
Markets Dump After Inflation Data; Ethereum Merge Countdown
About this episode
Below are some topics discussed between the team and the community.
- U.S. inflation data rattles stocks and cryptocurrencies
- Ethereum’s Merge and the proof-of-work hard fork
- Starbucks to launch NFT loyalty program on Polygon
- ETH’s price action post-Merge
- Have BTC and ETH hit their cycle lows?
- Australian Crypto Conference
This is a partial recording of our weekly Member Town Hall from September 15, 2022.
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(02:56) Latest U.S. inflation data rattles stocks and cryptocurrencies
(09:28) EDX Markets launches with backing from traditional finance heavyweights
(12:32) Celsius considers pivoting to crypto-asset custodial services
(16:40) South Korean court issues arrest warrant for Terra co-founder Do Kwon
(19:08) Starbucks to launch NFT loyalty program on Polygon
(25:55) Entity behind the Doodles NFT collection raises $54M at a $704M valuation
(27:02) NFT projects raising venture funding and how it affects holders
(35:28) The upcoming Merge and how ETH's price will act afterwards
(38:03) Opening of Oshi Gallery, an NFT gallery in Collingwood, VIC
(40:00) Ethereum hard fork called EthereumPoW (ETHPoW)
(42:37) GeckoTerminal tool by CoinGecko
(46:44) What will ETH's price do after the Merge?
(50:55) Financial institutions hedging as much as they ever have
(54:04) Outro
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