Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup 3rd Week of July 2024 ------ 🍵MATCHA | NEW PRICING ENGINE https://go.0x.org/matcha-v2-pod   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙 KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2    ⁠  🛞 MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🦄 UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ⚡️ FUEL | EARN FUEL POINTS https://bankless.cc/fuel    ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUMa ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🗣️ TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku  ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/34  ------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro 3:44 Politics and Crypto  https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/15/bitcoin-jumps-as-markets-see-increased-odds-of-trump-victory.html  4:28 Trump selects JD Vance as his VP https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112792061935980928  https://nypost.com/2024/07/17/us-news/trump-picking-jd-vance-as-vp-is-big-for-the-bitcoin-crowd/  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1812933662880514479  https://www.standwithcrypto.org/politicians/person/jd---vance https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1812936021543149758  https://x.com/taylorjbarr/status/1812930126843126174  https://x.com/shayne_coplan/status/1812931244621000896  https://polymarket.com/  13:05 Trump considers Jamie Dimon as Treasury Secretary  https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1813666502526329035  13:59 Trump wants the US to beat China in the crypto race https://www.theblock.co/post/305771/trump-wants-us-in-charge-of-crypto-before-china  15:46 Vitalik released a Blogpost:  https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/07/17/procrypto.html  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1813596134020895138  https://x.com/valkenburgh/status/1813634877910319499  https://x.com/tusharjain_/status/1813663311591870495  https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1813635524026048908  https://x.com/MarconiWight/status/1813320579631706598  25:02 MARKETS L2 Update Scroll TVL increased by 21.9% to $1.01B in the past 7 days https://x.com/WuBlockchain/status/1812732829345947915  Base now 30% bigger https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1811080797706932468  34:19 Bitcoin liquidity Events (Gox and Germany)  https://x.com/News_Of_Alpha/status/1813167748115292467  What can MtGox do to the price?  https://x.com/ki_young_ju/status/1813277728998609338  Germany is most likely done with selling https://x.com/ArkhamIntel/status/1811830991708639719  How much Germany sold?  https://x.com/ArkhamIntel/status/1813601540516524291  38:24 ETH ETF next week!!  https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1812930206933655759  https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/1812961815833305104  https://x.com/jseyff/status/1813693107214717181  https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/1813698463403765780  https://x.com/coinage_media/status/1813539741851365812  https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1813571352105979946  . 49:14 BTC ETF daily net flows trending up over the last two weeks https://x.com/WClementeIII/status/1812996129648439633  https://x.com/ericbalchunas/status/1813187237762244840  https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1812864261170905281  53:39 Uniswap Extension is now open to everyone!  https://x.com/Uniswap/status/1813212643139711384  54:58Crypto Wars 2.0 Positive developments in Roman Storm's Tornado Cash defense https://x.com/valkenburgh/status/1811851516833394994  https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/07/12/conduct-versus-code-may-be-the-defining-question-in-roman-storm-prosecution/  58:15 Molly White launched her new crypto initiative  https://x.com/molly0xFFF/status/1811836793353884053  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1812950495218045424  1:03:27 MEME of the Week https://x.com/GoingParabolic/status/1813012646339465334  1:04:47 Moment of Zen Bitwise’s new ETH commercial is out!  https://x.com/BitwiseInvest/status/1813553235703263276  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠ 

SOL is currently trading at an 83% discount to ETH - should it be? Michael Nadeau is a crypto analyst who can help us answer this question. His approach isn’t technical, he isn’t a decentralization-maximalist, and he doesn’t represent any specific tribe. Instead, he focuses on current on-chain fundamentals like daily active users, fee revenue, and Total Value Locked to provide insights. In our discussion, we explore why fundamentals matter when analyzing crypto assets like ETH and SOL. We review the data for 2024 to see who’s winning and examine the catalysts for both ETH and SOL. Additionally, Michael shares his price predictions for ETH and SOL this cycle and offers insights on which asset will outperform the other in the second half of the bear market. ------ ✨ Mint the episode on Zora ✨ https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x0c294913a7596b427add7dcbd6d7bbfc7338d53f/32?referrer=0x077Fe9e96Aa9b20Bd36F1C6290f54F8717C5674E  ------ 🐡 PUFFER | CHECK OUT PUFFER UNIFI https://bankless.cc/PufferUnifi  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙 KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  ⁠  🛞 MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle  🦄 UNISWAP | BROWSER EXTENSION https://bankless.cc/uniswap  ⚡️ FUEL | EARN FUEL POINTS https://bankless.cc/fuel  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM ⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🗣️ TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku  ------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Start 00:02:59 Are Fundamentals Having a Moment? 00:08:59 Solana's 83% Discount 00:12:11 Fundamentals Data 00:17:09 Fees, SOL vs ETH 00:19:52 Fee Generation & MEV 00:22:36 DEX Volume 00:25:31 Stablecoin Volume 00:28:08 Total Value Locked 00:31:49 Core Devs 00:34:50 Value Accrual 00:41:45 The Bull Case For Ether 00:49:22 Upcoming Catalysts 00:57:09 Qualitative Differences 00:59:40 Price: SOL vs ETH 01:04:10 Price Targets ------ RESOURCES Michael's Report: https://thedefireport.io/research/sol-discount-eth  ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠