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Aug 2021
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3rd Week of August 2021

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0:00 Intro

1:26 MARKETS 1:36 BTC Price 2:05 ETH Price 2:40 ETH/BTC Ratio 3:38 DeFi Action 7:28 Layer 2 Action https://l2beat.com/  9:55 EIP 1559 is Burning ETH https://ultrasound.money/  12:53 Gas Price Volatility https://twitter.com/takenstheorem/status/1427130936940851201?s=21  16:55 NFT Monthy Volumes https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1427432022109216775?s=21  Opensea vs. Etsy https://twitter.com/xanderatallah/status/1427453596858294272?s=20 

21:00 RELEASES 22:00 1inch on Optimism https://www.coindesk.com/defis-1inch-network-launches-on-ethereum-scaling-platform-optimism  24:26 Balancer Metastable Pools & Lido Partnership https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-launches-metastable-pools-to-further-pool-liquidity-9eade44d73d8  26:54 Bloomberg Galaxy Index https://www.coindesk.com/galaxy-digital-launches-defi-index-tracker-fund  Frank’s Take https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1428348530888871945?s=20  30:18 Metamask EIP1559 Support https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1428148268031102976?s=20  30:55 Fintech Collective https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/115077/fintech-collective-250-million-fund-defi-strategy  33:57 Jobs https://jobs.banklesshq.com/ 

34:26 NEWS 34:36 Robinhood Crypto Revenue https://www.coindesk.com/robinhoods-revenue-from-cryptocurrency-trading-jumps-to-41-of-total  37:43 Polygon x Hermez https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/114479/polygon-hermez-merger-matic-hez-tokens-ethereum-projects  40:03 TikTok x Audius https://twitter.com/decryptmedia/status/1427344374212571151?s=21  41:24 Samczsun Saves the Day https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/08/two-rights-might-make-a-wrong/  44:58 UNI Treasury Drama https://twitter.com/DuneAnalytics/status/1428250340139356164  52:10 Lido Matic Staking? https://twitter.com/LidoFinance/status/1428315782035955712  53:12 Aave DPI Collateral https://twitter.com/StaniKulechov/status/1427762488934871042  55:11 CryptoPunks Fully Trustless https://twitter.com/larvalabs/status/1428099416326557696?s=20  57:50 Zapper Wallet Avatar https://twitter.com/zapper_fi/status/1428096107708657672  1:02:14 Fractional Penguins https://twitter.com/SlingshotCrypto/status/1426391017545113601?s=20  1:03:28 Bitcoin Fees https://twitter.com/hasufl/status/1427335844130697222?s=20  1:10:11 SEC “Protecting” Citizens https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1427089741082619909  1:13:12 Gary Gensler on DeFi https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1428294597684469762?s=20  1:16:26 Former SEC Chair Joins Fireblocks https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/115020/former-sec-chair-clayton-fireblocks-advisory-board 

1:18:00 TAKES 1:19:00 Why We Love the Industry https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1427805148248608777?s=20  1:20:41 Community Innovation https://twitter.com/StaniKulechov/status/1427256596611088387?s=20  1:22:25 Every Object Is Scarce https://twitter.com/naval/status/1428232383703044096?s=20  1:23:49 Single Issue Voter https://twitter.com/twobitidiot 

1:25:55 What David’s Excited About 1:28:53 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:32:55 MEME of the Week https://www.instagram.com/p/CSwc8pjihdL/?utm_medium=copy_link 

1:33:39 Closing & Disclaimers

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