ROLLUP: Ethereum Burning | Penguin & Axie NFTs | Poly Network Hack | Infrastructure Bill (August 13)

2nd Week of August 2021

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro

1:30 MARKETS
2:05 BTC Price
3:04 ETH Price
7:10 ETH/BTC Ratio
9:55 ETH’s Q2
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210804005657/en/Genesis-Q2-Report-Shows-Decreasing-Bitcoin-Dominance-and-Hedge-Funds-Diving-Into-DeFi 
13:12 ETH Volume
https://twitter.com/geenty/status/1425198900068110338?s=21 
14:50 Institutional Demand
https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1425586708305829891 
15:57 DeFi Action
20:10 Layer 2 Beat
https://l2beat.com/ 
23:21 EIP-1559
Burned: https://www.etherchain.org/burn 
Bankless-Inspired Dashboard: https://twitter.com/MSilb7/status/1423314663052218373?s=20 
29:54 Axie $1B Volume
https://twitter.com/Psycheout86/status/1423719170315800581?s=20 
31:38 Coinbase’s Impressive Quarter
https://twitter.com/CNBCClosingBell/status/1425186855641829381?s=20 

33:00 RELEASES
35:00 Arbitrum in August
https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1423709666203344899?s=21 
38:26 Rarible Protocol
https://twitter.com/rariblecom/status/1425840333854711809?s=20 
39:17 Gearbox Leverage
https://medium.com/gearbox-protocol/hello-world-this-is-gearbox-generalized-leverage-protocol-cbec5f34bb98 
41:37 Raises
Helium: https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1425255811731894278?s=20 
Dune Analytics: https://twitter.com/DuneAnalytics/status/1425821738626019330?s=20 
Liquality Wallet: https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1425200897475465220 
TaxBit: https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1425825002104922116?s=20 
46:34 Jobs
https://jobs.banklesshq.com/ 

47:00 NEWS
47:16 Poly Network Hack
https://twitter.com/polynetwork2/status/1425073987164381196?s=21 
Returned: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/114390/poly-network-hacker-returns-nearly-all-of-the-611-million-in-stolen-funds 
51:50 Multichain Aave
https://cryptobriefing.com/aave-is-exploring-solana-avalanche-layer-2-expansion/ 
53:30 Uniswap $1B in Fees
https://twitter.com/lucasoutumuro/status/1425172167998779398?s=21 
54:20 Gemini Acquires Guesser
https://twitter.com/Gemini/status/1425085144436813833?s=20 
55:40 Penguins in NY Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/technology/penguin-nft-club.html 
58:41 FTX Sponsoring Axie Players
https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1423274509008875520 
59:06 DraftKings NFT w/ Tom Brady
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/114064/draftkings-launches-nft-marketplace-with-first-drop-featuring-tom-brady 
1:00:29 North American BTC Miners
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/113861/american-public-bitcoin-miner-btc-july-china 
1:01:25 Infrastructure Bill
Senate: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/11/crypto-lawmakers-fought-over-the-infrastructure-bill-heres-whats-next.html 
Alabama: https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1423519533990617091?s=21 
Treasury: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/06/crypto-bitcoin-infrastructure-senate/ 
Jake’s Take: https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1423519533990617091?s=21 
1:08:11 Brian Brooks Leaves Binance
https://twitter.com/coindesk/status/1423730217357660160?s=21 
1:09:37 Circle Becoming a Bank?
https://twitter.com/circlepay/status/1424717848400863245?s=21 
1:11:00 Happy Yamiversary
https://twitter.com/brockjelmore/status/1425307479806824452?s=21 

1:13:00 TAKES
1:14:30 Coordinate, Don’t Overreact
https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1423483356583370752?s=20 
1:16:04 Su Zhu on jpegs
https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1423833467406585860?s=21 
1:17:47 David on jpegs
https://twitter.com/trustlessstate/status/1424119278085697536?s=21 
1:19:05 Eric on jpegs
https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1424506591080976391?s=21 
1:20:03 Andrew Yang
https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1425193106950041600?s=20 

1:21:26 What Anthony’s Excited About
1:22:38 What David’s Excited About

1:24:25 MEME of the Week
https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1423503086459359235?s=20 
Meme 2: https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1423386503766437888?s=20 

1:29:16 Closing & Disclaimers

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