USDC Changes and Crypto Scrutiny

2nd Week of January, 2023

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3:00 MARKETS 5:40 Ultra Sound Money https://ultrasound.money/  7:00 ETH BTC Ratio 8:50 Inflation https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/01/12/business/december-cpi-inflation-report  11:10 Leverage https://twitter.com/YoniJMel/status/1612835719768064001  12:20 Have We Bottomed? https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1613563998426775552  16:30 Markets since 2020 https://imgur.com/qq58Ac2 

22:30 DCG vs Gemini https://twitter.com/cameron/status/1612806661508567042  25:00 Shutting Down https://decrypt.co/118533/dcg-hq-shut-down-genesis-layoffs  26:00 Shareholder Letter https://dcgupdate.com/ 

29:00 SBF Continued Robinhood: https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1612444676904083457  $5 Billion: https://twitter.com/jconorgrogan/status/1613195331981697024/photo/1  Fraud: https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1612458140238225409  Substack: https://sambf.substack.com/p/ftx-pre-mortem-overview 

36:10 Coinbase Layoffs https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/10/coinbase-to-slash-20percent-of-workforce-in-second-major-round-of-job-cuts.html  38:00 Binance Hiring https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/11/binance-plans-15-30percent-hiring-spree-in-2023-even-as-rivals-cut-jobs.html 

41:00 NEWS 41:45 Arbitrum vs Optimism https://twitter.com/WestieCapital/status/1612837614414880772  43:00 OpenSea Arbitrum Nova https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1611486589087109124  44:20 L2 Bull Market https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1612534516094046208  45:20 Coinbase Rocket Pool https://twitter.com/Jasper_ETH/status/1613318003738697730  47:40 PleasrHouse https://twitter.com/PleasrDAO/status/1613217260511891460  49:30 Instagram NFT Projects https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/01/11/top-nft-artists-are-launching-projects-on-instagram-and-selling-out-in-seconds/


51:50 Token Gated Lens https://www.theblock.co/post/200859/lens-protocol-now-lets-creators-issue-token-gated-content  53:40 Rolling Stone PussyRiot https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1613264584646729755  54:48 Moonbirds Signs with UTA https://cointelegraph.com/news/bluechip-nft-project-moonbirds-signs-with-hollywood-talent-agents-uta  56:00 Vance Spencer Take https://twitter.com/pythianism/status/1432774112351375360  57:30 Game of Thrones NFT https://mobile.twitter.com/Niftys/status/1587848208780230657  59:15 Backing USDC https://twitter.com/jp_koning/status/1612087428369498112  1:01:30 BlockFi Cashout https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory/status/1612520398892982282  1:03:30 Nexo Rekt https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-12/nexo-office-raided-by-bulgarian-police-probing-alleged-crimes  1:11:45 SEC Investigating Saber https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1613264554049282089  1:12:50 Lowest Funding in 2Y https://imgur.com/VWsMSR6 

1:13:50 JOBS

1:14:20 QUESTIONS from the Nation Permissionless https://blockworks.co/event/permissionless-2023/speakers 

1:24:00 TAKES 1:25:00 NFT Brands   http://shorturl.at/aCGX8  1:27:00 Rally with Legs https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/1612349520234565634  1:28:00 Regretting 2022

1:32:30 What David’s Bullish On https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1613546998984019973  1:33:30 What Ryan’s Bullish On

1:35:00 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/0xGhost_/status/1613550278719987713 

1:36:12 Moment of Zen https://twitter.com/vertical_dream/status/1612504107516047360 

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