ROLLUP: 1st Week of April (Visa on ETH, SNL NFT Skit, PayPal Crypto, Bankless & Wells Fargo)
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🗓️ 2 April 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Download the crypto meta to your brain in this weekly show.
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RESOURCES
ETH / BTC
https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/1377704242706849796?s=20
Index Coop Revenue
https://twitter.com/AlphaLemonade/status/1375917785717432323?s=20
FLI Token (2x ETH)
https://www.tokensets.com/portfolio/ethfli
Filecoin Fully Diluted Valuation
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/filecoin
RELEASES
zkEVM in May?
https://twitter.com/zksync/status/1375807885742125058?s=27
Projects on L2
https://twitter.com/deversifi/status/1376537192621862912?s=20
PayPal Crypto Checkout Service
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crypto-currency-paypal-exclusive-idUSKBN2BM10N
Element Finance
https://twitter.com/element_fi/status/1377315823879086081
Synthetix L2 Staking
https://blog.synthetix.io/oe-integrated-into-staking/
FEI Genesis
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-alpha-alert-fei-protocol-genesis
26:03 NEWS
Bankless & Wells Fargo ;)
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-acquired-by-wells-fargo
Optimism Launch Delayed
https://optimismpbc.medium.com/optimistically-cautious-767a898f90c8
Visa, the ETH Sidechain
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/99639/visa-now-settles-payments-in-usdc-stablecoin-ethereum
Tether vs DAI
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1376980581247029249?s=20
Aave and Polygon
https://www.coindesk.com/defi-major-aave-working-with-polygon-to-bypass-ethereum-congestion
SNL NFT Skit
https://youtu.be/mrNOYudaMAc?t=46
Michael Jordan & Top Shot
https://www.coindesk.com/michael-jordan-joins-305m-investment-in-firm-behind-nba-top-shot
‘x * y = k’
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/xykan-ethereum-story
Opensea & Immutable X
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/100084/opensea-nft-layer-2-immutable-x
Goldman Offering Bitcoin
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/31/bitcoin-goldman-is-close-to-offering-bitcoin-to-its-richest-clients.html
Coinbase Listing
https://cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8369-21
FTX Arena
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/26/crypto-industry-to-get-first-major-us-stadium-with-miami-dade-county-approving-ftx-for-heat-home.html
46:08 TAKES
Who’s Buying NFTs?
https://twitter.com/UltraXBT/status/1375284492730916869?s=20
PoW, the Stepping Stone
https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/mf31ia/a_brain_dump_on_pos_vs_pow_arguments/gsm1dnc/
Has Ethereum Changed?
https://twitter.com/panekkkk/status/1376620862657429508
Governance Proposals Over VC
https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1377356181254119429?s=21
Crypto Culture is Tight
https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1377726365298950145
What David’s Excited About
Rugging the Fed
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/visa-is-going-to-pay-eth-holders-ebe
What Ryan’s Excited About
Hayden Adams Podcast
https://youtu.be/uQS7WuQtXWs
MEME OF THE WEEK
https://twitter.com/deversifi/status/1377517957547487232?s=20
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This Week on Bankless:
🦄 Uniswap | Hayden Adams: https://youtu.be/uQS7WuQtXWs
🚨 Alpha Alert: Fei Protocol: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-alpha-alert-fei-protocol-genesis
🦄 The Story of PleasrDAO (3/31): https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/xykan-ethereum-story
⚒️ How to Stream Money (3/30): https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/how-to-stream-money
🏴 SotN w/ Crypto Bobby (3/30): https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-sotn-40-get-a-job-in-crypto-rob
🎙️ EIP-1559 With Hasu (3/29): https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-eip-1559-hasu
📈 Market Monday (3/29): https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/visa-is-going-to-pay-eth-holders
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| 0:00.0 | I'm doing absolutely fantastic trying to sift through this sea of both real and fake news, |
| 0:26.6 | trying to put this weekly rollup agenda together. |
| 0:29.3 | April 1st is a harder time in crypto than in any other industry, and for those that |
| 0:36.3 | aren't, this is their first April 1st in crypto, congratulations. |
| 0:40.2 | We take this seriously in the crypto world. |
| 0:43.2 | I remember one of, to this day, Vitalik released a proposal to hardcap the eats supply |
| 0:50.0 | on April 1st, and no one knows if it was an April Fool's joke or not, like to this day. |
| 0:54.8 | So it's a special day in the world of crypto. |
| 0:57.3 | Oh, Bancliffe has certainly carried on that tradition more when we get to the April Fool's joke. |
| 1:03.2 | Baby, I mean, no, it's up to, it's up to the listener to decide whether it was an April Fool's joke or not. |
| 1:09.7 | Anyway, guys, you're listening to this on a Friday morning. |
| 1:12.6 | We hope you were enjoying this with your morning routine with your morning copy coffee. |
| 1:17.1 | We're hitting the market releases news, take ending with what we're both excited about the schedule. |
| 1:24.0 | This comes out every Friday morning. |
| 1:26.4 | We release on YouTube. |
| 1:27.4 | We also release it on the podcast. |
| 1:29.9 | David, you ready to get to the markets? |
| 1:31.8 | Let's do it. |
| 1:32.4 | There's so much to talk about in the markets. |
| 1:34.2 | All right, David, let's talk about Bitcoin. |
| 1:36.6 | King Bitcoin has Bitcoin hanging in this week. |
| 1:39.1 | Almost above $60,000 once again, $58,940 fluctuating in that very high $50,000 range. |
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