Layer 2 Excitement and DeFi Opportunities

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3rd Week of May, 2021

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0:00 Intro

0:45 MARKETS 1:20 BTC Price 2:13 ETH Price 7:13 ETH/BTC 8:38 ETH Volumes Big https://twitter.com/RyanWatkins_/status/1397385373580398594?s=20  10:18 DeFi Action https://defipulse.com/  https://messari.io/asset/defipulse-index  https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/DPIWETH/?exchange=UNISWAP  12:39 The System Didn’t Break https://twitter.com/raoulgmi/status/1397172575810228225?s=21  16:15 Big Week for DeFi https://twitter.com/jack_clancy93/status/1395399566644682757?s=20  17:18 Tornado Flippen Zcash? https://twitter.com/ameensol/status/1395534483202269187?s=19  21:52 YFI Price Earnings https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1396457032996245505?s=20  24:05 Stablecoin Settlements Big https://twitter.com/dmihal/status/1397124171050668033?s=20 

26:00 RELEASES 28:00 Arbitrum Launching https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-scaler-arbitrum-is-launching-friday-with-developer-support-from-alchemy  31:10 Uniswap on Arbitrum https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1397675094001045508?s=21  32:42 Optimistic Etherscan https://optimismpbc.medium.com/integrating-etherscan-24a3811a765c  34:45 ETH’s Value on L2 https://twitter.com/hiljis/status/1397697744370900994?s=21  42:15 Polygon SDK https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1397558139256377345  44:38 Gitcoin DAO https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-sotn-47-gitcoin-dao-and-gtc-token  46:11 Coinbase Institutional https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-institutional-is-proud-to-announce-the-unveiling-of-our-new-prime-offering-9790e068f0a9 

47:20 NEWS 47:30 Carl Icahn: ETH is Money https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/crypto-here-stay-carl-icahn-may-take-relatively-big-stake-digital-currency-space-prefers-eth  50:44 Ray Dalio Prefers BTC to Bonds https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-24/bridgewater-s-ray-dalio-says-he-prefers-bitcoin-to-bonds  53:19 “China Bans Bitcoin” https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/26/major-china-bitcoin-mining-hub-lays-out-harsher-crackdown-measures.html  57:44 Cuban Tracker: Polygon https://www.coindesk.com/mark-cuban-invests-in-ethereum-layer-2-polygon  59:51 Gamestop NFT https://nft.gamestop.com/  1:02:24 Bitcoin, Michael Taylor, and Elon https://twitter.com/michael_saylor/status/1396915801492439044?s=20  Take:  https://twitter.com/nanexcool/status/1397000162459930624?s=20  1:07:15 Businesses Must Report https://www.coindesk.com/us-treasury-calls-for-businesses-to-report-crypto-transfers-of-10k-to-the-irs  1:10:14 FED Digital Currency https://twitter.com/CNBCnow/status/1395440279004618760?s=20  1:12:08 Coinbase 🤝 Goldman https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/105853/coinbase-former-goldman-sachs-faryar-shirzad-chief-policy-officer  1:13:35 Quick Bites  PayPal: https://www.coindesk.com/paypal-will-let-customers-withdraw-crypto-exec-says  Apple? https://www.coindesk.com/apple-is-looking-for-crypto-experience-in-alternative-payments-job-post?amp=1&__twitter_impression=true&s=09  1confirmation: https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-vc-1confirmation-raises-125m-for-third-fund  COIN: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/24/coinbase-stock-initiation-goldman-sachs.html 

1:16:00 TAKES 1:17:00 Anti-Crypto Bag Bias https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/1395457904027869184?s=21  1:23:25 Volatility is not Unhealthy https://twitter.com/MichaelIppo/status/1395452094556086285?s=20  1:24:00 DeFi Protocols are Michael Saylor https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1397161855387308032?s=20  1:27:50 Money Game Landscape https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/ethereum-the-money-game-landscape  1:29:40 The Cycle https://twitter.com/tbr90/status/1397185395603935232?s=21  1:32:23 Rethink Work https://twitter.com/nateliason/status/1397719837204418561?s=20  1:33:52 There be Monsters https://twitter.com/udiWertheimer/status/1397738091452981248?s=20 

1:35:40 What David’s Excited About

1:38:00 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:41:45 MEME OF THE WEEK https://twitter.com/EthereumMemes/status/1397268903198400517/photo/1 

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