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Are You Ready For The Merge? & Coinbase's MakerDAO Proposal | Roundup
About this episode
In this episode of Empire's Weekly Roundup, Jason and Santi discuss the upcoming Ethereum merge and how to maximize your profit opportunity (warning: this is not financial advice).
We also explore Coinbase's $1.6B Maker DAO proposal, Binance's BUSD announcement, value accrual frameworks, and more!
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(00:00) Intro
(02:23) A Web3 CRM
(04:48) How to Prep for the ETH merge
(19:30) MakerDAO Proposal To Send $1.6B USDC to Coinbase Prime
(27:24) Avalanche Ad
(28:50) Coinbase Deal
(36:16) Coinbase Backs Tornado Lawsuit Against the Treasury Department
(40:45) Binance BUSD Announcement
(46:02) Where Will Value Accrue In Crypto?
(53:15) Chaos Labs, Mysten Labs & Fund Raises
(59:20) Podcast & Book Recommendations
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Referenced in the show:
Tomasz Tunguz articles
https://tomtunguz.com/
Robert Leshner's tweet thread on the merge
https://twitter.com/rleshner/status/1559727104903757826
Katie Haun - Tornado Cash: What web3 Needs to Know
https://bit.ly/3x9w4b8
Doug Colkitt blockspace fee tweet thread
https://twitter.com/0xdoug/status/1566491825942237184
Bell Curve podcast
https://spoti.fi/3DbPpwm
Take Notes podcast
https://spoti.fi/3Qow1yY
Matthew Ball's new Metaverse book
https://www.matthewball.vc/metaversebook
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