What would it look like to create a new country using crypto as a coordination technology? Join us today as Chika and Eche from Afropolitan detail their plan to begin with an NFT PFP project and end up with a country. ------ 🚀Join Ryan & David at Permissionless in September. Bankless Citizens get 30% off https://bankless.cc/GoToPermissionless  ------ 📣 STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING https://bankless.cc/Stader  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ⁠ 🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | TRACK & MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum ⁠ 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle ⁠ 👾POLYGON | VALUE LAYER OF THE INTERNET https://polygon.technology/roadmap 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/Toku ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 9:05 Starting a New Country 12:35 Public Perception Of The Idea 14:23 The Nation State Has Failed In Africa 16:49 What Was The Berlin Conference? 19:56 Defining Diaspora 25:43 Explaining Network States 29:52 The Solutions a Network State Provides 32:40 Giving Africans A Voice 38:44 How To Reach Afropolitan Endgame 43:45 How an NFT PFP Project Fits In 53:39 Phase 2 And Beyond 1:00:32 A Competitor To The Nation State 1:05:51 Acquiring Legitimacy 1:12:00 How Does Crypto Fit Into This Picture? 1:15:46 The Afropolitan Currency 1:18:22 Are Eche and Chica About That Life? 1:21:29 Long Term Bull Case 1:26:58 Outro + Risks and Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Eche: https://twitter.com/Echecrates  Chika: https://twitter.com/ChikaUwazie  Balaji's Episode on Network States: https://youtu.be/NEoxETtJ67Q  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

Bankless Weekly Rollup 4th Week of July 2023 ------ 🔃 STADER LABS | UNLOCK LIQUIDITY AND AMPLIFY REWARDS https://bankless.cc/StaderLabs  ------ 🚀Join Ryan & David at Permissionless II in September. https://bankless.cc/GoToPermissionless  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE ⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ⁠ 🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING ⁠https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  ⁠  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  ⁠  👾POLYGON | VALUE LAYER OF THE INTERNET https://polygon.technology/roadmap  🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/Toku    ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 3:45 MARKETS 4:40 NASDAQ https://imgur.com/fN35vka  5:00 Recession Interest Rates https://www.reuters.com/markets/rates-bonds/fed-poised-hike-rates-markets-anticipate-inflation-endgame-2023-07-26/  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2023-07-26/fomc-rate-decision-and-fed-chair-news-conference  7:35  Stock Market Takes https://twitter.com/biancoresearch/status/1684279348709281792?s=20  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1684571357613543424?s=20  https://twitter.com/salmoncreek7/status/1684574718232518661?s=20  12:00 BTC Hodlers https://twitter.com/glassnode/status/1683401299956465665  14:45 Layer 2 Wars https://twitter.com/artemis__xyz/status/1684549320979419137  https://l2beat.com/scaling/summary  20:10 Worldcoin Launch https://twitter.com/sama/status/1684297687708098565  https://twitter.com/worldcoin/status/1683372181428793344/photo/1  24:35 WLD Token https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/worldcoin  26:25 Vitalik’s Worldcoin Thoughts https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/07/24/biometric.html  30:40 Worldcoin Controversy https://imgur.com/IoWpAVh  https://twitter.com/LefterisJP/status/1683457277477437442  https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1683512389105229825?s=20  https://twitter.com/resistancemoney/status/1677259644321005568  36:25 Proof-of-Personhood https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1683824355178946562?s=20  37:25 In Summary https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1683951898653495296?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  38:30 Sybil Resistance is Impossible https://twitter.com/nicksdjohnson/status/1683940920146763776?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g  39:10 Bankless Worldcoin.  https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1683444128581812224?s=20  https://twitter.com/DeFi_Cheetah/status/1683678622887059456?s=20  43:10 Alternative to Worldcoin https://twitter.com/DeFi_Cheetah/status/1683678622887059456?s=20  46:05 WLD Value Proposition 48:20 Podcast and Debrief https://youtu.be/4HFyXYvMwFchttps://youtu.be/Pni-7EqUslY  48:35 Blockchain Bills https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-regulatory-framework-bill-pass-house-congressional-committee  https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1684368595323584512  50:25 Richie Torres https://twitter.com/RepRitchie/status/1684282890245271555  52:10 The Bad Bill https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1682098917087887361?s=20  57:30 The Law of Chains https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1683969105529806849?s=20  1:01:05 Optimism Takes https://twitter.com/gluk64/status/1683964193291087872?s=20  https://twitter.com/gluk64/status/1684168523164319745?s=20  1:03:50 Starknet Appchains https://twitter.com/Starknet/status/1681603967787122688  1:05:10 Twitter X https://twitter.com/danmurrayserter/status/1683446198663888900  1:07:00 Elon Musk’s Goal https://twitter.com/danmurrayserter/status/1683446630245187584?s=20  https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1580t8h/membership_only_human_trafficking_gentlemens_club/  https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/159957z/it_worked_so_well/  https://twitter.com/adamamcbride/status/1684040162500657152  1:10:15 RFK Jr Bitcoin Purchases https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/07/26/rfk-jr-confirms-bitcoin-purchases/  1:10:50 Selling Coindesk https://www.wsj.com/articles/investor-group-nears-125-million-deal-for-coindesk-146a6faa  1:12:25 Synthetix Infinex https://mirror.xyz/kain.eth/NHmuyvkRPXB4ck7R38v_ityer-VMZAaIwLGHu1hIDtE  1:14:10 Kwenta Volume https://twitter.com/superfluid_hq/status/1681330344794923014  1:15:00 Superfluid Subscription https://twitter.com/superfluid_hq/status/1681330344794923014  1:16:00 Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability https://twitter.com/chainlink/status/1680970793331613697   1:17:30 Flashbots Raise https://www.theblock.co/post/241327/flashbots-becomes-unicorn-after-completing-60-million-raise  1:20:00 Questions from the Nation 1:24:00 Market Makers https://twitter.com/MikeIppolito_/status/1682756221646823425?s=20  1:26:20 David in EthCC https://www.bankless.com/david-ethcc-2023  1:29:00 What David’s Bullish On https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1684596913742434305?s=20  1:30:00 What Ryan’s Bullish On 1:33:10 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/TiffanyFong_/status/1684352877488119808?s=20  ------ Not financial or tax advice. 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