Last Week of May, 2022

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro

4:45 MARKETS
5:08 BTC Price
5:45 ETH Price
7:15 FTX Surpasses Coinbase
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/149654/ftx-surpassed-coinbase-as-second-biggest-centralized-crypto-exchange-in-may
9:19 Gemini Layoffs
https://decrypt.co/101881/gemini-lays-off-10-staff-prepare-crypto-winter

11:00 NEWS

12:00 Optimism ($OP) Drop
https://app.optimism.io/airdrop/check
16:11 OP Price
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/optimism
18:04 Recapping the Airdrop
https://twitter.com/optimismPBC/thread/1532110295421829123
22:45 Burning
https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1531915789103599616
25:10 Fee Revenue
https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1531814581932158977
26:58 Coinbase Supports $OP
https://twitter.com/coinbaseassets/status/1531754747321262080
27:35 Controversial Governance
https://gov.optimism.io/t/users-who-sold-the-initial-op-airdrop-should-become-ineligible-for-all-future-airdrops/2143
30:34 Cobie’s Response
https://gov.optimism.io/t/extended-ineligibility-for-future-airdrops/2249

34:14 Velodrome Airdrop
https://stakingbits.medium.com/velodrome-finance-velo-airdrop-is-live-heres-how-to-claim-43e65c5c18f2

37:05 L2 Fees
https://l2fees.info/l1-fees

39:32 OpenSea Front-Runner Facing Charges
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-employee-nft-marketplace-charged-first-ever-digital-asset-insider-trading-scheme
45:08 Front-Running
https://twitter.com/Dogetoshi/status/1532052263375708162

49:20 ETH 2.0 Merge
https://blog.ethereum.org/2022/05/30/ropsten-merge-announcement/

52:08 Pooly NFT
https://blockworks.co/pooltogether-flocks-to-nfts-to-raise-legal-defense-funds/

53:50 Kanye West Yeezus
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/149745/kanye-wests-yeezus-files-for-nft-trademarks

55:35 Risks of Liquid Staking
https://twitter.com/dannyryan/status/1531383030786314240

1:00:00 Battle for the Apes
Avalanche: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-idea-otherside-as-an-avalanche-subnet/6369
Immutable X: https://twitter.com/NorthRockLP/status/1530491299727556609
1:03:25 AVAX vs Immutable X
https://twitter.com/NorthRockLP/status/1530491299727556609

1:03:51 Solana Down Again
https://twitter.com/solanastatus/status/1532043450107015168?s=21&t=OD7ahgCknAnOgQClUhELIQ

1:05:44 Jobs
https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs

1:07:30 RELEASES
1:07:45 Bankless DAO Tax Guide
https://twitter.com/TaxDroid/status/1532036819189129218
1:09:10 Zerion Mobile Wallet
https://zerion.io/blog/announcing-the-zerion-smart-wallet/
1:10:40 Voltz Protocol
https://twitter.com/voltz_xyz/status/1532029218518876161
1:12:52 DeFi Saver L2
https://twitter.com/DeFiSaver/status/1531299975661068288
1:13:50 Immutable IMX Staking
https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1531081329865269248?s=20&t=kCTh4dBgrmptze-ut3gS3Q
1:14:30 Lummis Crypto Bill
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/149186/heres-a-full-draft-of-senator-cynthia-lummis-landmark-crypto-bill
1:16:18 Binance $500m Raise
https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/01/binance-labs-closes-500m-fund-to-focus-on-web3-and-blockchain-adoption/
1:18:00 Blockspace Demand
https://twitter.com/frogmonkee/status/1532092154037907457
1:22:50 New Use Cases
https://twitter.com/cryptoversidad/status/1532099747783159808?s=20&t=KcDR2bM8-9ajrtWT4AOaWg

1:26:30 TAKES
1:27:08 Understanding the Merge
https://twitter.com/0xfoobar/status/1531710201639882756?s=20&t=YP7GlgRatNiU0azz-leO4g
1:28:26 DAO Human Trilemme
https://twitter.com/owocki/status/1531728875335524352
1:32:50 EVM
https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1532198738927579137

1:33:30 What David’s Bullish On
1:36:00 What Ryan’s Bullish On

1:38:10 MEME of the Week
https://imgur.com/4KCMNLA

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ROLLUP: OpenSea Arrest | Optimism OP Airdrop | Kanye West NFTs | OpenSea Arrest | Solana Halted | ETH 2.0 Merge | Velodrome

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