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3rd Week of May, 2021

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro

0:45 MARKETS

1:20 BTC Price

2:13 ETH Price

7:13 ETH/BTC

8:38 ETH Volumes Big

https://twitter.com/RyanWatkins_/status/1397385373580398594?s=20 

10:18 DeFi Action

https://defipulse.com/ 

https://messari.io/asset/defipulse-index 

https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/DPIWETH/?exchange=UNISWAP 

12:39 The System Didn’t Break

https://twitter.com/raoulgmi/status/1397172575810228225?s=21 

16:15 Big Week for DeFi

https://twitter.com/jack_clancy93/status/1395399566644682757?s=20 

17:18 Tornado Flippen Zcash?

https://twitter.com/ameensol/status/1395534483202269187?s=19 

21:52 YFI Price Earnings

https://twitter.com/bantg/status/1396457032996245505?s=20 

24:05 Stablecoin Settlements Big

https://twitter.com/dmihal/status/1397124171050668033?s=20 

26:00 RELEASES

28:00 Arbitrum Launching

https://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-scaler-arbitrum-is-launching-friday-with-developer-support-from-alchemy 

31:10 Uniswap on Arbitrum

https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1397675094001045508?s=21 

32:42 Optimistic Etherscan

https://optimismpbc.medium.com/integrating-etherscan-24a3811a765c 

34:45 ETH’s Value on L2

https://twitter.com/hiljis/status/1397697744370900994?s=21 

42:15 Polygon SDK

https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1397558139256377345 

44:38 Gitcoin DAO

https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-sotn-47-gitcoin-dao-and-gtc-token 

46:11 Coinbase Institutional

https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-institutional-is-proud-to-announce-the-unveiling-of-our-new-prime-offering-9790e068f0a9 

47:20 NEWS

47:30 Carl Icahn: ETH is Money

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/crypto-here-stay-carl-icahn-may-take-relatively-big-stake-digital-currency-space-prefers-eth 

50:44 Ray Dalio Prefers BTC to Bonds

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-24/bridgewater-s-ray-dalio-says-he-prefers-bitcoin-to-bonds 

53:19 “China Bans Bitcoin”

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/26/major-china-bitcoin-mining-hub-lays-out-harsher-crackdown-measures.html 

57:44 Cuban Tracker: Polygon

https://www.coindesk.com/mark-cuban-invests-in-ethereum-layer-2-polygon 

59:51 Gamestop NFT

https://nft.gamestop.com/ 

1:02:24 Bitcoin, Michael Taylor, and Elon

https://twitter.com/michael_saylor/status/1396915801492439044?s=20 

Take:  https://twitter.com/nanexcool/status/1397000162459930624?s=20 

1:07:15 Businesses Must Report

https://www.coindesk.com/us-treasury-calls-for-businesses-to-report-crypto-transfers-of-10k-to-the-irs 

1:10:14 FED Digital Currency

https://twitter.com/CNBCnow/status/1395440279004618760?s=20 

1:12:08 Coinbase 🤝 Goldman

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/105853/coinbase-former-goldman-sachs-faryar-shirzad-chief-policy-officer 

1:13:35 Quick Bites 

PayPal: https://www.coindesk.com/paypal-will-let-customers-withdraw-crypto-exec-says 

Apple? https://www.coindesk.com/apple-is-looking-for-crypto-experience-in-alternative-payments-job-post?amp=1&__twitter_impression=true&s=09 

1confirmation: https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-vc-1confirmation-raises-125m-for-third-fund 

COIN: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/24/coinbase-stock-initiation-goldman-sachs.html 

1:16:00 TAKES

1:17:00 Anti-Crypto Bag Bias

https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/1395457904027869184?s=21 

1:23:25 Volatility is not Unhealthy

https://twitter.com/MichaelIppo/status/1395452094556086285?s=20 

1:24:00 DeFi Protocols are Michael Saylor

https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1397161855387308032?s=20 

1:27:50 Money Game Landscape

https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/ethereum-the-money-game-landscape 

1:29:40 The Cycle

https://twitter.com/tbr90/status/1397185395603935232?s=21 

1:32:23 Rethink Work

https://twitter.com/nateliason/status/1397719837204418561?s=20 

1:33:52 There be Monsters

https://twitter.com/udiWertheimer/status/1397738091452981248?s=20 

1:35:40 What David’s Excited About

1:38:00 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:41:45 MEME OF THE WEEK

https://twitter.com/EthereumMemes/status/1397268903198400517/photo/1 

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