
About this episode
In today's episode of Empire, we start with Jason's big takeaways from ETH Denver. What was the vibe? What innovations are on the horizon? And most interesting, what crypto sector was conspicuously missing from the conversation?
We then discuss Silvergate's unwind, Coinbase's wallet announcement (bullish), Amazon NFT rumors, MakerDAO's 1.25B treasury proposal and more!
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(02:33) ETH Denver Takeaways
(09:15) Silvergate Unwinds
(21:06) Coinbase's WaaS Announcement
(28:49) Amazon NFT Rumors
(33:07) Public.com
(34:29) GBTC & Legal Wins for Crypto
(40:24) MakerDAO Proposal to Buy $1.25B US Treasuries
(44:04) Bitcoin Innovations
(51:44) Predictions: Hong Kong, Bitcoin stablecoins, Coinbase
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Resources
Silvergate Twitter thread
https://twitter.com/ramahluwalia/status/1633669035924529152
Empire episode with Eric Peters
https://spoti.fi/3yqRcdd
Empire episode with Rebecca Rettig
https://spoti.fi/3ynCF1Z
Empire episode with Muneeb Ali (Ordinals/Stacks)
https://spoti.fi/3L6xXgB
MakerDAO US Treasury proposal
https://bit.ly/3T4oqbF
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