The Ethereum Merge: Impacts and Innovations

This chapter explores the pivotal implications of the Ethereum merge, highlighting the transition from proof of work to proof of stake and its effects on staking yields and ETH supply. It discusses the challenges posed by a recent bug in the Prism client and emphasizes the importance of client diversity in Ethereum's architecture. Additionally, the chapter addresses the anticipated supply crunch in the crypto market and the ongoing developments in projects like Rocket Pool and Optimism's new fraud-proof architecture.

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3rd Week of March 2022

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0:00 Intro

4:00 MARKETS 4:25 BTC Price 5:05 ETH Price 6:55 ETH/BTC Ratio 11:50 $BED https://www.indexcoop.com/bed

12:15 FED WATCH https://www.marketwatch.com/story/feds-powell-sees-the-light-and-turns-far-more-hawkish-than-expected-11647468210 24:05 ETH Gas https://dune.xyz/hildobby/Gas 26:05 VISA vs. ETH Volume https://twitter.com/blockworks_/status/1503343966057545729 27:15 Hold or Sell Airdrops? https://thedefiant.io/messari-airdrops-112-profit-selling/ 27:50 A Brief History https://twitter.com/justintrimble/status/1504262012255318018 29:50 Rotatooooooooorrrss - 3ArrowsCapital https://twitter.com/btcinchina/status/1504339901264777218 30:45 Terra Do Kwon 34:45 Terra Bet by Do Kwon https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1503264558160375810

40:40 RELEASES 41:05 Stripe Now Supports Crypto https://twitter.com/collision/status/1501961880289480704 45:00 Aave v3 is Here https://twitter.com/AaveAave/status/1504137636105043971 47:20 Alchemix v2 https://twitter.com/scupytrooples/status/1503751703019110410 49:55 Coinbase Tests Fee-Free Trading https://blockworks.co/coinbase-rolls-out-test-of-no-fee-trading/

57:02 RAISES 57:05 ConsenSys $450M at $7B Valuation https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/15/450m-raise-values-ethereum-builder-consensys-at-7b-as-metamask-tops-30m-users/ https://twitter.com/ConsenSys/status/1503748099885477897 58:28 Optimism x A16z https://medium.com/ethereum-optimism/money-long-team-strong-8526c6943fd7 59:55 StarkWare $6B Valuation https://twitter.com/Darrenlautf/status/1501863868502396928 1:00:15 Solana Marketplace, Magic Eden $27M https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/14/solana-based-nft-marketplace-magic-eden-raises-27m-series-a/ 1:01:37 Aptos is Expanding https://medium.com/aptoslabs/expanding-the-aptos-community-38c5b18a84b7

1:05:14 JOBS https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs 1:06:04 Talent Collective https://bankless.pallet.com/talent/welcome

1:06:50 NEWS / ETH 1:06:55 Don’t Sleep on the Merge https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/dont-sleep-on-the-merge-lite 1:12:50 IT BROKE! https://hackmd.io/@prysmaticlabs/HyZqgTA-c 1:19:10 Rocketpool https://twitter.com/Rocket_Pool/status/1501796795365867524

1:21:28 L222 1:21:30 How Do Rollups Decentralize? https://medium.com/ethereum-optimism/our-pragmatic-path-to-decentralization-cb5805ca43c1 1:25:18 Optimism Cannon https://twitter.com/optimismPBC/status/1501624172581064704

1:27:20 NFTs 1:27:23 Yuga Labs 1:27:25 Biggest NFT M&A Deal? https://twitter.com/yugalabs/status/1502420714527334406 1:33:30 Great Summary From William Peaster https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/bored-apes-cryptopunks-the-big-ideas 1:35:00 $APE Coin https://twitter.com/apecoin/status/1504201556165644298 1:37:23 NFTX Milked: “FlashMint” https://twitter.com/wilburforce_/status/1504437189979119622 1:39:15 NFTs Coming to Instagram https://decrypt.co/95209/nfts-are-coming-to-instagram-says-meta-ceo

1:40:40 REGULATION / TRADEFI / MACRO 1:40:35 Congress Come Get Ya Boi… https://twitter.com/RepTomEmmer/status/1504117933395619846 1:42:46 EU Votes Down Anti-PoW Clause https://twitter.com/paddi_hansen/status/1503383993391194115 1:43:47 Saudi Arabia Considers Yuan? https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-considers-accepting-yuan-instead-of-dollars-for-chinese-oil-sales-1164735154 1:44:56 Future Regulation in South Korea? Win! https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/137172/yoon-suk-yeol-who-pledged-to-deregulate-south-koreas-crypto-sector-wins-presidential-election

1:49:10 TAKES 1:49:39 Some Ponzis Are Scams https://twitter.com/avifelman/status/1502400594245423105 1:51:14 Pay or Go Away https://twitter.com/iamdcinvestor/status/1503014777475502083 1:54:12 Diversification For the Weak https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1504081408968601600

1:56:36 What David’s Excited About 157:58 What Ryan’s Excited About

2:00:12 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/ultrasoundmoney/status/1503684172438773765

2:00:40 Disclaimers ----- Not financial or tax advice. Do your own research. See our investment disclosures here: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures

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