3rd Week of August 2021

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0:00 Intro

1:26 MARKETS
1:36 BTC Price
2:05 ETH Price
2:40 ETH/BTC Ratio
3:38 DeFi Action
7:28 Layer 2 Action
https://l2beat.com/
9:55 EIP 1559 is Burning ETH
https://ultrasound.money/
12:53 Gas Price Volatility
https://twitter.com/takenstheorem/status/1427130936940851201?s=21
16:55 NFT Monthy Volumes
https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1427432022109216775?s=21
Opensea vs. Etsy
https://twitter.com/xanderatallah/status/1427453596858294272?s=20

21:00 RELEASES
22:00 1inch on Optimism
https://www.coindesk.com/defis-1inch-network-launches-on-ethereum-scaling-platform-optimism
24:26 Balancer
Metastable Pools & Lido Partnership
https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-launches-metastable-pools-to-further-pool-liquidity-9eade44d73d8
26:54 Bloomberg Galaxy Index
https://www.coindesk.com/galaxy-digital-launches-defi-index-tracker-fund
Frank’s Take
https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1428348530888871945?s=20
30:18 Metamask EIP1559 Support
https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1428148268031102976?s=20
30:55 Fintech Collective
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/115077/fintech-collective-250-million-fund-defi-strategy
33:57 Jobs
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1:18:00 TAKES
1:19:00 Why We Love the Industry
https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1427805148248608777?s=20
1:20:41 Community Innovation
https://twitter.com/StaniKulechov/status/1427256596611088387?s=20
1:22:25 Every Object Is Scarce
https://twitter.com/naval/status/1428232383703044096?s=20
1:23:49 Single Issue Voter
https://twitter.com/twobitidiot

1:25:55 What David’s Excited About
1:28:53 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:32:55 MEME of the Week
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSwc8pjihdL/?utm_medium=copy_link

1:33:39 Closing & Disclaimers

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