Meme Coins and Market Signals

This chapter explores the emerging trends of meme coins, backed by a bullish report from Franklin Templeton, and their potential to attract institutional investment. The conversation highlights both the fun and serious implications of meme-based crypto assets, including the market dynamics and sustainability concerns in a bear market. Additionally, the chapter covers the latest developments surrounding Ethereum ETFs and the regulatory challenges they face.

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

0:00 Intro

7:48 Markets 9:00 Bitcoin’s market cap surpassed Silver this week https://companiesmarketcap.com/assets-by-market-cap/ https://twitter.com/robustus/status/1767164377969340419 https://l2beat.com/scaling/data-availability

18:09 Movers of the Week - Memecoins? https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1767170724446552159 https://twitter.com/blknoiz06/status/1766680047547494658 https://twitter.com/FTI_DA/status/1767969299350610040 https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1766827037149343951

26:40 U.S. CPI rose faster than expected last month https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/12/cpi-inflation-report-february-2024-.html 26:58 Why are DeFi rates so high? https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1766326070545162321 https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1766669255100055866 https://twitter.com/ethena_labs/status/1768023077932380257

29:33 ETF Watch! https://dune.com/hildobby/btc-etfs https://dune.com/queries/3382000/5674971 https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1768022702294470855 https://twitter.com/JSeyff/status/1767206535879389332 https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1767175990285857006 https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1767187618876305628 https://x.com/orb_land/status/1767278815791722629

38:28 Blobs arrived to Mainnet, L2 Fees plummet! https://x.com/parithosh_j/status/1767973626987606190 https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1767913396777767361 https://twitter.com/sproule_/status/1767960271853686879 https://twitter.com/zksync/status/1767983026443579448 https://twitter.com/argenthq/status/1767917028013224370 https://x.com/Optimism/status/1768090982862803203 https://twitter.com/liamihorne/status/1768068293787615288 https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1768091017021116562 https://twitter.com/jessepollak/status/1768071129854562698 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1768074308482400556 https://x.com/js_horne/status/1768075186824163698 https://fees-growthepie.streamlit.app/ https://x.com/arbitrum/status/1767912321618505954 https://dune.com/0xRob/blobs https://twitter.com/liamihorne/status/1767962414312521844 https://x.com/lightclients/status/1767957828969349148 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1768243873430552801 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1762589707756548566

1:01:59 Swell announced their Restaked Rollup https://twitter.com/swellnetworkio/status/1767889656451047505

1:03:00 Tensor introduced the TNSR token https://twitter.com/TensorFdn/status/1767616700609171508

1:03:25 Jito is getting rid of Mempool?! https://twitter.com/jito_labs/status/1766228889888514501 https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/03/08/solana-client-developer-jito-announces-end-of-mempool-function/ https://twitter.com/smyyguy/status/1766234020076011865 https://twitter.com/jon_charb/status/1765923336138211353

1:08:59 Saylor has no chill https://x.com/MEMECOETH/status/1767690213877252485

1:10:18 Raises and BVC Investments https://twitter.com/EclipseFND/status/1767212277285969979 https://twitter.com/clique2046/status/1768277734113907127

1:12:27 David demo signing up for it while RSA highlights https://open.spotify.com/show/1y0zqrWsFxmCYcTnV7ExUn We recently celebrated 4 years https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1768269073354231826

1:14:22 MEME of the Week Name kids after what you love https://x.com/abbeyjazzy/status/1767890031824216551

1:15:27 Moment of Zen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5if2hthPCs

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