ROLLUP: ETH Merge Soon | Yuga Labs Acquisition | ApeCoin | Raises & NEW Releases Galore
Bankless
Market Trends and DeFi Dynamics
This chapter examines the NASDAQ composite index and the DeFi Pulse Index (DPI), highlighting concerns over market trends and the shifting perception of Ethereum versus DeFi tokens. The discussion includes the implications of Ethereum's gas prices and strategies for managing airdrops in a volatile cryptocurrency landscape. Ultimately, it reflects on the challenges of assessing DeFi's future and the potential for resurgence despite fluctuations in value.
3rd Week of March 2022
------ đź“Ł ZERION | Trade Across 7 Networks and 500+ protocols https://bankless.cc/Zerion
------ 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/ 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/
------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:
đź‘€ POLYGON | LAYER 2 DEFI https://bankless.cc/Polygon
❎ ACROSS | BRIDGE TO LAYER 2 https://bankless.cc/Across
🦊 METAMASK | THE CRYPTO WALLET https://bankless.cc/metamask
đź’ł LEDGER | THE CRYPTO LIFE CARD https://bankless.cc/Ledger
🧙‍♂️ ALCHEMIX | SELF REPAYING LOANS https://bankless.cc/Alchemix
🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING https://bankless.cc/UniGrants
------ Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
4:00 MARKETS 4:25 BTC Price 5:05 ETH Price 6:55 ETH/BTC Ratio 11:50 $BED https://www.indexcoop.com/bed
12:15 FED WATCH https://www.marketwatch.com/story/feds-powell-sees-the-light-and-turns-far-more-hawkish-than-expected-11647468210 24:05 ETH Gas https://dune.xyz/hildobby/Gas 26:05 VISA vs. ETH Volume https://twitter.com/blockworks_/status/1503343966057545729 27:15 Hold or Sell Airdrops? https://thedefiant.io/messari-airdrops-112-profit-selling/ 27:50 A Brief History https://twitter.com/justintrimble/status/1504262012255318018 29:50 Rotatooooooooorrrss - 3ArrowsCapital https://twitter.com/btcinchina/status/1504339901264777218 30:45 Terra Do Kwon 34:45 Terra Bet by Do Kwon https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1503264558160375810
40:40 RELEASES 41:05 Stripe Now Supports Crypto https://twitter.com/collision/status/1501961880289480704 45:00 Aave v3 is Here https://twitter.com/AaveAave/status/1504137636105043971 47:20 Alchemix v2 https://twitter.com/scupytrooples/status/1503751703019110410 49:55 Coinbase Tests Fee-Free Trading https://blockworks.co/coinbase-rolls-out-test-of-no-fee-trading/
57:02 RAISES 57:05 ConsenSys $450M at $7B Valuation https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/15/450m-raise-values-ethereum-builder-consensys-at-7b-as-metamask-tops-30m-users/ https://twitter.com/ConsenSys/status/1503748099885477897 58:28 Optimism x A16z https://medium.com/ethereum-optimism/money-long-team-strong-8526c6943fd7 59:55 StarkWare $6B Valuation https://twitter.com/Darrenlautf/status/1501863868502396928 1:00:15 Solana Marketplace, Magic Eden $27M https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/14/solana-based-nft-marketplace-magic-eden-raises-27m-series-a/ 1:01:37 Aptos is Expanding https://medium.com/aptoslabs/expanding-the-aptos-community-38c5b18a84b7
1:05:14 JOBS https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs 1:06:04 Talent Collective https://bankless.pallet.com/talent/welcome
1:06:50 NEWS / ETH 1:06:55 Don’t Sleep on the Merge https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/dont-sleep-on-the-merge-lite 1:12:50 IT BROKE! https://hackmd.io/@prysmaticlabs/HyZqgTA-c 1:19:10 Rocketpool https://twitter.com/Rocket_Pool/status/1501796795365867524
1:21:28 L222 1:21:30 How Do Rollups Decentralize? https://medium.com/ethereum-optimism/our-pragmatic-path-to-decentralization-cb5805ca43c1 1:25:18 Optimism Cannon https://twitter.com/optimismPBC/status/1501624172581064704
1:27:20 NFTs 1:27:23 Yuga Labs 1:27:25 Biggest NFT M&A Deal? https://twitter.com/yugalabs/status/1502420714527334406 1:33:30 Great Summary From William Peaster https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/bored-apes-cryptopunks-the-big-ideas 1:35:00 $APE Coin https://twitter.com/apecoin/status/1504201556165644298 1:37:23 NFTX Milked: “FlashMint” https://twitter.com/wilburforce_/status/1504437189979119622 1:39:15 NFTs Coming to Instagram https://decrypt.co/95209/nfts-are-coming-to-instagram-says-meta-ceo
1:40:40 REGULATION / TRADEFI / MACRO 1:40:35 Congress Come Get Ya Boi… https://twitter.com/RepTomEmmer/status/1504117933395619846 1:42:46 EU Votes Down Anti-PoW Clause https://twitter.com/paddi_hansen/status/1503383993391194115 1:43:47 Saudi Arabia Considers Yuan? https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-considers-accepting-yuan-instead-of-dollars-for-chinese-oil-sales-1164735154 1:44:56 Future Regulation in South Korea? Win! https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/137172/yoon-suk-yeol-who-pledged-to-deregulate-south-koreas-crypto-sector-wins-presidential-election
1:49:10 TAKES 1:49:39 Some Ponzis Are Scams https://twitter.com/avifelman/status/1502400594245423105 1:51:14 Pay or Go Away https://twitter.com/iamdcinvestor/status/1503014777475502083 1:54:12 Diversification For the Weak https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1504081408968601600
1:56:36 What David’s Excited About 157:58 What Ryan’s Excited About
2:00:12 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/ultrasoundmoney/status/1503684172438773765
2:00:40 Disclaimers ​ ----- Not financial or tax advice. Do your own research. See our investment disclosures here: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures
The AI-powered Podcast Player
