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Ethereum Dynamics: Gas Prices and Profitability Challenges
This chapter explores the impact of Ether issuance and the transition to proof of stake on gas prices, revealing the reduced payouts to miners and their effects on transaction costs. The discussion also addresses recent fluctuations in gas prices, especially after NFT drops, and analyzes the balance between Ether issuance and burning. Additionally, the speakers delve into the profitability of DeFi protocols, emphasizing the challenges they face in the current bear market and the importance of improving financial management for future growth.
5th Week of September, 2022
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0:00 Intro 3:44 BTC Price 4:15 ETH Price 4:33 ETH/BTC Ratio 5:40 Crypto Market Cap 6:27 DYX at 20 Year High https://www.tradingview.com/x/nRFvPloa/ 9:10 U.S. Economy ~25% of World GDP https://twitter.com/biancoresearch/status/1573699077228957697 9:50 Current Depreciation Relative to Dollar https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/xn13w5/oc_how_much_other_currencies_have_depreciated/ 10:15 All is Not Well in the Bond Market https://twitter.com/biancoresearch/thread/1574877075336470537 12:10 Drawdown of Equity and Fixed Income https://twitter.com/dtapcap/status/1574883689242279941 13:35 Rumor UK Pension Funds Breaking https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-news-today-09-29-2022/card/private-assets-fueled-VqnloBS8V3GaU2qzurea 17:20 ETH Economyā¦ https://ultrasound.money/ 18:25 Miner Payouts Artificially Increased Gas Prices https://twitter.com/Butta_eth/status/1573601195847041026 21:22 Ethereum Weekends vs. Weekdays https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1574792875539402754 22:40 Profitability New Meta? https://tokenterminal.com/leaderboards/earnings
28:13 CFTC Prosecuting DAO Token Holders? https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1573069619895615488 https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8590-22 https://twitter.com/DeFiDefenseLaw/thread/1575071268000665601 33:08 Jake Chervinsky Take https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1573082859358851073 34:10 Everything Might Be Okay? https://twitter.com/BillHughesDC/status/1573090075004608513 34:55 Dissent! It Didnāt Have to Be This Way https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/mersingerstatement092222
38:26 Are NFTs Back? 38:30 Tyler Hobbes Sells 2nd Collection for $17.6m https://twitter.com/Loopifyyy/status/1575179183864434688 https://twitter.com/Loopifyyy/status/1575180053859643393 https://twitter.com/realrubberjesus/thread/1574031608297836545 40:40 Christies 3.0 - Metaverse Auction House https://nft.christies.com/?cid=EM_SM_O_TW_Inc_DPT____________
46:56 Disney Doubles Down https://decrypt.co/110572/disney-pushes-further-into-crypto-defi-nfts-with-recent-job-post 51:44 $4.4M Punk Sale https://twitter.com/cryptopunksbot/status/1575238937081221128 https://twitter.com/PabloPunkasso/status/1575245441293119488 54:00 First NFT Spotted on Instagram https://imgur.com/BXHWP5U 57:07 Apple Wants to Impose 30% Commission on NFTs https://cointelegraph.com/news/grotesquely-overpriced-apple-s-app-store-wants-30-cut-on-nft-sales 58:30 Tim Sweeney (Epic Games) Denounces Apple https://twitter.com/timsweeneyepic/status/1573377990100238338
1:00:44 New Cosmos White Paper https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/09/26/new-cosmos-white-paper-revamps-cosmos-hub-atom-token 1:02:44 Reversables Transactions? https://twitter.com/kaili_jenner/status/1573727505491673088 1:05:12 Lark Bad https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1575494380072611847
1:09:50 Robinhood Selects Polygon to Launch Web3 Wallet https://blog.polygon.technology/robinhood-selects-polygon-to-launch-web3-wallet-beta/ 1:10:44 SafeDAO and SAFEā¦ https://twitter.com/safe/status/1575047966183653376 https://safe.mirror.xyz/p1aonqM1NSZeOFN8iY2_Ms8y6Ikuz5E76HRiEPKnCEA 1:11:10 Opensea Live on Optimism https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1574799977649422339 1:11:20 Sound Protocol https://twitter.com/soundxyz_/status/1572633595818422272 1:12:00 USDC on 5 New Chains https://decrypt.co/110800/circle-expands-usdc-stablecoin-support-to-five-new-blockchains
1:16:08 JOBS https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs
1:19:18 NATION QUESTIONS https://twitter.com/wesleytate/status/1575156426493857792 https://twitter.com/DiscoverCrypto1/status/1575171727117545477 https://twitter.com/seangilll23/status/1575490743422005249
1:30:00 TAKES https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1573356668439728128 https://twitter.com/onewayfunction/status/1573346913856131073 https://twitter.com/0xtuba/status/1573910439842357248 https://twitter.com/kevinolearytv/status/1574822440110362642 https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1575529128862027776 https://twitter.com/punk4156/status/1574072728482627592 https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1575279081070944257
1:39:00 What Weāre Bullish On
1:42:24 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/0xLawl/status/1574823004382662664
1:44:00 Closing & Disclaimers
1:44:18 Moment of Zen https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1573255803724861445
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