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Aug 2023
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ROLLUP: Under Attack - Crypto, Freedom, ...

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES
0:00 Intro

5:14 MARKETS

7:22 L2 Economics
https://dune.com/niftytable/rollup-economics 
https://twitter.com/0xbreadguy/status/1686040103989190656?s=46 

14:39 Why Did We Dump?
https://watcher.guru/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/TOTAL_2023-08-18_09-54-05.png 

16:50 Arthur Hayes Article
https://cryptohayes.medium.com/kite-or-board-64bc45d49931 

21:03 Mantle DAO staked 40K ETH
https://twitter.com/LidoFinance/status/1693578509413654990?s=20 

24:12 Tornado Cash Case
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1702 
https://www.coincenter.org/new-tornado-cash-indictments-seem-to-run-counter-to-fincen-guidance/ 
https://twitter.com/NeerajKA/status/1694474067678822410?s=20 
https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy/status/1694434785454698979?s=20 
https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy/status/1694434807004991545?s=20 
https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy/status/1694434795646808118?s=20 
https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1694423912321274148?s=20 
https://twitter.com/ameensol/status/1694396049430118521?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g 
https://twitter.com/ameensol/status/1694736128220483629?s=20 

45:45 Coinbase Tornado Cash Lawsuits
https://twitter.com/billhughesdc/status/1692256433818001792?s=46&t=LKBC7Qtm18FnZ380xCF2pA 
https://twitter.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1692260842585350334 

51:43 Friend.tech continue shaking with CT
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1693799871197622344?s=20 
https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1693803825747107973?s=20 
https://twitter.com/moonoverlord/status/1693364919637344535?s=46 
https://twitter.com/AutismCapital/status/1693759402908815480?s=20 
https://youtu.be/AVZlvnex4Gw?si=7m3COBp9iOe3HXqM 
https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1694157222597521893?s=46 

53:18 Is Binance in trouble?
https://www.wsj.com/finance/binance-cryptocurrency-russia-sanctions-ddb948c3 
https://twitter.com/Travis_Kling/status/1694042353797824764 

58:19 Coinbase and Circle formally melding
https://twitter.com/jerallaire/status/1693719963565969654?s=46&t=iahr7Lh5v08SSM_Ery-bGw 

59:05 Dencun Devnet!
https://twitter.com/parithosh_j/status/1691927807230677133?s=20 

1:01:08 EigenLayer Updates
https://restaking.nethermind.io/ 

First Squad Block Proposed 
https://twitter.com/trustlessstate/status/1694511259020837036?s=46 

Scroll Entering Beta
https://twitter.com/Scroll_ZKP/status/1692194581918745066?s=20 

Farcaster news
https://twitter.com/dwr/status/1691480693443108864?s=20 
https://twitter.com/dwr/status/1694020862545109272?s=46 

OP Stack Encrypted Mempool 
https://twitter.com/project_shutter/status/1693986910795186647?s=20 

Airdrops
https://blog.connext.network/announcing-the-next-airdrop-be764b1c548 
https://imgur.com/Je2IGRB 
https://earni.fi/account 

Starkware Stone
https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1693991491713261809 

Fire Wallet Released
https://twitter.com/_joinfire/status/1691847167382618455?s=20 

Balancer Hacked
https://twitter.com/Balancer/status/1694014645378724280 

NFT Stuff
https://twitter.com/punk9059/status/1693357671850688809?s=46 

Bitcoin stuff
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-employee-nft-marketplace-sentenced-prison-first-ever-digital-asset-insider 
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-17/sec-said-to-be-poised-to-allow-us-debut-of-ether-futures-etfs-eth#xj4y7vzkg 
https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1692314639235735836?s=20 
https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1693989173106266413?s=20 

Releases
https://twitter.com/RiscZero/status/1694047369028059218 

Takes of the Week
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1694705374941560893?s=20 

What are you bullish on?
https://twitter.com/hildobby_/status/1694357014086815757?s=20 

MEME of the Week
https://twitter.com/BoysClubWorld/status/1694446626591363150/photo/1 

Moment of ZEN
https://twitter.com/Permissionless/status/1693355946779812009?s=20 

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