Emerging Trends and Opportunities in DeFi and Crypto Employment

4th Week of July 2021

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Topics Covered

0:00 Intro 5:36 EIP 1559 and other PSAs

10:55 MARKETS 11:05 BTC Price Shorts: https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1419621135373701123?s=20  14:02 ETH Price 14:42 BTC/ETH Ratio 15:34 DeFi Action 17:33 The BED Index https://www.indexcoop.com/bed  Pancake: https://twitter.com/xofee3/status/1419631884846387200?s=21  23:23 Axie Hasn’t Stopped https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/axie-infinity  25:21 Optimism Revenue https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1420053733052932097?s=21  26:06 Crypto Fees https://cryptofees.info/  27:00 1 in 10 Invested https://www.marketwatch.com/story/more-than-1-in-10-americans-invested-in-crypto-this-year-heres-how-they-differ-from-stock-market-investors-11626980261 

29:00 RELEASES 30:55 Ultra Sound Summer https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1418660235393130502?s=20  34:00 Polygon $100M Gaming Fund https://twitter.com/_PolygonStudios/status/1417200733703720991  36:15 Aave Arc https://twitter.com/HsakaTrades/status/1418276172396306432?s=20  38:45 Fractional NFTs https://twitter.com/fractional_art/status/1419696688302854146?s=20  41:22 Binance & Polygon https://twitter.com/MihailoBjelic/status/1420328228795846658  42:55 Etherscan ‘Blockscan’ Upgrade  https://twitter.com/etherscan/status/1419985650632122369  44:45 Rabby Wallet https://medium.com/@rabby_io/rabby-release-announcement-564406988e2b  47:00 Lyra DAO https://blog.lyra.finance/lyra-dao-raises-3-3m/  49:27 Fireblocks $310M https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockchain-unicorn-fireblocks-raises-310m  50:33 Crypto Jobs https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs 

52:10 NEWS 52:20 PayPal Super App https://cointelegraph.com/news/paypal-s-crypto-super-app-set-to-roll-out-soon  56:10 Amazon Hiring https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/1644513/digital-currency-and-blockchain-product-lead  57:10 Jack ETH Troll https://twitter.com/jack/status/1418344349289566212?s=21  Community: https://twitter.com/coingecko/status/1418406317903863809?s=20  1:00:35 Uniswap Front End https://uniswap.org/blog/token-access-app/  2019: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/unstoppable-liquidity-market-monday-8d6  1:08:14 Reddit on Arbitrum https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1418260889698983936?s=20  1:11:50 Media’s Behind https://twitter.com/wongisrite/status/1419790042537496581?s=20  1:13:40 BitGo & Index Coop https://blockworks.co/bitgo-and-index-coop-partner-to-build-blue-chip-experience-for-defi-investment/  1:15:05 Shopify NFTs https://www.coindesk.com/shopify-to-allow-merchants-to-sell-nfts-directly-through-their-stores  1:22:25 Stonercats https://www.coindesk.com/vitalik-buterin-joins-cast-of-stoner-cats-mila-kunis-new-animated-nft-show  1:24:50 Coca-Cola NFTs https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/112779/coca-cola-creates-its-first-collection-of-brand-inspired-nfts  1:25:29 Pplpleasr Fortune Magazine https://twitter.com/pplpleasr1/status/1420780214175555585  1:26:53 Elizabeth Warren, Shadowy Super Coders https://decrypt.co/76997/elizabeth-warren-crypto-big-banks-shadowy-super-coders  Letter: https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FSOC%20Crypto%20Letter%2007.26.2021.pdf  1:31:30 Infrastructure Bill https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/112877/white-house-says-crypto-tax-enforcement-will-help-pay-for-bipartisan-infrastructure-deal  Meme: https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1420769026804912131?s=20  Coin Center: https://twitter.com/jerrybrito/status/1420724068286926853?s=20  1:35:14 News Quick Takes 1:37:30 Goldman Sachs DeFi ETF https://www.coindesk.com/goldman-sachs-applies-for-defi-etf 

1:40:00 TAKES 1:41:00 Facebook Metaverse https://twitter.com/ClaireSilver12/status/1418268267483996168  1:43:38 Regulatory Own Goal https://twitter.com/runekek/status/1419388578585513985?s=21  1:45:45 Gaming is Next https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1418699352521035779?s=20  1:46:43 ETH vs. Commodities https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1419942343608729601?s=20 

1:47:49 What David’s Excited About 1:48:30 What Ryan’s Excited About

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