Hacking Ethics and Crypto Trends

Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup  3rd Week of June 2024

The SEC drops all charges against Ethereum 2.0—could it now be recognized as a commodity? Plus, hints surface about the launch date of the ETH ETF!

Airdrop season is still alive and well! LayerZero and zkSync tokens launched recently. Find out if you’re eligible and the market’s reaction.

And, did Baron Trump really launch a DJT memecoin on Solana? We unpack the latest buzz and drama. Tune in for all the details and so much more!

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0:00 Intro

2:55 MARKET https://x.com/WhalePanda/status/1802958996392870368  https://www.theblock.co/data/crypto-markets/bitcoin-etf/spot-bitcoin-etf-flows  https://x.com/CryptoDonAlt/status/1802743515941609572  https://www.tradingview.com/chart/?symbol=AMEX%3ASPY  https://x.com/saylor/status/1803763490928119950 

9:35 ETH Price & ETH ETF Going Live  https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1801725292404261308 

13:03 Total Crypto Market Cap

13:46 L2Beat https://dune.com/hildobby/blobs  https://dune.com/sealaunch/dex-metrics-on-base?Select+Date+Granularity_ed0f38=week&Select+Timeframe_ed47bb=365  https://imgur.com/YuXZfAv  https://x.com/WazzCrypto/status/1803858912166449480  https://twitter.com/wbnns/status/1803217959479025857    18:40 Combo ETH + BTC ETF https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/1803080047303036971  https://x.com/Matt_Hougan/status/1803767324605886515  https://x.com/matthew_sigel/status/1801342560977190937  https://youtu.be/T2Ur8Dhc3uQ?si=Obqn5eY89sEUEdwi  https://youtu.be/KUMGYEKIiGw?si=fS4pae1N_rr1f0C0  

21:35 AIRDROP Season in full swing Bankless Claimables and AIrdrop Hunter https://www.bankless.com/claimables/reveal  https://x.com/LayerZero_Fndn/status/1803744985029788042  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/layerzero  https://x.com/LayerZero_Fndn/status/1803742303204323494  https://layerzero.foundation/claim  https://www.theblock.co/post/300389/zksync-live-mcap-airdrop  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/zksync  https://x.com/TheZKNation/status/1802626483770265991  https://x.com/TheZKNation/status/1801378349442269345  https://docs.zknation.io/zk-token/zk-token-faq  https://x.com/nansen_ai/status/1803003153820082270   https://x.com/cobie/status/1803071393484939602 

31:58 MOTHER + DADDY Update  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/mother-iggy  https://x.com/IGGYAZALEA  https://x.com/jimcramer/status/1800893795346637193  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/daddy-tate 

37:21 What’s going on with $DJT?  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/trumpcoin-2  https://x.com/PirateWires/status/1802825492405669930  https://www.newsweek.com/crypto-djt-barron-trump-martin-shkreli-1915147  https://x.com/ArkhamIntel/status/1803161788164288875  https://x.com/ArkhamIntel/status/1803471430727901455  https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1803240784436797871  https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1803371615524364503  https://x.com/jmgramke/status/1803792368388264399  https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1803759609808564306  https://x.com/MartinShkreli/status/1803821631279612367 

50:38 U.S. SEC closes investigation in Ethereum! https://x.com/Consensys/status/1803230653120659641  https://x.com/laurabrooksie1/status/1803237492130234633  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1803412140289560849  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1803783619997052977 

54:30 BitWise launches a new Ethereum ad for their incoming ETH ETF  https://x.com/BitwiseInvest/status/1803789737620078875  https://zora.co/collect/base:0x9ada0269656e7855c95f54a34d4ef94f78892038/1 

1:00:12 Kraken exploit for 3m and some drama - vs Certik  https://x.com/c7five/status/1803403565865771370  https://x.com/P3b7_/status/1803479749005549647  https://x.com/tayvano_/status/1803478049280893040  https://x.com/sethforprivacy/status/1803520795735683528 

1:06:34 Donald Trump wants all remaining Bitcoin to be 'Made in USA' https://x.com/intangiblecoins/status/1801771689249787936 

1:08:06 Optimism & Tether Releases https://x.com/Optimism/status/1800974991313469445  https://chain.box  https://x.com/Alloy_tether/status/1802676443781923289 

1:10:45 Bankless ETHCC Meetup https://lu.ma/k0amrrnz 

1:12:10 Who won the ETH ETF Pitch competition?  https://www.jokerace.io/contest/base/0x0f2211f6727e85dbfae20e7dbfe57875a1f2b706 

1:13:45 Another voting for Bankless Nation!  https://www.jokerace.io/contest/base/0x0bac0ec9b6aeafa6c2212f67a67950940eda63a7 

1:15:38 MEME of the Week  https://x.com/PleasrDAO/status/1803572250278514999 

1:16:17 Closing & Disclaimers

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