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Exploring Fundraising Trends and Insider Allocations in Crypto
This chapter examines a major crypto project that has raised $500 million, marking a significant increase in its valuation. It explores shifting trends in capital allocation within the crypto industry, contrasting earlier projects with newer ones like Near Protocol and discussing the implications for future hiring.
1st Week of April, 2022
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0:00 Intro TreasureDAO Episode: https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1511872552506822659?s=20&t=WbJQ5zuUE9BXd99qzPdN5A Alpha Report: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/publish/post/51732127
7:00 MARKETS 7:30 BTC Price 7:58 ETH Price 8:42 Ratios, BED, Gas https://www.indexcoop.com/bed 9:54 Fed Balance Sheet https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/06/fed-minutes-march-2022-meetings-.html 14:24 Rotating into ETH https://twitter.com/cryptogucci/status/1512085818524897281?s=21&t=qPqhKu1eKrKDS-yUtxgyKw
17:00 RELEASES 17:30 Arbitrum Nitro https://offchain.medium.com/its-nitro-time-86944693bf29 21:19 Instadapp Lite https://twitter.com/Instadapp/status/1509258038875725824?s=20&t=sei-8RiGFbL_d_xsCVskEg 21:50 Layer Zero Labs https://twitter.com/layerzerointern/status/1511082947108954116?s=20&t=CM5BnGZnZinaXdsKpF9eaA Omnichain NFTs: https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/omnichain-nfts 23:50 icETH https://twitter.com/indexcoop/status/1511418458503880705?s=21&t=9Ibd7vOXsldggFiCgKrWPA 26:15 Tracer Trading Competition https://twitter.com/TracerDAO/status/1511382761831284746?s=20&t=e5tACKpmjMSqzmNX3bTTiQ
RAISES 27:05 LFG Buys BTC & AVAX https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140827/luna-foundation-guard-buys-a-further-231-million-of-bitcoin 34:34 Wormhole Valuation https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/140100/crypto-bridge-wormhole-seeks-2-5-billion-price-tag-in-private-token-sale 36:27 Fractal Seed Round https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140296/twitch-co-founders-nft-startup-nets-35-million-in-seed-funding 37:20 Chorus Ventures https://twitter.com/ChorusOne/status/1511006353456005126?s=20&t=aJBiCBRHq9BMxPU07kxSwg 37:38 Boba Network https://blockworks.co/boba-network-valuation-hits-1-5b-after-45m-series-a-round/ 39:38 Lightning Labs https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/04/05/lightning-labs-raises-70m-to-bring-stablecoins-to-bitcoin/ 40:28 Coin Metrics https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140860/coin-metrics-35-million-funding-data 40:59 Binance US https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/06/binance-us-raises-over-200m-in-first-seed-round-hitting-a-4-5b-valuation-as-it-preps-for-ipo/ 41:40 Near https://thedefiant.io/near-fundraising-round/
44:25 JOBS https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs
45:00 NEWS 45:52 Axie Bailout https://twitter.com/axieinfinity/status/1511646772531138565?s=21&t=i-6O9wyJTjRumXDMWl1ZLg 47:12 Bakkt https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/140813/bakkt-inks-deal-to-offer-bitcoin-ether-buys-and-sells-to-american-bank-customers 48:45 Tesla MakerDAO https://thedefiant.io/tesla-makerdao-loan/ 51:38 4pool https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/04/04/frax-finances-fxs-jumps-as-terra-introduces-stablecoin-pool-4pool/ 56:22 Pudgy Penguins https://thedefiant.io/pudgy-penguins-fly/ 1:04:43 Mutant NFTinja Turtles https://twitter.com/CryptoGucci/status/1509631632927440911?s=20&t=2yPy2m03AGcGDCO3gyD9VQ 56:47 LooksRare Chat https://twitter.com/LooksRareNFT/status/1508791295669538818?s=20&t=g_1ImqCgPZUg8QXwJ2XQqA 57:46 VaynerSports Mint https://twitter.com/cr0sseth/status/1511446814196572161?s=21&t=JCGkcbf7xNbkP2h0A1VWsQ 1:00:09 MicroStrategy Buys BTC https://twitter.com/DeItaone/status/1511313999845109763 1:01:26 Miami BTC Bull https://twitter.com/brucefenton/status/1511688954327834627?s=20&t=n57Ue34Dbj153gJ5tvrQBA 1:02:19 Bullish UK https://twitter.com/Financialjuice1/status/1510979717024915464 1:03:28 Elon Twitter https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1507259709224632344?s=20&t=xLN8KCT2C7i52urFtBBC1Q 1:06:20 Virgil Griffith https://www.scribd.com/document/566231519/192-S-D-N-Y-1-20-cr-00015-PKC-192-0
1:10:45 TAKES 1:11:15 Leading Bull Markets https://twitter.com/NTmoney/status/1510750296766443526?t=PF_lZfIpY9q8vIHMBmAaYQ&s=19 1:13:18 Decade Wealth https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1511335785848614923?s=20&t=pu2Lo4bvB6ZEuOjXE0XAjA 1:15:56 Bitcoin Brainwashing https://twitter.com/hasufl/status/1511470668457652224?s=21&t=cyiYBuCMpp87UBQirFDeng 1:21:05 Narratives https://twitter.com/pythianism/status/1511040872376242176 1:21:58 Mobile vs Desktop https://twitter.com/divine_economy/status/1511752759363702795?s=20&t=pvNrwrJabwSxq3uHB7IboQ 1:23:03 Developer Value https://twitter.com/lennysan/status/1511019486643515400?s=20&t=5_FU3CY3NmFjP51gaWv2PA
1:23:53 What David’s Excited About 1:26:40 What Ryan’s Excited About
1:28:31 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/cmsintern/status/1511658314815397890?t=OyXe0lKV8auz150kYpO9eg&s=19
1:31:40 Closing & Disclaimers
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