Ethereum's Ascension: Comparing Value with Bitcoin

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1st Week of May, 2021

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0:00 Intro

2:15 MARKETS 2:25 BTC Price 2:50 ETH Price 4:55 The Treasury Reserve Asset https://twitter.com/investindigital/status/1388164681228029952?s=21  10:40 DeFi Action 12:20 Stablecoin Supply https://www.theblockcrypto.com/data/decentralized-finance/stablecoins/total-stablecoin-supply-daily  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/103901/tether-usdt-stablecoin-on-chain-volume-1-trillion-first-time  14:30 DOGE. Much Price. https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/dogecoin 

17:23 RELEASES 19:00 Uniswap V3 Mainnet Launch https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1390012757970411520?s=20  23:37 UNI V3 Demo https://app.uniswap.org/#/swap  28:15 V2 vs V3 https://imgur.com/a/FOVFRW4  33:30 Meebits - Larva Labs https://www.larvalabs.com/blog/2021-5-3-1-1/introducing-the-meebits  36:55 OKEx L2 Deposit & Withdraw https://www.okex.com/support/hc/en-us/articles/360060706511-OKEx-to-support-direct-deposits-and-withdrawals-onto-Ethereum-scaling-solution-Arbitrum  38:20 zkDAI https://medium.com/aztec-protocol/introducing-zkdai-into-the-aztec-private-rollup-203bd1b5164c  39:41 Bankless DAO! https://www.bankless.community/ 

49:10 NEWS 49:30 Polygon Making Moves https://www.coindesk.com/polygon-launches-100m-fund-to-support-defi-adoption  50:53 Vitalik the Billionaire https://www.forbes.com/sites/ninabambysheva/2021/05/03/ethereums-27-year-old-co-creator-is-now-the-worlds-youngest-crypto-billionaire/?sh=107e47c07c94  51:55 MakerDAO Returns Dev Fund https://twitter.com/MakerDAO/status/1389211791721254913?s=20  53:09 DeFi More Disruptive than BTC https://www.coindesk.com/defi-more-disruptive-to-banks-than-bitcoin-says-ing  54:50 Bankless DAO to Donate 100k to Charity https://twitter.com/banklessDAO/status/1390348781158166528?s=20  57:39 CNBC - ETH to $10K https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1389626877795520514  58:30 BTC in Bank Accounts https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-banks-to-allow-bitcoin-trading-in-2021-says-nydig-execs  1:00:47 Gary Vee - VeeFriends https://www.veefriends.com/  1:03:19 Coinbase, Sotheby’s, & Banksy https://twitter.com/CoinbaseNews/status/1389556297629057024  1:03:47 Upshot 7.5M Raise & Beta Access https://twitter.com/UpshotHQ/status/1390289645259395074?s=20  1:06:00 CryptoPunks 1B Market Cap https://twitter.com/VonMises14/status/1387501834017857537?s=20  1:07:04 Institutions Adopting https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1389970347609534464  https://www.thestreet.com/investing/s-p-dow-jones-launches-bitcoin-ethereum-indices-amid-crypto-surge  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/103617/paypal-has-held-exploratory-talks-about-launching-a-stablecoin-sources  https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/galaxy-digital-to-acquire-bitgo-to-form-pre-eminent-global-provider-of-digital-asset-financial-services-for-institutions-834031710.html  1:09:07 Elon on SNL - The Dogefather https://www.coindesk.com/elon-musk-dogecoin-snl  1:10:45 a16z 1B Crypto Fund https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/103470/a16z-third-crypto-fund-1-billion  1:11:12 Hal Finney would be 65 Today https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/n4uk78/today_is_hal_finneys_65th_birthday_rip_to_the/ 

1:12:00 TAKES 1:13:00 Ethereum is Green https://our.status.im/ethereum-is-green/  1:16:45 Charlie Munger: Peak Cope https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoins-success-is-disgusting-berkshires-charlie-munger  1:18:58 At $3, ETH was a Joke https://twitter.com/evabeylin/status/1389039259504447488?s=20  1:19:30 Get a Job https://twitter.com/crypto_bobby/status/1390100698344443907?s=20 

1:22:37 What David’s Excited About

1:24:36 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:25:35 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/1389384758929641484?s=20 

1:26:40 Closing & Disclaimers

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