi Summer<br /> 1:16:30 Chainlink and Arbitrum<br /> 1:20:54 Squeezing the MEV Balloon<br /> 1:25:28 Predictions, DeFi Summer<br /> 1:30:50 Final Thoughts<br /> 1:36:38 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>-----</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you mak

<p>Eric Wall is a prominent thinker and contrarian in the crypto space. He has an independent mind and is unafraid to bust through groupthink and act as an ideological razor for the crypto community.</p> <p>In this episode, Eric dives deeply into a variety of profound takes on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and his approach to the community.</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "https://podcast.banklesshq.com/">https://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎧 Get this Episode's Debrief: <a href= "https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-the-altcoin-slayer"> https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-the-altcoin-slayer</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/go-gemini">https://bankless.cc/go-gemini</a> </p> <p>🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/balancer">https://bankless.cc/balancer</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "http://bankless.cc/uniswap">http://bankless.cc/uniswap</a> </p> <p>------<br /> Bankless Podcast #66: The Altcoin Slayer<br /> Guest: Eric Wall</p> <p>Eric Wall is CIO of Arcane Assets, and a well-known (and often infamous) writer and thinker in the crypto space. He has engaged in arguments with camps and tribes throughout the space, remaining unapologetically independent and committed to his values. Though a Bitcoiner at heart, Eric has come around on Ethereum as the ecosystem has matured.</p> <p>In this episode, we dive into values and the ethos of crypto that Eric fights for. As a principled believer in trustless systems and decentralization, Eric walks through many of the big-picture obstacles and accomplishments of the crypto space. Viewing this landscape with a digital biologist's lens, we address these projects as digital organisms, following many of the same laws we see in nature. Wherever organisms exist, Darwin is nearby.</p> <p>Eric brings a refreshing and unfiltered set of takes to the Bankless Podcast, reminiscent of other independent thinkers we've had on like Hasu. Regardless of your opinions on Eric, he represents an important part of the blockchain conversation. He serves as an ideological razor, giving no one the benefit of the doubt and prioritizing accountability and earned legitimacy.</p> <p>------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 4:45 Eric Wall, the Altcoin Slayer<br /> 7:45 The Term “Trustless”<br /> 16:58 Eric’s Approach to Crypto<br /> 22:50 Networks are Organisms<br /> 31:50 Survival of the Fittest<br /> 41:50 Bitcoin vs Layer 2<br /> 59:15 Tribes vs Facts<br /> 1:06:30 Eric’s ETH Journey<br /> 1:21:43 Thoughts on Proof of Stake<br /> 1:31:14 Is ETH Money?<br /> 1:40:58 What ETH Gets Wrong<br /> 1:53:55 Navigating the Frontier<br /> 2:01:00 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>------<br /> Resources:</p> <p>Eric on Twitter<br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/ercwl?s=20">https://twitter.com/ercwl?s=20</a> <br /> Proof of Stake is Less Wasteful<br /> <a href= "https://ercwl.medium.com/proof-of-stake-is-less-wasteful-b2854a191766#:~:text=Image%20of%20a%20diesel%20generator,ever%20had%20on%20the%20platform"> https://ercwl.medium.com/proof-of-stake-is-less-wasteful-b2854a191766#:~:text=Image%20of%20a%20diesel%20generator,ever%20had%20on%20the%20platform</a>. <br /> ETH is Irreplaceable<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/eth-is-irreplaceable">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/eth-is-irreplaceable</a> </p> <p>-----<br /> 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.</p> <p>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:<br /> <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p