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Pudgy Penguins Soar: Retail Meets NFTs
This chapter examines the rising popularity of Pudgy Penguins, particularly Walmart's decision to stock NFT toys in over 3,100 stores. The discussion also explores the intersection of traditional retail and the NFT market, along with implications for both young fans and crypto enthusiasts.
Last Week of February 2024
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0:00 Intro
3:01 Markets 3:23 ETH Price https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1760078604178792728
6:30 Bitcoin observations by Nic Carter https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1758159340886774270 https://youtu.be/acWTaENmYFw?si=da7JbWp_6SrSdtGK
10:18 L2 Update https://x.com/pseudotheos/status/1760612134189199462
11:30 Movers of the Week https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1758192960116785459 https://twitter.com/WillSmith2real/status/1759703359727300880 https://coinmarketcap.com/cs/currencies/worldcoin-org/
15:22 BTC ETF FIRST https://www.fidelity.ca/en/investments/solutions-portfolios/all-in-one/ https://dune.com/hildobby/btc-etfs
BTC ETFs gained $8.5B on gold ETFs in organic growth since Jan 11 launch! https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1760281449373065558
19:54 Coinbase earnings beat the expectations! https://x.com/coinbase/status/1758239866234839254 https://nft.coinbase.com/mint/coinearnings
21:38 NVDA Earnings https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/21/nvidia-nvda-earnings-report-q4-2024.html https://x.com/TrendSpider/status/1760310911213207849 https://companiesmarketcap.com/assets-by-market-cap/#google_vignette
27:10 Starknet token is now live! Was this the Largest airdrop in history? https://twitter.com/StarknetFndn/status/1759910415335600584 https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/starknetc https://token.unlocks.app/starknet 32:23 You can now check your eligibility in Claimables! https://twitter.com/BanklessApp/status/1760059308077654142
33:33 Pudgy Penguins & Luca Netz https://x.com/pudgypenguins/status/1760040978281271715 https://twitter.com/LucaNetz/status/1760042076379451693 https://twitter.com/Walmart/status/1760088434549395492 https://www.theblock.co/post/277947/pudgy-penguins-briefly-flips-bored-ape-yacht-club-in-floor-price
40:30 Big investment - A16z Invests 100m into Eigenlayer https://x.com/eigenlayer/status/1760666731859833048?s=20 https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1760672144697229352?s=20
43:30 KelpDAO issues synthetic Eigen Points token https://x.com/KelpDAO/status/1760020436195389561?s=20
44:50 Ethena Mainnet https://twitter.com/ethena_labs/status/1759546702187696437 https://twitter.com/ConorRyder/status/1759706195709849806 https://x.com/0xngmi/status/1759734299861852372?s=20 https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1759772880014069989
48:00 Yuga Labs acquired Proof! https://twitter.com/yugalabs/status/1758583237964947796?s=20 https://x.com/kevinrose/status/1758586303095177229?s=20 https://twitter.com/HollanderAdam/status/175859548883878343 0?s=20
50:23 The announcement of a large $OP airdrop to builders on February 21. https://x.com/Optimism/status/1760002821120983200?s=20
51:40 THE PEOPLE VS THE SEC https://twitter.com/amandatums/status/1760346084323344480?s=46 https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1760349436713050249?s=20 https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1760428150863913195?s=20 https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1760480771444294046?s=20
55:28 Do Kwon is heading to the US! https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1760348316288667763 https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1760354192458232039
59:29 Stablecoin wars are heating up! https://twitter.com/Pledditor/status/1758243599446089799 https://x.com/circle/status/1760108597218889998
1:04:35 Raises and BVC Investments INIT Capital raised $3.1M seed investment! https://twitter.com/InitCapital_/status/1760273773667004620
1:05:40 Reddit “Airdrop” https://warpcast.com/rsa.eth/0xb4d6eb5c
1:09:10 MEME of the Week https://warpcast.com/banklesshq/0x8180df86
1:09:44 Closing & Disclaimers
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