Decoding DeFi: Politics, Privacy, and Predictions

This week in crypto, the Trump vs. Harris debate sparked chatter, but did the markets react? DeFi had its first U.S. congressional hearing—how’d it go?

Friend.tech burned its keys—abandoning? ENS integrated with PayPal and Venmo, while Coinbase launched their cbBTC, and Sony might release a stablecoin.

Plus, did we see “war mode” Vitalik this week?

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0:00 Intro

5:21 Markets https://farside.co.uk/?p=1518  https://x.com/biancoresearch/status/1832806811088638440  https://x.com/matt_hougan/status/1833149076722081906  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/inflation-cpi-fed-readies-to-cut-rates-next-week/  https://www.tradingview.c om/symbols/FRED-WALCL/    https://x.com/sonyasunkim/status/1832114732326957274 

18:02 House lawmakers ended up divided in 1st Congressional DeFi hearing  https://financialservices.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=409354  https://x.com/fund_defi/status/1833556632027955694   https://x.com/coinage_media/status/1833593592373243915  https://x.com/NeerajKA/status/1833530974212387228   https://x.com/rohangrey/status/1833543531228762323  https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1833557017023459526 

27:29 The Debate - they didn’t mention crypto!  https://x.com/CNN/status/1833703753179857334  https://x.com/erikvoorhees/status/1833705605045051850  https://polymarket.com/event/who-will-win-the-debate-according-to-polls  https://polymarket.com/event/presidential-election-winner-2024?tid=1726028429396  https://x.com/shayne_coplan/status/1833127734844789106  https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1833679653191512442  https://www.theblock.co/post/315808/presidential-debate-risk-off-crypto  https://x.com/MikeIppolito_/status/1833874331539034448 

36:49 War mode vitalik? If its not stage 2, its not a rollup https://x.com/vitalikbuterin/status/1834061075970683367 

39:01 zkSync Stage 1? & New CMO?  https://blog.zknation.io/zksync-governance-system/  https://x.com/the_matter_labs/status/1833894141052494218 

42:41 Sony Stable Yen https://x.com/delzennejc/status/1833243834563650038 

43:21 Friend.Tech team renounces control of smart contracts https://x.com/friendtech/status/1832581118165709140  https://x.com/functi0nZer0/status/1833178200685318213  https://x.com/MacroMate8/status/1833393620407488542  https://x.com/friendtech/status/1833259362711986335 

47:06 EigenLayer announced Season 2 Stakedrop!  https://blog.eigenfoundation.org/season-2-stakedrop/ 

48:55 ENS was integrated with PayPal and Venmo!  https://x.com/ensdomains/status/1833536140529570039  https://x.com/brantlymillegan/status/1833568986547818820? 

50:16 Coinbase Bitcoin - cbBTC released! https://x.com/coinbase/status/1834208544247144949  https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1833603913888764064?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2gb 

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58:01 Closing & Disclaimers

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