ROLLUP: 4th Week of May (Uniswap WSJ | Arbitrum Launch | Gamestop NFT)
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Crypto Innovations and Challenges
This chapter explores key developments in the cryptocurrency sector, including Mark Cuban's investment in Polygon and the rise of Uniswap as a challenger to traditional finance. The speakers discuss GameStop's NFT endeavors, the potential impact of a Bitcoin Mining Council, and the implications of recent regulatory changes in the U.S. The conversation also highlights the evolving dynamics between cryptocurrencies and central bank digital currencies, as well as the ongoing tension between decentralization and centralization in the financial landscape.
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3rd Week of May, 2021
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0:00 Intro
0:45 MARKETS 1:20 BTC Price 2:13 ETH Price 7:13 ETH/BTC 8:38 ETH Volumes Big https://twitter.com/RyanWatkins_/status/1397385373580398594?s=20 10:18 DeFi Action https://defipulse.com/ https://messari.io/asset/defipulse-index https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/DPIWETH/?exchange=UNISWAP 12:39 The System Didn’t Break https://twitter.com/raoulgmi/status/1397172575810228225?s=21 16:15 Big Week for DeFi https://twitter.com/jack_clancy93/status/1395399566644682757?s=20 17:18 Tornado Flippen Zcash? https://twitter.com/ameensol/status/1395534483202269187?s=19 21:52 YFI Price Earnings https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1396457032996245505?s=20 24:05 Stablecoin Settlements Big https://twitter.com/dmihal/status/1397124171050668033?s=20
26:00 RELEASES 28:00 Arbitrum Launching https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-scaler-arbitrum-is-launching-friday-with-developer-support-from-alchemy 31:10 Uniswap on Arbitrum https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1397675094001045508?s=21 32:42 Optimistic Etherscan https://optimismpbc.medium.com/integrating-etherscan-24a3811a765c 34:45 ETH’s Value on L2 https://twitter.com/hiljis/status/1397697744370900994?s=21 42:15 Polygon SDK https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1397558139256377345 44:38 Gitcoin DAO https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-sotn-47-gitcoin-dao-and-gtc-token 46:11 Coinbase Institutional https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-institutional-is-proud-to-announce-the-unveiling-of-our-new-prime-offering-9790e068f0a9
47:20 NEWS 47:30 Carl Icahn: ETH is Money https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/crypto-here-stay-carl-icahn-may-take-relatively-big-stake-digital-currency-space-prefers-eth 50:44 Ray Dalio Prefers BTC to Bonds https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-24/bridgewater-s-ray-dalio-says-he-prefers-bitcoin-to-bonds 53:19 “China Bans Bitcoin” https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/26/major-china-bitcoin-mining-hub-lays-out-harsher-crackdown-measures.html 57:44 Cuban Tracker: Polygon https://www.coindesk.com/mark-cuban-invests-in-ethereum-layer-2-polygon 59:51 Gamestop NFT https://nft.gamestop.com/ 1:02:24 Bitcoin, Michael Taylor, and Elon https://twitter.com/michael_saylor/status/1396915801492439044?s=20 Take: https://twitter.com/nanexcool/status/1397000162459930624?s=20 1:07:15 Businesses Must Report https://www.coindesk.com/us-treasury-calls-for-businesses-to-report-crypto-transfers-of-10k-to-the-irs 1:10:14 FED Digital Currency https://twitter.com/CNBCnow/status/1395440279004618760?s=20 1:12:08 Coinbase 🤝 Goldman https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/105853/coinbase-former-goldman-sachs-faryar-shirzad-chief-policy-officer 1:13:35 Quick Bites PayPal: https://www.coindesk.com/paypal-will-let-customers-withdraw-crypto-exec-says Apple? https://www.coindesk.com/apple-is-looking-for-crypto-experience-in-alternative-payments-job-post?amp=1&__twitter_impression=true&s=09 1confirmation: https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-vc-1confirmation-raises-125m-for-third-fund COIN: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/24/coinbase-stock-initiation-goldman-sachs.html
1:16:00 TAKES 1:17:00 Anti-Crypto Bag Bias https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/1395457904027869184?s=21 1:23:25 Volatility is not Unhealthy https://twitter.com/MichaelIppo/status/1395452094556086285?s=20 1:24:00 DeFi Protocols are Michael Saylor https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1397161855387308032?s=20 1:27:50 Money Game Landscape https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/ethereum-the-money-game-landscape 1:29:40 The Cycle https://twitter.com/tbr90/status/1397185395603935232?s=21 1:32:23 Rethink Work https://twitter.com/nateliason/status/1397719837204418561?s=20 1:33:52 There be Monsters https://twitter.com/udiWertheimer/status/1397738091452981248?s=20
1:35:40 What David’s Excited About
1:38:00 What Ryan’s Excited About
1:41:45 MEME OF THE WEEK https://twitter.com/EthereumMemes/status/1397268903198400517/photo/1
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