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1st Week of February, 2023

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0:00 Intro

4:30 MARKETS 7:30 ETH Supply https://ultrasound.money/  10:20 FOMC Meeting https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2023-01-31/fomc-rate-decision-and-fed-chair-news-conference  13:00 Markets and Inflation https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1620063534880264192  14:45 Tokens Up Layer 2: https://imgur.com/sGYGc7h  DeFi: https://imgur.com/BnzQve7  17:20 Canto https://variant.fund/articles/canto-a-layer-1-incentive-experiment/  20:20 dYdX Lockup https://twitter.com/spreekaway/status/1618671588907581440  25:00 $COIN  https://imgur.com/gfboGPU  25:40 ChatGPT https://therug.mirror.xyz/hUQt2XF1roaocALWW1QdM45NzY7YkDFooKpRre9yRwI 

29:00 Bitcoin NFTs https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/bitcoin-nfts  Visualizer: https://mempool.space/block/0000000000000000000515e202c8ae73c8155fc472422d7593af87aa74f2cf3d  33:40 Controversy Casey: https://twitter.com/rodarmor/status/1619516796176039937  Eric Wall: https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1619720558362660864  DrNick: https://twitter.com/drnicka/status/1620002472986308610 

41:45 FTX Creditors https://www.theblock.co/post/205859/ftx-creditor-list-includes-star-athletes-crypto-firms-state-governments  Bail Pay: https://twitter.com/watcherguru/status/1620206663268700160  Witness: https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1620132741038886912  Contact: https://cointelegraph.com/news/federal-judge-bars-sbf-from-contacting-ftx-and-alameda-employees-using-signal  Compliance: https://www.coindesk.com/video/sbfs-mother-and-brother-not-cooperating-with-financial-probe-ftx-lawyers-say/  Mark Wahlberg: https://watcher.guru/news/ftx-and-binance-doc-in-the-works-from-fortune-mark-wahlberg 

51:00 OFAC Compliant Blocks https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1618819502761992193  MEV Watch: https://www.mevwatch.info/  Relay Market: https://mevboost.pics/  53:25 Staking Withdrawal https://www.theblock.co/post/207231/ethereum-staking-withdrawal-testnet-for-shanghai-upgrade-goes-live-tomorrow  54:15 Optimism Bedrock https://twitter.com/optimismFND/status/1620905414769668097  David: https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1621181863380324353  55:40 RPL vs LDO https://twitter.com/nixorokish/status/1620061177551417349  57:55 ImmutableX Passport https://www.immutable.com/products/passport  59:00 Harmony https://www.dlnews.com/articles/defi/harmony-execs-mismanaged-funds-and-bullied-workers-ex-staff-claim/  1:03:55 Blur vs OpenSea https://mobile.twitter.com/pandajackson42/status/1620081523646148613  Royalties: https://twitter.com/ljin18/status/1620490983610945538  1:09:00 Cardano Stablecoin https://cointelegraph.com/news/ada-backed-algorithmic-stablecoin-djed-launched-on-cardano  1:09:20 Worldcoin https://twitter.com/worldcoin/status/1618948582769582080  1:10:50 Celsius Withdrawals https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/02/01/bankrupt-lending-platform-celsius-names-users-eligible-to-withdraw-assets/  1:11:35 Twitter Money https://cointelegraph.com/news/elon-musk-wants-twitter-payments-system-built-with-crypto-in-mind  1:12:20 Amazon NFT https://blockworks.co/news/amazon-nft-marketplace-web3 

1:15:00 Questions from the Nation Daniel Allan: https://twitter.com/imdanielallan/status/1617932612668108807 

1:22:30 TAKES 1:23:00 McDonalds https://twitter.com/McDonalds/status/1618691421091024897  1:24:10 Max Pain https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1620792397746814976  1:26:10 Purity in Isolation https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1620971450579693569  1:30:00 Blockspace Middlemen https://twitter.com/litocoen/status/1621097714191855616  1:30:40 Influencers https://twitter.com/jediblocmates/status/1620413105095475201 

1:32:30 What David’s Bullish on https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1621175981301174274  1:34:45 What Ryan’s Bullish on

1:35:30 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/eth_valid/status/1620443912254152705?s=20 

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