Reflecting on a Challenging Year in Crypto

December 23, 2022 

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0:00 Intro 2:13 Kraken

3:40 MARKETS 9:00 DeFi Growth https://dune.com/danning.sui/dex-users-across-chains  9:50 Scaling Vector https://twitter.com/l2beat/status/1605226968844320768  11:18 MakerDAO Revenue https://twitter.com/liamellul/status/1603820633850228736  13:10 Bear Market Behavior https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1605931718124478466  19:55 Coinbase Valuation https://twitter.com/Matt_Hougan/status/1605317841594490881 

23:30 SBF in the USA https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1605756013159686144  25:15 Bahaman Jail https://decrypt.co/117557/imprisoned-bankman-fried-may-relent-in-extradition-fight-reports  26:00 New York City https://nypost.com/2022/12/21/sam-bankman-fried-handed-over-to-us-authorities-heading-to-ny/  26:30 Caroline & Gary https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/12/22/alameda-chief-caroline-ellison-ftxs-gary-wang-plead-guilty-to-fraud-charges/  27:30 Finding Billions https://thedefiant.io/ftx-finds-1b  29:10 Clawbacks https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/dec/20/ftx-seeks-to-claw-back-donations-to-politicians-and-charities 

31:42 Brian Armstrong Proposal https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1605222605258194945 

36:25 Visa Payments https://twitter.com/catgu_/status/1604896035616264205 

41:30 NEWS Uniswap x Moonpay - https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1605251408155906048  42:30 Ren in Danger https://blockworks.co/news/alameda-backed-ren-warns-crypto-could-be-lost-as-platform-shuts-down  45:40 ETHGlobal https://ethglobal.medium.com/announcing-the-2023-ethglobal-season-3cc1960de7b4  46:30 Trump NFTs https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1604567784968667136  51:35 Reddit NFT Volume https://twitter.com/GiancarloChaux/status/1605034007644643328  52:15 Wash Trading https://twitter.com/hildobby_/status/1603763322012041217  54:10 Christies Down Bad https://www.theblock.co/post/196568/auction-house-christies-nft-sales-fell-96-in-2022  55:10 Bankless Collectibles https://collectibles.bankless.com/ 

56:24 Core Scientific Bankruptcy https://www.theblock.co/post/196884/bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-set-to-file-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection-cnbc  58:35 Binance Buying Voyager https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/19/binance-to-acquire-voyager-assets-weeks-after-ftx-deal-fell-through-bankruptcy.html  1:00:48 Banning Crypto https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/3779731-senate-banking-chairman-says-maybe-to-cryptocurrency-ban/ 

1:02:25 Jobs https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs 

1:05:00 TAKES Wells Fargo - https://twitter.com/GRDecter/status/1605220493564514305  Meme - https://twitter.com/Reflog_18/status/1605269193795960833  1:11:20 Binance Account https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1605207334191513601 

1:14:00 What David’s Bullish On 1:16:30 What Ryan’s Bullish On

1:20:25 MEME of the Week https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FkjsYMMXkAI3Mfl?format=jpg&name=medium 

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