Decentralization and Evolution in Ethereum's Layer 2 Landscape

Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup  2nd Week of June 2024

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

0:00 Intro

3:31 Markets

8:20 Gary G Says ETH ETF Approval “Sometime in Summer” https://x.com/tier10k/status/1801261940615848004 

9:19 L2 Update

11:04  The Fed expects to cut rates just once this year https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/12/fed-meeting-today-on-interest-rate.html 

15:41 Will BTC ETF follow the gold ETF success path?   https://x.com/hongkim__/status/1799442365892985257 

20:48 ZKSync introduced ZK token  https://x.com/TheZKNation/status/1800424206129357194  https://app.aevo.xyz/perpetual/zk  https://x.com/eekeyguy_eth/status/1800461976969035910  https://blog.zknation.io/zk-token/  https://zknation.ghost.io/content/images/2024/06/points.png  https://x.com/LibraryDefi/status/1800589632909832509  https://x.com/Gautamguptagg/status/1800539906923733397  https://x.com/Gautamguptagg/status/1800539906923733397  https://x.com/TheZKNation/status/1801020410563060031  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1801024526001815616  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1800758353511207103 

36:46 Speaking of Airdrops: Taiko launched their TAIKO token  https://x.com/taikoxyz/status/1798336750668136851  Find out whether you are eligible via Claimables!  https://bankless.cc/3Jte55n  

38:33 Optimism’s fault proofs are live!  https://x.com/l2beat/status/1800530188171674070  https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1800547329931620625 

49:23 Pectra is about to became the biggest upgrade of Ethereum history:  https://x.com/sassal0x/status/1798869850200412383 

55:34 Symbiotic introduced their restaking platform  https://x.com/symbioticfi/status/1800530004776022493 

59:29 Eigen Labs acquired Rio Network  https://x.com/eigen_labs/status/1800888626642899321 

1:01:41 Crypto:The Game was acquired by Uniswap!  https://x.com/cryptothegame_/status/1800199946739822594 

1:06:28 PleasrDAO releases the WuTang Album https://pitchfork.com/news/wu-tang-clan-once-upon-a-time-in-shaolin-turned-into-nft/  https://www.thealbum.com/ 

1:09:12 Terraform Labs agreed to pay SEC $4.5B!  https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/06/12/terraform-labs-do-kwon-agree-to-pay-sec-a-combined-45b-in-civil-fraud-case/  https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1800955721955283053     

1:11:44 Alchemy introduced platform for building rollups  https://x.com/alchemyplatform/status/1798747911226040679 

1:13:03 New Paradigm Fund https://x.com/matthuang/status/1801283717664526835 

1:14:41 The Daily Gwei  https://www.youtube.com/@TheDailyGwei/videos   https://x.com/thedailygwei   https://x.com/sassal0x  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-ether/id1443920565  

1:15:49 Closing & Disclaimers

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