Exploring Minor Extractable Value and Cryptocurrency Valuations

3rd Week of June 2021

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro

2:10 MARKETS 2:13 BTC Price 4:30 ETH Price 6:05 ETH / BTC Ratio 7:02 ETH in Smart Contracts https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1404101807798845442?s=20  10:00 DeFi Action  12:00 Index Coop Revenue https://twitter.com/BigSky_7/status/1405193562329739266?s=20  Org Structure: https://twitter.com/pet3rpan_/status/1403740789562232832?s=20  14:18 BTC in Lightning Network https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/108718/bitcoin-lightning-network-capacity-accelerates-to-1500-btc  Lightning Twitter: https://thecryptobasic.com/2021/06/11/twitter-or-bluesky-may-soon-integrate-btc-lightning-networ/  19:40 Bearish UNI Fee Accrual? https://twitter.com/cartesian99/status/1403998240555606016?s=20  26:00 90% Aren’t Scared Meme: https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/78099137.jpg 

28:00 RELEASES 29:30 Metamask Institutional https://twitter.com/mminstitutional/status/1403064969575514116?s=21  31:25 Alchemix Release: https://alchemixfi.medium.com/behold-aleth-90d750889fd8  Incident: https://twitter.com/AlchemixFi/status/1405187348678148101?s=20  Post-Mortem: https://forum.alchemix.fi/public/d/137-incident-report-06162021  34:40 BED Index https://twitter.com/Crypto_Texan/status/1404422145191649284  38:11 Lyra https://twitter.com/lyrafinance/status/1404589635867615233?s=20  40:37 Ernst & Young on Polygon https://twitter.com/pbrody/status/1404753341738070016  41:07 Volmex Finance https://twitter.com/volmexfinance/status/1405176261262004230  41:54 Gitcoin Round 10 https://twitter.com/gitcoin/status/1404589721863393286?s=20  44:00 Alexandra Botez ETH https://twitter.com/alexandravbotez/status/1404896176479117315?s=20  44:55 Other Releases MATIC on dYdX https://twitter.com/dydxprotocol/status/1404490781369552900?s=20  USDC on Arbitrum https://twitter.com/petejkim/status/1405300436970741760  Cream on Arbitrum https://twitter.com/creamdotfinance/status/1404815692352954371?s=21  Parcel DAO Treasury Management https://twitter.com/parcelHQ/status/1403433529023684611  Yearn Facelift? https://twitter.com/AntonNellCrypto/status/1403650531575349249?s=20 

46:44 NEWS 46:54 Bitwise $70m Raise https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/108421/bitwise-raises-70-million-from-new-wall-street-investors-including-henry-kravis-and-dan-loeb  48:23 Polygon Full Blocks https://polygonscan.com/chart/gasused  52:13 Cuban Tracker: Titan https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod/status/1405319238701633537?s=20  58:00 InstaDapp $10m Raise https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/108224/defi-startup-instadapp-raises-10-million-in-new-funding  58:22 Goldman Sachs ETH Futures https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/108364/goldman-sachs-ether-derivatives-plans-bloomberg  58:45 dYdX $65m Raise https://twitter.com/dydxprotocol/status/1404818923103600643?s=21  59:16 PleasrDAO Wins Again https://twitter.com/PleasrDAO/status/1403403494669832194?s=20  1:02:52 World Bank Rejects El Salvador https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/108682/world-bank-rejects-el-salvador-bitcoin-request  1:03:36 Paul Tudor Jones https://blockworks.co/paul-tudor-jones-likes-bitcoin-as-portfolio-diversifier/?oly_enc_id=9918E2523689A0T  Meme: https://imgur.com/cxkPv14  1:05:05 Microstrategy https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/108399/microstrategy-stock-offering-filing-bitcoin  1:06:30 Coinbase Lists SHIB https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1404848247139565576  1:10:33 State Street Crypto https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/10/state-street-is-creating-a-dedicated-cryptocurrency-division.html  1:10:45 Millennial Millionaires https://bitcoinexchangeguide.com/more-than-a-third-of-millennial-millionaires-have-at-least-50-of-their-wealth-in-crypto-survey/  1:12:19 Panama Crypto Bill? https://www.coindesk.com/panama-to-present-crypto-related-bill-in-july?amp=1 

1:13:30 TAKES 1:14:30 MEV Goes to Stakers https://hackmd.io/@flashbots/mev-in-eth2  1:17:30 Under or Overvalued https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1404587101807644674?s=21  1:19:05 Accumulating Friends https://twitter.com/owocki/status/1403405238179008513?s=20  1:20:33 Crypto Twitter is new Wall St https://twitter.com/rasterlyrock/status/1405548074420772868?s=21 

1:21:50 What David’s Excited About San Diego: https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-dgdwuehn/ 

1:23:45 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:25:45 MEME(s) of the Week Star Trek: https://twitter.com/banklesshq/status/1405564845395628032?s=21 

1:28:09 Closing & Disclaimers

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