Exploring DeFi Innovations and Sponsorships

1st Week of July, 2021.

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0:00 Intro

2:10 MARKETS 2:20 BTC Price 4:56 ETH Price Exchanges https://twitter.com/cryptoquant_com/status/1411973786941804547  Deposit Contract http://www.theblockcrypto.com/data/decentralized-finance/asset-management/eth-in-eth2-deposit-contract  8:03 ETH/BTC 10:10 DeFi Action 13:15 NFT Volume https://duneanalytics.com/rchen8/opensea 

16:30 RELEASES 17:45 EIP-1559 https://twitter.com/TimBeiko/status/1412762432079007748?s=20  Fee Burn https://goerli.etherscan.io/blocks?p=1  Fee Savings https://twitter.com/TimBeiko/status/1412995748665298944?s=20  22:35 Beacon Book https://twitter.com/StatefulWorks/status/1412408929267630093  24:30 Balancer & Polygon https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-joins-polygons-summer-of-defi-with-10-million-in-joint-token-incentives-c09d4db5ae9b  Zapper https://twitter.com/zapper_fi/status/1412889987155173382  Dune https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1409556178443505667?s=20  27:30 Göerli Sidechain  https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1412388910429347841?s=20  31:05 Aave Pro in July https://twitter.com/TraderNoah/status/1411719489947906048  34:16 Raises  Index Coop https://www.coindesk.com/dao-behind-defi-pulse-index-raises-7-7m-from-galaxy-digital-1kx  Zerion https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/110675/defi-investing-platform-zerion-series-a-funding 

36:20 NEWS 36:30 JPMorgan ETH Staking Report https://decrypt.co/75108/ethereum-staking-crypto-jp-morgan  39:57 Andre on a Tear https://twitter.com/andrecronjetech/status/1411244286146977792?s=21 41:43 Axie Infinity Growth https://twitter.com/amytongwu/status/1412875602030301190?s=20   43:05 China & Stablecoins https://www.coindesk.com/china-central-bank-pboc-worried-stablecoins  44:53 $70m Ransom Attack https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/07/05/ransomware-hackers-demand-70-million-in-bitcoin-claim-massive-us-attack-as-biden-investigates-possible-russian-involvement/  46:35 Circle Spac Merger https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/110806/confirmed-stablecoin-firm-circle-public-spac-merger  47:45 Wyoming DAOs https://decrypt.co/75222/americas-first-dao-approved-in-wyoming  50:50 News Drive-By Crypto Cards top $1B https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/07/visa-says-crypto-linked-card-usage-tops-1-billion-in-first-half-of-2021.html  Binance Squeeze https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/110510/barclays-customers-in-the-u-k-can-no-longer-transfer-funds-to-binance  Elizabeth Warren Flex https://www.coindesk.com/elizabeth-warren-sec-deadline-crypto-regulation 

54:30 TAKES 55:00 Computer without Internet https://twitter.com/chainlinkgod/status/1410359761971736577?s=21  56:25 Spooky Chainlink https://twitter.com/edgararout/status/1412401125463035914?s=21  1:00:20 Creator Economy https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1410585347092729857?s=21  1:03:05 Influencer to Creator https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1412890086635544578?s=20  1:04:53 CeDeFi https://twitter.com/dcfgod/status/1410985736715767817?s=20  1:06:50 Speed & Depth https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1411046562063523841?s=21  1:09:15 Broken Pegs https://twitter.com/stefan__ionescu/status/1412190540700004357?s=21  1:11:50 MEV Negative Externalities https://twitter.com/bertcmiller/status/1412579402345586696?s=20  1:18:35 Transparent Systems https://twitter.com/panekkkk/status/1411347712168153090 

1:24:05 What David’s Excited About 1:25:05 What Ryan’s Excited About https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1412799192603533313?s=20 

1:29:00 Meme of the Week https://i.redd.it/8b1khwy3uu971.jpg 

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