ROLLUP: Merge Alpha | Optimism Token?! | Ethereum Foundation Report | Coinbase NFT Beta | Beanstalk Exploit

3rd Week of April, 2022

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0:00 Intro

5:50 MARKETS 5:54 BTC Price 6:43 ETH Price 7:05 Ratios, BED, Gas https://www.indexcoop.com/bed  7:39 Total Crypto Market Cap https://www.coingecko.com/en/global_charts  8:13 Dollar Strong? DXY https://imgur.com/nTyNBTR  10:10 Crypto Correction Incoming? https://cryptohayes.medium.com/the-q-trap-f1a38312f00f  12:55 6 Signs Optimism Token is Coming https://twitter.com/optimismPBC/status/1516439426330599428  https://twitter.com/optimismPBC/status/1516767142720331777  15:45 Price Page for Optimism?! https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/142651/coinbase-shows-price-page-for-optimism-suggesting-a-token-could-be-on-the-way  18:35 UST: Crypto’s 3rd-Largest Stablecoin https://decrypt.co/98069/terra-stablecoin-ust-crypto-third-largest  19:19 Share of NFT Market https://imgur.com/e8paHhK  https://www.sfermionresearch.com/research/a93zqom4t8df05icmjba1y43fpvoi3 

23:15 RELEASES 24:00 SNEAK PEAK: Coinbase NFT Marketplace is Here (Beta) https://blog.coinbase.com/gm-coinbase-nft-is-now-in-beta- 25e6c052aa43    https://nft.coinbase.com/discover  26:30 Powered by 0x https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/142684/coinbase-nft-marketplace-beta-launch  https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/0x  27:50 Ethereum Foundation Report https://twitter.com/AyaMiyagotchi/status/1515949698779164672  https://ethereum.foundation/report-2022-04.pdf  28:40 80% of Treasury Holdings https://thedefiant.io/ethereum-foundation-treasury/  30:40 $JPG NFT Index from Index Coop https://twitter.com/indexcoop/status/1516780112443633667  31:40 Volt Protocol April 22, 2022 https://medium.com/volt-protocol/presenting-volt-f0ea2a38eb2e  34:15 Bankless Spring Calendar https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1516890191989936130 

35:50 RAISES The Sandbox $400M - $4B Valuation https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/142466/the-sandbox-gears-up-to-raise-400-million-at-a-4-billion-valuation-report  Framework Ventures $400M Blockchain Gaming Fund https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/142512/framework-ventures-unveils-400-million-fund-with-a-special-focus-on-blockchain-gaming  Indian Crypto Exchange - CoinDCX $135M at $2.15B https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/18/indian-crypto-exchange-coindcx-tops-2-1-billion-valuation-in-new-135-million-funding/  EPNS $131M Series A https://twitter.com/epnsproject/status/1514605465530818567  Kevin O’Leary’s WonderFi Acquires Coinberry https://decrypt.co/98122/kevin-oleary-backed-defi-platform-wonderfi-to-acquire-coinberry-for-38m 

37:35 JOBS https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs 

39:45 NEWS 39:50 MetaMask 39:55 NFTs Getting Stolen Too https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/142304/metamask-advises-users-to-disable-automatic-icloud-backups-of-its-wallet-data-to-prevent-hacks  40:00 Do This NOW! https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1515727239391809536  41:30 Beanstalk Exploit https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bean  44:50 North Korea hacked Ronin https://blockworks.co/fbi-says-north-korea-behind-625m-ronin-hack/  47:00 ETH MakerDAO ETH L2 StarkNet Integration https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/142641/makerdao-starknet-integration-ethereum-layer-2  47:22 NFTs 47:25 Punk 6529’s OM https://twitter.com/punk6529/status/1514718020849000461  50:15 Warner Music Group Partners with POAP https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/warner-music-group-partners-with-leading-web3-protocol-poap-inc-to-mint-shared-memories-as-nfts-301525635.html  52:05 NFT Influencer Shill List https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1516129830873583617  53:00 DeFi 53:05 Compound Ditch Yield Farmers Proposal? https://thedefiant.io/compound-incentive-overhaul/  55:55 World 55:56 Crypto funding military defense… https://twitter.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/1515610384811626497 

59:00 TAKES 59:30 Make Your Friends & Family Worry https://twitter.com/ljin18/status/1516884317200396288  1:01:30 Andre Cronje Culture https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/142299/andre-cronje-crypto-culture-has-strangled-crypto-ethos  1:04:00 Welcome to Clown World https://twitter.com/Tree_of_Alpha/status/1515967463892168705  1:04:30 Mfers New Money Printer https://twitter.com/sartoshi_nft/status/1516680193842294787  https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1517142456218750982  1:06:30 Spicy L222 https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1516345954768666625 

1:06:35 What David’s Excited About 1:14:30 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:22:20 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/stusim/status/1514641617369640960 

1:23:20 Closing & Disclaimers

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