NFTs and DeFi: Trends and Insights

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0:00 Intro

0:50 MARKETS 0:58 BTC Price 1:51 ETH Price 3:06 DeFi - TVL & $DPI 5:37 Ethereum Q1 Recap https://twitter.com/intotheblock/status/1375043056228048903?s=20  7:03 DeFi Revenue Crosses $1B https://twitter.com/DocumentEther/status/1374444448214515714?s=20  9:19 Crypto Indexes https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/765296914554945567/823573839128690708/unnamed_43.png  12:42 GBTC Keeps Dropping https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1375077050269237253?s=20  15:45 BlockFi Cutting Rates https://twitter.com/MattBallen4791/status/1374906879722323979?s=20 

17:20 RELEASES 18:50 OpenSea Raises $23M https://t.co/WlM1tngJDH?amp=1  AMA with Devin - https://youtu.be/5VaJ1qwPyOI  20:55 Alpha Tokenomics https://twitter.com/AlphaFinanceLab/status/1374700279736586244?s=20  23:24 Dune Analytics v2 https://duneanalytics.com/blog/dune-v2  25:35 Crypto.com NFT | Hermez L2 https://crypto.com/nft  https://hermez.io/  27:43 Maker Increasing Debt Ceiling? https://twitter.com/MakerDAO/status/1372979697517174785?s=20  30:19 EthLife Podcast https://twitter.com/DenizOmer/status/1374741993528655875?s=20 

31:25 NEWS 31:35 Uniswap V3 https://uniswap.org/blog/uniswap-v3/  34:52 Decentraland Casino Pays in DAI https://www.coindesk.com/this-casino-in-decentraland-is-hiring-for-real  37:26 Maker & A16z https://bafybeies2vgpzxnrrc7i76wuefswn2tnnqboqzckpnognfklfhkit2x5ry.ipfs.dweb.link/  40:06 Beeple Cashes Out https://decrypt.co/62547/beeple-immediately-changed-his-53-million-nft-takings-from-eth-to-usd   42:50 ETH 2.0 Validators https://twitter.com/evan_van_ness/status/1372948495418675200?s=20  44:57 Elon: "Don't Defy DeFi" https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1375031060753346564?s=20  45:40 Starkware https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1373936192421519366?s=20  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/99211/starkware-funding-round-ethereum-paradigm  47:11 Jack Dorsey NFT https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/99023/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-sells-nft-of-first-ever-tweet  49:07 Nifty's V2 and MEME https://dontbuymeme.medium.com/niftys-backed-by-major-investors-buys-into-meme-v2-date-announced-5eba2867ff86  50:55 Time Magazine NFT Auction https://time.com/5948741/time-nft-covers/  52:42 Fidelity BTC ETF https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/99279/fidelity-bitcoin-etf-filing  54:00 Chinese Digital Currency Anonymity https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/98925/pboc-anonymous-cbdc-not-option  55:23 FATF Targeting DeFi https://www.coincenter.org/a-quick-analysis-of-fatfs-2021-draft-cryptocurrency-guidance/  1:02:13 BitClout https://decrypt.co/62162/bitclout-reaped-160m-tokens-pegged-celebs-followed-money 

1:06:11 TAKES 1:06:21 NFTs, Simply Explained https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1374025919342477316?s=21  1:07:55 Efficiency https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1375090768201793537?s=21  1:10:22 The Scalability Trilemma https://twitter.com/defipulse/status/1374397104550944777  1:13:14 Dollar-Pegged Stablecoins... https://twitter.com/RyanWatkins_/status/1375078200980742153?s=20  1:15:15 Rai is a Stablecoin https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1373781357797646342?s=20 

1:18:00 What David's Excited About 1:25:58 What Ryan's Excited About

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1:31:13 Closing & Disclaimers

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