Exploring Ethereum Layer 2 and Innovations in DeFi

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3rd Week of May, 2021

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0:00 Intro

4:08 MARKETS 4:18 BTC Price 5:25 ETH Price 6:50 ETH/BTC 8:05 Going a Full Cycle 12:00 What Caused the Dip? https://twitter.com/BTCization/status/1395053801061634049?s=20  18:40 The Rektoning https://twitter.com/dytfin/status/1395007097461477379?s=21  20:30 Now vs 2013 https://twitter.com/raoulgmi/status/1395150660660862987?s=21  22:20 Exchange Outages https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/105366/exchanges-outages-market-volatility-eth  22:57 DeFi Action 24:26 Greed & Fear Index https://alternative.me/crypto/fear-and-greed-index/  27:00 EIP-1559 Bullish https://twitter.com/hasufl/status/1395006497164308480?s=20 

29:07 RELEASES 30:30 Uniswap V3 Success https://imgur.com/H53upPS  33:50 Slingshot Launch https://app.slingshot.finance/trade/m/MATIC/USDC  35:14 Coinbase Wallet Extension https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1394369329408454668?s=20  37:05 Miso https://miso.sushi.com/ 

41:40 NEWS 41:55 Erratic Elon Musk https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1393995872413888518?s=20  https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1395352073550532613?s=20  48:07 The Rise of Polygon https://twitter.com/SushiSwap/status/1393215036076658688?s=20  https://www.delphidigital.io/reports/polygon-the-swiss-army-knife-of-scaling-solutions/  https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1395047808860708870?s=20  57:48 Sleuthing Mark Cuban https://twitter.com/0xBay/status/1393987720649662464?s=20  58:38 Cathie Wood & ETH https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1394761387302432769?s=20  59:50 Ebay NFT Sales https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/104508/ebay-offering-nft-sales  1:00:18 BlockFi BTC Oops https://www.coindesk.com/blockfi-botches-promo-outsized-bitcoin-reward-payments  1:02:15 China Crypto Stance https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/105190/china-self-regulatory-organizations-crypto  1:03:25 Bank of America on Ethereum https://blockworks.co/bank-of-america-leans-into-blockchain-to-speed-settlements/?oly_enc_id=9918E2523689A0T  1:04:05 Wells Fargo & Crypto? https://cointelegraph.com/news/wells-fargo-investment-institute-to-onboard-crypto-clients-by-next-month  1:04:22 BSC Instability https://twitter.com/ProofOfBags/status/1395235478216060935?s=20  1:06:40 News Quick Bites https://www.microstrategy.com/en/investor-relations/financial-documents/microstrategy-acquires-additional-10m-in-bitcoin-at-average-price-of-43-663_05-18-2021  https://thedefiant.io/yearn-finance-seizes-dip-and-buys-back-1-47m-of-yfi-token/  https://twitter.com/ProofOfBags/status/1395235478216060935?s=20  https://twitter.com/argentHQ/status/1394584739160469504?s=20  https://blog.deversifi.com/deversifi-closes-oversubscribed-round-lead-by-parafi  https://www.coindesk.com/defi-dashboard-zapper-raises-15m-to-build-on-platform-app-store 

1:09:40 TAKES 1:11:00 DeFi Summer Round 2 https://twitter.com/rewkang/status/1394788692749922304?s=21  1:15:48 Dave Portnoy & Meme Coins https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente/status/1394379356487757834?s=20  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1394402282658308100?s=20  1:18:48 Volatility Scares Institutions https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-17/elon-musk-is-now-blowing-up-the-wall-street-case-for-bitcoin 

1:20:05 What David’s Excited About

1:21:17 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:23:10 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/NeerajKA/status/1395344179371421697?s=20  https://twitter.com/DocumentEther/status/1394982948085116932?s=20 

1:24:15 Closing & Disclaimers

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