ROLLUP: ETH Merge Soon | Yuga Labs Acquisition | ApeCoin | Raises & NEW Releases Galore

3rd Week of March 2022

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

4:00 MARKETS
4:25 BTC Price
5:05 ETH Price
6:55 ETH/BTC Ratio
11:50 $BED
https://www.indexcoop.com/bed

12:15 FED WATCH
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/feds-powell-sees-the-light-and-turns-far-more-hawkish-than-expected-11647468210
24:05 ETH Gas
https://dune.xyz/hildobby/Gas
26:05 VISA vs. ETH Volume
https://twitter.com/blockworks_/status/1503343966057545729
27:15 Hold or Sell Airdrops?
https://thedefiant.io/messari-airdrops-112-profit-selling/
27:50 A Brief History
https://twitter.com/justintrimble/status/1504262012255318018
29:50 Rotatooooooooorrrss - 3ArrowsCapital
https://twitter.com/btcinchina/status/1504339901264777218
30:45 Terra Do Kwon
34:45 Terra Bet by Do Kwon
https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1503264558160375810

40:40 RELEASES
41:05 Stripe Now Supports Crypto
https://twitter.com/collision/status/1501961880289480704
45:00 Aave v3 is Here
https://twitter.com/AaveAave/status/1504137636105043971
47:20 Alchemix v2
https://twitter.com/scupytrooples/status/1503751703019110410
49:55 Coinbase Tests Fee-Free Trading
https://blockworks.co/coinbase-rolls-out-test-of-no-fee-trading/

57:02 RAISES
57:05 ConsenSys $450M at $7B Valuation
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/15/450m-raise-values-ethereum-builder-consensys-at-7b-as-metamask-tops-30m-users/
https://twitter.com/ConsenSys/status/1503748099885477897
58:28 Optimism x A16z
https://medium.com/ethereum-optimism/money-long-team-strong-8526c6943fd7
59:55 StarkWare $6B Valuation
https://twitter.com/Darrenlautf/status/1501863868502396928
1:00:15 Solana Marketplace, Magic Eden $27M
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/14/solana-based-nft-marketplace-magic-eden-raises-27m-series-a/
1:01:37 Aptos is Expanding
https://medium.com/aptoslabs/expanding-the-aptos-community-38c5b18a84b7

1:05:14 JOBS
https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs
1:06:04 Talent Collective
https://bankless.pallet.com/talent/welcome

1:06:50 NEWS / ETH
1:06:55 Don’t Sleep on the Merge
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/dont-sleep-on-the-merge-lite
1:12:50 IT BROKE!
https://hackmd.io/@prysmaticlabs/HyZqgTA-c
1:19:10 Rocketpool
https://twitter.com/Rocket_Pool/status/1501796795365867524

1:21:28 L222
1:21:30 How Do Rollups Decentralize?
https://medium.com/ethereum-optimism/our-pragmatic-path-to-decentralization-cb5805ca43c1
1:25:18 Optimism Cannon
https://twitter.com/optimismPBC/status/1501624172581064704

1:27:20 NFTs
1:27:23 Yuga Labs
1:27:25 Biggest NFT M&A Deal?
https://twitter.com/yugalabs/status/1502420714527334406
1:33:30 Great Summary From William Peaster
https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/bored-apes-cryptopunks-the-big-ideas
1:35:00 $APE Coin
https://twitter.com/apecoin/status/1504201556165644298
1:37:23 NFTX Milked: “FlashMint”
https://twitter.com/wilburforce_/status/1504437189979119622
1:39:15 NFTs Coming to Instagram
https://decrypt.co/95209/nfts-are-coming-to-instagram-says-meta-ceo

1:40:40 REGULATION / TRADEFI / MACRO
1:40:35 Congress Come Get Ya Boi…
https://twitter.com/RepTomEmmer/status/1504117933395619846
1:42:46 EU Votes Down Anti-PoW Clause
https://twitter.com/paddi_hansen/status/1503383993391194115
1:43:47 Saudi Arabia Considers Yuan?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-considers-accepting-yuan-instead-of-dollars-for-chinese-oil-sales-1164735154
1:44:56 Future Regulation in South Korea? Win!
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/137172/yoon-suk-yeol-who-pledged-to-deregulate-south-koreas-crypto-sector-wins-presidential-election

1:49:10 TAKES
1:49:39 Some Ponzis Are Scams
https://twitter.com/avifelman/status/1502400594245423105
1:51:14 Pay or Go Away
https://twitter.com/iamdcinvestor/status/1503014777475502083
1:54:12 Diversification For the Weak
https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1504081408968601600

1:56:36 What David’s Excited About
157:58 What Ryan’s Excited About

2:00:12 MEME of the Week
https://twitter.com/ultrasoundmoney/status/1503684172438773765

2:00:40 Disclaimers
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