The Importance of Confidence in Cryptocurrencies

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Every single crypto coin is just something someone with a laptop made up. To the extent any of these coins have value, it's based on whether people believe they do. And that basic fact makes the crypto business very attractive to a certain type of person. One columnist who's covered this intensively says if you are running a scam, you will be drawn to crypto.

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4:30 MARKETS 6:30 Mt Gox https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1651317391626846214?s=20 10:00 ETH Staking https://www.theblock.co/data/on-chain-metrics/ethereum/cumulative-eth-deposited-to-beacon-chain-and-validators 12:00 Staking Dashboard https://dune.com/hildobby/eth2-staking 15:25 Polynya Post https://polynya.mirror.xyz/1ZTJ3_BG2-wnBTy6dJLM5E3TPH8wvLGKQVDAnv7VLIw

20:30 Coinbase Suing the SEC https://twitter.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1650655451720318976?s=20 22:00 MetaLawMan Comments https://twitter.com/MetaLawMan/status/1650847807480135681?s=20 24:50 Coinbase Responds to SEC https://youtu.be/pvbWPUCFdKA 36:30 Shield NFT https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1650612986980048897?s=20

38:30 John Oliver https://youtu.be/o7zazuy_UfI

51:00 Voyager Binance Deal https://twitter.com/investvoyager/status/1650921887512272917?s=20 52:45 SBF Parents https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66631291/133/united-states-v-bankman-fried/ 54:30 Lens Bonsai Layer 3 https://twitter.com/lensprotocol/status/1651270830729592832 55:05 DevConnect Istanbul https://twitter.com/EFDevconnect/status/1649069463797481472 55:45 Mad Lads https://twitter.com/Pinapaan/status/1651413751378354176?s=20 57:30 MiCA Going Through https://twitter.com/paddi_hansen/status/1649070968579452933?s=20 59:53 TransUnion DeFi Credit Score https://newsroom.transunion.com/transunion-spring-labs-and-quadrata-partner-to-deliver-credit-scoring-to-blockchain/ 1:00:45 Phi Bankless https://twitter.com/phi_xyz/status/1650801856329949184 1:02:10 Swell Maine https://twitter.com/swellnetworkio/status/1650672099382685698?s=46

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1:12:00 Chamath Says Crypto is Dead https://youtu.be/WvTTDxMuAis?t=4870 1:15:50 Running an ETH Node https://twitter.com/EthereumOnARM/status/1650805006872768512 18:30 AGI Alignment https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1651538022360285187?s=20

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