ROLLUP: Jay-Z NFTs, Axie Infinity, China's Bitcoin Miners, Coinbase USDC, (5th Week of June)
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DeFi Innovations and Developments
This chapter explores the latest advancements in decentralized finance, focusing on Compound Treasury's higher interest rates for institutions and the integration of traditional finance with DeFi. It also examines Polygon's new data availability layer to enhance scalability, along with various trading protocols and the impact of Coinbase's competitive APY on USDC deposits. The discussion spans recent funding news in the blockchain space, underscoring the significance of data infrastructure for future growth.
5th Week of June 2021.
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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro
2:25 MARKETS 2:35 BTC Price 3:10 ETH Price 3:32 ETH/BTC Price 4:26 ETH Outperforming BTC https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1410601434240880646?s=20 6:20 DeFi Action 8:00 Layer 2 TVL https://l2beat.com/
11:00 RELEASES 11:30 Compound Treasury https://twitter.com/current/status/1409600420369084420?s=20 13:35 Polygon Avail https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1409520012960825349?s=20 15:00 Cream on Polygon https://www.coindesk.com/cream-finance-announces-integration-with-polygon 15:53 Perpetual Protocol V2 https://twitter.com/perpprotocol/status/1410221752526028801?s=20 16:50 Element.Fi on Mainnet https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/sotn-42-ethereum-devs-building-defi 17:55 Coinbase USDC 4% https://blog.coinbase.com/sign-up-to-earn-4-apy-on-usd-coin-with-coinbase-cdad79e5f5eb 19:53 Top Signal https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1409605228744175616?s=20 22:14 Raises Nansen a16z https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/109959/blockchain-data-nansen-12-million-series-a-a16z TracerDAO https://tracer.finance/radar/tracer-dao-raise/
24:00 NEWS 24:10 Uniswap Education Fund https://gov.uniswap.org/t/governance-proposal-005-defi-education-fund/12963 27:25 Decentralizing Coinbase https://blog.coinbase.com/embracing-decentralization-at-coinbase-7fa0e5d1084b 30:15 Kain & Synthetix https://thedefiant.io/synthetix-founder-announces-return-to-save-the-project/ 31:50 Axie Infinity https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/the-axie-infinity-boom 34:10 Twitter NFTs https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1410234844353761285?s=21 35:47 Tim Berners-Lee NFT https://www.cnn.com/style/article/tim-berners-lee-nft-auction/index.html 37:35 Jay-Z Cryptopunk https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad/status/1408434725551759360?s=20 Sotheby’s: https://www.coindesk.com/jay-z-to-auction-reasonable-doubt-nft-at-sothebys 40:14 Bitcoin Miner Migration https://preview.redd.it/wg88833hff871.jpg?width=1024&auto=webp&s=cf8bf121e8e6be28b659f626b4e5a0f92c17352f 41:37 TeraWulf Mining Firm https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/110101/bitcoin-mining-firm-terawulf-orders-new-machines-cost-estimated-at-nearly-100-million 47:48 Ark Invest BTC ETF https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/28/cathie-woods-ark-invest-files-to-create-a-bitcoin-etf.html 49:07 El Salvador Airdrop https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/06/25/adults-in-el-salvador-to-get-30-in-bitcoin-as-nation-unveils-details-to-make-crypto-legal-tender/amp/?__twitter_impression=true 50:54 UK on Finance https://www.wsj.com/articles/binance-crypto-exchange-ordered-to-cease-u-k-activities-11624812672 51:30 Fed & CDBC https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/quarles20210628a.htm 53:15 FTX, Tom Brady & Gisele https://decrypt.co/74771/tom-brady-and-gisele-bundchen-invest-in-ftx 54:40 Drive By’s ICP: https://twitter.com/jamesspediacci/status/1408532682192035840?s=21 Visa Hiring: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/110119/visa-makes-five-strategic-crypto-hires-and-placements USDC Multi-Chain: https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1409992722878980104?s=19
59:00 TAKES 59:30 .com to .eth https://twitter.com/robogajesh/status/1408146369471139842?s=20 1:02:00 Unraveling Hierarchies https://twitter.com/joshuarosenthal/status/1408814378913341443?s=21 1:03:34 Coinbase will sell anything https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1409676059302236162 1:05:27 Adios Uber https://twitter.com/EthereumFear/status/1409874076491993125?s=20 1:08:10 DAOs https://coopahtroopa.mirror.xyz/_EDyn4cs9tDoOxNGZLfKL7JjLo5rGkkEfRa_a-6VEWw
1:08:50 What David’s Excited About 1:11:11 What Ryan’s Excited About
1:15:53 The Future is DAO https://twitter.com/thefutureisdao1/status/1409862176953806850?s=21 1:16:58 MEME OF THE WEEK https://i.redd.it/c6nu7bdec8771.png
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