Exploring Layer Two DeFi Innovations and Key Sponsor Features

5th Week of June 2021.

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0:00 Intro

2:25 MARKETS 2:35 BTC Price 3:10 ETH Price 3:32 ETH/BTC Price 4:26 ETH Outperforming BTC https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1410601434240880646?s=20  6:20 DeFi Action 8:00 Layer 2 TVL https://l2beat.com/ 

11:00 RELEASES 11:30 Compound Treasury https://twitter.com/current/status/1409600420369084420?s=20  13:35 Polygon Avail https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1409520012960825349?s=20  15:00 Cream on Polygon https://www.coindesk.com/cream-finance-announces-integration-with-polygon  15:53 Perpetual Protocol V2 https://twitter.com/perpprotocol/status/1410221752526028801?s=20  16:50 Element.Fi on Mainnet https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/sotn-42-ethereum-devs-building-defi  17:55 Coinbase USDC 4% https://blog.coinbase.com/sign-up-to-earn-4-apy-on-usd-coin-with-coinbase-cdad79e5f5eb  19:53 Top Signal https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1409605228744175616?s=20  22:14 Raises Nansen a16z https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/109959/blockchain-data-nansen-12-million-series-a-a16z  TracerDAO https://tracer.finance/radar/tracer-dao-raise/ 

24:00 NEWS 24:10 Uniswap Education Fund https://gov.uniswap.org/t/governance-proposal-005-defi-education-fund/12963  27:25 Decentralizing Coinbase https://blog.coinbase.com/embracing-decentralization-at-coinbase-7fa0e5d1084b  30:15 Kain & Synthetix https://thedefiant.io/synthetix-founder-announces-return-to-save-the-project/  31:50 Axie Infinity https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/the-axie-infinity-boom  34:10 Twitter NFTs https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1410234844353761285?s=21  35:47 Tim Berners-Lee NFT https://www.cnn.com/style/article/tim-berners-lee-nft-auction/index.html  37:35 Jay-Z Cryptopunk https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad/status/1408434725551759360?s=20  Sotheby’s: https://www.coindesk.com/jay-z-to-auction-reasonable-doubt-nft-at-sothebys  40:14 Bitcoin Miner Migration https://preview.redd.it/wg88833hff871.jpg?width=1024&auto=webp&s=cf8bf121e8e6be28b659f626b4e5a0f92c17352f  41:37 TeraWulf Mining Firm https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/110101/bitcoin-mining-firm-terawulf-orders-new-machines-cost-estimated-at-nearly-100-million  47:48 Ark Invest BTC ETF https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/28/cathie-woods-ark-invest-files-to-create-a-bitcoin-etf.html  49:07 El Salvador Airdrop https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/06/25/adults-in-el-salvador-to-get-30-in-bitcoin-as-nation-unveils-details-to-make-crypto-legal-tender/amp/?__twitter_impression=true  50:54 UK on Finance https://www.wsj.com/articles/binance-crypto-exchange-ordered-to-cease-u-k-activities-11624812672  51:30 Fed & CDBC https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/quarles20210628a.htm  53:15 FTX, Tom Brady & Gisele https://decrypt.co/74771/tom-brady-and-gisele-bundchen-invest-in-ftx  54:40 Drive By’s ICP: https://twitter.com/jamesspediacci/status/1408532682192035840?s=21  Visa Hiring: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/110119/visa-makes-five-strategic-crypto-hires-and-placements  USDC Multi-Chain: https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1409992722878980104?s=19 

59:00 TAKES 59:30 .com to .eth https://twitter.com/robogajesh/status/1408146369471139842?s=20  1:02:00 Unraveling Hierarchies https://twitter.com/joshuarosenthal/status/1408814378913341443?s=21  1:03:34 Coinbase will sell anything https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1409676059302236162  1:05:27 Adios Uber https://twitter.com/EthereumFear/status/1409874076491993125?s=20  1:08:10 DAOs https://coopahtroopa.mirror.xyz/_EDyn4cs9tDoOxNGZLfKL7JjLo5rGkkEfRa_a-6VEWw 

1:08:50 What David’s Excited About 1:11:11 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:15:53 The Future is DAO https://twitter.com/thefutureisdao1/status/1409862176953806850?s=21  1:16:58 MEME OF THE WEEK https://i.redd.it/c6nu7bdec8771.png 

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