ROLLUP: ETH DENVER | SEC Fines BlockFi | Canada Freezes Protester Funds | Geopolitical Chess

3rd Week of February 2022

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0:00 Intro

6:15 MARKETS 6:45 BTC Price 7:00 ETH Price 8:10 ETH/BTC Ratio 8:20 $BED 8:46 Putin Pulls Back Troops? https://blockworks.co/market-wrap-crypto-pumps-after-putin-pledges-to-partially-pull-back-troops/  10:07 Putin Meme https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/suis1r/putin_and_his_tricks/  10:30 Ukraine Legalizes Crypto https://t.co/baFQtulqUi 

ETH NUMBERS 11:50 New Analytics Board for L2 Fees https://l2fees.info/l1-fees  14:28 Ryan Take https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1492172541531668485?s=20&t=OzJCliV3DLHYHH1-6HNl7g  14:52 ETH Addresses ATH https://decrypt.co/92969/number-of-ethereum-addresses-holding-0-1-eth-hits-all-time-high  15:40 Market Cap of ETH https://mirror.xyz/brunny.eth/-0Jn0dD5868h_WshCirxJPyjBD6hQvqPL18blZrEbsU  19:49 iPhone Denominated in ETH https://twitter.com/aavechan/status/1492437146929672195?s=21 

24:19 RELEASES 24:23 GreenPill podcast! https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1494004613455958021  28:10 Urbit Layer 2 Rollup https://twitter.com/urbit/status/1493283731913601027?s=20&t=3rrO21ygoMoQYeKKLTieQA  29:55 Andrew Yang Lobby3 Launch https://www.lobby3.io/  33:18 RAC - RacOS v0.1 https://twitter.com/RAC/status/1491820073916383232  34:34 Bankless Academy launched https://app.banklessacademy.com 

36:30 RAISES 36:33 RabbitHole $18M https://twitter.com/flynnjamm/status/1493616468809986055?s=21  37:25 Rainbow Wallet Series A https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/15/web3-mobile-wallet-startup-rainbow-raises-18m-series-a-from-alexis-ohanians-fund/  37:59 OpenSea Venture Fund https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/133929/opensea-launches-venture-arm-nft-ecosystem-grant-program  38:56 Circle @ $9B https://www.reuters.com/technology/fintech-firm-circle-doubles-valuation-9-bln-new-spac-deal-2022-02-17/ 

39:22 JOBS https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs 

41:29 NEWS 41:32 Top Superbowl Ads https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/134101/crypto-apps-soar-in-popularity-after-super-bowl-splurge?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss  41:49 Best Crypto Bowl Commercials https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/best-crypto-bowl-commercials-?r=l64s  46:27 Crypto Skepticism https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1493230988394217479?s=20&t=SEFnYIgOkfVWf6P8pvXJNg 

49:50 REGULATION 49:55 End of Centralized Lending in U.S.? https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1493257462824189954?s=20&t=RSxNnZpeHP7LK4Pniy8o-w  50:00 SEC Fining BlockFi 50:05 Landmark Resolution Says BlockFi https://blockfi.com/resolution-announcement  51:44 SEC's Take https://thedefiant.io/blockfi-sec-100m/  55:05 Canada Freezes Protester Funds https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60383385  55:38 Ryan Take https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1493433716605079554?s=20&t=8uqyyLuGI4giB9_Tl_Q6QQ  57:10 Financial Authorities Blacklisting Wallets https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/134475/canadian-federal-police-seek-blockade-of-crypto-wallets-tied-to-freedom-convoy  59:20 Stablecoin Issuers Must be Banks https://blockworks.co/treasury-official-says-stablecoin-issuers-must-be-banks-to-ensure-security  1:00:20 FSB Don’t Like DeFi https://thedefiant.io/fsb-defi-threat-stability-regulation/ 

1:02:15 ETH 1:02:18 Twitter adds ETH Tipping Support https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/02/16/twitter-adds-ethereum-wallet-support-to-tipping-feature/ 

1:03:18 NFTs 1:03:22 OnlyFans NFT PFPs https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/133856/onlyfans-launches-verified-nft-profile-pictures  1:04:23 Largest CryptoPunk Sale Ever https://twitter.com/cryptopunksbot/status/1492597270809821193?s=21  1:05:05 Double the Last Highest Sale https://decrypt.co/92819/cryptopunks-ethereum-nft-sells-for-nearly-24m-doubling-previous-record  1:05:30 Size of NFT Market https://nftgo.io/overview 

1:06:25 BITCOIN 1:06:30 Fidelity Launches Bitcoin ETP https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1493581516131213312?s=20&t=qoMlyVjfHGwFQt5ijtCsXg 

1:07:10 GENERAL CRYPTO 1:07:13 Terra $40M MLB Deal https://decrypt.co/92525/terra-washington-nationals-sponsorship 

1:08:05 Coinbase White Hat Savior https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/srr32t/white_hat_hacker_saves_coinbase_from_possible/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf  1:10:16 Binance & BNB Chain  https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/134257/binance-renames-bsc-bnb-blockchain-token 

1:11:00 MISC. 1:11:04 Banks Investing in Crypto https://twitter.com/Blockworks_/status/1493263950896640005?s=20&t=b0mFH75DAQ60ikXrRaseNA  1:12:32 Netflix Bitcoin Heist https://twitter.com/blockdropspod/status/1492960841670537223?s=21 

1:16:10 TAKES 1:16:15 Mad at NFTs? https://twitter.com/0xjim/status/1468032612275048450?s=21  1:19:20 Bitcoin Narrative https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/1493693680451915777?s=20&t=nIETFmqB0sPw5HwYSIlSXA 

1:20:20 What David’s Excited About 1:21:29 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:24:15 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/kielbasagarage/status/1491458653299572737?s=21 

1:24:40 Disclaimers

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