Bridging the Gap: Wall Street Bets Meets DeFi

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Compound TVL https://twitter.com/defipulse/status/1380889501283799042  $COIN Price https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/NASDAQ-COIN/  Who’s Buying COIN? https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/101760/cathie-wood-ark-246-million-coinbase-stocks 

RELEASES Maker / AAVE Proposal https://forum.makerdao.com/t/discussion-direct-deposit-dai-module-d3m/7357  Gas Fees Down? https://twitter.com/0xEther/status/1381513763661176834?s=20  Binance Tokenized Stonks https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/101335/binance-launches-tokenized-stock-trading-tesla  Raid Guild Smart Invoice https://medium.com/raid-guild/introducing-smart-invoice-211776245a0b 

NEWS Coinbase Public Listing https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1679788/000162828021003168/coinbaseglobalincs-1.htm  Coinbase Giving Shares to Employees https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1382163782315704322?s=20  Ethereum Berlin https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/03/08/ethereum-berlin-upgrade-announcement/  JPM & Mastercard invest in Consensys https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-hub-consensys-raises-65m-from-big-banks-and-blockchain-builders  Gitcoin Raise https://twitter.com/gitcoin/status/1382411085161099265  dYdX L2 Volume https://imgur.com/a/nFdygKj  MakerDAO Real World Assets https://twitter.com/nomos_paradox/status/1381684052969721856?s=20  Epic Games Raises $1B for NFTs https://venturebeat.com/2021/04/13/epic-games-raises-1-billlion-to-fund-long-term-metaverse-plans/amp/  41:20 Immutable Integrations https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1382548807083204610  Regulation https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/101595/us-senate-confirms-gary-gensler-as-joe-bidens-sec-commissioner  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/101553/sec-peirce-token-safe-harbor-update  HSBC Bans Crypto https://twitter.com/cameron/status/1380526047188369409?s=21 

TAKES WSB Allows Crypto https://twitter.com/cyounessi1/status/1382519260392591361  Hard to Use ETH? https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1381618315513200643?s=20  NYSE vs. Uniswap https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1381677367358283783  “Thereum” https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1382701166757347350?s=21  How Long Bull Market? https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1382503698442678273?s=21  ETH Killers vs. Infrastructure https://twitter.com/JimmyRagosa/status/1381613502276775946?s=20  Vitalik on Maximalism https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1381468493317505028?s=20 

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