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Balaji Srinivasan is back on Bankless with alarming takes. According to Balaji, in the next 90 days, the Dollar will hyperinflate—and the Bitcoin price will skyrocket to $1 Million.

He’s backed up these claims with a million dollar bet. With these dire predictions and a track record of strong takes, we needed to hear him out. 

Who should we bring on next to counter these claims?

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0:00 Intro 7:50 Weeks when Decades Happen 9:30 $1 Million Bitcoin Bet 16:20 Balaji’s Track Record 19:00 Pandemic https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1222921758375927808  23:15 Hyperinflation https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1636797265317867520  27:50 US Banking Failure https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1636822077775941633  32:50 The Banks are Insolvent https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FrXKYKcakAAdJwe?format=jpg&name=medium https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1637671174271565825  35:38 More Failure, More Funding https://archive.is/0Jww3#selection-731.0-731.286  40:30 FDIC and the Fed https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10874230/Jean-Claude-Juncker-profile-When-it-becomes-serious-you-have-to-lie.html https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20230312b.htm  44:18 Bank Runs https://qz.com/the-feds-discount-window-is-lending-to-banks-at-2008-le-1850237214https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1637859435149398016 https://www.straitstimes.com/business/banking/wall-street-giants-move-to-rescue-first-republic-bank https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/other20230315a.htm  52:25 Escaping to Gold https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1637544100663803904  57:50 Exporting Inflation https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/17/bread-food-arab-springhttps://www.wsj.com/graphics/red-economy-blue-economy/https://howmuch.net/articles/rise-and-fall-dollar  1:04:30 Bitcoin in Wartime https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FrrfQuaaUAEFYev?format=jpg&name=medium  1:10:45 Capital Allocation https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1488988253411708931  1:13:30 The Only Real Banks https://twitter.com/koeppelmann/status/1637898298005626881  1:20:49 Why Now? https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1637329482687324161https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1637868839890472960https://twitter.com/0xfoobar/status/1637855829750628353 https://www.google.com/search? q=sivb&oq=sivb&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i10i131i433i512l2j0i10i512l2j69i64l3.1066j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=usd+btc&oq=usd+btc&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i512l4j69i64l3.1207j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8  1:28:15 Do This Now https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/1355652800588505089  1:34:52 A Year From Now  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0

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David interviews Polygon Co-Founder, Sandeep Nailwal & Immutable Co-Founder Robbie Ferguson on their new zkEVM Partnership. 

The three dive into the announcement, what it means for IMX and MATIC, how this partnership impacts the future of web3 gaming, and so much more. 

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0:00 Intro 5:15 Immutable x Polygon Announcement 10:47 Immutable zkEVM 13:00 Polygon’s Tokenomics  14:32 IMX & MATIC 16:50 Paradigm Shift of Gaming Deals  20:26 Topology of Immutable x Polygon 24:17 Immutable x Polygon Business Development  29:11 Web3 Gaming Competition  31:22 Current State of Web3 Gaming  34:00 What’s Next for Immutable x Polygon?  39:42 Resources to Learn More  40:25 Scaling with Ethereum  42:06 Closing & Disclaimers

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Hester Peirce is one of five SEC Commissioners. She's been a Commissioner since 2018, with her term ending in 2025. Peirce, a previous podcast guest of Bankless, consistently makes first principles statements and is known to often dissent for her colleagues on crypto-related actions…we talk about that in today’s episode. These are a couple of many reasons why we enjoy her and her guidance so much. 

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------ We’re three months into 2023 in one of the worst regulatory environments we’ve seen for crypto in the United States. In today’s episode, SEC Commissioner, Hester Peirce shares some insight on what crypto could be like if we had a first principles SEC, what a security is and how we can define it, and how can crypto take its share of the responsibility to move this industry forward. 

Commissioner Peirce was on the show two years ago…Apr 12, 2021. Today’s second appearance is one you do not want to miss. 

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0:00 Intro 8:25 Thoughts on Bank Crisis 9:30 Why We Need the SEC  11:40 Information Asymmetries 13:20 Healthy Crypto/SEC Relationship 17:15 SEC Security Definition  20:52 Security Catch-22  25:40 Expanding Jurisdiction  28:35 SEC Advocation  35:03 Dissent SEC Sway 39:36 Kraken Staking  43:36 Guidance vs. Enforcement  46:15 Stablecoin Status  47:43 What Crypto Could Be Doing Better? 51:12 Decentralization  53:49 Self-Regulation  55:24 Duke Speech  57:59 Closing 

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Wen Arbitrum token?! We've been asking CEO, Steven Goldfeder, and CTO Harry Kalodner this exact question each time they've been on Bankless. We're sad, but also overly delighted that, that question has officially been answered. 

Arbitrum's token $ARB will officially be airdropped later this week. In this episode, we dive into all of the juicy details of the airdrop and Arbitrum's plans for the future.  

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0:00 Intro 4:44 Wen Token? 8:30 Why Now? 11:52 Token Distribution & Treasury 20:12 Governance 26:11 Token Eligibility 35:08 Protocol Guild  38:55 Arbitrum Constitution  44:52 Rollup Decentralization 49:10 Orbits & Layer 3s 57:05 What's Next for Abitrum?  1:01:55 Closing & Disclaimers 

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Bankless Weekly Rollup 3rd Week of March 2023

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0:00 Intro 1:40 Citizenship

3:30 MARKETS 9:40 CPI Inflation https://twitter.com/RealVision/status/1635619573901688834  12:54 ETH Burn https://twitter.com/ultrasoundmoney/status/1635719284876771350  14:00 DeFi Volume https://twitter.com/AustinAdams10/status/1634737488534073344https://twitter.com/synthetix_io/status/1633963371434332161

18:45 Arbitrum Token https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1636351836381937666https://docs.arbitrum.foundation/gentle-intro-dao-governance  27:35 $ARB Airdrop Predictions https://www.bankless.com/the-arb-arbitrum-airdrop-is-here/https://earni.fi/

32:27 US Banking System https://twitter.com/scienceisstrat1/status/1627661003449147393  36:12 Recapping SVB and Silvergate 37:07 Operation Chokepoint 2.0 https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1634770876494147584https://twitter.com/GOPMajorityWhip/status/1636008298481680384

41:49 USDC Price https://twitter.com/jerallaire/status/1635059024050937856  39:47 Credit Suisse https://apnews.com/article/credit-suisse-banks-svb-shares-ecb-lagarde-94585aebadbf67f9a2307d3560ce502c  45:47 Banking Crisis https://twitter.com/twobitidiot/status/1635112021862785024  46:42 FedNow CBDC https://twitter.com/federalreserve/status/1636110208878379010https://twitter.com/damonnam/status/1636150037657837568

48:23 ETH Security KuCoin Crypto https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2023/attorney-general-james-continues-crackdown-unregistered-cryptocurrency-platforms https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/03/09/what-happens-if-ethereum-is-a-security/  50:37 Gary Gensler Proof of Stake https://www.theblock.co/post/220297/gensler-suggests-proof-of-stake-tokens-are-securities

54:50 Ethereum Shanghai Staking Withdrawals https://twitter.com/TimBeiko/status/1636370111333556224  Lido Staking -  https://twitter.com/LidoFinance/status/1635739571227951117  55:50 Euler Finance Hacked https://twitter.com/eulerfinance/status/1635431726364147712?  59:20 Aztec Connect https://twitter.com/aztecnetwork/status/1635319509707030528

1:00:15 Starbucks NFTs https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/9/23633169/starbucks-nfts-odyssey-siren-collection-rewards-program  1:01:10 Fortnite Epic Games Crypto https://blockworks.co/news/epic-games-fortnite-store-crypto-blockchain  1:02:05 Meta Instagram NFTs https://twitter.com/skasriel/status/1635386565487898624  1:04:20 Bankless NFT Collectibles https://market.bankless.com/  1:05:15 Fidelity Crypto https://www.theblock.co/post/220298/fidelity-crypto-quietly-went-live-giving-millions-of-retail-customers-access-to-bitcoin-ether  1:06:25 Releases Uniswap on BNB - https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1636034900284383239  Soul Wallet - https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/16/soul-wallet-crypto-wallet/

1:10:30 Questions from the Nation https://www.bankless.com/join

1:18:00 TAKES of the Week 1:20:00 Banks are Rollups https://twitter.com/0xJim/status/1635290618003066882  1:21:02 Crypto Markets https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1635312852067307520  1:21:47 Tech Entrepreneurs https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1634892046447308800

1:23:10 What David’s Bullish On 1:25:00 What Ryan’s Bullish On

1:28:00 MEME of the Week  

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Co-Founder and CEO of Circle, Jeremy Allaire, answers the question, "What's next for USDC?"

It's been a rocky week for the stablecoin. Bottoming out right around $0.88 amidst the U.S. banking crisis, it seems to have regained its peg. What happened behind the scenes? What regulation is needed according to Jeremy? And most importantly, what's next for USDC?  

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0:00 Intro 3:52 Update on the Past Week 15:44  Circle's Adapted Strategy  20:32 CBDCs 26:18 What Regulation is Needed? 29:02 Closing & Disclaimers

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Ram Ahluwalia, CEO of Lumida Wealth Management, joins us to discuss everything that's happened in the past five days post-SVB collapse. Ram has his finger on the pulse on all things finance (crypto included), the U.S. Banking System, and The Federal Reserve.

Was USDC ever at risk? Is crypto being targeted? Could DeFi have fixed this? Answers to these questions and much more in the episode. 

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0:00 Intro 7:48 The Last 5 Days 10:30 Technology  15:35 Fractional Reserves & Assets 19:17 Banking & Venture 21:44 SIVB Outlier  27:35 Risk Curves 29:35 Carry Trades 35:05 Money Markets 38:15 Who's Next? 40:55 Feds' Goal 47:15 Sneak Attack on Tax Payers? 49:30 Longtail Banks 57:39 Was USDC Ever at Risk?  1:03:10 SigNet  1:07:15 Is Crypto Being Targeted? 1:12:18 Interest Rates 1:18:35 Could DeFi Fix This?  1:22:24 Closing & Disclaimers

----- Resources:

Ram Ahluwalia https://twitter.com/ramahluwalia

SVB is not like other banks https://twitter.com/ramahluwalia/status/1635464465142480896

Why was Signature Bank targeted? https://twitter.com/ramahluwalia/status/1635267951610810370?s=20

“Settlement Risk”  https://twitter.com/ramahluwalia/status/1635113232909373441?s=20

Conclusion https://twitter.com/ramahluwalia/status/1634203375880265730?s=20

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This was the 2nd largest bank failure in the United States! Ryan and David discuss the breaking story around the SVB banking crisis. What happened? Why? What's the effect on crypto, the rest of the financial markets, and the banking system? 

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0:00 Intro

10:50 Recap  https://twitter.com/biancoresearch/status/1634885127179325440  22:40 Balaji https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1634297491507273730

28:05 Joint Statement from FDIC, Fed, Treasury https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1337  32:40 Silvergate says it would have been fine https://twitter.com/tarunchitra/status/1635130119030468608  36:25 Bank Stocks Today https://twitter.com/krugermacro/status/1635272871563132928  37:10 Circuit Breaker Day https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1635277429932699650  38:14 XLF Banking sector: https://www.tradingview.com/chart/pabiN1CM/?symbol=AMEX%3AXLF  38:37 Two Tiers of Banks https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1634991519735361536  39:25 Jake: “Will regulators get in the way of other banks providing services to crypto customers?"  https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1635062063583363072  Yano gives 6 options https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz/status/1635092782665846784

42:40 Effect on USDC https://twitter.com/circle/status/1634391505988206592  DAI too https://imgur.com/r52CCX1  44:40 Chadallaire  https://twitter.com/jerallaire/status/1635059024050937856?s=20  48:20 USDC:USD conversions are good to go  https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1635276541545566215?s=20

52:20 10 yr yield down https://twitter.com/Fxhedgers/status/1635283433684627457  52:50 Pricing in new interest rates https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1635218135405195264

57:20 Meanwhile, crypto:  https://twitter.com/Matt_Hougan/status/1635283436981358595  58:25 Kraken Crypto Prices:  https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/ETH-usd 59:45 Banks down, Bankless up https://twitter.com/DaRealMilkBagz/status/1635317764306112520

1:00:00 Binance buying 1 billy BTC https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1635131601884700674  1:01:07 NLW Meme https://twitter.com/nlw/status/1635283902339375106  1:03:29 Quintenz https://twitter.com/brianquintenz/status/1634173078828621825  1:04:00 Attack on Crypto?  https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1635328056234766337

1:04:37 Don’t let them blame this on crypto https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1635058083071410176?s=20 https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1635049623407726596?s=20

1:05:05 Memes https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1635282975100407812?s=20 https://twitter.com/milesjennings/status/1635319531790045184?s=20

1:05:50 Closing & Disclaimers  

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Brian Armstrong is the CEO and Founder of Coinbase. Coinbase started in 2012 as simply a custodial Bitcoin wallet and has grown into the massively successful publicly traded company that we know today. 

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------ In this episode, we go over everything you wanted to know from Brian—his reflections on 2022 and his outlook on crypto moving forward. We cover the regulatory situation in America, how SBF infiltrated our halls of power, why Coinbase launched a chain in the worst regulatory environment we’ve ever seen, Wall Street’s understanding of Coinbase, and Brian’s best advice for the settlers and builders sticking around during this crypto winter.

The last time we had Brian on the podcast was in November of 2021. We’ve come such a long way since then…and more recently, he also hopped into a livestream with us in the middle of the FTX collapse last November. It was so good to have him back on, enjoy!

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------ Topics Covered

0:00 Intro 8:18 Learnings From 2022 13:05 Brian’s Thoughts on SBF 14:37 FTX’s Affect on Coinbase 19:44 Crypto’s Backlash  24:06 SBF’s Sneaky Political Game 28:55 The Optimistic Long Game  32:29 Organizing Voters & Crypto 435  38:50 Staking, Derivatives, & Crypto Securities 43:42 Why U.S. Crypto Regulation is Bad  46:38 Stabelcoins 53:17 Coinbase’s L2 Base  59:28 Coinbase’s Long Game 1:02:38 The Future Products of Base 1:07:25 Coinbase’s NFT Platform 1:10:41 Base Token?! 1:11:22 Does Wall Street Understand $COIN?  1:15:52 5-10 Year Coinbase Vision  1:17:45 Wallet-as-a-Service (WaaS)  1:21:17 One River Acquisition 1:23:55 Decentralizing Coinbase 1:26:00 Crypto in 2030 1:28:20 Were Brians's Crypto Expectations Met? 1:30:06 Advice to Builders 1:32:34 Closing, Action Items, & Disclaimers

------ Resources:

Brian Armstrong https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong

Coinbase https://twitter.com/Coinbase

Crypto 435  https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1630592674020335617

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Bankless Weekly Rollup 3rd Week of March 2023

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------ Topics Covered

0:00 Intro 3:23 Markets 8:04 Total Crypto Market Cap 8:50 Fed https://www.reuters.com/markets/rates-bonds/feds-powell-previews-tougher-rate-hike-path-starting-soon-2023-03-08/  10:00 Warren vs. Powell Address https://youtu.be/8Kz4pm5l4Og?t=126  14:35 Records of the U.S.  https://twitter.com/kobeissiletter/status/1632408557101432833

15:50 Stablecoin Check-In https://www.coingecko.com/en/categories/stablecoins

19:32 Silvergate  https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/03/08/crypto-bank-silvergate-announces-voluntary-liquidation/  26:49 Warren https://twitter.com/SenWarren/status/1633611272372486144

30:21 Binance https://twitter.com/MikeBurgersburg/status/1631489833838297088https://archive.ph/w7QNe   36:20 Voyager https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-snubbed-as-voyager-wins-court-approval-for-sale-to-binance-us

37:43 Grayscale v. SEC  https://twitter.com/jeffjohnroberts/status/1633130559353372672 https://www.reuters.com/legal/court-set-hear-arguments-grayscales-lawsuit-against-sec-over-bitcoin-fund-2023-03-07/

42:57 Bankless 2.0  https://www.bankless.com/dashboard  47:12 Bankless ETH Denver Interview series https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1633559479588454401

49:33 Coinbase https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1633473042000101378  51:35 One River https://www.coinbase.com/blog/coinbase-has-acquired-one-river-digital-asset-management  52:20 Commercial https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1633222932255358976

54:25 Tornado Cash Contributors' Proof of Innocence https://twitter.com/ameensol/status/1629942658008514560https://www.privacypools.com/  57:25 Uniswap Wallet  https://twitter.com/uniswap/status/1631691330031169537  58:21 Rocket Pool https://medium.com/rocket-pool/rocket-pool-atlas-upgrade-7c69e39a3d5f  1:00:00 rETH Collateral on EulerFinance  https://twitter.com/MacroMate8/status/1633490076511666176  1:00:50 Arbitrum Token  https://twitter.com/PolymarketHQ/status/1632815834858164225  1:02:10 Cosmos Interchain Security https://blockworks.co/news/cosmos-greenlights-interchain-security

1:05:58 Sovereign Rollup on Bitcoin https://twitter.com/RollkitDev/status/1632438374513676288 https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1632460687069913088?s=20  1:09:55 Yuga Labs $16.5M Bitcoin NFT Auction https://twitter.com/yugalabs/status/1632878847778512898  1:11:31 Casey’s Take https://twitter.com/rodarmor/status/1632573965897170948  1:13:05 Ordinals Not dead! https://twitter.com/zackvoell/status/1633879858915704846?s=20  1:13:59 Amazon NFT Marketplace  https://blockworks.co/news/amazon-nfts-real-world-assets-token

1:15:13 Multicoin Capital’s Hedge Fund Lost 91.4% in 2022 https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/03/04/multicoin-capitals-hedge-fund-lost-914-last-year-investor-letter-reveals  1:17:58 Emojis https://therug.mirror.xyz/TZVv0Y5TG74q3ARKa8DcTSiGgAyeKAOIlndW4MHya1M

1:19:37 Cooper Turley new Music NFT podcast  https://twitter.com/invinmusic/status/1633543529493577728

1:20:02 Scroll $1.8B Valuation https://www.theblock.co/post/217340/ethereum-scaling-scroll-50-million-funding-round-1-8-billion-valuation

1:21:10 Jobs https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs

1:23:48 Questions from the Nation

1:30:25 Takes https://twitter.com/mdudas/status/1633571193344126979https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/1633738311922782209https://twitter.com/joonian/status/1632899301230669824

1:34:00 What David’s Bullish On https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1632479927093035009  1:35:30 What Ryan’s Bullish On

1:39:12 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1632066015428497418

1:39:53 Risks & Disclaimers

1:40:07 Moment of Zen https://imgur.com/6H07xT1

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Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Sometimes, the frontier is at a crypto conference. One of the most prestige being, ETHDenver! We’re back with a handful of exclusive interviews with some of the most fascinating minds in crypto. 

Wish you could make it to all the crypto conferences, but don't have the time? Don't worry, Bankless brings the frontier to you.

In this episode, we’re talking to the Up Only legend, Ledger, aka Brian Krogsgard, and also Co-Founder and CMO of Flip, a growing NFT aggregation platform. Brian and David talk about the past, present, and future of UpOnly and Flip.  

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0:00 Intro 3:35 Brian or Ledger & Camera Formatting? 4:50 UpOnly Status 5:24 Flip 10:44 Who is Flip For? 12:37 Fundraising  13:32 Fees & Liquidity  14:32 Customers & Business Development 15:45 Content & Future of UpOnly 16:23 Closing 

----- Resources: 

Brian https://twitter.com/Krogsgard

Flip https://twitter.com/Flip_xyz

Ledger https://twitter.com/ledgerstatus

UpOnly https://twitter.com/UpOnlyTV

----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Sometimes, the frontier is at a crypto conference. One of the most prestige being, ETHDenver! We’re back with a handful of exclusive interviews with some of the most fascinating minds in crypto. 

Wish you could make it to all the crypto conferences, but don't have the time? Don't worry, Bankless brings the frontier to you.

In this episode, we’re talking to Steven Goldfeder of Arbitrum to discuss Arbitrum’s innovative new Stylus and the ever-evolving L2 wars. Steven also drops some alpha?! Tune in to find out. 

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0:00 Intro 3:51 Arbitrum Stylus  5:16 Stylus Explained  7:40 Prysmatic Labs 9:05 Any Dev Can Build on Arbitrum 9:52 L2 vs. L1 Roadmap Adoption 11:19 Arbitrum Alpha L3 Chains  13:40 How Do Chains Talk to Each Other? 14:52 Closing & Action Items

----- Resources: 

Steven Goldfeder https://twitter.com/sgoldfed

Arbitrum  https://twitter.com/arbitrum

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Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Sometimes, the frontier is at a crypto conference. One of the most prestige being, ETHDenver! We’re back with a handful of exclusive interviews with some of the most fascinating minds in crypto. 

Wish you could make it to all the crypto conferences, but don't have the time? Don't worry, Bankless brings the frontier to you.

In this episode, we’re talking to Sreeram Kannan of EigenLayer, a platform to leverage Ethereum security through the innovative method of restaking. Sreeram and David chat about EigenLayer’s evolution, wen mainnet(?!), what the EigenLayer competition looks like, and much more! ‘

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------ Timestamps:

0:00 Intro 3:10 EigenLayer’s Evolution 3:51 Wen Mainnet?  4:56 What to Build on EigenLayer 6:27 Supporting the Builders 7:13 EigenLayer Competitors 8:10 EigenLayer Mod Analogy  10:33 The EigenLayer Chain Spectrum   14:21 Good Technical EigenLayer Questions 18:02 Action Items, Jobs, & Closing

 ----- Resources: 

Sreeram Kannan https://twitter.com/sreeramkannan

EigenLayer https://twitter.com/eigenlayer

----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Sometimes, the frontier is at a crypto conference. One of the most prestige being, ETHDenver! We’re back with a handful of exclusive interviews with some of the most fascinating minds in crypto. 

Wish you could make it to all the crypto conferences, but don't have the time? Don't worry, Bankless brings the frontier to you.

In this episode, we’re talking to Fig from Squid, a crosschain swap protocol built on top of Axelar. Is Squid finally the interoperability solution we’ve all been waiting for? Tune in to find out! 

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0:00 Intro 3:09 What is Squid?  4:26 Squid vs. Previous Interoperability Solutions 7:52 Fig’s Chain Fatigue Response  9:04 Squid’s Use Cases 11:15 Closing & Action Items

----- Resources: 

Fig https://twitter.com/ecdsafu

Squid  https://twitter.com/squidrouter

----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Sometimes, the frontier is at a crypto conference. One of the most prestige being, ETHDenver! We’re back with a handful of exclusive interviews with some of the most fascinating minds in crypto. 

Wish you could make it to all the crypto conferences, but don't have the time? Don't worry, Bankless brings the frontier to you.

In this episode, we’re talking to Jordi Baylina, Technical Lead for Polygon Hermez zkEVM. Polygon’s zkEVM is scheduled to go live on MARCH 27, 2023! So of course, we had to ask Jordi all about it. 

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------ Timestamps:

0:00 Intro 3:07 Jordi’s ETHDenver Panel 3:58 Was Polygon the 1st zkEVM? 5:54 Frequent Builder Questions 7:23 Polygon zkEVM Timeline 10:35 zkEVM Bugs Explained 16:24 Closing 

----- Resources: 

Jordi Baylina https://twitter.com/jbaylina

Polygon ZK https://twitter.com/0xPolygonZK

----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Sometimes, the frontier is at a crypto conference. One of the most prestige being, ETHDenver! We’re back with a handful of exclusive interviews with some of the most fascinating minds in crypto. 

Wish you could make it to all the crypto conferences, but don't have the time? Don't worry, Bankless brings the frontier to you.

In this episode, we’re talking to Sunny Aggarwal of Osmosis Labs and Cosmos. Sunny and David chat about how Osmosis and Axelar are working together, what’s new in the Cosmos ecosystem, and how Cosmos isn’t solely DeFi-focused. 

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------ Timestamps:

0:00 Intro 3:11 The Interoperability Meta 4:05 Axelar vs. THORChain 5:15 Osmosis & Axelar  6:50 Bridge Risk 8:43 The Cosmos Ecosystem 10:11 AppChains  12:00 Is Cosmos Only DeFi-Focused?  13:00 State of the Cosmos Community 14:25 Sunny’s ETHDenver Agenda 15:08 Sunny’s Sweater 15:30 Closing

----- Resources: 

Sunny Aggarwal https://twitter.com/sunnya97

Osmosis https://twitter.com/OsmosisZone

Cosmos https://twitter.com/Cosmos

----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Sometimes, the frontier is at a crypto conference. One of the most prestige being, ETHDenver! We’re back with a handful of exclusive interviews with some of the most fascinating minds in crypto. 

Wish you could make it to all the crypto conferences, but don't have the time? Don't worry, Bankless brings the frontier to you.

In this episode, we’re talking to Francesco Renzi, CEO and Co-Founder of Superfluid, the real-time settlement solution for the 21st century. Fran and David discuss how games are leveraging Superfluid, why Fran is bullish web3 gaming, and what the cross-chain Superfluid ecosystem may look like. 

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0:00 Intro 3:35 Superfluid Explained 4:02 Streaming Payments  5:06 Adoption  5:45 Games Leveraging Superfluid 6:08 Building New Economies 6:51 Bullish Web3 Gaming?  8:20 Does Crypto Solve Gaming? 9:14 Crosschain Superfluid Ecosystem 10:05 Closing & Action Items

----- Resources: 

Fran  https://twitter.com/FrancescoRenziA

Superfluid https://twitter.com/superfluid_HQ

----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Sometimes, the frontier is at a crypto conference. One of the most prestige being, ETHDenver! We’re back with a handful of exclusive interviews with some of the most fascinating minds in crypto. 

Wish you could make it to all the crypto conferences, but don't have the time? Don't worry, Bankless brings the frontier to you.

In this episode, we’re talking to Sergey Gorbunov about the purpose of the Interoperability Summit at ETHDenver, the interoperable frontier, the differences between the Axelar and Cosmos and so much more. 

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------ Timestamps:

0:00 Intro 4:33 Interoperability Summit Vibe 5:20 Communities Represented 6:05 The Interoperable Frontier  6:56 Axelar Explained  8:00 Axelar Blockchain 8:37 Axelar vs. Cosmos 9:41 Chain Fatigue  11:20 Lessons Learned  13:03 Closing & Action Items

----- Resources: 

Sergey Gorbunov https://twitter.com/sergey_nog

Axelar Network https://twitter.com/axelarcore

----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Callil Capuozzo is the VP of Design at Uniswap Labs. Uniswap recently unveiled their brand new mobile app; and we’re going to explore that here today, along with asking about the long-term vision of Uniswap Wallet, and how Uniswap Labs plans to support and develop it!

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------ Timestamps:

0:00 Intro 6:00 Callil's Background 12:28 Design in Crypto 16:45 Uniswap Labs 18:00 Why Wallet? 19:25 Future of Crypto Wallets 23:30 Apple Gatekeeping  34:12 Uniswap Wallet Demo 48:20 Uniswap Wallet Roadmap 51:05 What Else is Uniswap Labs Building? 53:30 Smart Contract Wallets  1:00:25 Closing & Disclosures 

------ Resources:

Callil Capuozzo https://twitter.com/_callil

Uniswap Wallet  https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1631691330031169537

----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Eric Peters operates one of the largest institutional crypto hedge funds in the world. What do the institutions think of our little crypto asset class? Are they running for the hills?

------ ✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the episode:  https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/debrief-eric-peters    ------ ✨ COLLECTIBLES | Collect this episode:  https://collectibles.bankless.com/mint

------ Eric Peters is the Founder, CIO of One River Asset Management–his fund has made some of the largest institutional investments in crypto ever..including one purchase of over $600 million in Bitcoin and Ethereum. When we think institutional crypto, we think Eric Peters. 

His first appearance on Bankless was in October 2021…we brought him back to catch us up on the current institutional thesis for crypto.

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------ Topics Covered

0:00 Intro 9:51 Still Bullish? 16:42 Was FTX Surprising? Institutions Reaction 25:14 FTX Red Flags 33:00 3 Arrows Capital 41:40 Philosophy of Investment Decisions  47:36 What Should Regulators Do? 58:20 Was Crypto 2022 Worth It?  1:04:30 Ego 1:09:54 Institutional Exposure to Crypto 1:18:40 Reports  1:24:04 Institutional Exposure to Crypto 1:30:05 2023 Macro Outlook 1:37:22 A Decade Later 1:40:37 Closing & Disclaimers

------ Resources:

Eric Peters https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericpetersoneriver/

Eric’s 1st Appearance on Bankless https://youtu.be/NMPiGjxdH0E

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