3rd Week of September, 2021 ------- 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/  🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR https://bankless.cc/Matcha  🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS https://bankless.cc/Ledger  🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING https://bankless.cc/UniGrants  ------ 📣 TracerDAO | Perpetual Pools are now Live on Aribtrum! https://bankless.cc/Tracer  ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 1:50 MARKETS 2:10 BTC Price 100W SMA: https://twitter.com/intocryptoverse/status/1437156801850527753?s=21  Golden Cross: https://twitter.com/intocryptoverse/status/1437940127603494917?s=21  WBTC Minting: https://twitter.com/WBTCBot/status/1437581280904876040?s=20  5:15 ETH Price 5:46 ETH/BTC Ratio 5:59 DeFi Action BED Index: https://www.indexcoop.com/bed  8:18 Layer 2 L2Beat: https://l2beat.com/  Arbitrum: https://twitter.com/Arbitrum2day/status/1437339427806715911  11:35 EIP 1559 Burn: https://ultrasound.money/  Layer 2s: https://twitter.com/dividend_fire/status/1437086130327928836?s=21  14:38 Bridges Connext https://twitter.com/dividend_fire/status/1437086130327928836?s=21  Dashboard https://dune.xyz/eliasimos/Bridge-Away-(from-Ethereum)  17:10 Gitcoin Round 11 https://twitter.com/gitcoin/status/1435991454392930308  19:30 RELEASES 20:00 TracerDAO https://bankless.cc/Tracer  22:19 Into the Bytecode https://twitter.com/sinahab/status/1437380863797473280?s=20  23:08 Optimism Limit Increase https://twitter.com/optimismPBC/status/1437437368303329289  23:54 Zapper https://twitter.com/zapper_fi/status/1437884287756509193?s=20  25:26 Raises Coinbase: https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1437387327505108992? s=20Steve Cohen: https://decrypt.co/80825/billionaire-steve-cohen-nft-startup-recur-50-million-series-a  Immutable: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/117620/nft-scaling-startup-immutable-raises-60-million-in-series-b-funding  29:56 Jobs https://jobs.banklesshq.com/  29:59 NEWS 31:09 Solana Outage https://twitter.com/SolanaStatus/status/1437856638279487493?s=20  33:48 Arbitrum Went Down https://medium.com/offchainlabs/arbitrum-one-outage-report-d365b24d49c  34:45 A Tale of Two Outages Arbitrum: https://twitter.com/krzKaczor/status/1437862946948980741?s=20  Was it Down? https://twitter.com/dzack23/status/1437923828391424005?s=21  41:10 Takes Hudson: https://twitter.com/hudsonjameson/status/1438038974946283530?s=21  Kyle Samani: https://twitter.com/KyleSamani/status/1437882572801970177?s=20  Gavin Wood: https://twitter.com/gavofyork/status/1437880885676855297?s=21  54:26 Ethereum Failed Attack https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/117637/unsuccessful-attack-on-ethereum-managed-to-trick-a-few-nodes  56:25 EY & Polygon https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1437881362887946251  58:46 Vitalik top 100 https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2021/6095980/vitalik-buterin/  59:50 Opensea Drama https://twitter.com/ZuwuTV/status/1437921263394115584?s=19  1:03:50 Arbitrum NFT Market https://twitter.com/Agusx1211/status/1437823065564631045  1:04:55 Bored Apes in Sothebys https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/116715/collection-of-bored-ape-nfts-break-sothebys-estimates-with-3-days-to-go  1:05:45 Fidelity BTC ETF https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-14/fidelity-pushed-for-bitcoin-etf-approval-in-private-sec-meeting  1:07:00 Microstrategy Buys https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1437395735180419077?s=20  1:07:40 Elizabeth Warren & Gary Gensler https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/117651/elizabeth-warren-and-gary-gensler-place-coinbase-in-oversight-crosshairs  1:14:00 TAKES 1:15:00 David’s Punk https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1437898773171032064?s=20  1:18:25 Scale and Build https://twitter.com/scott_lew_is/status/1435951889183612933  1:19:44 Hollowing Out Banks https://twitter.com/0x_tigerswami/status/1437951680163758081?s=20  1:22:27 Toxic Maxi https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1437975866160476164?s=20  1:24:35 What David’s Excited About 1:25:30 What Ryan’s Excited About 1:26:24 Meme of the Week https://twitter.com/josephdelong/status/1437253108296474625?s=20  1:27:42 Closing & Disclaimers ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures 

Anthony Sassano is undoubtedly one of the most committed individuals to the Ethereum ecosystem and the values that come along with it. Dropping newsletters and podcasts every weekday with his consistent fervor is inspiring as it is valuable. In this episode Layer Zero, we dive into what drives Anthony. This opens up to a broader conversation of philosophy, longevity research, his thesis on life, and his beard oil company (?!) ------ 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/  🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/  🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/go-gemini  🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS https://bankless.cc/balancer  👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS https://bankless.cc/aave  🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING http://bankless.cc/uniswap  ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 4:20 Justin Drake & Layer Zero 6:30 You Need A Social Layer 9:24 Profit & Value 14:20 Anthony’s Story & Drive 22:10 Why Ethereum? 28:48 Ethereum Content In Perpetuity 32:04 Gathering Momentum and Energy 38:58 Manic about Ethereum 43:40 Grand Thesis on Life 52:00 Denial of Death 1:02:40 Security and Monetary Policy 1:06:17 Longevity Research 1:13:52 The Bleeding Edge ------ Resources: Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sassal0x?s=20  The Daily Gwei: https://thedailygwei.substack.com/  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/bankless-disclosures