Ethereum Value Discussion and Retail Onboarding Insights

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5th Week of April, 2021

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro

3:55 MARKETS 4:05 BTC Price 4:25 ETH Price ETH Market Cap https://decrypt.co/69493/ethereum-flips-paypal-top-25-global-assets-market-cap?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_source=flipboard  ETH/BTC https://ratiogang.com/  12:40 DeFi Action

14:45 RELEASES 16:00 Aave Liquidity Mining https://cointelegraph.com/news/lending-giant-aave-set-to-launch-liquidity-mining-program?  19:40 Stocks Live on Kwenta - FAANGT https://blog.kwenta.io/stocks-are-now-live-on-kwenta/ 22:06 Nexus Protocol Cover  https://medium.com/nexus-mutual/nexus-is-growing-protocol-cover-is-live-56752446ec57  23:25 Yearn Quarterly Report - Analyst’s Dream https://github.com/yearn/yearn-pm/blob/master/financials/reports/2021Q1-yearn-quarterly-report.pdf  26:00 Balancer Labs & Gnosis https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/the-crypto-cinematic-universe-crossover-event-of-the-summer-balancer-gnosis-protocol-bgp-638568aa0385  CowSwap DEX https://twitter.com/MEVprotection/status/1387392829731770375 

28:30 NEWS 28:40 EIP-1559 July 14th https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1385624541586608132?s=20  30:05 EU 2 Year Digital Bond https://www.coindesk.com/european-investment-bank-issues-121m-digital-notes-using-ethereum  31:21 Tether & Coinbase Pro https://twitter.com/coinbasepro/status/1385359434411556868?s=21  33:35 Metamask 5 Million Users https://consensys.net/blog/metamask/metamask-surpasses-5-million-monthly-active-users/  $400k per day in revenue https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt/status/1387680567492104192  36:42 Why Gas is Cheaper https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1386180278817759235  37:47 Ethereum on CNN https://www.reddit.com/gallery/n0fjfd  39:40 Eminem & Nifty Gateway https://niftygateway.com/collections/eminemopens  40:58 Satoshi Disappeared https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterizzo/2021/04/26/10-years-ago-today-bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto-sent-his-final-message/?sh=66bd26dc10dd  43:05 Tesla Sells 18% BTC https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/102899/q1-earnings-show-tesla-sold-off-272m-of-its-btc-purchase  Tesla Makes Money https://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-makes-more-money-trading-bitcoin-than-selling-cars-11619517615  46:09 JP Morgan Bitcoin Fund https://www.coindesk.com/jpmorgan-to-let-clients-invest-in-bitcoin-fund-for-first-time-sources  47:06 Nexon allocates $100M for BTC https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/103058/game-maker-nexon-100-million-bitcoin  49:30 Visa Moving Into Crypto in a ‘Very Big Way’ https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/103048/visa-ceo-crypto-earnings-call-comments  50:30 PayPal CEO Bullish Crypto https://time.com/5957001/paypal-cryptocurrencty-bitcoin-dan-schulman/  51:42 PayPal on Coinbase https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/103311/coinbase-paypal-us-users-buy-crypto 

53:00 TAKES 54:30 Collateralize your ETH and Borrow Against It https://twitter.com/trustlessstate/status/1385710606750162946?s=21  1:01:02 Retail SquishChaos - ETH $30k to $150k https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z1cc7ZnVC_qk8X_veELrsiftOVXcN06P/view  1:03:48 Crypto Fund Two Prime https://twoprime.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Two-Prime-Inst-Ethereum-Investment-sunday-1.pdf  1:04:17 JP Morgan Report https://twitter.com/santiagoroel/status/1387417522777956354  1:05:23 ETH supply has no floor https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1387627204369031170?s=20  1:07:04 $50M Stolen on BSC Uniswap Clone https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1387427596682645508?s=20 

1:10:54 What David is excited about

1:13:13 What Ryan is excited about

1:15:10 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1387526059197976582?s=20  Bonus Meme https://twitter.com/EthereumMemes/status/1386033457894203393?s=20 

1:17:30 Closing & Disclaimers

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