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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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