By the end of October, zkSync is going to be shipping the world's first zkEVM. We brought on zkSync's Chief Product Officer, Steve Newcomb to share all about it and how it's going to impact the space. We also had to ask Steve, wen token? Tune into the episode to hear his response! ------ Swell | Liquid Staking for the People https://bankless.cc/swelldiscord  ------ SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/  ️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: LENS | WEB3 SOCIAL PROTOCOL https://bankless.cc/Lens  ROCKET POOL | ETH STAKING https://bankless.cc/RocketPool  ️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  BRAVE | THE BROWSER NATIVE WALLET https://bankless.cc/Brave  JUNO | BRIDGE FIAT TO LAYER 2 https://bankless.cc/Juno  ️ ZKSYNC | THE LAYER 2 SCALING ENDGAME https://bankless.cc/zkSync  ------ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 9:38 Wen Mainnet? 11:22 What is zkSync Shipping? 12:36 zkEVM Design Choices 19:26 Why zkEVM is Progressing Fast 22:56 Optimistic Rollups vs. zkEVMs 27:00 The Layer 3 Ecosystem & Narrative 41:48 Losing Sovereignty? 44:08 Prover Competition 46:39 Same Circuit & Hyper Bridges 52:15 The Cosmos Vision 58:01 L1s to L3s 1:04:10 Onboarding Strategy 1:10:16 Wen Token? 1:13:33 2/3's Distribution 1:15:42 Open Source 1:25:08 zkSync 2.0 & 3.0 and Beyond 1:29:17 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Resources: Steve Newcomb https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenewcomb/  zkSync https://zksync.io/  ------- Not financial or tax advice. This newsletter is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This newsletter is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

4th Week of September, 2022 ------ 📣 Swell | Liquid Staking for the People https://bankless.cc/swelldiscord  ------ 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/  🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🌱 LENS | WEB3 SOCIAL PROTOCOL https://bankless.cc/Lens  🚀 ROCKET POOL | ETH STAKING https://bankless.cc/RocketPool  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🦁 BRAVE | THE BROWSER NATIVE WALLET https://bankless.cc/Brave  🌉 JUNO | BRIDGE FIAT TO LAYER 2 https://bankless.cc/Juno  ⚡️ ZKSYNC | THE LAYER 2 SCALING ENDGAME https://bankless.cc/zkSync  ----- Topics Covered 0:00 Intro 3:00 BTC Price 3:54 ETH Price https://ultrasound.money/  14:00 Relayer and Builder Market https://www.mevboost.org/  18:13 FED WATCH 18:25 Fed Rate Hike this Week https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/21/economy/fed-rate-hike-september/index.html  19:45 Risk on Assets Falls https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/09/21/federal-reserve-hikes-rates-to-highest-since-2007-bitcoin-falls-to-19000/  21:44 Houses! Interest Rates on Houses Spiking https://twitter.com/charliebilello/status/1570413955637460993  https://twitter.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1571522450386735112  24:00 Flat Markets Prediction? https://twitter.com/GoldTelegraph_/status/1570738647254831105  29:27 NEWS 29:30 White House & U.S. Regulatory https://twitter.com/coingecko/status/1570769375212470272  https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/16/fact-sheet-white-house-releases-first-ever-comprehensive-framework-for-responsible-development-of-digital-assets/  31:20 Terra Screwed Things Up https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1571991546291159042  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1570774337254461446  https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1572095723306627073  34:35 Draft Stablecoin Bill https://www.theblock.co/post/171565/draft-stablecoin-bill-in-congress-to-require-fed-state-regulator-approval  https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1572586178502864896  39:05 Senate Banking Committee Hates Crypto https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-money/2022/09/22/sherrod-brown-turns-up-the-heat-00058202  40:00 Interaction Between Toomey and Gensler https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1570808589148909569  41:41 $160M Wintermute Hack https://t.co/Kkk445dLyv  41:50 Experts Blame Vanity Address https://www.theblock.co/post/171192/experts-blame-a-vanity-address-bug-for-wintermutes-160-million-hack  42:00 More Details on What Happened https://twitter.com/evgenygaevoy/status/1572329148411936770 https://halborn.com/explained-the-profanity-address-generator-hack-september-2022/  44:16 David and Ryan Discuss: What’s Next? https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor/status/1572927876546297859  https://wrongalot.substack.com/p/the-next-big-crypto-narrative  54:24 PoW Ethereum Fork Dead? https://thedefiant.io/ethpow-rough-start-after-merge  54:46 Infura Decentralized Infrastructure Network  https://twitter.com/infura_io/status/1570794318067290112  56:00 zkSync Devs Found Bug https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1567888940123983874  https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor/status/1567889575128727552  https://twitter.com/zksync/status/1570073596709462018  56:55 OpenSea on Arbitrum https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1572250900198203392  57:17 Universal Studios NFT Scavenger Hunt https://twitter.com/banklesshq/status/1572619172454232064  https://twitter.com/0xferg/status/1572068539049058304  58:15 Tether: Show Us What’s Backing USDT https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stablecoin-issuer-tether-ordered-produce-041706661.html  59:31 FTX in the Lead to Buy Voyager https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/15/ftx-is-in-the-lead-to-buy-crypto-lender-voyager-digitals-assets-out-of-bankruptcy-source  https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/20/crypto-exchanges-binance-and-ftx-have-both-bid-roughly-50m-for-voyagers-assets-report  1:00:42 Do Kwon on the Run? https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/19/s-korean-authorities-ask-interpol-to-issue-red-notice-for-terra-co-founder-do-kwon-report/  1:01:13 Rari Fuse Hack Victim Compensation https://twitter.com/joey__santoro/thread/1571898748405714947  1:04:16 Helium Signs Agreement with T-Mobile https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1572244764237471749  https://twitter.com/TusharJain_/status/1572248774893834240  1:06:13 Kraken’s CEO Stepping Down https://www.theblock.co/post/171847/krakens-jesse-powell-stepping-down-as-ceo-of-crypto-exchange  1:06:31 Nasdaq Launching Institutional Crypto Custody Services https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1572186768132161536  1:07:05 Liquid Collective https://twitter.com/liquid_col/thread/1572164626535563265 https://liquidcollective.io/  1:07:55 Coinbase Cloud https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-cloud-launches-platform-for-web3-developers-472eb355b1fa  1:08:45 FTX Reloading https://cointelegraph.com/news/ftx-in-talks-with-investors-to-raise-1b-for-further-acquisitions-cnbc  1:09:10 Messari Raises $35M Series B https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/messari-announces-at-mainnet-2022-summit-raising-35-million-in-series-b-funding-301629624.html  1:11:00 JOBS https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs  1:14:19 NATION QUESTIONS https://twitter.com/bbbFollowOnly/status/1572948809063317510  https://twitter.com/mmaatt78/status/1572638221720498176  1:20:45 TAKES 1:20:50 VCs Against Bitcoin https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1570485528633417730  1:21:55 Say No to Bitcoin Fundamentalism https://twitter.com/danheld/status/1570839132028674048  1:23:35 Ethereum & Crypto Haters https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1570459984206381058  https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1571535610279510021  1:25:25 Rollups Today https://twitter.com/jon_charb/status/1572395334516748290  1:27:31 What We’re Bullish On 1:30:53 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/banklesshq/status/1571984307748569088  1:33:41 Closing & Disclaimers 1:33:50 Moment of Zen https://twitter.com/gabrielhaines/status/1572927657049980929  ------- Not financial or tax advice. This newsletter is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This newsletter is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.