1st Week of Mergetember, 2022

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

4:33 MARKETS

4:36 BTC Price

4:56 ETH Price

5:23 ETH/BTC

5:52 Total Crypto Market Cap

6:32 Merge Estimator

10:15 Fed Watch

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/26/powell-warns-of-some-pain-ahead-as-fed-fights-to-lower-inflation.html 

12:10 ETH Dives %10 After Powell Rate Hike Signal

https://www.thedefiant.io/markets-dive-powell-speech 

15:33 Avalanche Playing Dirty?

https://cryptoleaks.info/case-no-3 

https://medium.com/@kyleroche/my-response-b691563c255b 

24:00 Tweet from Emin

https://twitter.com/el33th4xor/status/1564006450531377156 

25:00 Maybe Not True?

https://twitter.com/AriDavidPaul/status/1564253955785461767 

26:44 David Take

https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1565340995062882311 

30:35 Saylor Getting Sued

31:40 Saylor Tax Fraud

https://blockworks.co/michael-saylor-and-microstrategy-sued/ 

https://twitter.com/AGKarlRacine/status/1565031380471382019 

https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1565040637044465666 

34:37 Maker

34:40 Drama Summary

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1564716178819653632.html 

43:05 NEWS

43:09 ETH

43:13 Coinbase Announces cbETH

https://decrypt.co/108180/coinbase-announces-cbeth-wrapped-ethereum-staking-token 

https://twitter.com/CoinbaseAssets/status/1562476695357358080 

https://dune.com/Marcov/coinbase-wrapped-staked-eth 

47:43 Abritrum One Upgraded to Nitro Stack

https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1565041950142730245 

48:48 Yesterday’s State of the Nation

https://youtu.be/yYzQPRRAs6M 

48:55 cOptimism Gas ATH

https://twitter.com/MSilb7/status/1565131857464901633 

49:55 Data Giant Shocks Ethereum with Ban on Mining

https://www.thedefiant.io/data-giant-shocks-ethereum-with-ban-on-mining 

54:04 Vitalik Book

https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1564804705997361153 

55:10 NFTs

55:15 Facebook & Instagram Allow Posting NFTs

https://twitter.com/Meta/status/1564282540831248387 

56:00 cReddit Subtly Launches NFTs

https://twitter.com/itstimconnors/status/1562839909261447168 

59:09 Ticketmaster Integrates with DapperLabs’ Flow Blockchain 

https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/31/ticketmaster-taps-the-flow-blockchain-to-let-event-organizers-issue-nfts-tied-to-tickets/amp/ 

59:55 Goose NFT to Bankruptcy Liquidation

https://twitter.com/dmitricherniak/status/1563587242777448448 

1:01:06 Regulation

FBI Issues Warning to Vulnerable DeFi Platforms

https://decrypt.co/108542/fbi-issues-warning-over-vulnerable-defi-platforms 

1:03:47 Crypto.com $10.5M Accident

https://fortune.com/2022/08/31/crypto-com-accidentally-transferred-10-million-to-thevamanogari-manivel/ 

1:05:40 Releases

1:05:42 Orca Protocol Rebrand to Metropolis

https://metropolis.mirror.xyz/ozkx0ZMwIzyahRJiQKpNv_8r7vAhOo-8tucjONhXJHI 

1:06:20 Raises

1:06:24 PROOF $50M from a16z & More

https://a16zcrypto.com/investing-in-proof/ 

https://twitter.com/proof_xyz/status/1564689271755137024 

1:07:28 Reddit’s Ohanian’s $177M Crypto Fund

https://decrypt.co/108560/reddit-co-founder-eyes-177m-crypto-fund-invest-strong-founders-discount-report 

1:08:16 Genesis Raise $500M

https://cointelegraph.com/news/everything-s-on-sale-reddit-founder-galaxy-and-genesis-execs-raise-big-money 

1:08:50 Jobs

https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs 

1:12:07 Questions from the Nation

https://twitter.com/avi_g_/status/1565192839021363200 

https://twitter.com/nextalphaa/status/1565011491304230912 

https://twitter.com/HappyjoeNFT/status/1565031005475418114 

https://twitter.com/teemu_lens/status/1565008572248899584 

1:21:55 TAKES

1:22:00 New take on the cycle

https://twitter.com/gasull/status/1564888312157876229 

1:23:33 99% of Crypto is a Joke

https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1564257934011379713 

1:25:12 Gravity Turns Off

https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1564637280379502593 

1:27:17 Worlds Greatest Bitcoiner

https://twitter.com/cobie/status/1565264636445745153 

1:30:14 What David’s Bullish On

1:31:23 What Ryan’s Bullish On

1:34:55 MEME of the Week

https://twitter.com/hegemony_inc/status/1564357396784263170 

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