Ethereum Merge and Regulatory Developments

1st Full Week of June, 2022

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0:00 Intro

3:40 MARKETS 4:05 BTC Price 5:25 ETH Price & Ratio 8:15 Total Crypto Market Cap  8:35 Fed Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzGMSKbqjco  12:55 S&P Trading Range https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1534895680417841156?s=20&t=ph6CaCM3VmI-aktXIK1YuQ  14:10 Historic Downtrends https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1534895680417841156?s=20&t=ph6CaCM3VmI-aktXIK1YuQ  17:09 Is the Bottom In? https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1534214035775930369?s=20&t=PgOB_giLsY0ruzmCjNf2Xg  18:52 Arthur Hayes https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/shut-it-down-15d230b28089  22:24 Bottom Checklist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIyxIYd8AzY  26:25 State of the Bear https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi/status/1533157547204833280?s=20&t=MouipAFckt5tBzWVlAsX_Q  31:00 Market Meme https://twitter.com/JadedCapital/status/1534159961260892163?s=20&t=cHUeFE6WQj53jmQUiwSajg  32:40 Burning ETH https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1533758315267665920?s=20&t=Zov7f0A-pR8auAhF3liUlw 

37:00 The Ropsten Merge! https://twitter.com/lightclients/status/1534568543198527491?s=20&t=JSYI9AFcKSfwqgwAk-xJSg  39:40 Dress Rehearsal https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1534701665772773376?s=20&t=BW4kTDm3LEofxUeCqiVM3Q  40:35 Great Success! https://twitter.com/dannyryan/status/1534928763057631232  42:25 Merge Odds https://twitter.com/PolymarketHQ/status/1534573695741612032?s=20&t=UDosiK6ra7MFZTLGYH05MQ  43:26 Timelines https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/ethereum-merge-updates-tim-beiko  46:07 Electricity https://twitter.com/drakefjustin/status/1534857446203834368?s=21&t=NUEmAxr8h0x_3KPC-wgIKQ 

48:42 20m OP Wintermute Fumble https://plaid-cement-e44.notion.site/A-Message-to-the-Community-from-the-Optimism-Foundation-f49b913bb0974d8a854a8bdd409a9dd6  51:50 Kain’s Takes https://twitter.com/kaiynne/status/1534653450692497408?s=20&t=eYPpC7L9k3u4VrJ4tQQ8hQ 

53:15 The Crypto Bill https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/-lummis-gillibrand-introduce-landmark-legislation-to-create-regulatory-framework-for-digital-assets 

1:00:00 NEWS 1:02:30 PayPal External Transfers https://twitter.com/Blockworks_/status/1534198854077251585  1:04:40 Bored Ape Ethereum https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-41-keep-apecoin-within-the-ethereum-ecosystem-process/5664  1:05:50 Illuvium Land Sale https://twitter.com/illuviumio/status/1533458697514536960?s=21&t=6m-JweSHFrwIbq6ryn6FmA  1:06:52 Diablo Immortal https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1533488085585076226? s=20&t=Q133IOgqCIng0FNECL_y8g 1:10:35 Budweiser and Digital Horses https://twitter.com/budweiserusa/status/1533826563287957506  1:11:56 Nickelodeon NFTs https://twitter.com/nickelodeon_nft/status/1534890874747994112?s=20&t=uDZxZLg7PPW40z_MyN-y5A  1:13:00 New York Mining Ban https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/03/heres-whats-in-new-yorks-new-bitcoin-mining-ban-.html  1:15:28 Raises  BlockFi: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/150377/blockfi-is-raising-a-down-round-at-1-billion-valuation-sources  Euler: https://twitter.com/eulerfinance/status/1534163279349592064?s=21&t=iGfmuGsBnlCD3sGh_o5vrA  1:16:35 Bankless Jobs https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs  1:17:36 Greyscale https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1534279351402958849?s=20&t=DQ1mOHKUeLpHXcNyNCelNQ  1:20:15 Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jay-z-jack-dorsey-launch-financial-literacy-school-at-brooklyn-project-1364919/  1:21:26 Chipotle https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/06/02/chipotle-now-accepting-cryptocurrency-payments-at-us-locations 

1:24:00 Questions from the Nation https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1534626663354482690?s=20&t=uJAnalv_CuWnvqfMyAxHlg  1:25:18 Tech Skills https://twitter.com/willitsmckinley/status/1534628582206672902?s=20&t=a_fuu65MkZe07cR2MJby5g  1:27:08 OP Token Value https://twitter.com/RickLatona/status/1534676772587024384?s=20&t=a_fuu65MkZe07cR2MJby5g  1:31:08 ETH Bullishness https://twitter.com/n1x_it/status/1534627825281601536?s=20&t=a_fuu65MkZe07cR2MJby5g 

1:35:00 TAKES 1:35:15 The Citizen House https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1532533086352576512?s=20&t=iVP94Kh6xj5s_hQw4R_aWw  1:37:00 Analogy Resistant https://twitter.com/jbrukh/status/1534140205334245376?s=20&t=NCZuooaqIpJCQaIrCoxJ5w  1:38:00 Medium not the Message https://twitter.com/ourzora/status/1534582905674076161?s=21&t=UAEzTgQHSrmu_xBnmAdNQg  1:39:03 Crypto Equality https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1534251962362998785?s=20&t=uJAnalv_CuWnvqfMyAxHlg 

1:43:25 What David’s Bullish On https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/  1:46:30 What Ryan’s Bullish On

1:49:00 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/0xfoobar/status/1533533574397304832?s=21&t=PXZ4pEod6NJXY6-wuiRJbA 

1:50:00 Moment of ZEN https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1534268751394197504?s=20&t=uJAnalv_CuWnvqfMyAxHlg 

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