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Stablecoins and the Future of DeFi
This chapter explores the critical role of stablecoins in expanding the economic bandwidth of decentralized finance (DeFi) while analyzing current trends in cryptocurrency markets. The speakers discuss the shift towards self-custody solutions, bolstered by rising developer activity in ecosystems like Cosmos, along with a decline in Ethereum engagement amidst a landscape of diminishing trust in centralized exchanges.
2nd Week of December 2022
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0:00 Intro
5:43MARKET 5:50 BTC Price 6:10 ETH 6:25 ETH/BTC 7:45 Total Crypto Market Cap 8:10 Jim Cramer Urges Investors to Exit Crypto https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/05/jim-cramer-urges-investors-to-exit-crypto-its-never-too-late-too-sell.html 10:30 8% of Americans Have Positive View of Crypto https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/12/07/just-8percent-of-americans-have-a-positive-view-of-cryptocurrencies-now-cnbc-survey-finds.html 11:51 Record Discount https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1600866841366519808 13:15 COIN at Lows https://imgur.com/VTPMqV0 15:00 Token Bible 16:15 The Stablecoin Bull Thesis 19:30 Last 30 Days $3.4B Moved Off Exchanges https://twitter.com/WClementeIII/status/1600225887986647040 20:23 Price & Dev Activity Cosmos https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1600812061663330305 ETH https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1600889990439133184
25:00 Coinbase vs. Apple Coinbase Wallet vs. Apple—bad apple https://twitter.com/CoinbaseWallet/status/1598354819735031809
31:55 Genesis Owes $900M to Gemini Customers https://www.theblock.co/post/191928/genesis-owes-900-million-to-gemini-customers-financial-times 32:50 Genesis Resolution May Take Weeks https://www.theblock.co/post/192946/genesis-says-plan-to-resolve-lending-units-woes-could-take-weeks
33:30 SBF Cont. 33:35 Nic Carter https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1600213106965086210 33:11 SBF & Maxine Waters WTF https://twitter.com/RepMaxineWaters/status/1598693811252875264 39:05 Meme https://twitter.com/owocki/status/1599877959975772160 39:30 Forensic Investigators are on the Case https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/12/08/ftx-bankruptcy-managers-hire-forensic-investigators-alixpartners-wsj/ 40:09 Taylor Swift Denies SBF https://www.ft.com/content/2b0601e2-d371-404d-8531- 227f11d4a83f https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1600616288757358598 43:10 Kevin O’Leary Got Paid $15M to Shill https://twitter.com/GRDecter/status/1600858962555179010 44:55 Investigation into the SEC as to how they missed FTX https://twitter.com/AlexanderGrieve/status/1600492078852603916
48:00 ETH 48:05 Shanghai HF discussion in March https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/12/08/ethereum-developers-target-march-2023-for-release-of-staked-ether/
50:35 Long Tail Contagion 50:40 Orthogonal Trading and Maple Finance https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/12/05/crypto-markets-today-ftx-fallout-hits-maple-finance-bitcoin-declines/ https://www.theblock.co/post/192097/maple-finance-default-orthogonal-trading 53:15 Nexus Mutual Hit with $3M Exposure https://decrypt.co/116510/nexus-mutual-hit-with-3m-in-ethereum-exposure-to-orthogonal-trading-default
55:10 Gitcoin and Unicef! https://go.gitcoin.co/blog/gitcoin-unicef-qf-collaboration-pilot 56:35 Aztec @ 50k ETH Shielded https://twitter.com/aztecnetwork/status/1599882747660509184
59:12 NFTs 59:15 Toys R Us Launching Digital Collectibles https://twitter.com/ToysRUs/status/1598364984127414273 1:00:00 Reddit Collectibles Minting Hit ATH https://www.theblock.co/post/191984/reddit-digital-collectible-minting-hits-all-time-high 1:00:50 Cockpunch Trailer & Launch https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c%C3%B8ckpunch/id1657210471 https://opensea.io/collection/cockpunch 1:02:30 Bankless Collectibles https://collectibles.bankless.com/ 1:03:55 Tax Loss Harverstooooor https://nftlossharvestooor.com/
1:06:35 Policy 1:06:40 a16z Taps Former CFTC Commissioner to Run Washington Efforts https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1600082693127020544 1:07:20 Nexo to Depart U.S. https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/12/05/nexo-to-depart-us-after-regulator-discussions-hit-dead-end/
1:09:25 ChatGPT https://twitter.com/AltcoinPsycho/status/1598742302050357248 https://twitter.com/GRDecter/status/1599804597090279424 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FjY033HXwAAbj3E
1:16:25 Releases 1:16:27 New Ledger Just Dropped https://shop.ledger.com/pages/ledger-stax 1:18:20 PleasrDAO Auction House https://pleasr.house/
1:19:25 JOBS https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs
1:22:11 Questions from the Nation https://twitter.com/yogofubi/status/1600561157794062336 https://twitter.com/nextalphaa/status/1600583036176896029
1:29:30 TAKES 1:29:35 Enabling Halal Alt-L1s https://twitter.com/JimmyRagosa/status/1599712746374713344 1:33:44 Alfalfa Leak -Vitalik https://twitter.com/vitalikbuterin/status/1599780254616547331
1:34:40 What Are We Bullish On?
1:40:55 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/WrongNebula/status/1598832120675213312
1:42:34 Closing & Disclosures
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