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Sep 2023
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ROLLUP: Solana’s MakerDAO & Visa Win | B...

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WRU 2nd Week of September

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

0:00 Intro
3:55 MARKETS
5:25 L2 TLV and Scaling Factor 
https://thedefiant.io/starknet-activity-surges-on-token-speculation 
7:15 Crypto wealth stats - David how many crypto millionaires do you think there are?
https://www.henleyglobal.com/publications/crypto-wealth-report 
9:10 U.S. deficit explodes despite growing economy
https://twitter.com/jasonfurman/status/1698391469881455098 
https://twitter.com/jasonfurman/status/1698391482724442607 
13:40 Wen BTC ETF?
https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1696887691122548798 
https://twitter.com/JSeyff/status/1697360209453187085 
https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1699480838868517273 
17:35 Uniswap Spot volume surpassed Coinbase in spot trading volume in 2023
https://twitter.com/RasterlyRock/status/1694039760745152761 

20:25 Maker DAO’s endgame on Solana?
https://twitter.com/RuneKek/status/1697623700013822244 
28:50 Vitalik sold his entire remaining stake of 500 MKRs
https://twitter.com/OnchainDataNerd/status/1697941332826923348 
https://twitter.com/aeyakovenko/status/1698182686568018238  
31:00 Justin Leroux
https://twitter.com/0xMidnight/status/1697634909706215604 
32:00 Foobar
https://twitter.com/0xfoobar/status/1698832035647787513 
38:55 Visa expanded its stablecoin settlement to Solana
https://twitter.com/cuysheffield/status/1699031134229926284 

41:39 Base had a delay in block production
https://twitter.com/buildonbase/status/1699192035553812658  

46:00 Court sides with Uniswap over class action suit
https://twitter.com/eleanorterrett/status/1696918343943340235  
https://www.docdroid.net/APrJolt/risley-v-uniswap-pdf 
https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1696991910370411003  
https://twitter.com/BillHughesDC/status/1696998957526696405 

52:20 Roman Storm Pleads Not Guilty
https://cointelegraph.com/news/tornado-cash-cofounder-pleads-not-guilty 
50:20 Polygon launches their “Supernets” kit for 
https://twitter.com/sandeepnailwal/status/1696618823422529898
54:35 Arbitrum released Stylus
https://twitter.com/OffchainLabs/status/1697232795268177987 
https://twitter.com/CryptoIsCute/status/1697647185561866382 
56:30 StarkWare's Stone Prover now open sourced
https://twitter.com/Starknet/status/1697504345485381652 
57:00 RocketPool two major upcoming upgrades 
https://twitter.com/drjasper_eth/status/1698554983837282750 
57:30 Kevin Owocki is returning to Gitcoin
https://twitter.com/owocki/status/1699056199445221437 
58:14 Justin Bieber is releasing NFT collection 
https://anotherblock.io/drops/justin-bieber-company 
1:00:20 Fidelity released an Investment Thesis for Ethereum
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1697364409755029860 
1:03:10 Binance is delisting privacy coins in Belgium 
https://twitter.com/mister_ch0c/status/1699290391168618722 
1:04:00 MetaMask introduced bank and PayPal cash-out options
https://portfolio.metamask.io/ 

1:07:19 Questions From the Nation

1:13:50 Takes of The Week
https://twitter.com/pythianism/status/1699594987892256889 
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1696957206116315566 

1:18:30 What Are We Bullish On?
https://twitter.com/ckc12_rb/status/1675159167940587520 
https://twitter.com/cathsimard_/status/1675150596570230785 
https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1675165817569439744 
https://twitter.com/cathsimard_ 
https://twitter.com/mattmedved/status/1697795471803297847  

Ryan: Bankless is releasing Claimables! 
https://imgur.com/a/w9f2r0B 

Meme of The Week & Moment of Zen
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1699782057793372342

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