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May 2024
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Why This Cycle is Cooked | DH + RSA

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About this episode

Today we explore David's idea that this cycle is cooked and Ryan has some question starting with... what does that even mean?

On this week's episode of Bankless Takes we answer that question and so much more as we take a deep dive into token distributions and how they're playing out this time around. 

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------ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 01:30 Why Record This Episode? 06:01 Why There Are Structurally Bad Vibes 15:47 Why it's Like This 29:14 The Problem With The Points Meta 38:29 Recent Airdrop Issues 47:21 Where Do We Go From Here?

------ RESOURCES  VC Capital - https://imgur.com/KKqMWBe 

Sell Pressure - https://twitter.com/pythianism/status/1784958268420522195 

Chris Dixon Take - https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/memecoins-tokens-regulation-policy/ 

LayerZero - https://x.com/LayerZero_Labs/status/1786441554816532646 

Hayden Take - https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1786784808187621874 

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