Navigating the Layer 2 Landscape

2nd Week of July 2023

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0:00 RIPPLE VS SEC  Breaking News - https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1679512873498816519?s=20  Explained - https://twitter.com/BillHughesDC/status/1679525517068759040?s=20  A Huge Win - https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1679515814272155648  Tom Emmer - https://twitter.com/GOPMajorityWhip/status/1679525171479150592?s=20  Richie Torres - https://twitter.com/RepRitchie/status/1679534903661301761?s=20  Coinbase Relisting - https://twitter.com/coinbaseassets/status/1679575239657758721  RSA Take - https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1679534121100476417?s=20 

5:20 Waking Up Bullish 7:15 Permissionless https://bankless.cc/GoToPermissionless 

7:55 MARKETS 9:10 Bond Markets Trad - https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-largest-bond-markets-in-the-world/  New - https://coinmarketcap.com/view/staking/  Fed Funds Rate - https://panteracapital.com/blockchain-letter/bonds-down-crypto-up/  16:30 The Internet Bond https://ultrasound.money/  23:22 Liquid Staking https://www.bankless.com/whats-next-for-liquid-staking-2  31:25 Tokenized Treasuries https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/07/11/tokenized-us-treasurys-surpass-600m-as-crypto-investors-capture-tradfi-yield  34:30 Bank of America Bullish https://rsch.baml.com/access?q=s-i517792VNkDKydHLEioQ  35:20 Correlation with Stocks https://panteracapital.com/blockchain-letter/bonds-down-crypto-up/ 

NEWS 41:00 Arkham Intelligence https://twitter.com/ArkhamIntel/status/1678339355314900992  46:55 Technofascism https://twitter.com/scott_lew_is/status/1678772359648641028?s=20 

51:15 Are the Devs Leaving? https://www.developerreport.com/blog/newsletter-20230706 

53:12 Google Play NFT Policy https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2023/07/new-blockchain-based-content-opportunities-google-play.html  55:45 Solana Phone  https://twitter.com/aeyakovenko/status/1679278533800235009?s=20 

58:30 Linnea L2 to Mainnet https://twitter.com/LineaBuild/status/1678738006646177793?s=20  1:00:13 Mantle Network https://www.mantle.xyz/  1:01:20 Gitcoin Public Goods L2 https://twitter.com/pgn_eth/status/1676972199423668228 

1:06:30 GHO Stablecoin Mainnet https://app.aave.com/governance/proposal/?proposalId=268  1:10:25 EigenLayer Reopening https://app.eigenlayer.xyz/  1:12:30 Vitalik Bitcoin Takes https://cointelegraph.com/news/vitalik-buterin-ordinals-revived-developers-on-bitcoin  1:16:45 Gemini Suing DCG https://twitter.com/cameron/status/1677327395869581316?s=20  1:17:22 Jay Clayton BTC ETF https://twitter.com/DefiantNews/status/1678434627768446977  1:19:15 Rishi Likes Crypto https://www.wired.co.uk/article/london-wants-american-crypto-refugees  1:21:1 Brazil Ethereum CBDC https://twitter.com/vinibarbosabr/status/1678511772775374850?s=20 

1:27:00 Questions from the Nation

1:30:00 TAKES 1:34:30 The Fink Effect https://twitter.com/mskvsk/status/1677937403733106688  1:36:00 Still Using Venmo https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1679236595105382402  1:42:00 Crypto is a Scam https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1679077948463144961?s=20 

1:45:50 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/spreekaway/status/1677316680588967937 

1:46:45 The Daily Gwei https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA 

1:47:30 Where’s David? https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1678473614818156544?s=20 

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