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Emerging Trends in Ethereum and NFT Ecosystems
This chapter explores key challenges faced by Infura and the importance of decentralization within Ethereum, while encouraging users to consider alternative nodes. It highlights the success of the Moonbirds NFT project, including major investments and community dynamics, as well as significant developments in the Solana ecosystem. The discussion also touches on regulatory reactions to cryptocurrencies and the evolution of privacy coins like Zcash in the face of scrutiny.
Last Week of April, 2022
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0:00 Intro
3:00 MARKETS 3:25 BTC Price 4:15 ETH Price 5:10 USD ATH https://imgur.com/GTS2ugz 6:38 Huge Gains in 2021 https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/142795/crypto-investors-made-163-billion-in-gains-in-2021-chainalysis 7:59 ENS Bull Market https://twitter.com/ENSbrokerage/status/1518939316671725569 13:12 ApeCoin Mooning https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/apecoin
15:00 RELEASES 17:20 Stripe Crypto Payments https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/22/stripe-launches-crypto-payments-feature-with-twitter-as-first-client.html 18:38 Volt Protocol https://twitter.com/VoltProtocol/status/1517578992278249472?s=20&t=6WCwIscpmBkQhvfILpTomw 19:49 Fidelity 401k https://t.co/f9rRRHIG3h 21:34 AngelList USDC Payments https://twitter.com/CharleyMa/status/1519322237815472128?s=20&t=zGG6hpeB0kWP_Z6eCUDtxw 22:35 CryptoKicks https://decrypt.co/98488/nike-rtfkt-reveal-cryptokicks-ethereum-nft-metaverse-sneakers 24:05 JPEG’d Protocol https://medium.com/@jpegd/jpegd-protocol-launch-e255f32546bb RAISES27:44 Joe McCann $1B Fund https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/143448/founders-from-a16z-solana-and-more-back-new-billion-dollar-crypto-fund 30:48 Dragonfly’s Fund 3 https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/27/crypto-focused-dragonfly-capital-launches-650m-third-fund/?tpcc=tcplustwitter 31:35 Other Releases https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/21/liquifi-is-building-carta-web3-for-crypto-companies-tokens-blockchain/ https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/142800/scroll-raises-ethereum-scaling-project-funding https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/26/dex-protocol-0x-labs-raises-70m-from-greylock-opensea-and-jared-leto-report/
32:55 Jobs https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs
34:00 NEWS 34:25 Elon Buys Twitter https://twitter.com/bnonews/status/1518632272395657218?s=21&t=9jRlT-9PdCasZsm27QH9uw 35:50 Stani Kulechov Twitter Ban https://youtu.be/1af9OSCZlXA
OPTIMISM 40:01 Optimism Collective https://twitter.com/optimismPBC/status/1519001562345005057?s=20&t=THP1M38B0NcxGVsTKDuAAQ 43:48 Airdrop https://community.optimism.io/docs/governance/allocations/ 44:50 Data & Takes https://twitter.com/princecrypto9/status/1519289833616777217?s=20&t=z4CB0TolqtCvB3HLwAUTOg 50:40 Ridley Scott Producing https://decrypt.co/98421/alien-director-ridley-scott-produce-film-ethereums-rise 52:04 Infura Down https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1517515771441778689?s=20&t=16kdQ3GmdiPJi3O1vU-u3w
NFTs 52:49 Moonbirds Mooning https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/143249/moonbirds-nft-record-sale-1m-kevin-rose-project 58:00 Solana NFTs https://decrypt.co/98848/solana-okay-bears-top-ethereum-nft-projects-18m-sales 59:12 OpenSea Acquires Gem https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1518590087285678081?s=20&t=VKBLpz9v5eYYDCuRW7p7ow
1:00:04 Bitcoin News https://www.businesstoday.in/crypto/story/central-african-republic-accepts-bitcoin-as-legal-tender-331077-2022-04-25 https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/04/22/panamanian-legislative-assemblys-committee-approves-bill-regulating-cryptocurrencies
REGULATION 1:00:42 Snowden Zcash https://twitter.com/documentingzec/status/1519427037752004609?s=21&t=QS3Yfpgqv2cfreFjRnZLVA 1:02:42 Tron Terra Copycat https://twitter.com/WuBlockchain/status/1517124429737648129?s=20&t=0KayrDtwHK_0FnyqiNSSDw 1:03:20 ECB Speech https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2022/html/ecb.sp220425~6436006db0.en.html
1:06:00 TAKES 1:07:30 Toxic Insecurity https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1517540916210319361?s=20&t=6Epyd6KM2V4Ns1W22w2AKA 1:09:30 Jon Stewart Authoritarianism https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jon-stewart-mark-twain-prize-2022-1235134621/ 1:10:08 CT vs NFT Twitter https://twitter.com/0xwave/status/1518027212951150594?s=21&t=8RZbDznkwbg4jwp2Cs-IIA 1:11:20 EVM Equivalence https://twitter.com/0xSianLiu/status/1519462941657276416?s=20&t=HzjZQwpeTY9PO4WkV7BRNw 1:13:24 How to Get a Job https://twitter.com/bkiepuszewski/status/1518528435253043201?s=20&t=YxMWdERkVla3kEsDscIcqw
1:14:24 What Ryan’s Excited About 1:16:39 What David’s Excited About
1:17:45 Meme of the Week https://twitter.com/nir_III/status/1519143079206428682?s=20&t=EPBZLVJB890e2GZ1PdZVAg
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