Bankless Weekly Rollup 2nd Week of April 2023  ------ 🚀 TOKEN HUB 🚀 https://www.bankless.com/join?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Intro&utm_campaign=Intro_CTA1  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum   🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/kraken  🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap  👻 PHANTOM | FRIENDLY MULTICHAIN WALLET https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ------ Topics Covered 0:00 Intro 2:45 CryptoTaxCalculator https://bit.ly/3me8nfF  4:45 MARKETS 13:20 Layer 2 Adoption https://l2beat.com/scaling/tvl  16:00 a16z Report https://a16zcrypto.com/content/article/state-of-crypto-report-2023/  18:40 Trusting Crypto https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/04/10/majority-of-americans-arent-confident-in-the-safety-and-reliability-of-cryptocurrency/  24:00 Shapella Withdrawals https://twitter.com/etherscan/status/1646281789735047168  28:40 Danny Ryan https://twitter.com/dannyryan/status/1641679529188925442  29:50 Nail-Biter 35:25 ETH Withdrawal Stats https://app.metrika.co/ethereum/dashboard/withdrawals-overview  41:25 Arbitrum Foundation https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1642653013062868992  48:30 Eric Wall Take https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1644819508798865408  52:00 Euler Redemptions https://forum.euler.finance/t/plan-for-redemption-of-euler-funds-v2/947  53:55 Bitcoin Lightspark https://twitter.com/davidmarcus/status/1645849537691676672  56:10 FTX Recovery https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1646207148244844560  59:45 Japan Crypto https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/04/06/japan-releases-web3-white-paper-to-promote-industry-growth-in-the-country/  1:03:20 Winklevoss Gemini https://archive.ph/iCDGW  1:03:15 🚀 TOKEN HUB 🚀 https://www.bankless.com/join?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Intro&utm_campaign=Intro_CTA1  1:06:00 MetaMask Buy https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1645446587131346946  1:06:30 Etherscan Token Approval https://twitter.com/tayvano_/status/1644977491612930048  1:10:50 Questions from the Nation https://www.bankless.com/join?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Intro&utm_campaign=Intro_CTA1  1:18:05 Regulation https://twitter.com/financenewsguy/status/1646116774880989184  1:23:30 What David’s Bullish On  https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1644543263670685698  1:25:25 What Ryan’s Bullish On MEME of the Week https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/519280913289445376/1096072369128345650/unnamed_81.png  ---- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Ryan, David, Tim Beiko, Justin Drake, and Anthony Sassano unpack everything you need to know about today’s, highly anticipated Shanghai-Capella: ETH Staking Withdrawals.  Also, the five cover ETH staking mechanics, withdraw upgrade FUD myths, what’s next for Ethereum, and Justin’s prediction around, staking airdrops?!...  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/kraken  🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap  👻 PHANTOM | FRIENDLY MULTICHAIN WALLET https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ------ Topics Covered 0:00 Intro 8:20 Shanghai-Capella Explained  10:09 ETH Staking Mechanics  14:33 Deposit Queue  18:10 Why Shanghai-Capella 21:04 Importance of Shanghai-Capella 24:52 Validators & Finality  28:12 Sassal’s Thoughts on Shanghai-Capella 32:26 Major Derisk Event?  34:30 Demystifying Withdraw Upgrade FUD 42:35 Where Will Ether Accrue?  46:20 Benefits of Competition for ETH Stakers 48:55 Bear Case for ETH Price  55:35 Solo-Staking  1:01:30 Making Solo-Staking Easier  1:04:30 Re-Keying  1:06:00 What is Next for Ethereum?  1:09:48 Anthony Sassano’s Tinkering Setup 1:15:50 Staking Airdrops?!  1:19:00 Closing & Disclaimers  ------ Resources: Tim Beiko https://twitter.com/TimBeiko  Justin Drake https://twitter.com/drakefjustin  Anthony Sassano https://twitter.com/sassal0x  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Sriram Krishnan is a GP at a16z Crypto and a defector from Web2 to Web3. Formerly a Product Lead at Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat, Sriram has seen basically everything there is to see in the world of Web2, and especially Web2 social. He also hosts a podcast with his wife covering tech and internet creators, so he knows a thing or two about the world of creators, internet social platforms, and crypto.  ------ ✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the episode:  https://www.bankless.com/debrief-sriram-krishnan    ------ What’s broken about Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook? And how can it be fixed? Can it be fixed? Sriram has many profound ideas.  Growing up in a small town in India with little opportunity, Sriram used the internet to change the course of his life. Now he worries that these same opportunities won’t be available for the next generation. He believes Web3 is the only way to keep the internet full of opportunity for the next generations. In today’s episode, we cover why Sriram defected from Web2 to Web3, why Twitter can topple world governments but can’t sell ads effectively, why every social media network has to start with status, how crypto and AI intersect, and much more.  ------ Topics Covered 0:00 Intro 7:14 Eliezer Yudkowsky 8:19 Sriram’s Thoughts on A.I. 11:35 Sriram’s Background & North Star 16:10 The Early Internet Explained  19:54 The Permissionless of the Internet Today 22:18 What Are API Keys? 25:55 Towers vs. Townsquares 28:24 TikTok Hearings & Web2 Solutions  36:13 Twitter  43:25 New Age of Twitter  49:29 Web3 Social Tour 1:02:46 Overcoming Web2 Network Effects  1:20:20 How to Crypto-Pill Elon  1:22:38 Web2 Pausing Web3 Adoption  1:26:32 Future of Creators 1:30:25 Web3 & Creators  1:35:06 Crypto & AI  1:40:33 Sriram’s Closing Arguments 1:42:22 Closing & Disclaimers  ------ Resources: Sriram & His Wife’s Podcast https://www.youtube.com/@AarthiAndSriram/videos  https://www.aarthiandsriram.com/  Sriram’s Twitter https://twitter.com/sriramk  Eugene Wei’s Status-as-a-Service  https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2019/2/19/status-as-a-service  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Bankless Weekly Rollup First Week of April 2023  Daily Gwei: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCp6vKY5jDr87htKH6hgDA  Anthony Sassano: https://twitter.com/sassal0x  ------ 🚀 CONSENSUS GIVEAWAY: https://www.bankless.com/join?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Intro&utm_campaign=Intro_CTA1  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/kraken  🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap  👻 PHANTOM | FRIENDLY MULTICHAIN WALLET https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ------ Topics Covered 0:00 Intro 3:30 MARKETS 9:25 Self Custody https://twitter.com/santimentfeed/status/1640454653900124166  10:00 Uniswap vs Coinbase https://twitter.com/esatoshiclub/status/1642879360473464833  11:30 TraderJoe Arbitrum https://twitter.com/SizeChad/status/1641780916509974529  13:20 Nasdaq Price https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1641974275023200257  15:25 Silk Road Bitcoin https://www.docdroid.net/cAA99Gw/123-pdf  https://twitter.com/joemccann/status/1641845646226509824  21:30 Arbitrum Controversial Vote https://twitter.com/0xedenau/status/1642502145839890432  Vote: https://snapshot.org/#/arbitrumfoundation.eth/proposal/0x3be7368a662d1cf12fa4da768d626edbc013be0dc7b994fef2e24d9a54e4033a  Response: https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1642653014518366209  Clarification: https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1643699348683870211  AIP-1: https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/aip-1-arbitrum-improvement-proposal-framework/30  43:50 Elizabeth Warren’s War on Crypto Tweet: https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1641138829162577928  Stop: https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1641738330147569664  50:04 Dogecoin Twitter https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1642976364080041984  51:55 Binance Interpol https://twitter.com/cobie/status/1643030646326202370  https://twitter.com/cobie/status/1643042169153028097   https://cryptopotato.com/cz-says-interpol-red-notice-rumors-are-fud/  58:45 Euler Hack https://twitter.com/eulerfinance/status/1643345907344379904  https://forum.euler.finance/t/special-announcement/900  1:02:45 Optimism RPGF https://optimism.mirror.xyz/Upn_LtV2-3SviXgX_PE_LyA7YI00jQyoM1yf55ltvvI  1:09:45 MEV Flashbots Attack https://twitter.com/Mudit__Gupta/status/1642844239733071872  https://twitter.com/hudsonjameson/status/1642806078088921094  https://twitter.com/metachris/status/1642862456556130306  https://twitter.com/nanexcool/status/1643325676051652612  1:19:30 EIP-4844 https://twitter.com/peter_szilagyi/status/1642945334396551171  1:21:24 News Opensea Pro: https://twitter.com/openseapro/status/1643314687134556160  Airplane Ticket NFT: https://flybondi.com/ar/ticket3puntocero  MicroStrategy Bitcoin: https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1643624720598720513  Signature Tether: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-04/signature-s-signet-provided-path-for-tether-holders  1:24:30 zkSync Era https://twitter.com/zksync/status/1642277357368090626  1:31:15 Raises Ledger: https://www.ledger.com/blog/a-message-from-pascal-gauthier-chairman-ceo-of-ledger  LayerZero: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/04/crypto-protocol-layerzero-raises-120m-series-b-at-3b-valuation/  Li.Fi: https://twitter.com/lifiprotocol/status/1643226950318837768  ENS Vision: https://twitter.com/ensvision/status/1643214583308472321  1:34:30 Jobs https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs  1:37:10 Questions from the Nation https://www.bankless.com/join?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Intro&utm_campaign=Intro_CTA1  1:40:15 TAKES War on Cryptography: https://twitter.com/functi0nzer0/status/1641774901949259777  FTX Credit Card: https://twitter.com/el_chapo_gb/status/1641138874205208584  1:42:10 MEME(s) of the Week https://twitter.com/bitcoinmagazine/status/1642955995407347712  Moment of Zen ---- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Itay Vinik is the Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Equi, an alternative investment platform that brings investment strategies to accredited investors. Today, Itay returns to the pod to answer the question: can the Fed thread the needle between inflation and recession? ------ ✨ BECOME A BANKLESS CITIZEN ✨ https://www.bankless.com?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=ChannelLinks&utm_campaign=Website!  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/kraken  🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap  👻 PHANTOM | FRIENDLY MULTICHAIN WALLET https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ------ Topics Covered 0:00 Intro 6:00 Itay Returns 8:00 Reflecting on 2022 12:04 Equi Portfolio 15:35 Threading the Needle 19:10 Destroying Wealth 26:45 Accelerating Chaos 29:10 Inflation and Monetary Supply 38:30 The Fed is Bleeding 43:30 Small Cap Stocks 46:00 Will the Fed Pivot? 55:14 Economic Recession 1:01:14 Recession Indicators 1:02:59 Hopium 1:06:24 The US Banking System 1:09:44 How to Analyze the Economy ------ Resources: Itay Vinik https://twitter.com/VinikItay?s=20  Equi https://www.equi.com/  Links to our recent macro series https://youtu.be/pP_HHE0kFhA  https://youtu.be/E8lxrsF29u0  https://youtu.be/-DzY_pCFGbI.  https://youtube.com/live/eregdZPLYjg.  https://youtu.be/5sNCrPAwt6w  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Lyn Alden is one of crypto’s favorite macro commentators and also a frequent returning guest to the Bankless program. When Lyn comes on Bankless, you know it’s because Macro is confusing, and we need help navigating these chaotic waters.  Inflation! Bank run! Insolvency! Recession! Everyone’s yelling things! But what’s going to happen? Lyn has the answers.  ------ ✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the episode:  https://www.bankless.com/debrief-lyn-alden    ------ In today’s episode, Lyn covers whether or not the Fed Balance sheet is expanding to infinity, what’s even on the Fed Balance sheet, how the Fed actually works, why a regional bank crisis might domino to the Dollar losing world reserve currency status, and how that same bank crisis might impact the 2024 US Election.  This is a Lyn Alden episode you don’t want to miss.   ------ Topics Covered 0:00 Intro 5:09 Summary of Last Few Weeks 6:19 Speed Bump or Phase Change?  7:55 Nobody Knows What Happens Next 10:10 The Balaji to Ben Spectrum  18:14 Fed Balance Sheet Timeline 24:08 Run on the Fed?  31:05 U.S. Treasuries Value 41:31 Impact of the Economy Post-Sucking  47:31 Innovation Damper 49:18 Rethinking the Dollar’s Role in the World 52:52 Bull Case for Non-U.S. Dollar Supremacy  57:38 More Division in the Economy?  1:01:38 Loss of the Dollar?  1:08:00 Reserve Currency Predictions 1:12:47 Bitcoin Liquidity Profile  1:15:46 What Do We Do Lyn?  1:18:14 Is Crypto the Ultimate Tail Risk?  1:20:19 Closing & Disclaimers   ------ Resources: Lyn Alden Twitter https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact  Lyn Alden  https://www.lynalden.com/  Links to our recent macro series  https://youtu.be/pP_HHE0kFhA  https://youtu.be/E8lxrsF29u0  https://youtu.be/-DzY_pCFGbI   https://youtube.com/live/eregdZPLYjg   ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Bankless Weekly Rollup Last Week of March 2023 ------ 📣 Infura | New SDK for NFT APIs For Devs https://bankless.cc/Infura  ------ 🚀 JOIN BANKLESS PREMIUM:  https://www.bankless.com/dashboard  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/kraken  🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap  👻 PHANTOM | FRIENDLY MULTICHAIN WALLET https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  🚁 EARNIFI | CLAIM YOUR UNCLAIMED AIRDROPS https://bankless.cc/earnifi   ------ Topics Covered 0:00 Intro 3:56 Markets 5:49 2/3 of QT reversed  https://twitter.com/biancoresearch/status/1639004727001358339 17:41 Staking tokens up - April 12 is the date https://decrypt.co/124812/ethereum-staking-tokens-shanghai-upgrade-gets-date  19:14 Arbitrum  https://l2beat.com/scaling/projects/arbitrum https://twitter.com/TingHu888/status/1638884726441410561  21:00 How much ETH is lost forever? https://twitter.com/jconorgrogan/status/1637944295746412549  26:50 Binance gets busted https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8680-23  https://twitter.com/Bonecondor/status/1640376962999787521  https://twitter.com/Bonecondor/status/1640398821153816592  https://www.binance.com/en/blog/from-cz/czs-response-to-the-cftc-complaint-2408916493005890282  https://twitter.com/blockbytescom/status/1640370581949362182   35:18 War on Crypto continues  https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ERP-2023.pdf  https://twitter.com/FEhrsam/status/1638247809488150529  https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1640511693045346305   43:20 Crypto has its defenders even outside of crypto!  https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1640494485456003072   https://twitter.com/FinancialCmte/status/1640804417850036227   https://twitter.com/Dennis_Porter_/status/1640144615843188737  https://www.bankless.com/congressman-tom-emmer-tackles-the-war-on-crypto  https://decrypt.co/124872/sec-gensler-insists-clear-rules-crypto-already-exist  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1641060548312813570   57:38 ETH 57:45 Polygon ZkEVM launched  https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1640745582644830210  59:48 Consensys launched their zk-rollup Linea https://twitter.com/LineaBuild/status/1640639901292015616  1:00:18 L2Beat introduced Risk Rosette https://twitter.com/l2beat/status/1640302851900465154  1:02:39 Euler https://etherscan.io/tx/0xf69c53b82273764989cdecf75b6daabb0c0bd30b4e659bca080948126c1f992c  https://etherscan.io/tx/0xf69c53b82273764989cdecf75b6daabb0c0bd30b4e659bca080948126c1f992c  1:05:39 MakerDAO https://twitter.com/MakerDAO/status/1641106700756213760  1:07:18 NFTs Ticketmaster debuts NFT-gated ticket sales  https://business.ticketmaster.com/business-solutions/nft-token-gated-sales/  1:09:56 Microstrategy  https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/03/27/microstrategy-pays-off-silvergate-loan-buys-more-bitcoin/  1:11:07 Nasdaq to launch crypto custody service in Q2  https://twitter.com/watcherguru/status/1639236196894121984  1:11:40 Avalanche C chain out of order for +50 minutes  https://twitter.com/kevinsekniqi/status/1638712640242319364  1:12:27 U.S. charged SBF from bribing China  https://www.reuters.com/legal/ftxs-bankman-fried-charged-with-bribery-conspiracy-new-indictment-2023-03-28/  1:13:05 Pause on training AI   https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/  1:16:44 Dune Integrates Chat GPT4!  https://twitter.com/DuneAnalytics/status/1640386318000611329  1:18:48 MetaMask is integrating SiwE natively!  https://twitter.com/SpruceID/status/1639043625047977985  1:21:00 Kraken partnership with Williams Racing https://twitter.com/krakenfx/status/1640700416156397571  1:22:33 Conduit https://twitter.com/conduitxyz/status/1640731248124637185  1:23:33 Jobs https://bankless.pallet.com/jobs/f39528ec-e381-4c1f-a9ad-907e69ac27bf   1:27:06 Questions from the Nation Bigwiggle501 Goggart RocketPoolster 1:34:18 Takes https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1639621702115049477  https://twitter.com/friedberg/status/1641206963538399234  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1641270392948944896  1:43:55 What David’s Bullish On 1:46:00 What Ryan’s Bullish On 1:48:25 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/biancoresearch/status/1639086175721000961  https://twitter.com/Fiskantes/status/1640388198215069699  1:49:44 Risks & Disclaimers ---- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Representative Tom Emmer is a U.S. Representative for Minnesota, and is the serving House Majority Whip as of this year, making him one of the highest-ranking members of the U.S. House of Representatives. He has been an outspoken advocate of crypto and has rung the alarm bells as to what seems to be the politically-driven debanking of crypto in the United States of America.  ------ 📣 Infura | New SDK for NFT APIs For Devs https://bankless.cc/Infura  ------ 🚀 JOIN BANKLESS PREMIUM:  https://www.bankless.com/dashboard  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/kraken  🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap  👻 PHANTOM | FRIENDLY MULTICHAIN WALLET https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  🚁 EARNIFI | CLAIM YOUR UNCLAIMED AIRDROPS https://bankless.cc/earnifi   ------ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 5:35 Function of the House Whip 7:06 Crypto’s Priorities  8:42 Does the U.S. Hate Crypto? 12:30 Operation Choke Point 2.0  16:00 What Do We Do? 21:01 Economic Report & Partisanship 31:46 Are We Close to Common Ground? 36:46 Crypto’s Role in the 2024 Election 39:37 Closing & Disclaimers   ------ Resources: Representative Tom Emmer https://twitter.com/GOPMajorityWhip     https://twitter.com/GOPMajorityWhip/status/1636008298481680384  https://twitter.com/GOPMajorityWhip/status/1633970248549269511   ------ Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Jim Bianco is the Head of Bianco Research and owner of BiancoResearch.ETH, Jim is our go-to source of macro analysis from someone who also knows crypto.  Jim was early and loud about the initial Fed pivot into rising interest rates, all the way back in March of 2022, before much of the crypto industry really understood how significant interest rates can be.  Now, we’re having Jim back on for his 4th time to help us navigate this next wave of macro chaos. ------ 📣 Infura | New SDK for NFT APIs For Devs https://bankless.cc/Infura  ------ 🚀 JOIN BANKLESS PREMIUM:  https://www.bankless.com/dashboard  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/kraken  🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap  👻 PHANTOM | FRIENDLY MULTICHAIN WALLET https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  🚁 EARNIFI | CLAIM YOUR UNCLAIMED AIRDROPS https://bankless.cc/earnifi   ------ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro  8:10 Balaji's Bet  10:48 Arthur Hayes & Ben Hunt 14:30 The Fed's Balance Sheet Chart 18:00 Deposits in Banks Chart 27:20 BTFP 36:09 Raising Rates & Insolvency  38:35 The Long Tail of Banks  47:09 Treasury Returns?!  54:45 Uncertainty & Bond Market  58:20 Phase Change  1:02:24 Signs of Health 1:06:55 What is Jim Doing?  1:10:40 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Resources: Jim Bianco  https://twitter.com/biancoresearch https://twitter.com/biancoresearch/status/1638995201770536961  https://twitter.com/biancoresearch/status/1639004727001358339  ------ Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Ryan talks to Polygon's Mihailo and Jordi about the launch of their zkEVM!  ------ 📣 Infura | New SDK for NFT APIs For Devs https://bankless.cc/Infura  ------ 🚀 JOIN BANKLESS PREMIUM:  https://www.bankless.com/dashboard  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/kraken  🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap  👻 PHANTOM | FRIENDLY MULTICHAIN WALLET https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  🚁 EARNIFI | CLAIM YOUR UNCLAIMED AIRDROPS https://bankless.cc/earnifi   ------ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 3:58 Polygon zkEVM 10:40 What Polygon zkEVM Unlocks? 16:40 Polygon zkEVM vs. PoS  18:20 Polygon PoS Chain 22:24 Cost Per Transaction 24:30 Optimistic Rollup vs. zkEVM 29:37 Polygon Ecosystem 38:06 Polygon zkEVM Value Proposition  46:00 Risks of New Tech 54:15 $MATIC 56:20 Closing, Resources, & Disclaimers  ------ Resources: Mihailo https://twitter.com/MihailoBjelic  Jordi https://twitter.com/jbaylina   Polygon Labs Launches zkEVM Layer 2 https://www.theblock.co/post/222950/polygon-labs-unveils-zkevm-layer-2-scaling-solution  https://wiki.polygon.technology/docs/zkEVM/develop/  ------ Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures