FTX - I'm Taking the Easy Out

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FTX is causing bad sediment among anyone who holds money on exchanges. I think that we're going to see that same idea continue with centralized exchanges and custodians for a long time. Matt, who you got on the hot seat this week? My hot seat today is just all custodians. It's pretty hilarious though that they announced that raise right in the middle of all this. They definitely had to.

In this week's episode of 0xResearch, we bring on Westie and Matt Fiebach to discuss FTX's implosion, the impending fallout and how this affects the broader ecosystem. We then debate Cosmos 2.0, dYdX's AppChain thesis and the importance of native USDC on Cosmos. Is Cosmos gmi or is it just a great idea with bad execution? Tune in to find out!

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(00:00) Introduction

(00:55) Hot Seat: NFT PFPs, Custodians & Solana

(12:55) Cool Throne: ETH Stakers, DeFi Perps, Proof-Of-Reserves

(19:28) Flipside Insights

(21:08) FTX Implodes, The Fallout

(24:57) “Chainalysis Ad”

(25:39) FTX Implodes, The Fallout

(43:47) Cosmos 2.0 Update

(57:52) dYdX AppChain Analysis

(59:59) Native Cosmos USDC, Bullish

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Resources

Westie's Twitter thread on FTX's liquidation engine

https://mobile.twitter.com/WestieCapital/status/1591089073468280832

Cosmos Prop 82

https://www.mintscan.io/cosmos/proposals/82

0xngmi (The Llama)

https://twitter.com/0xngmi

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