2nd Week of July 2021

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro

2:50 MARKETS
3:00 BTC Price
Lightning: https://twitter.com/VetleLunde/status/1414935599321124864?s=20

4:15 ETH Price
Settling $8T: https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1415364147622170630?s=20

6:20 ETH/BTC Ratio
7:08 DeFi Action
3M DeFi Users: https://twitter.com/richardchen39/status/1414582943641657344?s=20

11:15 Axie Price Action
12:55 Value / Volume
https://twitter.com/richardchen39/status/1414950857586749449?s=21

14:08 DAO Super-Users
https://deepdao.io/#/people

17:00 RELEASES
18:45 Optimism!
Uniswap: https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1415118864698859524?s=20

Synthetix: https://blog.synthetix.io/optimism-launch-announcement/

25:38 Scaling Frenzy
Hop Protocol: https://twitter.com/HopProtocol/status/1414624873775878148
Gnosis Safe: https://blog.gnosis.pm/gnosis-safe-is-live-on-layer-2-24adf83f0032

Coinbase: https://twitter.com/SetProtocol/status/1415023551120355332

Infura: https://twitter.com/infura_io/status/1414614102618656768

28:18 Dow Jones Crypto Indices
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sp-dow-jones-indices-launches-sp-cryptocurrency-broad-digital-market-index-301332698.html

30:10 Nifty Island
https://twitter.com/Nifty_Island/status/1414982521377411075

31:25 Ultra Sound Money
https://ultrasound.money/

33:15 Ethereum Documentary
https://twitter.com/ethereumfilm/status/1415376113170141184?s=21

34:36 Raises
Superfluid: https://twitter.com/superfluid_hq/status/1414937101745983491?s=21

Connext: https://twitter.com/theblock__/status/1414933542006624256?s=21

Blocknative: https://twitter.com/blocknative/status/1415344313920200706?s=20

Phantom: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/111249/defi-wallet-solana-phantom-9-million-series-a-a16z

39:20 JOBS
https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs

40:15 NEWS
40:25 Uniswap DeFi Education Fund
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/111185/harvard-law-blockchain-initiative-uniswap-dao

Cobie: https://gov.uniswap.org/t/proposal-removal-of-established-cranial-follicles-fund/13314/3

46:23 Brazil ETH ETF
https://twitter.com/Blockworks_/status/1415099592308400128?s=20

47:44 New Aave
https://twitter.com/StaniKulechov/status/1415308052400594953?s=20

48:04 ShapeShift DAO
https://twitter.com/coindesk/status/1415325952272437249?s=21
50:45 Amex NFTs

https://www.americanbanker.com/news/american-express-turns-nfts-into-a-credit-card-perk

51:45 Space Jam NFTs
https://twitter.com/JordanLyall/status/1414658019275644931?s=20

52:25 Jack Dorsey Hardware Wallets
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/110916/jack-dorsey-square-bitcoin-hardware-wallet

53:10 Bullish SPAC
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/110950/former-nyse-president-to-take-crypto-exchange-bullish-public-via-spac

55:02 Fidelity Hiring
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/111066/fidelity-digital-assets-hire-70-percent-more-employees-institutional-interest-crypto

55:55 Inflation
https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact/status/1414948397233082372?s=20

59:05 Banks vs Fintech
https://thefr.com/fintech-news-in-brief/regulation-and-compliance-fintech-news

1:00:40 Quick News
Alchemix: https://twitter.com/AlchemixFi/status/1414647769470443521

Binance: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/111482/italy-binance-consob-warning

Bitcoin Miners: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/111462/bit-digital-14500-bitcoin-miners-us-china-crackdown

Metamask: https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1415390962826850309?s=20

1:04:00 TAKES
1:04:45 Jackson Palmer
https://twitter.com/ummjackson/status/1415353984617914370?s=20

1:17:30 FTX Acquiring the World
https://twitter.com/ft/status/1415075101205319689?s=21

1:20:15 One Paycheck Away
https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1415439010952925186?s=20

1:20:35 What David’s Excited About
1:21:55 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:25:03 Meme of the Week
https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1415476264840744960?s=20

1:26:55 Moment of Zen
https://twitter.com/ben_chain/status/1414360342856011777?s=21

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