WRU 3rd Week Of August

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

0:00 Intro

3:46 MARKETS

4:52 L2 Beat Check

https://l2beat.com/scaling/summary 

5:44 US GDP Aint Bad

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/atlanta-fed-model-lifts-us-third-quarter-gdp-view-58-2023-08-16/ 

8:38 Base Activity UP

https://l2beat.com/scaling/projects/base 

13:51 Permissionless Party!

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1141000052253397112/1141127988935655485/BK_invite.jpg?width=1620&height=2096 

18:00 Friend.Tech

https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1690137625414569986?s=20 

https://twitter.com/_ThePinkyToe/status/1691818070317081080?s=20 

https://twitter.com/0xfoobar/status/1689961952007561216 

24:36 FriendMEX

https://friendmex.com/ 

https://twitter.com/nnnnicholas/status/1691591282395619686?t=aB2QdT8F3LV0pNh1rZCCDA&s=19 

31:31 SEC vs. Coinbase

https://dailyhodl.com/2023/08/14/blockchain-association-supports-coinbase-in-amicus-brief-filing-says-sec-short-circuiting-legislative-process/ 

https://twitter.com/MetaLawMan/status/1690355411373772800 

35:36 SBF In Jail

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.590939/gov.uscourts.nysd.590939.200.0.pdf 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-existence-is-pretty-bleak-the-harsh-conditions-sam-bankman-fried-will-face-behind-bars-202511231.html 

https://twitter.com/MetaLawMan/status/1691200324269228032 

41:37 Fraud Proofs! Do they matter?

https://twitter.com/MattFiebach/status/1691600391635427360?s=20 

https://twitter.com/koeppelmann/status/1690395159538634753?s=20 

https://twitter.com/DCbuild3r/status/1691610447663735288?s=20 

50:21 Gitcoin partnered with Shell

https://twitter.com/gitcoin/status/1691092823872073728 

https://imgur.com/ekdl7LP 

https://twitter.com/owocki/status/1691488210315288576 

54:56 CoW Swap releases TWAP orders

https://twitter.com/CoWSwap/status/1692152855694803112?s=20 

56:07 Visa testing onchain payments

https://twitter.com/digitalmustafa/status/1689741716084215809?s=20 

58:24 Argentina's Pro Crypto Candidate

https://www.thestreet.com/cryptocurrency/argentina-pro-bitcoin-candidate-javier-milei 

1:00:05 Donald Trump's Crypto Wallet

https://twitter.com/ArkhamIntel/status/1691875444809781337?s=20 

1:01:59 3AC in trouble again

https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1691791478815641859?s=20 

1:03:38 Bankless Airdrop Hunter!

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1:09:26 BitGo Raises

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/08/16/bitgo-raises-100m-after-scrapping-prime-trust-deal-bloomberg/ 

1:12:35 Questions from the Nation

https://discord.com/channels/615592155481767941/1058053004705669211/1138917318899027988 

1:17:54 Takes Of The Week

https://twitter.com/pythianism/status/1690106630610829312?s=46 

1:20:10 What Are We Bullish On

1:25:21 Meme Of The Week

https://twitter.com/josephdelong/status/1691961456491639022?s=20 

1:26:40 Outro and Disclosures

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