ROLLUP: TRON's Massive Win | Dems Ignore Crypto | The $20M McDonalds Scam | Vitalik's Bull Post

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🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Tron has been on a tear ranking second in stablecoin supply, highest number of token holders at 143.5 million, and has the second highest TVL among layer 1's at over $8 billion dollars.

What's causing this big spike and... why?

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

00:00 David's New Fighting Opponent
https://x.com/Permissionless/status/1826245778098237923

05:35 Markets
https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/btc-usd
https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/eth-usd
https://farside.co.uk/?p=1518
https://unchainedcrypto.com/blackrocks-ethereum-etf-surpasses-1-billion-in-net-inflows/

09:17 Tron Taking Over?
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/tron

14:57 Fear vs Greed In Markets
https://x.com/Barchart/status/1825970627011817561
https://www.coinglass.com/pro/i/FearGreedIndex

19:53 Dems 2024 Platform Release
https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1825571943891792289
https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1825620753783345308
https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1825625975528501711
https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1825619465339351144
https://washingtonreporter.news/editorial/scoop-kamala-harris-likely-to-nominate-gary-gensler-as-treasury-secretary-if-elected-senate-sources/
https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1825618904686739630

32:36 Trump Onchain
https://blockworks.co/news/donald-trump-nft-royalties-memecoin-taxes
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/15/politics/read-donald-trump-financial-disclosure-forms/index.html
https://opensea.io/collection/trump-digital-trading-cards

39:02 Optimism Disabled Fraud Proofs?
https://x.com/Optimism/status/1824560736657670314

42:47 Pump Dot Fun
https://x.com/adam_tehc/status/1824994679265349802?s=46

45:33 McDonalds Memecoin?
https://x.com/timo_bult/status/1826284191115530600
https://pump.fun/4BRummYdfvoEGQwYzTSmn5F6RyAFdrHUTFkeagobpump

50:02 Story $80 Million Raise
https://www.story.foundation/
https://x.com/jasonjzhao/status/1826236451954286946

53:58 Sorella Labs $7.5 Million
https://www.theblock.co/post/312222/paradigm-sorella-labs-ethereum-mev-problem?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

57:20 Meme Of The Week
https://x.com/vitalikbuterin/status/1826253901240431083?s=46

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0:00.0	Bankless Nation, it is the fourth week of August.
0:06.0	It is time for the Bankless Weekly Roll Up.
0:08.4	It's roll-up time.
0:09.4	David, the Democrats dropped their 90 page policy platform.
0:13.6	I'm sure they mentioned crypto how many times?
0:16.0	Yeah, we're not going to spoil it, okay?
0:18.5	We're not going to spoil it, okay? We're not going to support everyone to guess your number.
0:21.9	Think of a number right now. How many times was crypto mentioned?
0:24.8	Yeah, and the question of course this week as well as the last was, was this the week for the Comla
0:29.5	crypto pivot? Or here's the other side of of this maybe she's going to nominate Gary
0:35.4	Gensler for Trecord secretary treasury to pull their opposites which which one is
0:41.8	happening also in the world of crypto Yeah, which one is happening.
0:43.0	Also in the world of crypto, why optimism disabled their fraud proofs?
0:47.0	Good, bad, why is that even possible?
0:49.0	What happens next?
0:50.0	Why do they do that?
0:51.0	And the new meta in crypto this week, Tron. All the meme
0:54.2	coin traders are bridging over to Tron, and if you are hearing that line right
0:57.4	now and you're like, ooh, I better get on Tron, you're
0:59.0	probably too late. Speaking meme coins, we got to talk about the Grimest coin, David. Is it a scam or is this something real that McDonald's is from their Instagram?
1:08.0	From McDonald's Instagram, scam or real. Everyone place your bet. Scam or real.
1:13.2	David, these headlines, man.
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