Decentralization vs. Centralization in Crypto

Thanksgiving 2021

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0:00 Intro https://bankless.cc/Opolis 

4:30 Markets 4:43 BTC Price 5:08 ETH Price 6:55 ETH/BTC Ratio 8:08 DeFi Action 9:55 Layer 2 Beat 11:45 EIP-1559 https://twitter.com/christine_dkim/status/1461345650365415424?t=KlU78KsQvHl0fG4jqUZHiQ&s=19  1M ETH Burnt https://twitter.com/evan_van_ness/status/1463489678649303044?s=21  15:20 Hash Rate https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1462076989980889094  16:32 Gas Fees 17:59 Axie Ronin https://cryptoslate.com/1-8-billion-moved-to-ronin-dex-from-ethereum-in-2-weeks  19:14 Ethereum Scale https://ethtps.info/  22:55 SAND https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/the-sandbox  24:40 Turkish Lyra https://twitter.com/SadafJadran/status/1463387742759374848?s=20 

28:00 RELEASES 29:00 Binance & Arbitrum https://twitter.com/binance/status/1461565999832973313?s=20  31:29 DeFrag https://defrag.fi/  32:43 Reputation DAO https://twitter.com/ReputationDAO/status/1461147989611663361?s=20  34:20 Lattice Metamask https://twitter.com/ConsenSys/status/1463224325864148995?s=20  36:18 Aave Arc https://twitter.com/AaveAave/status/1461321606895124482  38:38 Zapper Mobile Tease https://twitter.com/sebaudet26/status/1463340665769639940 

RAISES 39:00 Gemini Metaverse https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2021/11/18/gemini-raises-400-million-to-protect-the-metaverse-from-meta-facebook/?sh=37acaa675f57  40:05 Royal https://twitter.com/3LAU/status/1462856758095876097?s=20  43:43 Moonpay https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/124980/moonpay-raise 

44:14 Jobs https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs 

45:30 NEWS 45:55 Crypto Twitter Drama https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1462216210116853762?s=20  47:10 New EIP https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/r0yy6c/why_calldata_gas_cost_reduction_is_crucial_for/  51:35 Citadel CEO Constitution https://www.wsj.com/articles/citadel-ceo-ken-griffin-outbid-a-group-of-crypto-investors-for-copy-of-u-s-constitution-11637352087  54:20 Polygon Uniswap Proposal https://twitter.com/MihailoBjelic/status/1461847683195449349  55:55 Infinite Machine Movie https://twitter.com/CamiRusso/status/1463522018066931716?s=20  56:22 Tokemaki https://twitter.com/TokenReactor/status/1463320665008705539?s=20  57:25 NFL NFTs https://twitter.com/coindesk/status/1461410656465346568?s=21  58:43 TIME NFT Show https://twitter.com/robotosnft/status/1463161775344525327?s=21  1:00:03 Macy’s NFT Parade https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/124909/macys-launches-parade-inspired-nft-collection-for-charity  1:01:54 El Salvador Bitcoin City https://www.reuters.com/markets/rates-bonds/el-salvador-plans-first-bitcoin-city-backed-by-bitcoin-bonds-2021-11-21/  1:02:55 IMF https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/125106/imf-says-el-salvador-shouldnt-be-using-bitcoin-as-legal-currency  1:04:59 Mining Photos https://pomp.substack.com/p/10-epic-bitcoin-mining-photos  1:08:24 OBJ BTC https://www.foxla.com/sports/rams-wr-odell-beckham-jr-to-receive-full-salary-in-bitcoin  1:08:47 Citigroup New Hires https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/125051/citigroup-hires  1:10:32 Tether FUD https://twitter.com/jacoboracle/status/1463299431080632325?s=21  1:11:26 Quick News Takes Powell: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/125000/biden-re-nominates-powell-as-fed-chair-with-brainard-as-vice-chair  PoolTogether: https://twitter.com/Dogetoshi/status/1463280832907464708  BinanceChain: https://twitter.com/EdgarArout/status/1461393012395843591?t=AWNzxEqItXzE_RQMaMpygA&s=19 

1:15:00 TAKES 1:17:00 Abandoning Ethereum https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/abandoning-ethereum  1:46:06 Opportunity https://twitter.com/cyounessi1/status/1462240406662438922?s=21  1:47:07 Cars vs Carriages https://twitter.com/epolynya/status/1462832369853874176?s=20  1:47:32 Pivotal https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1463015187275935748?s=20 

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