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ROLLUP: Blobs Arrive | BTC New High | ETH ETF? | Bankless 4th Birthday

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Exploring Meme Coins, Crypto Projects, and ETF Approvals

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The chapter delves into the rise of meme coins and their impact on the crypto space, discussing their democratizing power, transparency, and concerns around financial literacy. It also explores sustainable yield in the crypto market, focusing on high yields in DeFi protocols. Furthermore, the conversation touches on the potential approval of Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, highlighting legal and political challenges and predictions regarding their acceptance.

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

0:00 Intro

7:48 Markets 9:00 Bitcoin’s market cap surpassed Silver this week https://companiesmarketcap.com/assets-by-market-cap/ https://twitter.com/robustus/status/1767164377969340419 https://l2beat.com/scaling/data-availability

18:09 Movers of the Week - Memecoins? https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1767170724446552159 https://twitter.com/blknoiz06/status/1766680047547494658 https://twitter.com/FTI_DA/status/1767969299350610040 https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1766827037149343951

26:40 U.S. CPI rose faster than expected last month https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/12/cpi-inflation-report-february-2024-.html 26:58 Why are DeFi rates so high? https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1766326070545162321 https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1766669255100055866 https://twitter.com/ethena_labs/status/1768023077932380257

29:33 ETF Watch! https://dune.com/hildobby/btc-etfs https://dune.com/queries/3382000/5674971 https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1768022702294470855 https://twitter.com/JSeyff/status/1767206535879389332 https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1767175990285857006 https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1767187618876305628 https://x.com/orb_land/status/1767278815791722629

38:28 Blobs arrived to Mainnet, L2 Fees plummet! https://x.com/parithosh_j/status/1767973626987606190 https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1767913396777767361 https://twitter.com/sproule_/status/1767960271853686879 https://twitter.com/zksync/status/1767983026443579448 https://twitter.com/argenthq/status/1767917028013224370 https://x.com/Optimism/status/1768090982862803203 https://twitter.com/liamihorne/status/1768068293787615288 https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1768091017021116562 https://twitter.com/jessepollak/status/1768071129854562698 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1768074308482400556 https://x.com/js_horne/status/1768075186824163698 https://fees-growthepie.streamlit.app/ https://x.com/arbitrum/status/1767912321618505954 https://dune.com/0xRob/blobs https://twitter.com/liamihorne/status/1767962414312521844 https://x.com/lightclients/status/1767957828969349148 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1768243873430552801 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1762589707756548566

1:01:59 Swell announced their Restaked Rollup https://twitter.com/swellnetworkio/status/1767889656451047505

1:03:00 Tensor introduced the TNSR token https://twitter.com/TensorFdn/status/1767616700609171508

1:03:25 Jito is getting rid of Mempool?! https://twitter.com/jito_labs/status/1766228889888514501 https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/03/08/solana-client-developer-jito-announces-end-of-mempool-function/ https://twitter.com/smyyguy/status/1766234020076011865 https://twitter.com/jon_charb/status/1765923336138211353

1:08:59 Saylor has no chill https://x.com/MEMECOETH/status/1767690213877252485

1:10:18 Raises and BVC Investments https://twitter.com/EclipseFND/status/1767212277285969979 https://twitter.com/clique2046/status/1768277734113907127

1:12:27 David demo signing up for it while RSA highlights https://open.spotify.com/show/1y0zqrWsFxmCYcTnV7ExUn We recently celebrated 4 years https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1768269073354231826

1:14:22 MEME of the Week Name kids after what you love https://x.com/abbeyjazzy/status/1767890031824216551

1:15:27 Moment of Zen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5if2hthPCs

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