Wealth, Governance, and the Crypto Landscape

This chapter explores the intricacies of wealth distribution, comparing centralized and decentralized trading markets while emphasizing Bitcoin's continuous trading advantages. It delves into governance through DAOs and highlights the unique attributes of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana within the cryptocurrency ecosystem, illustrating their differing impacts and network effects. The discussion also contrasts Web3 versus Web2, addressing implications for government authority and innovative solutions like NFTs for digital identity verification.

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3rd Week of November, 2021

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------ Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro Permissionless: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/discount-to-permissionless-2022 Office Hours: https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1461054473355202563?s=20

4:30 MARKETS 5:06 BTC Price 5:38 ETH Price 7:30 ETH BTC Ratio 7:49 DeFi Action 9:57 EIP 1559 https://twitter.com/ultrasoundmoney/status/1459817712859983874 14:01 Hot Tip https://twitter.com/marcandu/status/1458899957713412108?s=20 14:54 ETH Flows https://dataalways.substack.com/p/a-flows-based-ethereum-price-model 19:52 Memory Lane https://twitter.com/birdygoesnomnom/status/1460555652649074691?s=20 25:05 Metamask Users https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1460991963650576388 25:31 New Uniswap Fee https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1460483484615643137?s=21

28:30 RELEASES 29:30 Polygon Miden https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1460609713922457606?s=20 31:29 Argent on Starkware https://twitter.com/argentHQ/status/1459494241332342785?s=20 32:21 Ledger & Metamask https://twitter.com/Ledger/status/1459174812300025861 33:27 Brave Wallet https://brave.com/brave-wallet-launch/ 34:20 Bitwise DeFi Report https://twitter.com/BitwiseInvest/status/1460674225489027079?s=20 35:54 The Rug https://twitter.com/TheRugNews/status/1460007995710971904?s=20 37:43 Consensys Raise https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/124615/consensys-raise 39:03 New Paradigm Fund https://twitter.com/matthuang/status/1460246458272137217?s=20 40:31 StarkWare Raise https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/124479/ethereum-layer-2-developer-starkware-raises-50-million-now-valued-at-2-billion 41:41 Gallery https://twitter.com/usegallery/status/1460690275945246723?s=21 42:43 Jobs https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs

44:20 NEWS 44:36 ConstitutionDAO https://www.sothebys.com/en/digital-catalogues/the-constitution-of-the-united-states 50:00 Fei Rari https://twitter.com/joey__santoro/status/1460693387426729987 52:02 Adidas POAP https://twitter.com/adidasoriginals/status/1461057188529594375 52:45 Huobi & zkSync https://blog.matter-labs.io/huobi-2dabb6c2bfb2 55:26 Optimism Opening Up https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1459372143519490050 56:12 Beeple on Fallon https://twitter.com/BandoNFT/status/1458685013348786176?s=20 58:40 Tarantino Lawsuit https://twitter.com/coindesk/status/1460757938256162824?s=21 1:02:17 Time & Galaxy Digital https://time.com/6121132/time-and-galaxy-digital-partner-to-demystify-the-next-immersive-digital-frontier-the-metaverse-through-a-first-of-its-kind-partnership/ 1:03:18 OpenSea 10B Valuation https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nft-marketplace-opensea-offered-10-billion-valuation 1:03:49 Bitcoin Taproot https://cointelegraph.com/news/breaking-the-bitcoin-network-welcomes-taproot-soft-fork-upgrade 1:05:40 Crypto.com Arena https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1460832641352040449?s=20 1:07:47 Infrastructure Bill https://twitter.com/jerrybrito/status/1461317078175072263?s=21 1:09:30 India Kinda Banning https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/11/17/india-to-ban-crypto-as-payment-method-but-regulate-as-asset-report/

1:12:00 TAKES 1:13:00 CZ is Rich https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1461098707361878017?s=20 1:16:32 Bitcoin vs ETF https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1460117810273656832?s=21 1:19:05 DAOs are Games https://twitter.com/nicknaraghi/status/1459166906968154121?t=3MziN0Lt2_8hq7DHFmeqRw&s=19 1:19:51 Best of Both Worlds https://twitter.com/trustlessstate/status/1459589386173964288?s=21 1:24:22 Why Web3 Wins https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1460383727998017539?s=20 1:29:10 NFTs vs Scammers https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1460662418636513285?s=20

1:32:18 What David’s Excited About 1:33:10 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:35:56 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/dogetoshi/status/1460957920666038276?s=21 https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1460446365629120516?s=20

MOMENT OF ZEN https://twitter.com/songadaymann/status/1460686031762739215?s=20

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