Exploring Cryptocurrency Security and Notable DeFi Sponsors

3rd Week of January, 2022

 

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Topics Covered:

 

0:00 Intro

 

4:00 MARKETS

4:37 BTC Price

5:40 ETH Price

7:37 Ratios, DeFi, BED

8:35 Year in ETH

https://stark.mirror.xyz/q3OnsK7mvfGtTQ72nfoxLyEV5lfYOqUfJIoKBx7BG1I

12:30 USDC vs Tether

13:53 Uniswap vs Curve

https://twitter.com/RyanWatkins_/status/1483640421502885888

15:28 Olympus Has Fallen

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/130597/olympusdaos-slide-continues-ohm-down-90-from-all-time-high

24:00 LooksRare

https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/looks-rare

27:25 OpenSea Volume

https://twitter.com/mattmedved/status/1482873703243390981?s=21

30:30 OpenSea & Dharma

https://twitter.com/Dharma_HQ/status/1483484717294964741?s=20

 

34:30 RELEASES

36:00 Polygon EIP-1559

https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1483108516122570753?s=20

38:48 Polymarket Airdrop Futures

https://twitter.com/PolymarketHQ/status/1481710612317184007?s=20

41:11 Fendi x Ledger

https://twitter.com/fendi/status/1482426260676567041?s=21

43:00 CryptoStats

https://medium.com/crypto-stats/announcing-cryptostats-community-owned-data-metrics-ee47fee3c94d

44:05 Coinbase Permissionless

https://twitter.com/DeItaone/status/1484165697756356612?s=20

45:12 Raises

a16z: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/130954/andreessen-horowitz-plans-to-raise-4-5-billion-for-new-crypto-funds

FTX: https://blockworks.co/ftx-launches-2b-venture-fund

Mechanism Gaming: https://blockworks.co/mechanism-capital-launches-100m-fund-focused-on-p2e-gaming/

POAP: https://medium.com/poap/poap-inc-raises-10m-to-accelerate-human-development-a2e36783258d

49:20 Jobs

https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs

 

50:00 NEWS

50:20 Fees.wtf… WTF?

https://thedefiant.io/airdrop-eth-fee/

52:44 Tether Blacklisting

https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1481717424118448132

54:44 ETH 2 Client Diversity

https://twitter.com/sproulM_/status/1481109509544513539?s=20

59:20 Layer 2

Arbitrum: https://twitter.com/dmihal/status/1483767477452648455

Optimism: https://twitter.com/optimismpbc/status/1483510492077477889?s=21

Hop: https://twitter.com/HopProtocol/status/1483107395043840001?s=20

1:02:35 Instagram & Facebook NFTs

https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/20/facebook-and-instagram-may-help-you-create-and-sell-nfts

1:04:05 IreneDAO

https://opensea.io/collection/irenedao

1:06:00 China NFTs

https://twitter.com/Carnage4Life/status/1481604778077548544

1:07:34 GAP NFTs

https://blockworks.co/gap-releases-first-line-of-nfts-on-tezos-blockchain/

1:07:49 Walmart Metaverse

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/16/walmart-is-quietly-preparing-to-enter-the-metaverse.html

1:08:16 Microsoft Buys Activision

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-18/microsoft-to-buy-activision-blizzard-in-69-billion-gaming-deal

Take: https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1483978042611437569?s=20

1:09:52 Coinbase x Mastercard

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/130596/coinbase-mastercard-partnership-nft-cards

1:10:38 Bud Light x Nouns

https://mobile.twitter.com/punk4156/status/1483913013900062721

1:12:42 Serena Williams SoRare

https://twitter.com/Sorare/status/1484165886223298565

1:13:38 Solana NFT Volume

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/130874/solana-nft-total-sales-volume-crosses-1-billion

1:14:01 Block Mining & Lightning

https://twitter.com/blockworks_/status/1481748064557846537?s=21

https://twitter.com/Kr00ney/status/1483449320984694785?s=20

1:15:02 Crypto.com Breach

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/130576/crypto-com-allegedly-suffers-15-million-breach-in-latest-exchange-heist?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss

 

1:18:00 TAKES

1:19:30 Property vs Utility

https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1482190266643750912?s=20

1:21:19 NFT Froth

https://twitter.com/stevefink/status/1483494468368187404?s=20

1:22:58 State of DeFi

https://twitter.com/The3D_/status/1484079429391425538?s=20

1:26:32 SEC vs Ethereum

https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1482358486126186499?s=20

 

1:28:55 What David’s Excited About

https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1484189933749211139?s=20

1:31:44 What Ryan’s Excited About

https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1484180531281641473?s=20

 

1:34:05 MEME(s) OF THE WEEK

https://twitter.com/HopMemes_/status/1483499433274720258?s=20

 

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