ROLLUP: Bankless Arena?! | $600M Crypto Hack | Prepare for the Merge | PoS & PoW Misconceptions
Bankless
Crypto Innovations and Web3 Advancements
This chapter explores significant recent developments in the crypto landscape, including Apple Pay's integration with MetaMask for easier Ether purchases and OpenSea's addition of Solana NFTs. It discusses advancements in privacy and identity solutions on blockchain, particularly through Polygon’s new service, and highlights the competitive dynamics between new Web3 platforms like Opera and Brave. Additionally, the chapter examines funding trends, the impact of creator funds on the market, and innovations in decentralized finance, underscoring the evolving nature of blockchain technology.
Last Week of March 2022
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0:00 Intro
6:25 MARKETS 6:28 BTC Price 7:31 ETH Price 8:14 ETH/BTC Ratio 8:30 TA Candy https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/is-the-bear-market-over-lite 11:04 $BED https://app.indexcoop.com/bed 11:30 Gas Markets https://dune.xyz/hildobby/Gas 12:55 Top DeFi Lending Protocol https://thedefiant.io/anchor-passes-aave-tvl/ https://defillama.com/ 17:35 DPI is 1st DeFi Index on CEX https://twitter.com/Gemini/status/1508784238488961028 19:40 Half of Germans to Invest in Crypto https://cointelegraph.com/news/almost-half-of-germans-to-invest-in-crypto-report 20:55 100 People vs. 9.75M Users = $40K https://twitter.com/RAC/status/1507189330694967296 23:15 20k Private ETH https://twitter.com/aztecnetwork/status/1508368318138236933
28:50 RELEASES 29:18 Wells Fargo Arena, Now Bankless Arena https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/breaking-wells-fargo-arena-now-bankless?s=w 31:30 Apple Pay in Metamask https://beincrypto.com/iphone-users-score-apple-pay-integration-with-popular-crypto-wallet-metamask/ 32:35 OpenSea Adds Solana NFTs https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1508851483449585670 33:40 Polygon Zk Web3 Identity Services https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/139735/polygon-unveils-identity-service-leveraging-zero-knowledge-proofs 36:00 BNB Chain to Launch Sidechains https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/139409/bnb-chain-to-launch-application-specific-sidechains-to-reduce-network-strain 37:37 Opera Beating Brave? https://blogs.opera.com/crypto/2022/03/opera-web3-polygon-solana-starkex-bitcoin-ixo-ronin-nervos-celo/ 39:05 DeFi Saver https://twitter.com/DeFiSaver/status/150883134852551885
39:37 RAISES 39:50 Sequoia, FTX, A16z $135M LayerZero Investment https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/30/a16z-ftx-and-sequoia-lead-155m-round-for-layerzero-at-1b-valuation/ 41:21 Avalanche Another $100M Fund https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/139265/avalanche-launches-100-million-creator-fund-with-grimes-and-web3-platform-op3n 45:30 $5M Seed for ZkLend https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/29/delphi-digital-leads-5m-seed-round-for-money-market-protocol-zklend/ 46:25 nfty chat https://twitter.com/nftychat/status/1508517166425034764 https://nftychat.xyz/ https://metalink.com/login
47:37 JOBS https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs Bankless Talent Collective https://bankless.pallet.com/talent/welcome Great Testimonial https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1508888147576373249
49:30 NEWS 49:45 Biggest Hack in Crypto History? $600M… 49:55 What Happened? https://twitter.com/Ronin_Network/status/1508828722085867521 50:10 William Peaster Breaks it Down https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/analyzing-the-ronin-bridge-hack https://twitter.com/kelvinfichter/status/1508839255996522508 52:30 FTX Deposit https://twitter.com/FrankResearcher/status/1508832517826174989 54:15 SBF Tweet https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1508839529293176847 56:15 Reimbursement https://beincrypto.com/players-to-be-reimbursed-promise-axie-infinity-team-after-breach/?ref=coingecko 57:30 Can’t Do This Hack on Polygon https://twitter.com/Mudit__Gupta/status/1508882791525724163
1:02:55 ETH 1:03:15 5 Things to Know About the Merge https://twitter.com/trent_vanepps/status/1508478499325202435 1:09:50 Bloomberg Intelligence PDFs 1:11:23 Ethereum Report - Institutions https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1508448302576148480 1:13:40 Misconceptions about PoS https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/4-misconceptions-about-pos-vs-pow?s=w Vitalik on the Road not Taken https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1508915954570436612
1:18:26 NFTs 1:18:30 Tiffany & Co Buys NFT https://twitter.com/TiffanyAndCo/status/1508149472198549505 1:19:32 Budweiser beer.eth Cans https://twitter.com/budweiserusa/status/1507507766759411712
1:20:35 BITCOIN 1:20:40 MacroStrategy $205M Loan https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/139719/macrostrategy-silvergate-loan-more-bitcoin 1:21:22 Change the Code https://www.cleanupbitcoin.com/ https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/change-the-code-not-the-climate-greenpeace-usa-ewg-others-launch-campaign-to-push-bitcoin-to-reduce-climate-pollution/ 1:25:10 Counter https://twitter.com/MessariCrypto/status/1500492844758351875
1:26:25 REGULATION / TRADFI / MISC. 1:26:40 Canadian Regulators Crack Down https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1507425569310392322 1:27:56 Canada’s Next Leader? https://twitter.com/PierrePoilievre/status/1508535716795531273 1:28:55 EU Unhosted wallets https://twitter.com/paddi_hansen/status/1509536318585454597 1:30:35 Write the SEC https://twitter.com/DanSpuller/status/1509178997858521090 1:32:12 MakerDAO Hooking Up With Traditional Bank https://thedefiant.io/makerdao-bank-deal-dai-loans/ 1:35:20 Maker Panel https://youtu.be/woW1nAWFTEI
1:38:10 TAKES 1:38:30 Epicenter of Digitization https://twitter.com/mikemcglone11/status/1509163605354291205 1:39:30 What Are You in Crypto For? https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/tokbqf/yes_i_am_in_it_for_the_money_and_i_dont_care_what/
1:45:15: How Many Jobs You Got? https://twitter.com/nftnoobbby/status/1509043140325425157 1:45:45 Democratizing Force https://twitter.com/RoninImperial/status/1509293153349734402 1:45:50 The Point of Crypto is to _______ https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1509217719555702786
1:46:50 MEME of the Week https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/is-the-bear-market-over-lite?s=w https://twitter.com/sartoshi_nft/status/1508288792796581892
1:48:15 Disclaimers
Moment of Zen https://twitter.com/kmoney_69/status/1508915008704421890 ----- Not financial or tax advice. Do your own research. See our investment disclosures here: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures
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