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ROLLUP: SEC vs Crypto | Evergrande | Robinhood Wallets | Layer 2 Ethereum | Yearn v3 | Coinbase Lend
01:22:14
4th Week of September, 2021 ----- ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 3:01 MARKETS 14:00 RELEASES 1:07:00 TAKES 1:15:25 What David’s Excited About 1:20:08 MEME of the Week ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Sep 24, 2021 |
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84 - Defining the Metaverse
01:31:22
This is a classic Ryan-and-David only episode. With no guest, we dive into David's recent article "The Metaverse Emerges." What is the Metaverse? Raoul Pal described it as digital fluidity on our recent episode with him. Composable digital objects, a network economy, scaling social structures... whatever it is, Nation States aren't ready for the incoming metaversal explosion. Are you? ------ ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ ------ 0:00 Intro ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Sep 22, 2021 |
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Nic Carter | Layer Zero
01:07:30
Nic Carter is one of our favorite writers in crypto. He's shaped our thoughts on many subjects over the years. He's definitely a Bitcoiner, but is he also an Etherean? What makes Nic tick? Get to know the person behind the persona in this week's episode of Layer Zero. ------- ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ Nic on Twitter: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Sep 21, 2021 |
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83 - Beyond Coin Voting Governance | Vitalik Buterin
01:43:44
Vitalik Buterin returns to the Podcast to discuss his recent article 'Moving Beyond Coin Voting Governance.' As always, Vitalik comes with a birds-eye view of high level challenges facing the crypto space with a moral & philosophical slant. Building sufficiently decentralized governance mechanisms is a hugely challenging endeavor. Tackling elegant solutions to coin voting, we also cover the benefits of running your own node, the metaverse, and an update on the Ethereum narrative. When Vitalik comes on Bankless, it's time to listen closely. ------- ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ Vitalik on Twitter Moving beyond coin voting governance ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Sep 20, 2021 |
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How Crypto Can Be Good for the Environment | Klima DAO
01:01:37
Bankless Nation, meet Klima DAO, the carbon-backed digital currency and algorithmic climate protocol. Dionysus, Archimedes, and Oxylos join to discuss bringing environmental incentives to DeFi, using similar mechanics to OlympusDAO and the OHM token. Klima DAO plans to generate on-chain demand for carbon offsets and build a carbon-backed treasury, with the goal of driving up the price of carbon. Who said crypto was bad for the environment? For Bankless readers, it should come as no surprise that the powers of DeFi can be leveraged to incentivize coordination around public goods. (🌳,🌳) ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ Klima DAO ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Sep 18, 2021 |
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Gimmie the Loot! | Loot Panel w/ Jackson Dame, Will Papper, Anish Agnihotri
01:04:29
Join Jackson Dame, Will Papper, and Anish Agnihotri as we explore the emerging ecosystem around LOOT! The value proposition around Loot is deeply compelling, with the simplicity of the initial release, the call to action to the community, and the endless opportunity for cultural composability. Loot presents a unique milestone for crypto culture, and seems to be a turning point for this emergent, digital metaverse. Can fundamentals be subjective? PERMISSIONLESS CONFERENCE PREMIUM DISCOUNT GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered 0:00 Intro ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Sep 17, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: Solana & Arbitrum Outages | OpenSea Front-Running | Elizabeth Warren Crypto
01:28:53
3rd Week of September, 2021 ------- ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 1:50 MARKETS 5:15 ETH Price 19:30 RELEASES 29:59 NEWS 1:14:00 TAKES 1:24:35 What David’s Excited About 1:26:24 Meme of the Week 1:27:42 Closing & Disclaimers ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Sep 16, 2021 |
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The Worlds Greatest NFT Portfolio | DC Investor
01:13:51
DC Investor thought NFTs were cool before you did! Join us on this State of the Nation, as we explore DCs progression through the NFT universe and as he curated the worlds greatest NFT portfolio! ✨PERMISSIONLESS CONFERENCE✨ 💯 PREMIUM DISCOUNT 💯 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ DCInvestor on Twitter ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Sep 15, 2021 |
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Anthony Sassano | Layer Zero
01:16:31
Anthony Sassano is undoubtedly one of the most committed individuals to the Ethereum ecosystem and the values that come along with it. Dropping newsletters and podcasts every weekday with his consistent fervor is inspiring as it is valuable. In this episode Layer Zero, we dive into what drives Anthony. This opens up to a broader conversation of philosophy, longevity research, his thesis on life, and his beard oil company (?!) ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ Anthony on Twitter: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Sep 14, 2021 |
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82 - Investing in the Future | Cathie Wood, Chris Burniske, Yassine Elmandjra
01:42:05
Cathie Wood is Founder, CEO and CIO of Ark Invest, the investment management firm specializing in disruptive sectors. Yassine Elmandjra is an analyst at Ark, and Chris Burniske is the former blockchain lead at Ark and is now a partner at Placeholder VC. We’re incredibly excited to bring Cathie on the podcast for her industry-leading insights and perspective on the innovative investing space. The thesis is simple: invest in the future. As a society, we are entering a new age of exponential and unprecedented growth, afforded by compounding technological advancements and a turning point of innovation. Ark Invest is poised to capitalize on these opportunities and has eyed cryptoassets as an important vehicle for this substantial, societal change. Dive in and learn about Wright’s Law, managing haters, Ark’s thoughts on the triple point asset, and DeFi. ✨ GET THE EXCLUSIVE DEBRIEF ✨ ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ Cathie on Twitter ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Sep 13, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: Steph Curry & Tom Brady FTX | Crypto Regulation & SEC | Solana & Arbitrum
01:41:09
2nd Week of September, 2021 ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 2:43 MARKETS 32:00 RELEASES 52:55 NEWS 1:27:00 TAKES 1:33:45 What David’s Excited About 1:39:00 Meme of the Week 1:40:00 Closing & Disclaimers ----- |
Sep 10, 2021 |
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Arbitrum Launches! Founders Steven Goldfeder & Harry Kalodner (SotN 9/7)
01:23:57
On August 31, 2021, Arbitrum went live on mainnet! This means it’s available to migrate funds and begin using the many DeFi apps that have already launched on the Layer 2 Rollup scaling solution. Harry Kalodner and Steven Goldfeder return to State of the Nation to discuss what this means for the crypto space. Gas Markets, onboarding directly to Layer 2, the user experience, and the march towards decentralization are all themes. Layer 2 Summer is still intact! ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------- Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Sep 08, 2021 |
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Layer Zero | Justin Drake
01:34:46
Justin Drake joins the third episode of Layer Zero to discuss coining ‘Ultra Sound Money,’ which sent supersonic waves through the Ethereum community. Unsurprisingly, Justin is a deeply compelling individual with a powerful drive to work hard and pursue individuality. From Quantum Computing to engineering Layer Zero, Justin’s holistic approach to the space really comes through as we discuss what it means to work for a meme. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING Topics Covered 0:00 Intro ------ Resources: Ultra Sound Money Website ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Sep 07, 2021 |
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81 - The Digital Commodity Explosion | Brian Quintenz
01:39:51
Brian Quintenz was a commissioner on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from 2017 until April of this year. The CFTC serves to regulate the derivative markets, and Brian particularly worked to embrace innovative technologies and emphasize the power of free markets, even in a regulatory environment. He has been an advocate for the exploration and growth of the crypto space and is provides an insider’s perspective to deal with the question of crypto regulation. His sober and pragmatic takes are deeply insightful, and there is a clear alignment of values between Brian and the industry. This episode dives into the disruptive nature of cryptocurrencies, and how we can make sense of this Cambrian explosion of new assets. GET THIS EPISODE'S DEBRIEF: ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ 0:00 Intro ------ Brian on Twitter ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Sep 06, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: Arbitrum Layer 2 Launches | LOOT NFT | El Salvador BTC | FTX | ETH & EIP 1559 (Septemer 3rd)
01:39:37
1st Week of September, 2021 🔊 PERMISSIONLESS CONFERENCE ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 3:50 MARKETS 25:00 RELEASES 43:00 NEWS 1:19:00 TAKES 1:32:32 What David’s Excited About 1:37:06 Meme of the Week Moment of Zen ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Sep 03, 2021 |
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Everything you need to know about Solana | Santiago Santos & Konstantin Lomashuk
01:33:10
Solana is emerging as a competitive Layer 1 platform, promising scalability and a growing ecosystem. Join community thought leaders Santiago Santos and Konstantin Lomashuck as we assess the Solana Value Proposition. How important is decentralization? Why build on Solana? Can different L1's coexist? Does it seek to compete with mainnet Ethereum or Layer 2 scaling solutions? We've been hearing a lot about Solana lately. It's time to dive in. ------ GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro
------ Santiago on Twitter: Konstantin on Twitter: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Sep 02, 2021 |
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Tokenizing Music with Royal | 3LAU (SotN 8/31)
59:21
DJ Justin '3LAU' Blau returns to Bankless to discuss Royal, the platform for decentralizing ownership to music rights. Royal recently raised $16m and has launched its early access. We've seen crypto take the visual art world by storm - is music next? ------ ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Sep 01, 2021 |
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Layer Zero | Eric Conner
01:20:33
Eric Conner joins the second episode of Layer Zero. Eric is the co-founder of EthHub along with Anthony Sassano, and is a recurring Bankless guest as well as a crypto twitter staple. From the early days of Ethereum to golf and Porsches, David and Eric discuss things at large — what does Ethereum have left to prove? How do you manage Ethereum Brain? What will the next generation of crypto natives look like? ------ ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ Eric on Twitter ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Aug 31, 2021 |
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80 - Ethereum is the Greatest Trade | Raoul Pal
01:34:24
Raoul Pal is the CEO and co-founder of Real Vision, the content production studio focused on democratizing access to financial knowledge. He’s an investor with a sharp eye on the global macro environment, and has a strong grasp on the relationship between history and economics. What has changed since the last time Raoul was on the podcast? His takes on Ethereum are fascinating and thought-provoking, and his bullishness does not come lightly. ------ ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ Real Vision ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Aug 30, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: Visa buys a CryptoPunk | Budweiser Beer. ETH | NFT Mania | Michael Saylor Bitcoin | EIP1559
01:40:40
4th Week of August, 2021 ------ ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 1:50 MARKETS 26:00 RELEASES 47:48 NEWS 1:10:30 TAKES 1:30:06 What David’s Excited About 1:35:56 Bankless Nation Member of the Week 1:36:47 MEME of the Week 1:38:11 Closing & Disclaimers
Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Aug 27, 2021 |
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NFT Mania! | Andy8052 & DeeZe (SotN)
01:33:33
The NFT Boom rages on. We bring on Fractional team members and CryptoPunk holders DeeZe and Andy to make sense of all this. Is this just the beginning? Is this a speculative mania? Maybe it's something more. This could be the genesis of a new set of passionate communities, where culture has a quantifiable value. ------ ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ DeeZe on Twitter: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Aug 25, 2021 |
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Dmitry Buterin | Layer Zero
01:24:34
Dmitry Buterin joins David for the premiere of Layer Zero, a new Bankless podcast that explores the human side of Ethereum. Beneath the technological innovation and socioeconomic disruption happening in the DeFi space, there are human beings – really interesting, thoughtful, passionate human beings. Layer Zero is at the bottom of the economic stack: the people. For the debut episode, it only made sense to bring on Dmitry, father of Ethereum founder Vitalik. Topics include Vitalik’s youth, Soviet Russia, and universal consciousness, but they don’t stop there. How often does Dmitry check ETH Price? What’s his workout routine? Tune in and find out. ------ ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ Dmitry on Twitter: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Aug 24, 2021 |
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79 - The Crypto Coalition | Ryan Selkis
01:26:08
Ryan Selkis is the Founder and CEO the crypto data analytics platform Messari. Last time Ryan was on the podcast, we debated Ether’s properties as a money and the triple point asset thesis. We revisit many of these topics and explore what has changed in the landscape over the past year. However, we also discuss a perhaps more pressing issue: the state of regulation for the industry. Ryan is poised to take a strong leadership role in the political side of crypto, and he’s developing offensive strategies for the crypto vs. nation-state conflict. Listen in to learn why he’s now a single-issue voter. ------ ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ Ryan on Twitter: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Aug 23, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: TikTok x Audius, Penguins & CryptoPunks, Robinhood Crypto, Uniswap Treasury (August 20)
01:34:54
3rd Week of August 2021 ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ 0:00 Intro 1:26 MARKETS 21:00 RELEASES 34:26 NEWS 1:18:00 TAKES 1:25:55 What David’s Excited About 1:32:55 MEME of the Week 1:33:39 Closing & Disclaimers ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Aug 20, 2021 |
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DAO Panel | Kain Warwick, CoopahTroopah, Tracheopteryx
01:19:53
DAOs are heating up. In 2021, the tools and infrastructure surrounding DAOs have taken off at an incredible pace. Digital organizations have the potential to fundamentally change the way we coordinate as a species. We bring on DAO experts Kain Warwick, Cooper Turley, and Tracheopteryx to provide insights into this budding movement. What is different about DAOs? Why are we excited about them? 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ 0:00 Intro ------ Kain on Twitter Cooper on Twitter: Tracheopteryx on Twitter: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Aug 19, 2021 |
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The State of Crypto Regulation | Jake Chervinsky (SotN 8/17)
01:34:17
Jake Chervinsky is fighting on the front lines for the effective regulation of crypto, and he was a key contributor in the efforts to amend the United States Infrastructure Bill, which recently passed the Senate. On this State of the Nation, we discuss the unfolding events in US Legislation, and how we can move forward towards a cooperative and productive regulatory landscape. ------ ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Jake on Twitter: The Blockchain Association: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Aug 18, 2021 |
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78 - Institutional DeFi Infrastructure | Fireblocks' Michael Shaulov
01:38:40
Fireblocks is building infrastructure to help businesses adopt digital assets with a suite of products, providing institutions access to DeFi with security and convenience. Last month, Fireblocks raised over $300 million at a $2.2B valuation. CEO Michael Shaulov comes on the Bankless Podcast to explore why institutions are choosing to outsource their crypto-native workflows to an infrastructure company like Fireblocks, whose expertise and products aim to provide secure & effective storage, transactions, and issuance. Get the Debrief for this episode! ------ ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ Fireblocks ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Aug 16, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: Ethereum Burning | Penguin & Axie NFTs | Poly Network Hack | Infrastructure Bill (August 13)
01:31:49
2nd Week of August 2021 ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 1:30 MARKETS 33:00 RELEASES 47:00 NEWS 1:13:00 TAKES 1:21:26 What Anthony’s Excited About 1:24:25 MEME of the Week 1:29:16 Closing & Disclaimers ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Aug 13, 2021 |
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EIP1559 SmartCon Panel | DC Investor, SquishChaos, James Wang
51:52
Smart Contract Summit, hosted by Chainlink Labs, is the biggest smart contract event of the year with leading speakers and projects across DeFi, the NFT economy, and the larger blockchain industry. Check out the other discussions here: ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Resources: DC Investor on Twitter: SquishChaos on Twitter: James Wang on Twitter: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Aug 12, 2021 |
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The State of Optimism | Ben Jones & Karl Floersch (SotN 8/10)
01:36:41
Optimism is scaling Ethereum with its open-source Optimistic Rollup. Uniswap recently deployed on Optimistic Ethereum, officially kicking off Ethereum's Scalability Summer. Where does Optimism stand now? What's next? Optimists Ben Jones & Karl Floersch join to talk about working on Ethereum’s hardest problems and pioneering a better future for humanity. ------ ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ Optimism: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Aug 11, 2021 |
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77 - China's Digital Currency Revolution | Richard Turrin
01:40:53
Richard Turrin is the best selling author of Innovation Lab Excellence, and recently published his new book Cashless: China's Digital Currency Revolution. This new release covers the story and context of China’s new Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and the innovation happening in that space. In this episode, Richard walks us through the efforts China has made to innovate within its Fintech platforms, and how it poses a long-term threat to US Dollar dominance. With smart contracts on the way, what does the world look like with a maximally successful Chinese CBDC? Listen in and find out. In this episode's exclusive debrief, we dive into all the questions we didn't have time to ask and explore how big of a challenge CBDCs pose to crypto. Get it here: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-chinas-digital
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: EIP-1559 | Infrastructure Bill | CryptoPunks & NFTs | Bitcoin ETF | DyDx Token (August 6th)
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1st Week of August 2021 ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 1:56 MARKETS 24:45 RELEASES 35:27 NEWS 1:09:00 TAKES 1:22:48 What David’s Excited About 1:27:28 The Merge 1:28:28 Meme of the Week 1:30:25 Closing & Disclaimers |
Aug 06, 2021 |
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LIVESTREAM: London Hardfork | EIP1559 GOES LIVE
01:43:25
Join the Bankless and EthHub boys as they livestream during the London Hardfork and watch EIP1559 start burning ETH! 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ DC Investor on Twitter: Eric on Twitter: Hudson on Twitter: Justin on Twitter: Anthony on Twitter: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Aug 05, 2021 |
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EIP1559 Expert Panel | Tim Beiko, Hasu, Micah Zoltu, Barnabe Monnot, Matt (LightClients)
01:44:20
The time has come. With the London Fork just around the corner, the much anticipated EIP-1559 will be implemented. This fundamentally changes the relationship among miners, users, and gas. This panel, moderated by Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko, is set to discuss the macro and micro shifts to the ecosystem. We've talked about this a lot on Bankless, so it's time to hear from experts around the community about this massive turning point. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ Tim Beiko on Twitter: Barnabe Monnot on Twitter: Hasu on Twitter: Lightclients on Twitter: Micah Zoltu on Twitter: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Aug 04, 2021 |
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76 - Inflation in 2021 | Lyn Alden
01:50:32
Lyn Alden returns to the podcast, this time to discuss Inflation. Founder of Lyn Alden Investments, we keep coming back to Lyn because of her sharp analysis and compelling macro takes. We explore the three types of inflation, how they intersect and affect one another, and what this means for the global outlook of crypto and society. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ Lyn on Twitter: Lyn's Website & Newsletter: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Aug 02, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: Uniswap Front-End | Elizabeth Warren Shadowy Super Coders | COVID-19 Crypto | FTX & Binance
01:54:14
4th Week of July 2021 ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered 0:00 Intro 10:55 MARKETS 29:00 RELEASES 52:10 NEWS 1:40:00 TAKES 1:47:49 What David’s Excited About 1:50:38 MEME of the Week ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 30, 2021 |
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Fractional | AMA with Andy8052
01:05:12
NFTs have exploded in 2021, but many coveted pieces are far out of the price range of average DeFi citizens. Enter Fractional, the new protocol for buying, selling, and minting fractions of NFTs. This breaks apart NFTs and allows anyone to unlock NFT liquidity and open the door for community involvement. To detail this step forward in crypto culture, we bring on Fractional lead dev @Andy8052 for a Live AMA. ------ ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM
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Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here:
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Building A Decentralized Blackrock | Index Coop (SotN 7/27)
01:20:51
Index Coop is a DAO focused on making fully decentralized crypto index products, like the DPI (DeFi Pulse Index). Recently, the Index Coop teamed up with Bankless DAO to launch the BED Index: 1/3 Bitcoin, 1/3 Ether, and 1/3 DPI. Products like these make it easier than ever to get some skin in the game, so Do Your Own Research, and learn why the future of finance is decentralized. For this week's State of the Nation, we bring on four core contributors of Index Coop to walk us through it. Live on Tuesday at 11am PST / 2pm EST! ------ ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Index Coop: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 28, 2021 |
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75 - The ETHCC Experience | Interviews with Ethereum Community Leaders
02:19:20
Did you miss out on ETHCC? Here's the antidote to your FOMO. David interviews 9 thought leaders and builders about the conference, Paris, and the broader Ethereum Community. ------ ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ 0:00 Intro 29:00 Vitalik Buterin 45:07 Stani Kulechov 1:00:50 Kain Warwick 1:10:13 Jerome de Techey 1:24:05 Aya Miyaguchi 1:36:00 Cooper Turley 1:42:20 Simona Pop 1:57:22 Joseph Delong 2:04:22 Jordi Baylina ------ Vitalik on Twitter: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 26, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: ETH CC Paris | BED Index | Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, Cathie Wood & Bitcoin (3rd Week of July)
01:40:19
3rd Week of July ------ ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 2:20 MARKETS 21:00 RELEASES 47:00 NEWS 1:11:00 TAKES 1:29:00 What David’s Excited About 1:34:30 Meme of the Week ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 23, 2021 |
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Introducing ShapeShift DAO | Erik Voorhees (SotN 7/21)
01:11:56
ShapeShift recently announced its plans to evolve into a community-owned, decentralized platform. In addition, they held the largest airdrop in crypto history with over 1 million eligible addresses. We bring on (former?) CEO Erik Voorhees to discuss the transition, and how it could be paving the way for all legacy corporations. The Future is DAO. ------ ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ Erik on Twitter: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 21, 2021 |
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74 - The History of Electronic Markets | Tarun Chitra
02:08:57
Tarun Chitra is co-founder of Gauntlet, a financial modeling platform for crypto. Tarun is a thought leader in the space and is an expert in a variety of topics surrounding DeFi. This week, we discuss the history of electronic markets, and how we’re in the third wave of this phenomenon. Get this episode's exclusive debrief! 👀 ------ ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Bankless Podcast #74: The History of Electronic Markets We’re all familiar the image of traders in the pits of the New York Stock Exchange, holding up tickets and shouting out orders to one another. This is the backdrop for Electronic Markets 1.0, when ‘open outcry’ was the norm for the exchange of equities. When internet technology first emerged, it was brought to these markets, such that geographically distinct markets were fused by the instant communication of prices, bids, and offers. New technologies come quickly to the markets, giving an advantage to those who adopt the fastest. Alongside traders and brokers are the technologists, the quants and computer scientists who leveraged their understanding of networks to revolutionize trading. This first wave of electronic markets lasted until the dawn of personal computers, home internet, and E-trade. This second wave further revolutionized modern exchanges, distributing public access while consolidating liquidity. Synergistic with the dot-com boom, this explosion of retail investing once again turned exchanges on their heads. Look around now, and observe that we are in a third wave of new technologies applied to markets: Electronic Markets 3.0. Catalyzed first by mobile phones and now DeFi, the markets have once again been uprooted and fundamentally changed. What does this all mean? Where do we go from here? How do we adjust for scaling complex markets? Well, listening to what Tarun Chitra has to say about it isn’t a bad place to start. ------ 0:00 Intro ------ Tarun on Twitter ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 19, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: Optimism, Layer 2 Summer, Axie Infinity, ETH Documentary, Space Jam NFT (2nd Week of July)
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2nd Week of July 2021 ------ ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR 🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ 0:00 Intro 2:50 MARKETS 17:00 RELEASES 40:15 NEWS 1:04:00 TAKES 1:20:35 What David’s Excited About 1:25:03 Meme of the Week ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 16, 2021 |
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ETH Staking Panel | Coinbase, Lido, Rocket Pool
01:27:16
ETH Staking Panelists: With Ethereum's switch to Proof-of-Stake around the corner, a full spectrum of staking options has emerged. Many who want to participate will not be able to run their own self-custodied 24/7 validator node, and not everyone has the required 32 ETH. For these folks, Staking-as-a-Service allows broader participation in the PoS consensus mechanism. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 15, 2021 |
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ETH Staking Panel | Coinbase, Lido, Rocket Pool
01:27:16
ETH Staking Panelists:
----- 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ ------ With Ethereum's switch to Proof-of-Stake around the corner, a full spectrum of staking options has emerged. Many who want to participate will not be able to run their own self-custodied 24/7 validator node, and not everyone has the required 32 ETH. For these folks, Staking-as-a-Service allows broader participation in the PoS consensus mechanism. ------ Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 15, 2021 |
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The Rise of Axie Infinity | Jeff 'Jiho' Zirlin (SotN 7/13)
01:21:04
Axie Infinity has exploded into the mainstream in 2021. Is it just a game? Is it an economy? What does Play-to-Earn mean? Join David and Ryan as they explore the world of Axie Infinity! ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 14, 2021 |
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73 - Building a $500M DeFi Fund | Arthur0x
01:32:01
Arthur_0x is a massively successful investor in DeFi, and leads DeFiance Capital. His story is fascinating, as are his takes on the ecosystem and the crypto space from a global perspective. GET THIS EPISODE'S EXCLUSIVE DEBRIEF: ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ 0:00 Intro ------ Arthur on Twitter ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 12, 2021 |
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TOP SIGNAL: DAO Dudes | Cooper Turley, Lucas Campbell, Callum Gladstone, James Waugh
01:13:55
Join Michael Wong and David Hoffman as they attempt to make a show about comedy and crypto! Subscribe to the Top Signal RSS feed! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/top-signal/id1574944825 GUESTS: ------ Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 10, 2021 |
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TOP SIGNAL: DAO Dudes | Cooper Turley, Lucas Campbell, Callum Gladstone, James Waugh
Join Michael Wong and David Hoffman as they attempt to make a show about comedy and crypto!
GUESTS ------ Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 10, 2021 |
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TOP SIGNAL: DAO Dudes | Cooper Turley, Lucas Campbell, Callum Gladstone, James Waugh
Join Michael Wong and David Hoffman as they attempt to make a show about comedy and crypto! GUESTS ------ Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 10, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: Axie Infinity, Binance Squeeze, JPMorgan ETH Staking, EIP 1559 (1st Week of July)
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1st Week of July, 2021. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered
2:10 MARKETS 16:30 RELEASES 36:20 NEWS 54:30 TAKES 1:24:05 What David’s Excited About 1:29:00 Meme of the Week ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 09, 2021 |
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SotN 7/6 - Compound & the DeFi Mullet | Robert Leshner
45:39
Robert Leshner is the founder of the Compound Protocol, which is pioneering decentralized borrowing and lending. He is returning to Bankless to discuss Compound Treasury, which is set to offer Compound's services to institutions. Is it Fintech? Is it Banking? Is it Crypto? Slick back your DeFi mullet and let's find out. Robert on Twitter: Compound Treasury: ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 07, 2021 |
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72 - The Power of Mimetic Desire | Luke Burgis
01:46:52
Luke Burgis is an author, entrepreneur, and professor. In his new book Wanting, Luke discusses the mimetic (mimicking) roots of our desires and behaviors. Viewing our species from this lens yields a vast wealth of insights about the nature of society, and we discuss how the internet (and crypto) pose to dramatically shift our understanding of these things. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ BANKLESS PODCAST #72: The Power of Mimetic Desire When we explore what crypto is all about, it often brings us back to the fundamental questions. What is money? What is value? What are the characteristics of a good society? In our conversation with Luke Burgis, we dive even deeper: what drives our basic desires and behaviors? Luke makes an incredibly compelling argument that the root of our wants and perceived needs derive from Mimetic Desire -- the idea that we look to others and mimic what they do. Mimetic desire appears to emerge among all successful social species. As humans, we learn how to exist in a society by observing and processing those around us. Our parents, friends, and communities at large all collectively inform how we perceive the world around us. In this model, the individual melts away, and instead, we become interdependent nodes in a network of ideas, ideologies, actions, and behaviors. We often want things because others want them. Although rationality certainly plays a role, it takes a back seat to the more immediate and salient driving forces of mimesis. How does this relate to crypto in particular? Well, mimesis certainly drives the patterns we find in markets: speculation and adoption are both functions of mimetic desires. This model also applies more broadly when we consider the coordinative power of the internet and blockchains. If we accept mimesis on the aggregate and individual scale, we can more fully grasp the scale and scope of these new social and economic technologies. Hot off the release of his book 'Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life,' Luke is fascinated by the potential of blockchains to revolutionize how we interact and function as a species and society. However, Mimetic Desire won't be going anywhere anytime soon. ------ 0:00 Intro ------ Luke on Twitter ------ Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 05, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: Jay-Z NFTs, Axie Infinity, China's Bitcoin Miners, Coinbase USDC, (5th Week of June)
01:18:36
5th Week of June 2021. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 2:25 MARKETS 11:00 RELEASES 24:00 NEWS 59:00 TAKES 1:08:50 What David’s Excited About 1:15:53 The Future is DAO ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 02, 2021 |
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The Creator Economy | Jesse Walden, Li Jin, Cooper Turley
01:03:36
Come learn and hear about what the Creator Economy is, and what it has in store for our industry! Li Jin: Jesse Walden Cooper Turley: ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ The Creator Economy naturally erupts with the internet. Specialization allows creatives – artists, content creators, and everything in between – to carve out increasingly specific niches and build curated cultural communities. Art in all forms has an opportunity to blossom with the coordinative capacity of modern technology, and every active participant is inherently a creator. Smartphones and social media make everyone journalists, photographers, actors, and commentators simultaneously. With this budding paradigm, ownership of creations is paramount. The crypto industry lends itself elegantly to this need, blending creation and ownership. Web 2 has witnessed an explosion of distributed content, but centralized platforms determine the nature of how it plays out. Crypto offers a natural evolution to the creator economy, enriching the relationship between creator and community. This conversation takes a wide lens to the intersection of culture and the crypto industry. From MySpace to Instagram to Patreon, the ebbs & flows of internet culture and economy moves at a blistering pace. Our experienced panelists break these things down and discuss where we're going. ------ Li on Twitter: Jesse on Twitter: Cooper on Twitter: ------ 0:00 Intro ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jul 01, 2021 |
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SotN 6/29: PleasrDAO and the NFT Bear Market | Jamis Johnson
01:06:18
Jamis Johnson is a founding member and Chief Pleasing Officer of PleasrDAO✨. We bring him on to hear about the state of PleasrDAO, and the NFT bear market! ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ State of the Nation #49: The State of the Charts PleasrDAO is a fascinating experiment in internet culture. At the intersection of DAOs, NFTs, and internet culture, Jamis Johnson works as Chief Pleasing Officer. In this NFT bear market, we look forward to what happens next in this emerging space. Now is the time to be paying attention to this space. The start of PleasrDAO was with pplpleasr's "x * y = k' NFT following the release of Uniswap V3. It was an organic eruption of collaboration for a shared social cause. The emergence of PleasrDAO is a salient demonstration of the nature of DAOs. In many ways, they resemble an open-world sandbox game, where individuals can come together in a flexible domain and organize collectively. What began as a fever dream auction has coagulated into a flexible, powerful organization for the curation and management of big-ticket NFT items. The future of PleasrDAO remains open, but there will be more to learn as this Culture DAO continues trailblazing. ------ Jamis on Twitter: PleasrDAO on Twitter: PleasrDAO: ----- 0:00 Intro ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jun 30, 2021 |
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71 - The Bull Case For Ethereum II | DC Investor, Anthony Sassano, Cyrus Younessi
02:10:37
A lot has changed since the original "Bull Case for Ethereum" episode. This sequel comes at a time when massive events loom on the horizon. EIP-1559, the Proof-of-Stake Merge, and Layer 2 Scaling. Many of these uncertainties are felt in the market action, but we bring you some of the Ethereum Community's strongest bulls to remind you why you're here. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ The Bull Case for Ethereum: Ultra Sound Money: DC Investor on Twitter: Anthony Sassano on Twitter: Cyrus Younessi on Twitter: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jun 28, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: China Bitcoin Miners, John McAfee, EIP-1559 Testnet, Layer 2 Ethereum (4th Week of June)
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4th Week of June 2021. Anthony on Twitter: Daily Gwei: ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 2:20 MARKETS 35:00 RELEASES 53:00 NEWS 1:15:45 TAKES 1:26:45 What Anthony’s Excited About 1:30:30 MEME OF THE WEEK 1:31:37 The Daily Gwei 1:32:50 Closing & Disclaimers ------ |
Jun 25, 2021 |
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SotN #51: Pioneering Crypto Culture, with Michael Wong
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Bankless has TWO big announcements... GET YOUR MERCH: https://cryptoculture.substack.com/p/paying-homage-to-cypherpunk-history
------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jun 23, 2021 |
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70 - Facing the Frontier | Jim Bianco
01:51:43
Jim Bianco is a seasoned investor, market commentator, and President of Bianco Research. With a sharp view of the past, present, and future, Jim comes on the podcast to discuss crypto from a variety of angles. Inflation, Wall Street, Defi, Regulation, and How to Invest. This is a good one. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING 0:00 Intro ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jun 21, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: (Mark Cuban Titan, Metamask Institutional, Alchemix alETH, BTC Lightning)
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3rd Week of June 2021 ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 2:10 MARKETS 28:00 RELEASES 46:44 NEWS 1:13:30 TAKES 1:21:50 What David’s Excited About 1:23:45 What Ryan’s Excited About 1:25:45 MEME(s) of the Week 1:28:09 Closing & Disclaimers ----- |
Jun 18, 2021 |
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SotN #50 - El Salvador Adopting Bitcoin | Nic Carter
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Last week, El Salvador announced that Bitcoin would be accepted as Legal Tender. We bring on our favorite Bitcoiner Nic Carter to the State of the Nation to discuss this monumental historical event -- a nation-state officially recognizing Bitcoin as a currency. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ State of the Nation #50: El Salvador Adopting Bitcoin Nic Carter, recently verified on Twitter, is a partner at Castle Island and 4-time guest on Bankless. In 2021, Nic has spent much of his time dispelling the common myths frequently pointed at Bitcoin by the mainstream media, and he has been a general in the Green Energy war taking place around Bitcoin. Last week, Nic started a Twitter Space to discuss El Salvador adopting Bitcoin as legal tender, a historic moment for crypto. Nayib Bukele, the President of El Salvador, joined the Space as the El Salvadorian congress ratified the bill. This twitter space ultimately garnered over 20,000 listeners, including some of the biggest names in crypto. Bukele showed himself to be savvy with both tech and social media, earning his label as a populist. This is a pivotal time for cryptocurrency. The news from El Salvador bring up increasingly important questions like the relationship between nation-states and digital value. There are a variety of motives for El Salvador to adopt Bitcoin including lessening dependence on US monetary policy, as the Dollar was previously the sole currency of the country. What does it mean for a country to adopt a cryptocurrency? Is Bitcoin being used for its 'intended purpose?' Is this a populist reprisal? Do these events represent a rejection of the Cantillon effect, and a move against the monetary hierarchy of capital gains taxes? In this State of the Nation, we cover these questions and more as we digest this monumental news and figure out what to make of it. ------ Nic on Twitter: ----- 0:00 Intro ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jun 16, 2021 |
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69 - Asking the Questions: BTC & ETH | Preston Pysh
02:04:41
Bitcoiner Preston Pysh joins the Bankless Podcast to discuss Bitcoin and Ethereum and prove that there are high level conversations to be had between the two communities. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING 🔀 KWENTA | EXCHANGE SYNTHETIC ASSETS ------ 0:00 Intro ------ Preston on Twitter: The Investor’s Podcast Network: Bitcoin Fundamentals: Bitcoin & Bonds with Greg Foss: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jun 14, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: 2nd Week of June (El Salvador, Elizabeth Warren, Bitcoin FBI Ransom, Polygon & Arbitrum)
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Download the crypto meta to your brain in this weekly show. 4th Week of May, 2021 ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 2:15 MARKETS 22:00 RELEASES 42:45 NEWS 1:24:30 TAKES 1:36:25 What David’s Excited About 1:40:50 MEME OF THE WEEK ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jun 11, 2021 |
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The Current State of DeFi | Vance Spencer, Santiago Santos, Spencer Noon
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In this special episode of Bankless, we bring on some of the best minds in the space to discuss where DeFi is and where we're headed. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING 🔀 KWENTA | EXCHANGE SYNTHETIC ASSETS It feels like we're living out a crucial moment in the story of Decentralized Finance. A variety of perspectives will collectively yield that we are at a tipping point, from a macro and micro standpoint. As we witness the emergence of a new technological ecosystem, the stakes and implications are ever increasing. Thus it only makes sense to bring on a panel of some of DeFi's smartest minds to hold a summit on where we are and where we're heading. This panel comprised of Santiago Santos of Parafi Capital, Vance Spencer of Framework Ventures, and Spencer Noon of the Variant Fund. In broad terms, DeFi refers to open, blockchain-based finance. The root of this stack consists of primitive financial services – the money verbs like borrowing, lending, trading, escrow, etc. It involves programming smart contracts to execute logic that transfers value on the blockchain. Within these parameters, there is infinite expressivity and room to explore. The internet of value has set itself up to be a game of optimizing capital efficiency through logic. The winners of this game will be the protocols, apps, individuals, and institutions that minimize counterparty risk while maximizing anti-fragility and resilience. The key here is finding ways to balance the values of consumer agency and protection with the power of capital efficiency. Maximalism and absolutes will be pushed to the margin as the realities of tradeoffs become increasingly apparent. DeFi, despite its youth, has shown itself to be resilient and deeply anti-fragile. Good logic doesn't break. As it matures, the growth and depth of DeFi infrastructure will demonstrably contribute to its Lindy effect. The total addressable market (TAM) of this ecosystem difficult to quantify, as it is a non-zero game that currently encapsulates the entire global economy at present. Conversations like these should leave an informed viewer feeling optimistic, inspired, and determined to face the obstacles ahead with resolve and conviction. ------ Vance on Twitter: Santiago on Twitter: Spencer on Twitter: ------ 0:00 Intro ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jun 10, 2021 |
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SotN #49- The State of the Charts, with Ledger Status
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In this week's State of the Nation, we bring on UpOnly co-host Brian Krogsgard (AKA LedgerStatus) to teach us about the charts. This is the official Bankless TA episode 📈 State of the Nation is live-streamed on the Youtube Channel – Tuesdays at 11am PT. 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING 🔀 KWENTA | EXCHANGE SYNTHETIC ASSETS Bankless is not a trading or market-specific podcast by any means, but the chaos we have observed in the markets over the past several months warrants discussion. So we brought on Brian Krogsgard (AKA Ledger Status) to help us understand the price action in the markets from a variety of perspectives. Brian is a host on the Ledger Status and UpOnly podcasts, and co-founder of the FlipMetrics data platform. Brian introduces the concept of investing and trading as a pyramid -- at the bottom of the pyramid lies fundamentals and an overall investing thesis. As one moves up the pyramid, the time frames become increasingly shorter, and at the top are the pure psychological and analytical-based trades. Having sound plans throughout this pyramid is what makes for strong investing. Fundamentals, narratives, and tactics form a holistic approach which dictates how you should execute rotations and denominate wealth. Ledger screens by fundamentals, and enters by technicals, while keeping the tactical side of things as simple as possible to avoid "analysis paralysis." The technical top of the pyramid is influenced by market psychology, and is inherently chaotic and more difficult to grasp. With a broad approach to playing this money game, Brian went down the DeFi rabbit hole throughout the course of 'DeFi Summer' in 2020. The object of this game is a quest to get more ETH. Although there are countless ways to view a chart, these 'horoscopes' can easily become self-fulfilling prophecies when it comes to aggregate market psychology. ------ Ledger on Twitter: Flip Metrics: UpOnly: Ledger Status Podcast: ----- 0:00 Intro ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jun 09, 2021 |
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68 - Bull Case for DeFi II | Vance Spencer
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Vance Spencer returns to Bankless to refresh his takes from his last appearance, 'The Bull Case For DeFi.' His predictions have held up exceptionally well, and listen in as he takes us through what Layer 2 means for the DeFi space. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING 🔀 KWENTA | EXCHANGE SYNTHETIC ASSETS ------ Bankless Podcast #68 - DeFi Verticals Framework's Vance Spencer returns to Bankless nine months after his first appearance, 'The Bull Case for DeFi.' A lot has happened in the space since then, but his perspective holds up as salient and sharp. He and investing partner Michael Anderson have built a venture fund that invests in people. With a healthy mix of on-chain and venture investments, Framework has consistently led as a thesis-driven firm with a clear focus on DeFi. Primitives, aggregators, and apps comprise a diverse and thoughtful portfolio representing a successful past and bullish future. It is increasingly apparent that capital efficiency is the game that DeFi projects are playing to gobble up market share. Vance brings a uniquely holistic approach to investing in the space, discussing the verticalization of DeFi and seeking projects that leverage the smart contract money legoes to optimize front ends. The space's growth depends on building out payment rails, optimizing MEV, and exploring the world of rollups as a massive upgrade to the DeFi Sandbox. Stay tuned for hot predictions towards the end – this is somebody to listen to. ------ 0:00 Intro ------ Vance on Twitter: The Bull Case for DeFi: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jun 07, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: 1st Week of June (Miami Bitcoin Conference, Arbitrum Layer 2 DeFi Summer, Coinbase Apple)
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Download the crypto meta to your brain in this weekly show. 4th Week of May, 2021 ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 1:39 MARKETS 28:15 RELEASES 41:10 NEWS 1:00:00 TAKES 1:14:30 What David’s Excited About 1:21:48 MEME OF THE WEEK 1:22:45 Closing & Disclaimers ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jun 04, 2021 |
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SotN #48 - Arbitrum LAUNCH, w/ Arbitrum Team
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Arbitrum is one of Ethereum's hottest L2 scaling solutions, and it has LAUNCHED 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING 🔀 KWENTA | EXCHANGE SYNTHETIC ASSETS ------ Steven Goldfeder is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Offchain Labs. He holds a PhD from Princeton University, where he worked at the intersection of cryptography and cryptocurrencies. Harry Kalodner is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Offchain Labs, where he leads the engineering team. Before Offchain, he attended Princeton as a PhD candidate, where his research explored economics, anonymity, and incentive compatibility of cryptocurrencies. Arbitrum released its Mainnet for Developers last Friday. This is an EVM-Compatible Layer 2 Optimistic Rollup, which allows for scaling Ethereum's app layer without sacrificing layer 1 Ethereum security & consensus. This is a massive step forward for the blockchain space and a culmination of years of technical research and testing. This is a milestone in effectively scaling blockchains, while maintaining core cypherpunk values. There are tremendous opportunities and possibilities in this new digital real estate. This hub of optimized blockspace keeps the economic security guarantees of Ethereum and poses to greatly improve the DeFi user experience. To scale to a billion users, projects like Arbitrum need to earn legitimacy and demonstrate efficacy as the Ethereum ecosystem continues to mature. In the immediate term, the next few months will be exciting to watch - will we see a DeFi Layer 2 Summer? ------ Arbitrum: ----- Topics Covered: 0:00 Buffer ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Jun 02, 2021 |
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67 - The Altcoin Slayer | Eric Wall
02:01:42
Eric Wall is a prominent thinker and contrarian in the crypto space. He has an independent mind and is unafraid to bust through groupthink and act as an ideological razor for the crypto community. In this episode, Eric dives deeply into a variety of profound takes on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and his approach to the community. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Eric Wall is CIO of Arcane Assets, and a well-known (and often infamous) writer and thinker in the crypto space. He has engaged in arguments with camps and tribes throughout the space, remaining unapologetically independent and committed to his values. Though a Bitcoiner at heart, Eric has come around on Ethereum as the ecosystem has matured. In this episode, we dive into values and the ethos of crypto that Eric fights for. As a principled believer in trustless systems and decentralization, Eric walks through many of the big-picture obstacles and accomplishments of the crypto space. Viewing this landscape with a digital biologist's lens, we address these projects as digital organisms, following many of the same laws we see in nature. Wherever organisms exist, Darwin is nearby. Eric brings a refreshing and unfiltered set of takes to the Bankless Podcast, reminiscent of other independent thinkers we've had on like Hasu. Regardless of your opinions on Eric, he represents an important part of the blockchain conversation. He serves as an ideological razor, giving no one the benefit of the doubt and prioritizing accountability and earned legitimacy. ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ Eric on Twitter ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
May 31, 2021 |
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Friday 5/29 Livestream w/ David & Anthony Sassano
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Every week(ish), David and Anthony do a Friday Weekly Livestream to chat about the week in Ethereum, the markets, and whats coming in the short term future. Enjoy this unscripted conversation! ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
May 29, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: 4th Week of May (Uniswap WSJ | Arbitrum Launch | Gamestop NFT)
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Download the crypto meta to your brain in this weekly show. 3rd Week of May, 2021 ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ 0:00 Intro 0:45 MARKETS 26:00 RELEASES 47:20 NEWS 1:16:00 TAKES 1:35:40 What David’s Excited About 1:38:00 What Ryan’s Excited About 1:41:45 MEME OF THE WEEK ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
May 28, 2021 |
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AMA - Liquity & LUSD | Founder Robert Lauko
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Liquity is a new governance-minimized stablecoin on Ethereum! Liquidity offers some competitive advantages over other decentralized stablecoins 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ----- Resources: Liquity Robert Lauko on Twitter ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
May 27, 2021 |
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SotN #47 - Gitcoin DAO & $GTC token, with Kevin Owocki
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Gitcoin is turning itself into Gitcoin DAO, governed by the community and GTC holders! Come learn all about Gitcoin DAO, GTC distribution, and the responsibilities of the governors! ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING In this week's State of the Nation, we bring on Kevin Owocki to discuss the decentralization and DAO-ization of public goods funding platform Gitcoin, and the launch of their $GTC token. Kevin is the former benevolent dictator (CEO) of Gitcoin and a General in the war against Moloch (human coordination failure). The purpose of Gitcoin is to provide a platform for open-source software developers to acquire funding for their projects. Kevin mentions that open-source creates $500B in economic value yearly. In the crypto space, and on the internet at large, open-source development means that something is free to use, fork, or build on. This accessibility has been a driving force behind web development, and Gitcoin's mission is to create a business model for open-source software developers. Gitcoin has raised around $20M since its initial launch in November 2017. Gitcoin DAO is seeking to meme itself into the Quadratic Lands, where public goods are well-funded and digital democracy reigns. As Gitcoin has grown, it has come to the point in which a DAO is more well-served for Gitcoin's goals of activism and open-source development. Anti-fragility and distributing points-of-failure are key benefits of transitioning into a DAO. The alignment of incentives between the individual and society is crucial for optimizing capital efficiency and organically generating a better society. GTC = Grow The Community ------ Coordination Failures Claim GTC Gitcoin Quadratic Lands Kevin on Twitter ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
May 26, 2021 |
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66 - Crypto’s Existential Threat | MEV Panel: Phil Daian, Georgios Konstanopolus, Charlie Noyes
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Phil Daian is a researcher and software engineer and is leading the charge into mapping MEV with the Flashbots Project. Georgios Konstantopoulos and Charlie Noyes are both partners at Paradigm. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Bankless Podcast #66: MEV Panel In this State of the Nation, we bring on big-brain experts behind projects like Paradigm and Flashbots to explain the complex but critical topic of MEV - commonly known as Miner Extractable Value, but as discussed in this episode, Maximum Extractable Value is a more appropriate descriptor. MEV is arguably the single most important unsolved problem in the crypto space. In the context of incentives and network security, MEV generally refers to the ability of miners & validators to take advantage of their position as securers of the network. Blocks are verified by single entities, and these block producers have tremendous power when they are the ones adding a particular block to the blockchain. We refer to this instance as ‘God-Mode,’ in which a node has the power to assemble & order transactions at will. The threat here is the potential gaps between what is best for the network and what is best for the node. As an internal and unbounded threat to blockchains, solving the problems that MEV presents is critical to maintaining proper consensus and ensuring decentralization and permissionless access. We take a deep dive into potential solutions, and the impact of EIP-1559 and Proof-of-Stake on MEV. Dive in to learn why despite the challenges ahead, Charlie says: “In the absence of certainty, I’m willing to take the optimistic perspective.” ------ Phil on Twitter ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
May 24, 2021 |
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📺 ROLLUP: 3rd Week of May (Dip Week, The Rise of Polygon, Elon Crypto, Coinbase Outage, China)
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Download the crypto meta to your brain in this weekly show. Rug Week. 3rd Week of May, 2021 ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ 0:00 Intro 4:08 MARKETS 29:07 RELEASES 41:40 NEWS 1:09:40 TAKES 1:20:05 What David’s Excited About 1:21:17 What Ryan’s Excited About 1:23:10 MEME of the Week 1:24:15 Closing & Disclaimers ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
May 21, 2021 |
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65 - Crypto, Legacy, and Value | Mark Yusko
01:48:12
Mark Yusko has been at the forefront of institutional investing throughout his career, in both the legacy and crypto. He is the Founder, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Morgan Creek Capital Management. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Bankless Podcast #65 - Crypto, Legacy, and Value Mark W. Yusko is a seasoned investor in both traditional and crypto finance, and is the managing partner of Morgan Creek Capital. Notably, he is also an avid fan of Pokemon Go. In this episode, Mark provides a deep and logical basis for a sound decision matrix in the world of investing. He emphasizes broad narrative context, addressing themes reminiscent of our episode with historian Joshua Rosenthal on 'The Crypto Renaissance.' Mark explores the speculative frenzy in the markets and how it is indicative of a fiat-based financial system that has run its course. Continuous printing has gameified the economy, and crony capitalism has created an environment where you are either in or you're out. If you're in, then you're an incumbent who is incentivized to maintain the status quo. The centralization of power makes progress hard and proper equity even harder. As a long-term investor who prioritizes values & principles, Mark discusses money as a shared illusion, and notes that value is relative. He presents salient takes on crypto's role in the broad shifts driven by the inevitable failing of incumbent institutions. His worldview feels compatible with the Bankless narrative, and towards the end of the episode, we discuss how Ethereum fits into all of this. ------ Mark on Twitter: Morgan Creek Capital: ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
May 17, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: 2nd Week of May, 2021 Vitalik Rugs For Charity | Elon & Bitcoin | Balancer V2
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Download the crypto meta to your brain in this weekly show. Rug Week. 2nd Week of May, 2021 ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING 🔀 KWENTA | EXCHANGE SYNTHETIC ASSETS ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 3:18 MARKETS 29:30 RELEASES 43:10 NEWS 1:16:20 TAKES ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
May 14, 2021 |
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SotN #46 - The ETH Trade with Su Zhu & Kyle Davies of Three Arrows Capital
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Su Zhu and Kyle Davies are legendary crypto investors & founders of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital. They join the State of the Nation to discuss the bullish case for ETH. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING 🔀 KWENTA | EXCHANGE SYNTHETIC ASSETS ------ Su Zhu & Kyle Davies are renowned investors in the crypto space, and in this episode of State of the Nation, the Three Arrows Capital co-founders come on Bankless to discuss ETH as an investment, and more broadly, Ethereum as an ecosystem. They describe themselves as 'on-chain' maximalists, and we dive into how Ethereum boasts impressive on-chain metrics and its strong, fundamental narrative. Big money likes productive assets, and ETH is proving itself to be highly productive as a capital asset. We discuss the flippening of Ether & Bitcoin, and the opportunity for it in this cycle. Su & Kyle make it clear that institutions are coming around on Ethereum, and the scope of the ecosystem is such that any EVM-compatible (composable with the Ethereum Virtual Machine) is in turn bullish for ETH. Ethereum has painted six weekly green candles in a row and is indisputably red-hot at the time of this recording. Despite the bullish narrative, it remains difficult to properly measure the magnitude of this move. The inevitable unknowns do not frighten Three Arrows Capital, who explore denominating net worth in Ether. All in all, they leave us with some of the most bullish projections we have ever seen on the Bankless podcast. ------ ZhuSu on Twitter: Kyle Davies: Three Arrows Capital: ------ ⚒️ TACTIC TUESDAY | RAI Arbitrage Opportunities ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
May 12, 2021 |
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64 - Legitimacy | Vitalik Buterin
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Vitalik is back on Bankless to discuss his recent blog post: The Most Important Scarce Resource is Legitimacy. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING 🔀 KWENTA | EXCHANGE SYNTHETIC ASSETS ------ Ethereum co-founder Vitalik returns to Bankless – "the greatest Ethereum podcast" – for a deep dive into one of his recent blog posts, titled "The Most Important Scarce Resource is Legitimacy." The catalyzing example for Vitalik's discussion of legitimacy comes from Bitcoin and Ethereum, who both have the power to mobilize a tremendous amount of capital but are restricted in how this capital is used. Vitalik posits that legitimacy is the deep and powerful social force behind this. Legitimacy is a social phenomenon that describes things that are broadly and generally accepted in a coordination system. Without ascribing moral values, legitimacy can be seen as social reality - the status quo. Legitimate things include the de facto norms and collective expectations of groups, whether you like it or not. According to Vitalik, there are a number of ways to achieve legitimacy: brute force, continuity (inertia), fairness, process, performance, and participation – these are not mutually exclusive. Cryptocurrencies and blockchain ecosystems 'earn' legitimacy by community acceptance and adoption, but the continued legitimacy of these things is dependent on maintaining that which made it legitimate in the first place: promises and proofs of decentralization & security. Vitalik turns this discussion towards funding public goods. Ethereum can't summon capital for public goods without sacrificing the decentralization and soundness that give it legitimacy. However, these expectations are not carried as strongly in the app layer. This gives the ecosystem flexibility to coordinate and provide for the health of the network beyond base layer security & decentralization. Legitimacy determines our best practices for interacting with the world – understanding and wielding the power of this concept is necessary to maximize the benefits we bring to it. ------ The Most Important Scarce Resource is Legitimacy: Vitalik on Twitter: Vitalik's Blog: Vitalik's Bankless Appearances: ------ 🧢 WEEKLY RECAP | Bankless DAO is Born (4/24) ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
May 10, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: 1st Week of May (Uniswap V3, Elon Musk SNL Dogecoin, Bankless DAO, ETH & BTC)
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Download the crypto meta to your brain in this weekly show. 1st Week of May, 2021 ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING 🔀 KWENTA | EXCHANGE SYNTHETIC ASSETS ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 2:15 MARKETS 17:23 RELEASES 49:10 NEWS 1:12:00 TAKES 1:22:37 What David’s Excited About 1:24:36 What Ryan’s Excited About 1:25:35 MEME of the Week 1:26:40 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
May 07, 2021 |
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RELEASE: Gary Vee DEBUTS VeeFriends NFTs!
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Gary Vaynerchuk (aka GaryVee), serial entrepreneur and Chairman of VaynerX, today released his first NFT collection called VeeFriends. VeeFriends: 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING 🔀 KWENTA | EXCHANGE SYNTHETIC ASSETS ------ Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
May 06, 2021 |
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SotN #45 - Chainlink 2.0 with Chainlink God
01:25:47
This is the first piece of Bankless content focusing on Chainlink. Who better to tell us about the decentralized oracle solution than ChainLinkGod himself? State of the Nation is live-streamed on Tuesdays at 11am PT. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING 🔀 KWENTA | EXCHANGE SYNTHETIC ASSETS ------ Resources: ChainLinkGod on Twitter: Chainlink 2.0 Announcement: ------ ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
May 05, 2021 |
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63 - The Crypto Renaissance | Josh Rosenthal
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Josh Rosenthal is a former historian and is now a partner at 6ixth Event Cataclysmic Capital. In today's episode, we take a wide lens and examine the similarities between the European Renaissance and what is happening in today's society with both the internet and blockchain technology. Will future historians call this the Crypto Renaissance? ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Josh Rosenthal holds a Ph.D. in Late Medieval / Early Modern European History, and received a Fulbright Scholarship to the Sorbonne’s Institute for Advanced Studies, think tank mixing culture, history, and technology. Josh is no longer a practicing historian and is instead a partner at ‘6ixth Event Cataclysmic Capital’, which supports early-stage founders targeting cataclysmic impact. Here on Bankless, we do not necessarily view history as repetitive, but certainly as cyclical. If you're haven't already, check out Strauss & Howe's book 'The Fourth Turning' for a sober and salient account of what modern historiography is missing when it comes to interpreting societal ebbs and flows. Historical patterns are difficult to objectively pin down and create uniform laws that apply across the life cycle of a civilization. However, there are key concepts that are sticky and are often found in pivotal moments in history. In this episode with Josh, we explore the sticky concepts of value and information.What does it mean for society when there are massive infrastructural changes to these things? The progress of civilization, on a macro scale, inevitably boils down to how we view, understand, create, and distribute communication and commerce. The European Renaissance, beginning in the 15th Century, is a fascinating example of a society undergoing fundamental changes in its relationship with value and information. Two pieces of technology, the Printing Press and Double-Entry Bookkeeping, laid the foundation for a massive societal revolution that launched Europe into modernity. The late Middle Ages were increasingly hierarchical, in which value & information were held by an oligarchic feudal system. The Printing Press was a communication technology that decentralized access to information, such that Martin Luther was able to use it to spark the Protestant Reformation. Double-Entry Bookkeeping was an ancient practice rediscovered in Italy in around 1300, and this financial technology catapulted the Medici family into a flourishing age of art, culture, and redistribution. The pendulum of history, according to Josh, swings between aggregation and distribution. Are we experiencing a pendulum swing now? Is the Internet the Printing Press of the information age? Will Blockchain Technology be the revolutionary piece of fintech that Double-Entry Bookkeeping was? Are we at the start of the next Renaissance – a Crypto Renaissance? ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro ------ 6ixth Event Josh on Twitter ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
May 03, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: 5th Week of April (ETH All Time High, Eminem NFT, Tesla Sells BTC, JP Morgan Crypto Fund)
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Download the crypto meta to your brain in this weekly show. 5th Week of April, 2021 ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro 3:55 MARKETS 14:45 RELEASES 28:30 NEWS 53:00 TAKES 1:10:54 What David is excited about 1:13:13 What Ryan is excited about 1:15:10 MEME of the Week 1:17:30 Closing & Disclaimers ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Apr 30, 2021 |
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AMA with Scoopy Trooples of Alchemix
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These are hosted the 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month, so mark your calendars, tune in, and ask questions! 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Resources: What is Alchemix? Scoopy on Twitter ------ Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: Powered by Restream https://restream.io/ |
Apr 29, 2021 |
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SotN #44: Modeling Ultra Sound Money | Justin Drake
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Justin Drake is a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation and is leading the charge of applied cryptography to the Ethereum network. This is the third time Justin has come on the podcast. If you haven't yet, dive into our first two episodes with Justin, 'The Bull Case for Cryptography' and 'Ultra Sound Money.' This episode rolls out how we can understand Ultra Sound Money using data-driven models. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ This is Justin's third appearance on Bankless. His first, The Bull Case for Cryptography, went in-depth into cryptographic hashes and digital signatures, the basic tools used to build blockchains. The second, Ultra Sound Money, presented a thematic overview for the Ethereum economic engine. In this episode, we model Ultra Sound Money and what upcoming upgrades to Ethereum mean for issuance, supply, and staking vs. mining. Justin recently released four models cover the granular data-driven details of what Ultra Sound Money Means. These models deal with Ether's three main cashflows: Issuance, Supply, and Collateral. Justin argues that with the massive efficiency improvements to the Ethereum Network with Proof-of-Stake, Ether issuance will decrease by upwards of 90% and will proportionally reduce sell pressure from miners. He posits that ETH's peak supply will be 120M total Ether, and EIP-1559's burning mechanism will eventually reduce the total supply of ETH down to 100M. Justin also expects the APR for staking Ethereum to be 25% following the Ethereum 2 merge. We visualize what these numbers mean by combining the Ethereum Economic Engine metaphor, Triple Point Asset thesis, and viewing capital as having an inherent temperature. Cold ETH means that it is locked up, securing the network and/or reducing total liquid supply. Hotter ETH is that which is actively available for use, but much of this ETH is vaporized through EIP-1559's fee burn mechanism. Therefore, on both ends of the temperature spectrum, supply & issuance are optimized via staking and fee burn. Every episode with Justin is a deep exploration of the technicals that back Ethereum's memes of being a Triple Point Asset and Ultra Sound Money. However, understanding the models Justin lays out is cause for optimism on Ethereum's future as a vastly improved economic system. The State of the Nation this week is 'Ultra Bullish' – dive in to find out why. ------ Model #1: ETH peak supply model Model #2: The road to 100m ETH supply Model #3: Net buy pressure Mode #4: staking APR with EVM fee rewards The Bull Case for Cryptography Ultra Sound Money Justin on Twitter ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Apr 28, 2021 |
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62 - Governance and Capital | Joel Monegro
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Joel Monegro is a partner at Placeholder VC, where he invests in decentralized networks and companies that democratize data, wealth, and power. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Bankless Podcast #62 | Governance and Capital Joel Monegro is a partner at Placeholder, a venture capital firm where he invests in decentralized networks and companies that democratize access to data, wealth, and power. He started the firm in 2017 with his friend Chris Burniske and mentor Brad Burnham after three years at Union Square Ventures, developing the firm’s early blockchain thesis and portfolio. In this episode, Joel explores the relationship between Governance and Capital, broadly used terms in desperate need of proper definition. Governance focuses on the decision making process in regards to capital. Capital is a broad term for economic resources – that which has utility. Governance can refer to autocratic individual decision making, but we dive into governance as a mechanism for collective decisions and achieving consensus. It is typically tied to a social and/or economic system and is made of structures that drive decision making among groups of people. Capital represents influence, power, or control over economic resources. Capital and its utility are natural social phenomena and are relative in nature. Governance and Capital are deeply linked and arguably synonymous. The optimization of governance over capital and capital instruments are priorities of blockchains, which involve both financial and governance technology. The utility of capital can increase when pooled, especially when governance is scaled and effective. A core argument of the crypto industry is that blockchains offer a more advanced instrumentation of capital, creating maximally efficient pathways for the exchange of value. They allow the transaction/contract settlement layer to migrate away from a state-backed system, which involves the use of courts and violence to achieve security. Replacing violence with cryptographic consensus is a powerful but challenging concept – one explored deeply in this episode with Joel Monegro. ------ Placeholder VC Blog Joel on Twitter Generations - Strauss and Howe ------ 🧢 Weekly Action Recap (4/24): https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/ethereum-at-aths-weekly-recap ------ Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Apr 26, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: 4th Week of April (Venmo Crypto, Canada ETH ETF, Dogecoin & Safemoon, Ampleforth Airdrop)
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Download the crypto meta to your brain in this weekly show. 4th Week of April, 2021 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Topics Covered: 0:00 Intro. Get Your Badge. 1:55 MARKETS https://twitter.com/PeterLBrandt/status/1385023257774985219?s=20 24:29 RELEASES 37:04 NEWS 56:40 TAKES 1:18:04 What David’s Excited About 1:19:20 What Ryan’s Excited About 1:24:15 MEME of the Week 1:29:00 Closing & Disclaimers ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Apr 23, 2021 |
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PoolTogether - Leighton Cusack | Meet the Nation
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Bankless Nation, meet PoolTogether and its founder, Leighton Cusack. PoolTogether is a DeFi protocol offering a no-loss lottery generated by its pooled interest. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS 👻 AAVE | LEND & BORROW ASSETS 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING ------ Meet the Nation: PoolTogether PoolTogether is one of the oldest DeFi Protocols, having been around for about two years. It offers users access to no-loss lotteries; founder Leighton Cusack describes it as a savings account, and the interest generated by the collective deposits are combined into randomly selected lotteries. Like most DeFi project, it is permissionless, trustless, and powered by smart contracts. Unlike legacy lotteries, which require purchasing tickets, access to PoolTogether lotteries only requires depositing funds which can be pulled out in full at any time. There are currently $225 Million in assets deposited in PoolTogether, earning the interest that becomes rewards for the PoolTogether community. PoolTogether also has a reserve, which contributes to an increasing treasury. These sponsorships are deposits that are not eligible to win prizes. Instead, these returns are circled back to the pool to yield further interest. This is a perpetual growth mechanism for increasing the reward sizes over time. PoolTogether recently decentralized with its POOL governance token, and POOL was retroactively airdropped to all users earlier this year. It is also distributed to everyone who deposits in one of the lottery pools. The POOL token controls the protocol by managing the reserves, the number of winners announced weekly, integrations and new pools, and the distribution mechanism of the remaining POOL. ------ PoolTogether PoolTogether Discord PoolTogether on Twitter Leighton on Twitter ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Apr 22, 2021 |
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SotN #43 Coinbase Goes Direct | CIO of Arca Jeff Dorman
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In this week's State of the Nation, we bring on Jeff Dorman, Chief Investment Officer and Arca, to measure the magnitude of $COIN on the public markets. State of the Nation is live-streamed on Tuesdays at 11am PST. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS ------ State of the Nation #43: Coinbase Goes Direct Jeff Dorman is Chief Investment Officer at Arca, the digital asset management firm. Jeff leads the investment committee, focusing on risk management for cryptoassets. His work history in both legacy and crypto finance puts him in a unique position to work as a bridge between the two worlds. The Coinbase Direct Listing also acts as a bridge between the two worlds, and it's undoubtedly a landmark event for the legitimization of the crypto industry. What does this mean for the Banks, Fintech, and Wall Street? What does it mean for Gemini, Uniswap, and Binance? The first item to discuss to answer these questions is how the media and crypto twitter alike were off in their interpretation of this event. The volatile price action in the first moments of the listing were surprising to many, but Jeff explains that this shouldn't be surprising at all, given that there are no underwriters or built-in stability in a direct listing like $COIN's. He expects that there will be volatility and price discovery over a longer stretch of time before the stock moves to a more stable valuation. ------ Resources: Jeff's Article on Coinbase: Arca: Jeff on Twitter: $COIN Price Coinbase S1 Filings: Coinbase Analytics: ------ 📛 Bankless Badge Week (4/20): https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/how-to-win-free-stuff-with-your-bankless ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Apr 21, 2021 |
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61 - Before Bitcoin | Peter Pan
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Peter Pan has been a key member of the Ethereum Ecosystem, and in 2018, he wrote a 4-part series titled "Before Bitcoin," which covers the modern history of cryptography. We first bring him onto the podcast for an interview, followed by a reading of the full series by David. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS ------ Bankless Podcast #61 - Before Bitcoin Pet3rPan is a community-first investor at 1kx and part of the leadership of both MetaCartel Ventures and VentureDAO. His involvement in the crypto space is broad and deep, exemplified by his authoring of the Before Bitcoin series that we dive into in this episode. He was compelled to write the piece as he entered the crypto space, determined to build a depth of knowledge about the history and underlying technology of distributed ledgers powered by public-key cryptography. Modern cryptography doesn't exist in a vacuum, and there is a vast historical landscape to explore and provide context for the underlying principles that power the internet today and drive the innovation of the internet tomorrow. The story of today's cryptocurrency did not begin with Satoshi's Bitcoin whitepaper in 2009. It began decades earlier in the 1970s as cryptography was revolutionized by Cypherpunks, who discovered new mechanisms for the secure transfer of information. They pursued these ends through their shared values of privacy, self-sovereignty, freedom of information, etc. This episode begins with a brief interview with Pet3rPan, followed by a 'David Reads' of all four Before Bitcoin articles. ------ pet3rpan on Twitter: Before Bitcoin Part 1: Before Bitcoin Part 2: Before Bitcoin Part 3: Before Bitcoin Part 4: The Digital Culture Revolution: ------ 🧢 Weekly Action Recap (4/17): https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/price-discovery-mode-weekly-recap ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Apr 19, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: 3rd Week of April (BTC & ETH ATH, $COIN, Berlin Upgrade, Gary Gensler SEC, Bull Market)
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Download the crypto meta to your brain in this weekly show. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING 🔀 BALANCER | EXCHANGE & POOL ASSETS ------
TAKES ------ 🏴 SotN w/ Cryptex & Element (4/13: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/sotn-42-ethereum-devs-building-defi ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Apr 16, 2021 |
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AMA with Stefan Ionescu of Reflexer Labs
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Stefan Ionescu is a Founder of Reflexer Labs, the team behind the RAI stablecoin (or is it fair to even call it a stablecoin? Tune in to find out!) Like all our AMAs, the interview is live and incorporates questions from our Inner Circle Discord and live YouTube Chat. These are hosted the 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month, so mark your calendars, tune in, and ask questions! 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE 🔀 KWENTA | SYNTHETIC ASSET EXCHANGE ------ Reflexer Labs: Stefan on Twitter: ------ 🏴 SotN w/ Cryptex & Element (4/13: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/sotn-42-ethereum-devs-building-defi ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Apr 15, 2021 |
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SotN #42: Ethereum Devs Building DeFi | Preston Van Loon and Will Villanueva
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Both Preston Van Loon of Cryptex and Will Willanueva of Element Finance have helped build the Ethereum Protocol, but are now both working on DeFi apps. In this State of the Nation, we dive into what it's like for Ethereum Devs building DeFi. State of the Nations are Livestreamed on Tuesdays at 11am PST. 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE 🔀 KWENTA | SYNTHETIC ASSET EXCHANGE Tremendous work has been (and is still being) done to develop Ethereum 2, and just as much innovation is happening in Ethereum's app layer, DeFi. In this week's State of the Nation, we bring on guys who have done both: Preston Van Loon and Will Villanueva. Preston Van Loon is a former Google software engineer who switched to crypto full-time after Vitalik put 1000 ETH into Prysmatic Labs, which Preston founded. Prysmatic labs is now the most popular ETH 2 client. Preston is also the co-founder of a brand new DeFi app ‘Cryptex’, which is a collateralized synthetic asset that tracks the total market cap of all crypto-assets. Will Villanueva is a former team member of the Quilt team at Consensys and contributed to a mountain of R&D on Ethereum sharding. Will is now the CEO of Element, which offers high yield fixed income for DeFi assets. Element works by breaking a single token into two different ones; a yield-bearing token, and a principle token. We brought both Will and Preston because their unique work histories of first helping build the Ethereum Protocol and now building DeFi apps. We discuss how their experiences have shaped their current projects, the trajectory of Ethereum and its app layer, and the timing of it all. "The Hardest Problems Draw the Smartest People." ------ Cryptex: Element Finance: Preston on Twitter: Will on Twitter: ------ ⚒️ How to Use dYdX (4/13: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/how-to-trade-on-the-dydx-rollup ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Apr 14, 2021 |
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60 - The SEC and DeFi | Hester Peirce
01:28:25
Bankless Fan and SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce comes on the podcast to discuss tokens, DeFi, 'self-driving banks,' and regulation. ------ 🎖 If you're truly Bankless, CLAIM YOUR BADGE: 🌟Rate the Bankless Podcast! ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE 🔀 KWENTA | SYNTHETIC ASSET EXCHANGE ------ Hester Peirce is one of five SEC Commissioners and has been a knowledgable advocate for crypto as the world works out how to regulate the budding industry. The main goals of the Security & Exchange Commission are threefold – to protect investors; maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets; and facilitate capital formation. The SEC governs far more than crypto, but increasing attention is coming to the space as capital gravitates into it. Regulating crypto begins with officially establishing the asset class, e.g. currencies, capital assets, commodities, equities, et al. The next step is giving these assets legitimacy in existing financial institutions through exchange-traded products like a Bitcoin ETF. Below the base money layer, there exists Layer 0, the social layer. Layer 0 must be willing to officially play ball with the cryptoeconomy, and that's what makes regulators like Hester so important. The net optimization of these layers makes for an unequivocally better society: a more inclusive, equitable, and efficient one. Hester believes in governing principles, not specific technologies. It's important here to remember the three main goals of the SEC. The value propositions of crypto – providing a permissionless, trustless, and verifiable means to transact – are in accord with the values of a free state. The role of government is to encourage and protect mutually beneficial, voluntary engagement among citizens. Although the harmony between crypto's core values and those of a free state are readily apparent to a seasoned Bankless listener, the rest of Layer 0 must still be convinced. Crypto is a frontier with infinite possibilities, and effectively regulating such an ecosystem is a massive task. However, based on this conversation, there seem to be many reasons to be optimistic about the future of Crypto & DeFi regulation. ------ 🚀 Atomic Trading 🚀 Get Ready For Self-Driving Banks Gary Gensler MIT Crypto Course Hester on Twitter: ------ 🧢 Weekly Action Recap (4/10): https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/the-coinbase-tsunami-weekly-recap ----- Disclaimer: The views expressed in the episode are those of Hester Peirce, not the SEC nor any of her fellow commissioners. Disclosure: From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Apr 12, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: 2nd Week of April (Coinbase IPO, FEI Protocol, DeFi Shopify, ETH 2 Merge, BTC ETFs)
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Download the crypto meta to your brain in this weekly show. Anthony on Twitter: The Daily Gwei: ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE 🔀 KWENTA | SYNTHETIC ASSET EXCHANGE Intro MARKETS RELEASES NEWS TAKES Balancer & Algorand…? What David is Excited About What Anthony is Excited About MEME Closing & Disclaimers ------ 🧠 Decentralized VC (4/8): https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/decentralized-vc-will-eat-venture ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Apr 09, 2021 |
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SotN #41: Scaling DeFi with dYdX and StarkWare
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Antonio Juliano is Founder of dYdX, and Uri Kolodny is CEO of StarkWare. State of the Nation is live-streamed on Tuesdays at 11am PT. ------ 🔀 10% Off dYdX Trading Fees w/ Bankless! ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE 🔀 KWENTA | SYNTHETIC ASSET EXCHANGE Antonio Juliano (founder of dYdX) and Uri Kolodny (CEO of StarkWare) join this edition of State of the Nation to discuss their new announcement: dYdX, in partnership with StarkWare, recently released a Layer 2 Product for Perpetual Contracts, which namely allows for leveraged trading. Perpetual Contracts expose investors to a synthetic contract, representing the price action of a given asset. The nature of perpetual contracts allow for flexibility and expression in the financial mechanisms powering the contract, giving traders the ability to use leverage. These types of contracts attract high-level, high-frequency traders and make scalability crucial for a platform to be capital-efficient. StarkEx is StarkWare's scalability app, which uses StarkWare's Cairo, a Turing Complete coding platform, to support Layer 2 Scaling for transfers, trading, derivatives, and NFTs. dYdX rebuilt its interface, backend, and order-book; it then paired with StarkEx to create a scaled, decentralized derivatives exchange. Throughout the development and launch of its new product, dYdX has continued to emphasize the DeFi core values of being non-custodial, trustless, and permissionless. A major upgrade is cross-margining on dYdX, which allows users to provide universal collateral, instead of having to provide collateral for each market. Other improvements include lower gas prices, increased oracle performance, higher maximum leverage, and no minimum trade size. With these upgrades, dYdX offers better performance with no loss in decentralization or security. This is how DeFi needs to scale – increasing performance while maintaining decentralization and security. ------ Resources: dYdX Announcement Post: dYdX: StarkWare: Antonio on Twitter: Uri on Twitter: An Incomplete Guide to Rollups: ------ ⚒️ How to Crypto Tax (4/7): https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/how-to-do-crypto-taxes-for-the-lazy ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Apr 07, 2021 |
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59 - Uniswap | Hayden Adams
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Hayden Adams is the inventor of Uniswap, the decentralized trading protocol. BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE 🔀 KWENTA | SYNTHETIC ASSET EXCHANGE Hayden Adams is the creator of Uniswap, the decentralized trading protocol and DAO. Before inventing DeFi's largest asset exchange, he was laid off from his mechanical engineering job in the summer of 2017. Excited by Ethereum and Vitalik's blog post on automated market making, he learned to code smart contracts using Solidity. Uniswap's V1 Mainnet launch came in the middle of the crypto bear market in November 2018. Since then, it has experienced exponential growth and traction, with liquidity providers like MakerDAO bolstering Uniswap's early ecosystem. Uniswap V2 brought pivotal upgrades to the user experience, bug fixes, and improvements to the Oracle architecture. From its genesis, Uniswap has emphasized the decentralized, permissionless properties of Ethereum. Uniswap's tools enable anyone to create a liquidity pool to exchange on, and it has become the de facto hub of DeFi as a sandbox for the 'long tail' of endless decentralized assets. Uniswap's openness, functionality, and legitimacy have allowed it to rise to its current position as a DeFi staple. On September 16th, 2020, Uniswap launched its UNI token with a widely distributed airdrop to each Ethereum address that had interacted on the Uniswap platform – over 500,000 accounts. This drop exemplifies DeFi's promises of wealth distribution, communal equity, and decentralized governance. On March 23rd, 2021, Uniswap announced V3 to go live on Ethereum mainnet in May of 2021. The most significant change in this upgrade is concentrated liquidity, which allows individual liquidity providers to control where their liquidity is allocated along the price curve for a given asset pair. This allows freedom for infinite liquidity providing strategies and presents a flexibility that incentivizes an optimized trading curve. In this 2.5 hour episode, Hayden walks us through the entirety of Uniswap, from its genesis to its present state and beyond. ------ Uniswap Hayden on Twitter V0 Birthday Blog: V3 Announcement post: Vitalik's Market Maker Blog Post: ------ 🧢 Weekly Action Recap (4/3): https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-rollup-visa-on-eth-snl-nft-skit ----- Uniswap is a Bankless Sponsor. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Apr 05, 2021 |
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ROLLUP: 1st Week of April (Visa on ETH, SNL NFT Skit, PayPal Crypto, Bankless & Wells Fargo)
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Download the crypto meta to your brain in this weekly show. ------ 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦊 METAMASK | DEFI PASSPORT 🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE 🔀 KWENTA | SYNTHETIC ASSET EXCHANGE RESOURCES ETH / BTC RELEASES 26:03 NEWS 46:08 TAKES What David’s Excited About What Ryan’s Excited About MEME OF THE WEEK ------ 🦄 Uniswap | Hayden Adams: https://youtu.be/uQS7WuQtXWs ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Apr 02, 2021 |
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SotN #40: Get a Job In Crypto: Rob Paone of Proof of Talent
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Rob Paone, aka Crypto Bobby, joins Bankless to tell you how to get a job in crypto. State of the Nation is live-streamed on Tuesdays at 11am PT ------ ⭐️ AAVE - BORROW OR LEND YOUR ASSETS 🚀 GEMINI - MOST TRUSTED EXCHANGE AND ONRAMP 💳 MONOLITH - GET THE HOLY GRAIL OF BANKLESS VISA CARDS https://bankless.cc/monolith 📱 DHARMA - MOBILE ONRAMP DIRECTLY INTO DEFI ------ In this week's State of the Nation, we discuss the emerging crypto economy. Rob Paone is the founder of Proof of Talent, a recruiting and search firm that places candidates in professional roles in the crypto space. Few people are more equipped to discuss the job market in the cryptocurrency industry. Rob is also known by his Youtube persona, Crypto Bobby. He has transitioned into the space's premier career recruiter and is taking advantage of crypto's huge growth potential. In the legacy world, most of the profitable ideas and services have already been capitalized. Crypto exists on the other end of the spectrum, where the market gaps are vast and ripe for opportunity. Rob's fundamental approach for candidates seeking employment is one of bootstrapping. The market is geared towards those with a technical background, but the key is finding what sets you apart and proving it. Passion and knowledge should naturally turn into finding like-minded communities and contributing. There is a premium on authenticity, commitment, and value. For those actively seeking a profession in crypto, there are ways to get involved and make yourself invaluable. Are you a tourist, or are you a settler? ------ Proof of Talent: Rob on Twitter: ⚒️ How to Stream Money (3/30): https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/how-to-stream-money ----- Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: |
Mar 31, 2021 |
