ROLLUP: Arbitrum Layer 2 Launches | LOOT NFT | El Salvador BTC | FTX | ETH & EIP 1559 (Septemer 3rd)
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🗓️ 3 September 2021
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Summary
1st Week of September, 2021
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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro
3:50 MARKETS
4:00 BTC Price
4:25 ETH Price
5:34 ETH/BTC Ratio
7:40 DeFi Action
9:13 BED Index
https://www.indexcoop.com/bed
9:59 Layer 2 Action
https://l2beat.com/
12:09 EIP 1559
Issuance: https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1432679086158196736?s=20
Adoption: https://twitter.com/blocknative/status/1433206965753171968?s=21
18:44 NFT Volume
https://twitter.com/DuneAnalytics/status/1432252689824550914
19:28 Cross-Chain
Hop: https://twitter.com/richardchen39/status/1431265424394506244
Connext: https://twitter.com/ConnextNetwork/status/1430873159821971457
22:30 Spot Volume UP
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/116381/august-spot-exchange-volume-breaks-1-trillion-for-first-time-since-may
25:00 RELEASES
26:30 Arbitrum
https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1432817424752128008?s=20
32:25 Sassano Thread
https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1431278544588443649?s=20
33:00 3AC NFT Fund
https://twitter.com/Vince_Van_Dough/status/1432346847113359361
34:40 Merit Circle
https://medium.com/@meritcircle/introducing-merit-circle-ea7700fd0c15
35:25 pleasrDAO DOGE
https://twitter.com/PleasrDAO/status/1432721875059286031
39:24 Other Releases
Gas Estimator: https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1433292350713851905?s=20
Floor Perpetuals:
https://twitter.com/_Dave__White_/status/1432768645843746817
Arbitrum Raise:
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/116148/ethereum-scaling-solution-arbitrum-launches-mainnet-raises-120-million-funding
Offchain Raise:
https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/31/offchain-labs-raises-120-million-to-hide-ethereums-shortcomings-with-arbitrum-scaling-product/
Jobs:
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43:00 NEWS
43:54 Chain Split
https://twitter.com/kelvinfichter/status/1431336698911338496
45:34 Coinbase Layer 2
https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-protocol-team-advances-crypto-community-aa9b3748bac5
47:08 Metamask 10M MAU
https://twitter.com/ConsenSys/status/1433055817633345541?s=20
47:53 Not Selling ETH
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1431224022977630208?s=20
50:20 Larva Labs & UTA
https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1432815773085405185
51:40 Mutant Apes
https://decrypt.co/79718/bored-ape-yacht-club-sells-96-million-of-nfts-in-hour-for-mutant-apes-launch
55:47 El Salvador
Trust Fund: https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1432890332228767748
El Salvador Protests: https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/08/28/bitcoin-protests-break-out-in-el-salvador-as-central-american-neighbours-wait-to-see-its-s
58:20 Twitter BTC Tipping
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/116320/twitter-appears-to-be-adding-the-ability-to-tip-using-bitcoin
59:20 Tether Squeeze
https://twitter.com/Bitfinexed/status/1431267971939323910?s=20
1:00:11 SBF & LedgerX
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/116134/ftx-us-acquires-crypto-derivatives-exchange-ledgerx
1:01:38 Giancarlo Quits BlockFi
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/09/01/crypto-dad-giancarlo-to-quit-blockfis-board-after-4-months/
1:03:33 LOOT & The Metaverse
https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1433169234864001032?s=20
1:19:00 TAKES
1:20:30 DeFi for Capital, NFTs for People
https://twitter.com/ASvanevik/status/1431058200535601154?s=20
1:21:45 Twitter Identity for NFTs
https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1431951967643967492?s=21
1:25:20 Diamonds vs. Jpegs
https://twitter.com/realnatashache/status/1433098070565195779?s=21
1:26:08 Vitalik’s Thread
https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1433195737907564545?s=20
1:29:43 David is Tired
https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1433441995133837315?s=20
1:32:32 What David’s Excited About
1:33:58 What Ryan’s Excited About
1:37:06 Meme of the Week
https://twitter.com/flamingodao/status/1432874403717652480?s=21
Moment of Zen
https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1433435923266502671?s=20
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| 0:00.0 | This is the first week of September while starting to feel like fall, starting to feel like |
| 0:14.0 | time to get back to school, but I haven't taken a summer off, David, I don't know about |
| 0:18.4 | you. |
| 0:19.4 | I feel like no. |
| 0:20.4 | This summer has only gotten more and more just like energetic and crazy and like every |
| 0:25.9 | week that has happened, it's just like, how are we going to do the weekly roll-up? |
| 0:30.8 | This is absolutely insane. |
| 0:33.0 | How are we going to fit this within a two to three hour roll-up session? |
| 0:37.0 | How do I explain what's going on? |
| 0:39.4 | Guys, we will keep this as short as possible. |
| 0:41.8 | As always, we're going to cover markets for leases, news, takes, what we're excited about, |
| 0:46.3 | and with the meme of the week, I think we have a moment of Zen for you too. |
| 0:49.4 | Hey, before we do, we got to talk about our friends at SoRare, NFTs are going mainstream. |
| 0:54.7 | It's happening this cycle. |
| 0:55.8 | It's happening now. |
| 0:57.6 | SoRare is a way to collect trade and do fantasy sports with soccer. |
| 1:04.8 | Your favorite soccer players, Europeans will call this a football, of course. |
| 1:08.9 | What's super cool from a tech side is this is NFTs on ZK roll-ups, so they got the tech |
| 1:14.3 | figured out. |
| 1:15.3 | It is fast and seamless, and there's utility along with these cards, so you can play |
| 1:19.9 | with them in a fantasy sports type arena. |
| 1:23.6 | This wants you to play global fantasy football. |
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