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The Ultimate Guide to Crypto Finance. DeFi, NFTs, and cryptocurrencies. Level up. Go bankless.
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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——— Timestamps:
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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Mar 21 2023
1hr 41mins
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
----- Resources:
Sandeep https://twitter.com/sandeepnailwal
Robbie https://twitter.com/0xferg
Polygon https://twitter.com/0xPolygon
Immutable https://twitter.com/immutable
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Mar 20 2023
41mins
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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------ Topics Covered
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
------ Resources:
Hester Peirce https://twitter.com/HesterPeirce
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Mar 20 2023
55mins
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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----- Timestamps:
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
----- Resources:
Arbitrum https://twitter.com/arbitrum
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Mar 19 2023
1hr 3mins
Bankless Weekly Rollup 3rd Week of March 2023
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------ Topics Covered
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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Mar 17 2023
1hr 28mins
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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----- Timestamps:
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
----- Resources:
Jeremy Allaire https://twitter.com/jerallaire
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Mar 16 2023
30mins
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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🚁 EARNIFI | CLAIM YOUR UNCLAIMED AIRDROPS https://bankless.cc/earnifi ----- Timestamps:
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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Mar 15 2023
1hr 22mins
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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🚁 EARNIFI | CLAIM YOUR UNCLAIMED AIRDROPS https://bankless.cc/earnifi ----- Timestamps:
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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Mar 14 2023
1hr 8mins
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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Mar 13 2023
1hr 26mins
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
Mar 10 2023
1hr 41mins
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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------ Timestamps:
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
Mar 09 2023
16mins
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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------ Timestamps:
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
----- 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
Mar 09 2023
15mins
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
Mar 09 2023
20mins
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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------ Timestamps:
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
Mar 09 2023
12mins
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
Mar 08 2023
17mins
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
Mar 08 2023
15mins
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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------ Timestamps:
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
Mar 08 2023
10mins
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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🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap
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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
Mar 08 2023
13mins
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
Mar 08 2023
1hr 2mins
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?
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------ 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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Mar 06 2023
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