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Cryptocurrency in Conflict: Ukraine's Digital Defense
This chapter explores Ukraine's innovative use of cryptocurrency to fund military gear during the ongoing conflict, highlighting Ethereum's role in donations. It also delves into the implications of regulatory pressures on crypto exchanges to enforce sanctions against Russian users while questioning the efficacy of such measures. The discussion further compares the operational challenges and philosophical differences between Ethereum and Bitcoin, underscoring the need for decentralized finance to reduce surveillance and enhance user autonomy.
2nd Week of March 2022
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0:00 Intro
3:23 MARKETS 3:24 BTC Price https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/09/bitcoin-btc-jumps-after-treasury-statement-on-crypto-executive-order.html 4:40 ETH Price 5:05 ETH/BTC Ratio https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/1501449852495925248 6:38 $BED https://www.indexcoop.com/bed
8:50 BEAR WATCH 8:55 Bad Start for Equities https://twitter.com/MacroAlf/status/1501263319222603783 10:38 Commodity Crisis? https://www.ft.com/content/555b7167-eaf2-43a0-a66f-802e39cccf36 10:40 Prices https://www.cnn.com/business/markets/commodities/ 12:55 DJCI https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/indices/commodities/dow-jones-commodity-index/#overview 17:15 Kyla Episode https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1501244475569442820?s=20&t=pZSQ2PFE136VyrUkLCCb6Q 17:40 ETH Gas ATL https://decrypt.co/94648/ethereum-transaction-fees-drop-six-month-low-report 18:54 NFT Search Down https://twitter.com/meowmeowmeuw/status/1501396257163685890? 19:50 ETH & Car Gas Meme https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1500331461140000772
27:00RELEASES 27:05 StarkNet Ecosystem Dashboard https://www.starknet-ecosystem.com/ 28:35 Tally Wallet Token Swapping https://twitter.com/TallyCash/status/1498705393182248964 29:55 Ledger https://shop.ledger.com/pages/ledger-nano-s-plus-genesis-edition?utm_source=Bankless&utm_medium=partnership_podcast&utm_campaign=22-03-HW_LNSPlus_Genesis-ALL-Brand_Consideration-Partnership&utm_content=msg_Preorder_Genesis__other_Media_Blitz_2
31:50 RAISES 31:55 Immutable $200M https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/136548/immutable-raises-200-million-nft-crypto 33:50 WalletConnect $11M https://twitter.com/WalletConnect/status/1501292985048350721 34:36 Bain Capital $560M https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/136753/bain-capital-ventures-first-crypto-fund-560-million 35:12 Diagonal $2.5M https://twitter.com/diagonalfinance/status/1499742888594493453 36:15 a16z $70m into Lido https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1499436156861227008 36:45 JOBS https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs
38:30 NEWS 38:31 Crypto Dystopia? https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/07/ukraine-is-buying-bulletproof-vests-and-night-vision-goggles-using-crypto/ 39:40 How Much Ukraine Has Raised https://coinmetrics.substack.com/p/state-of-the-network-issue-145 41:15 Sanctions Coming for Crypto! https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/08/ukrainian-deputy-minister-reiterates-call-for-crypto-exchanges-to-block-russian-users/ 42:40 Warren Crypto Bill…AML/KYC https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/warren-crafts-bill-targeting-cryptocurrency-russia-sanctions-rcna19094 44:45 Coinbase Blocking Russian Accounts https://news.coincu.com/70594-coinbase-will-block-russian-accounts/ https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1499622118224392195 https://twitter.com/hannahdlang/status/1499029140305068033 49:15 MetaMask Wasn’t Blocking Users https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1499414900355047427 49:50 MetaMask Geofencing https://thedefiant.io/metamask-geofencing/ 51:00 Other Alternative Nodes https://twitter.com/dmihal/status/1499803776898719752 52:35 BTC vs ETH vs Sanctions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x-KBbWKZuWnyxC2UquG7UxYmfAoXXYRLP-giQ_OAafM/edit
55:45 EXECUTIVE ORDER https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/09/heres-whats-in-bidens-executive-order-on-crypto.html 1:00:00 Jeremy Allaire Thread https://twitter.com/jerallaire/status/1501516683051155456 1:01:30 Jerry Brito Thread https://twitter.com/jerrybrito/status/1501583673438707716 1:02:22 Jake Take https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1501590214539726857
1:03:44 ETH 1:03:47 Optimism Cheaper Transactions https://twitter.com/optimismpbc/status/1499527731389808643 1:04:45 Aave on Optimism https://twitter.com/optimismPBC/status/1501336754644729863
1:05:00 NFTs 1:05:05 Tai Lopez NFT Mess https://twitter.com/eddyiskongz/status/1499886629099474945 https://twitter.com/coffeebreak_YT/status/1500213278609481729 1:09:45 Limewire Returns https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1501475218405179395
1:10:34 DeFi 1:10:37 Andre & Anton Terminating Apps https://twitter.com/AntonNellCrypto/status/1500405473337565191 1:12:40 Calling it Quits https://blockworks.co/defi-star-developer-andre-cronje-calls-it-quits/ 1:14:02 RSA Take https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1500975757958520836
1:17:10 MISC. 1:17:12 Goldman ETH Funnel https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/136950/goldman-sachs-receives-fee-to-connect-clients-to-galaxy-digitals-eth-fund 1:17:46 Laura Shin Callout https://twitter.com/laurashin/status/1500266527693709321 https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1500633023259508736 1:20:40 Brantley Staying ENS https://twitter.com/avsa/status/1500844406391386114
1:25:15 TAKES 1:25:40 Heard it Before https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1501061536080556034?s=20&t=pZSQ2PFE136VyrUkLCCb6Q 1:26:50 Who Holds What? https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor/status/1500586827589238788?s=20&t=pZSQ2PFE136VyrUkLCCb6Q 1:30:22 Assets and Liabilities https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact/status/1499170071356260352 1:31:03 Seizing Dollars Makes Bad SOV https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1501593517596028928
1:32:36 What David’s Excited About 1:34:48 What Ryan’s Excited About
1:36:50 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/BowTiedIguana/status/1501606948013281289
1:37:23 Disclaimers
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