Navigating Market Trends: Ethereum's Merge and the Impact of Macroeconomic Forces

2nd Week of March 2022

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0:00 Intro

3:23 MARKETS 3:24 BTC Price https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/09/bitcoin-btc-jumps-after-treasury-statement-on-crypto-executive-order.html  4:40 ETH Price 5:05 ETH/BTC Ratio https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/1501449852495925248  6:38 $BED  https://www.indexcoop.com/bed 

8:50 BEAR WATCH 8:55 Bad Start for Equities https://twitter.com/MacroAlf/status/1501263319222603783  10:38 Commodity Crisis? https://www.ft.com/content/555b7167-eaf2-43a0-a66f-802e39cccf36  10:40 Prices https://www.cnn.com/business/markets/commodities/  12:55 DJCI https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/indices/commodities/dow-jones-commodity-index/#overview  17:15 Kyla Episode https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1501244475569442820?s=20&t=pZSQ2PFE136VyrUkLCCb6Q  17:40 ETH Gas ATL https://decrypt.co/94648/ethereum-transaction-fees-drop-six-month-low-report  18:54 NFT Search Down https://twitter.com/meowmeowmeuw/status/1501396257163685890?  19:50 ETH & Car Gas Meme https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1500331461140000772 

27:00RELEASES 27:05 StarkNet Ecosystem Dashboard https://www.starknet-ecosystem.com/  28:35 Tally Wallet Token Swapping https://twitter.com/TallyCash/status/1498705393182248964  29:55 Ledger https://shop.ledger.com/pages/ledger-nano-s-plus-genesis-edition?utm_source=Bankless&utm_medium=partnership_podcast&utm_campaign=22-03-HW_LNSPlus_Genesis-ALL-Brand_Consideration-Partnership&utm_content=msg_Preorder_Genesis__other_Media_Blitz_2 

31:50 RAISES 31:55 Immutable $200M https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/136548/immutable-raises-200-million-nft-crypto  33:50 WalletConnect $11M https://twitter.com/WalletConnect/status/1501292985048350721  34:36 Bain Capital $560M https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/136753/bain-capital-ventures-first-crypto-fund-560-million  35:12 Diagonal $2.5M https://twitter.com/diagonalfinance/status/1499742888594493453  36:15 a16z $70m into Lido https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1499436156861227008  36:45 JOBS https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs 

38:30 NEWS 38:31 Crypto Dystopia? https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/07/ukraine-is-buying-bulletproof-vests-and-night-vision-goggles-using-crypto/  39:40 How Much Ukraine Has Raised https://coinmetrics.substack.com/p/state-of-the-network-issue-145  41:15 Sanctions Coming for Crypto! https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/08/ukrainian-deputy-minister-reiterates-call-for-crypto-exchanges-to-block-russian-users/  42:40 Warren Crypto Bill…AML/KYC https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/warren-crafts-bill-targeting-cryptocurrency-russia-sanctions-rcna19094  44:45 Coinbase Blocking Russian Accounts https://news.coincu.com/70594-coinbase-will-block-russian-accounts/  https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1499622118224392195  https://twitter.com/hannahdlang/status/1499029140305068033  49:15 MetaMask Wasn’t Blocking Users https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1499414900355047427  49:50 MetaMask Geofencing https://thedefiant.io/metamask-geofencing/  51:00 Other Alternative Nodes https://twitter.com/dmihal/status/1499803776898719752  52:35 BTC vs ETH vs Sanctions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x-KBbWKZuWnyxC2UquG7UxYmfAoXXYRLP-giQ_OAafM/edit 

55:45 EXECUTIVE ORDER https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/09/heres-whats-in-bidens-executive-order-on-crypto.html  1:00:00 Jeremy Allaire Thread https://twitter.com/jerallaire/status/1501516683051155456  1:01:30 Jerry Brito Thread https://twitter.com/jerrybrito/status/1501583673438707716  1:02:22 Jake Take https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1501590214539726857 

1:03:44 ETH 1:03:47 Optimism Cheaper Transactions https://twitter.com/optimismpbc/status/1499527731389808643  1:04:45 Aave on Optimism https://twitter.com/optimismPBC/status/1501336754644729863 

1:05:00 NFTs 1:05:05 Tai Lopez NFT Mess https://twitter.com/eddyiskongz/status/1499886629099474945  https://twitter.com/coffeebreak_YT/status/1500213278609481729  1:09:45 Limewire Returns ​​https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1501475218405179395   

1:10:34 DeFi 1:10:37 Andre & Anton Terminating Apps https://twitter.com/AntonNellCrypto/status/1500405473337565191  1:12:40 Calling it Quits https://blockworks.co/defi-star-developer-andre-cronje-calls-it-quits/  1:14:02 RSA Take https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1500975757958520836 

1:17:10 MISC. 1:17:12 Goldman ETH Funnel https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/136950/goldman-sachs-receives-fee-to-connect-clients-to-galaxy-digitals-eth-fund  1:17:46 Laura Shin Callout https://twitter.com/laurashin/status/1500266527693709321  https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1500633023259508736  1:20:40 Brantley Staying ENS https://twitter.com/avsa/status/1500844406391386114 

1:25:15 TAKES 1:25:40 Heard it Before https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1501061536080556034?s=20&t=pZSQ2PFE136VyrUkLCCb6Q  1:26:50 Who Holds What? https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor/status/1500586827589238788?s=20&t=pZSQ2PFE136VyrUkLCCb6Q  1:30:22 Assets and Liabilities https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact/status/1499170071356260352  1:31:03 Seizing Dollars Makes Bad SOV https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1501593517596028928 

1:32:36 What David’s Excited About 1:34:48 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:36:50 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/BowTiedIguana/status/1501606948013281289 

1:37:23 Disclaimers

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