ROLLUP: Tik Tok NFTs | Facebook Goes Down | Société Générale & MakerDAO | Ethereum 2.0 Merge Updates
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Ethereum's Evolution: Merges, Risks, and Innovations
This chapter explores the upcoming Ethereum merge and preparations for the hard fork aimed at enhancing the beacon chain, along with recent developments in the Ethereum ecosystem. The discussion touches on the implications of staking in decentralized pools, scalability through modular blockchains, and the innovative use of zero-knowledge proofs. Additionally, insights into traditional banks' recognition of digital assets and the market activity surrounding a new NFT collection are highlighted.
1st Week of October, 2021
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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro 6:10 Markets 6:20 BTC Price 6:53 ETH Price 7:55 ETH/BTC Ratio 9:54 DeFi Action 12:35 Layer 2 https://l2beat.com/ 13:58 EIP 1559 https://twitter.com/yugacohler/status/1445465542882594820?s=20 17:30 Settling Value https://twitter.com/RyanWatkins_/status/1445020156984537092?s=20 19:49 Zapper Monthly Active Users https://twitter.com/sebaudet26/status/1445222731058974721?s=20 20:29 Q3 Breakdown https://coinmetrics.substack.com/p/coin-metrics-state-of-the-network-846
27:00 RELEASES 28:00 Axie DEX https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/119283/axie-infinity-is-launching-a-decentralized-exchange 30:01 Context https://twitter.com/context/status/1444038168739602435 https://context.app/feed/cryptopunks
31:51 Lido Dashboard https://twitter.com/LidoFinance/status/1445712382827716612?s=20 33:04 Clean DAI https://twitter.com/RuneKek/status/1445072416598859781?s=20 36:01 State of the DAOs https://banklessdao.substack.com/p/state-of-the-daos-0-oct-6th-2021 36:57 Raises Axie: https://www.techinasia.com/axie-infinity-developer-raise-150m-andreessen-horowitzled Ramp: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/119386/warsaw-based-crypto-startup-ramp-hits-300-million-valuation-in-series-a-raise-sources 39:21 Jobs https://jobs.banklesshq.com/
41:26 NEWS 41:36 TikTok NFTs
https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1443621824651149312?s=20
43:48 Société Générale & Maker https://twitter.com/runekek/status/1443703869414989824?s=21 45:30 Facebook Down https://twitter.com/alexhern/status/1445130867073032195?s=21 50:31 ETH Merge Updates https://twitter.com/dannyryan/status/1445384777989869570 https://twitter.com/sajidazouarhi/status/1445773328334016519?s=20 https://twitter.com/ajsutton/status/1445264669283733506?s=20 53:24 RocketPool Close Call https://twitter.com/stakewise_io/status/1445475001696620550?s=20 54:48 Connext https://twitter.com/ConnextNetwork/status/1445429803637776397?s=20 56:47 Modular Blockchains https://twitter.com/epolynya/status/1445627660156030978?s=20 https://twitter.com/epolynya/status/1445862981204537347?s=20 1:03:08 SolRazr IDO https://medium.com/@SolRazr_App/update-on-solrazrs-ido-5903ea4f81c4 1:06:58 Bank of America Report https://twitter.com/DocumentEther/status/14452964149767413781:07:41 CryptoToadz https://decrypt.co/82564/ethereum-nft-market-opensea-record-cryptoadz-sales-surge 1:08:58 Soros & BTC https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1445709388056915968?s=20
1:09:35 Tax Loophole https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/29/wash-sale-rules-could-apply-to-bitcoin-and-ethereum-in-spending-bill.html 1:11:20 Regulating Stablecoins https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-administration-seeks-to-regulate-stablecoin-issuers-as-banks-11633103156?page=1 1:12:13 SEC Investigating Circle https://twitter.com/coindesk/status/1445194700441391105?s=21 1:15:39 Quick News Powell: https://twitter.com/Blockworks_/status/1443612299584024582?s=20 BitGo: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/119751/bitgo-exec-corporates-are-asking-weekly-to-add-bitcoin-to-their-balance-sheet Utopia Labs: https://twitter.com/utopialabs_/status/1443974562467631105?s=20 RICKS: https://twitter.com/_Dave__White_/status/1445787515848253455?s=20
1:18:30 TAKES 1:19:30 5-10 Year Thesis https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1445195117627797506?s=20 1:23:18 After Hours https://twitter.com/joelallouz/status/1445547333182103555?s=21 1:23:58 Source of Truth https://twitter.com/trustlessstate/status/1445602552205099009?s=21
1:24:55 The Stapler https://twitter.com/nanexcool/status/1445950706561830913?s=20 1:25:42 Blockchain Trends https://twitter.com/awrigh01/status/1445495850730278912?s=20 1:26:44 Modular Blockchains https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod/status/1445897530517049351?s=20 1:27:44 Vortex of Value https://twitter.com/AminCad/status/1444612109430505473?s=20
1:29:45 What David’s Excited About 1:31:03 What Ryan’s Excited About
1:37:54 MEME(s) OF THE WEEK https://twitter.com/nansen_ai/status/1446016393174917127?s=20
https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/q1t5qk/the_merge_is_coming/
https://twitter.com/benjaminion_xyz/status/1445778153809453059?s=20
Moment of Zen
https://twitter.com/poltrackrr/status/1445099550071480320?s=20
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