
ROLLUP: Under Attack - Crypto, Freedom, & Privacy
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Crypto Market Insights and Layer 2 Innovations
This chapter explores the booming crypto market, which has recently surpassed a trillion-dollar market cap, while focusing on the promising advancements in Layer 2 technologies such as ZK Sync Era and Base. The discussion highlights the factors contributing to Base's rapid adoption and success, along with the mixed reactions from the crypto community regarding its future potential.
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5:14 MARKETS
7:22 L2 Economics https://dune.com/niftytable/rollup-economics https://twitter.com/0xbreadguy/status/1686040103989190656?s=46
14:39 Why Did We Dump? https://watcher.guru/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/TOTAL_2023-08-18_09-54-05.png
16:50 Arthur Hayes Article https://cryptohayes.medium.com/kite-or-board-64bc45d49931
21:03 Mantle DAO staked 40K ETH https://twitter.com/LidoFinance/status/1693578509413654990?s=20
24:12 Tornado Cash Case https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1702 https://www.coincenter.org/new-tornado-cash-indictments-seem-to-run-counter-to-fincen-guidance/ https://twitter.com/NeerajKA/status/1694474067678822410?s=20 https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy/status/1694434785454698979?s=20 https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy/status/1694434807004991545?s=20 https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy/status/1694434795646808118?s=20 https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1694423912321274148?s=20 https://twitter.com/ameensol/status/1694396049430118521?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g https://twitter.com/ameensol/status/1694736128220483629?s=20
45:45 Coinbase Tornado Cash Lawsuits https://twitter.com/billhughesdc/status/1692256433818001792?s=46&t=LKBC7Qtm18FnZ380xCF2pA https://twitter.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1692260842585350334
51:43 Friend.tech continue shaking with CT https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1693799871197622344?s=20 https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1693803825747107973?s=20 https://twitter.com/moonoverlord/status/1693364919637344535?s=46 https://twitter.com/AutismCapital/status/1693759402908815480?s=20 https://youtu.be/AVZlvnex4Gw?si=7m3COBp9iOe3HXqM https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1694157222597521893?s=46
53:18 Is Binance in trouble? https://www.wsj.com/finance/binance-cryptocurrency-russia-sanctions-ddb948c3 https://twitter.com/Travis_Kling/status/1694042353797824764
58:19 Coinbase and Circle formally melding https://twitter.com/jerallaire/status/1693719963565969654?s=46&t=iahr7Lh5v08SSM_Ery-bGw
59:05 Dencun Devnet! https://twitter.com/parithosh_j/status/1691927807230677133?s=20
1:01:08 EigenLayer Updates https://restaking.nethermind.io/
First Squad Block Proposed https://twitter.com/trustlessstate/status/1694511259020837036?s=46
Scroll Entering Beta https://twitter.com/Scroll_ZKP/status/1692194581918745066?s=20
Farcaster news https://twitter.com/dwr/status/1691480693443108864?s=20 https://twitter.com/dwr/status/1694020862545109272?s=46
OP Stack Encrypted Mempool https://twitter.com/project_shutter/status/1693986910795186647?s=20
Airdrops https://blog.connext.network/announcing-the-next-airdrop-be764b1c548 https://imgur.com/Je2IGRB https://earni.fi/account
Starkware Stone https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1693991491713261809
Fire Wallet Released https://twitter.com/_joinfire/status/1691847167382618455?s=20
Balancer Hacked https://twitter.com/Balancer/status/1694014645378724280
NFT Stuff https://twitter.com/punk9059/status/1693357671850688809?s=46
Bitcoin stuff https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-employee-nft-marketplace-sentenced-prison-first-ever-digital-asset-insider https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-17/sec-said-to-be-poised-to-allow-us-debut-of-ether-futures-etfs-eth#xj4y7vzkg https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1692314639235735836?s=20 https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1693989173106266413?s=20
Releases https://twitter.com/RiscZero/status/1694047369028059218
Takes of the Week https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1694705374941560893?s=20
What are you bullish on? https://twitter.com/hildobby_/status/1694357014086815757?s=20
MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/BoysClubWorld/status/1694446626591363150/photo/1
Moment of ZEN https://twitter.com/Permissionless/status/1693355946779812009?s=20
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