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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!

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0:00 Intro 9:00 DC Curator 14:28 Before NFT Adoption 21:48 After NFT Adoption 24:05 DC's Portfolio & Punks 38:36 Art Blocks 48:34 One-of-Ones 54:40 Social Tokens & Digital Value 1:00:50 Scarcity & Paying Artists 1:05:20 Changing Culture & the Metaverse 1:09:06 What's Next? 1:12:05 Closing & Disclaimers

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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 (?!)

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0:00 Intro 4:20 Justin Drake & Layer Zero 6:30 You Need A Social Layer 9:24 Profit & Value 14:20 Anthony’s Story & Drive 22:10 Why Ethereum? 28:48 Ethereum Content In Perpetuity 32:04 Gathering Momentum and Energy 38:58 Manic about Ethereum 43:40 Grand Thesis on Life 52:00 Denial of Death 1:02:40 Security and Monetary Policy 1:06:17 Longevity Research 1:13:52 The Bleeding Edge

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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.

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0:00 Intro 7:42 Cathie, Chris, and Yassine 12:00 Investing in the Future 17:57 Wright’s Law & Retail 22:02 Fear of Change 28:17 Ark and Bitcoin 38:19 Ether and Ethereum 47:12 NFTs 49:28 Triple Point Asset 55:55 Yield, Banks, and Regulation 1:03:24 ETH’s Risk Free Rate 1:06:35 Fintech & DeFi Mullet 1:16:50 DeFi and AI 1:26:07 Regulatory Limits 1:33:53 Crypto’s Challenges 1:41:46 Closing & Disclaimers

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2nd Week of September, 2021

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro

2:43 MARKETS 2:53 BTC Price 3:30 ETH Price 3:53 ETH/BTC Ratio 4:17 Flash-Crash Liquidations https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1435261928335712256 8:48 DeFi Action 11:11 BED Index https://www.indexcoop.com/bed UMA: https://twitter.com/Crypto_Texan/status/1435648928117051395?s=20 12:18 Layer 2 Crossed $1B: https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1434767992781344770 L2 Fees: https://l2fees.info/ Uni Optimism: https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1433283225183395840 16:58 EIP 1559 Watch the Burn: https://watchtheburn.com/ 96 ETH Block: https://etherscan.io/block/13180434 Deflationary Day: https://twitter.com/DocumentEther/status/1434063085229150216?s=20 22:45 ETH Killers Solana: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/solana Trading Multiples: https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1435851178265485312?s=20 L1 Season: https://messari.io/screener/smart-contract-platforms-DC75E6E0

32:00 RELEASES 33:00 Merit Circle Correction https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1435238163195342857?s=20 37:55 dYdX Governance Token https://twitter.com/AntonioMJuliano/status/1435412508555169796?s=20 39:35 Ultimate DAO Report https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1435733988325281793?s=20 41:03 Rocketpool Mainnet https://medium.com/rocket-pool/rocket-pool-staking-protocol-part-4-2635c44e4f7e 43:04 HopProtocol Integrations https://twitter.com/HopProtocol/status/1435304869712248832 44:01 Argent Teasing L2 https://twitter.com/argentHQ/status/1435637539956736001?s=20 45:53 Hyppe https://twitter.com/hyypeHQ/status/1433101142406451202?s=20 48:10 Tokenizing MEV https://multicoin.capital/2021/09/08/tokenizing-mev/ Robert Miller: https://twitter.com/bertcmiller/status/1435686477359419395?s=20 52:12 Bankless Jobs https://jobs.banklesshq.com/

52:55 NEWS 53:07 Probing Uniswap https://twitter.com/DeItaone/status/1433746723554435074?s=20 55:18 Coinbase & SEC https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1435439291715358721 1:02:35 SEC wants Names https://twitter.com/NeerajKA/status/1435574854040924164?s=20 1:06:05 Regulation Takes Jake: https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1435691779970506752?s=20 Adam: https://twitter.com/adamscochran/status/1435458298698993665?s=20 ChainLinkGod: https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod/status/1435452080068567040?s=20 Mark Cuban: https://twitter.com/mcuban/status/1435454959441620995?s=20 Jerry Brito: https://twitter.com/jerrybrito/status/1435557430910459906?s=20 Ryan: https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1435586734046302214?s=20 Eric: https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1435445187682005000?s=20 1:13:45 Brian Quintenz a16z https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/09/09/former-crypto-friendly-regulator-quintenz-joins-vc-firm-a16z/ 1:14:33 Panama https://twitter.com/gabrielsilva8_7/status/1435015640226615299 1:15:54 Quick Takes 1:19:30 NFT News Polygon: https://twitter.com/MihailoBjelic/status/1435958909651537922?s=20 Immutable: https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1433703349061242882 Christies: https://twitter.com/ChristiesInc/status/1435346651217108996?s=20 Polymarket: https://twitter.com/PolymarketHQ/status/1435631367598088201 Vitalik: https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1435413681588736007?s=20 Loot: https://twitter.com/dhof/status/1435673868920836097?s=20 1:24:09 Bitcoin News El Salvador: https://cointelegraph.com/news/el-salvador-purchases-first-200-btc-president-bukele-confirms Adoption: https://twitter.com/kerooke/status/1435670696248725508?s=20

1:27:00 TAKES 1:27:30 Web3d https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1435232382257405958?s=21 1:29:15 Consent of the Governed https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1435670359492071424?s=20 1:30:05 The Shadow Bank https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1434549938466136065?s=20 1:31:38 Celebrities

1:33:45 What David’s Excited About 1:34:54 What Ryan’s Excited About https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/pk57n7/why_rollups_data_shards_are_the_only_sustainable/

1:39:00 Meme of the Week https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1435596609618735110?s=20

1:40:00 Closing & Disclaimers

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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!

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0:00 Intro 8:00 Harry Kalodner & Steven Goldfeder 10:05 Arbitrum Shipped! 12:35 Prep… and then LAUNCH 18:35 The User Experience 25:05 Gas and Adoption 38:19 10x Data Capacity & Reddit 44:09 We Want Layer 2 to Win 49:42 How Arbitrum Attracts Liquidity 53:18 Decentralization and Values 1:01:00 Composability 1:04:30 Onboarding and NFTs 1:08:06 Mainnet and ETH 2 1:16:08 What’s Exciting 1:19:05 Closing & Disclaimers

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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.

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0:00 Intro 4:30 Justin Drake 9:05 Coining Ultra Sound Money 12:37 From Layer 1 to Layer 0 15:10 Working for a Meme 24:14 The Purpose of the Meme 27:27 The Gini Coefficient 31:17 Proof of Stake and Distribution 35:22 A New Age Cypherpunk 43:30 Scalability 49:30 ETH and the Dollar 57:13 Quantum Computing 1:00:30 Burning MEV 1:04:19 The Efficiency DAO 1:08:11 Bitcoin FUD Dice 1:15:38 Layer 0 Engineer 1:18:20 Layers 3 and 4 1:20:00 A Workaholic and a Father 1:24:14 Citizen of the World 1:28:18 An Emergent Individual 1:34:15 Closing & Disclaimers

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Ultra Sound Money Website https://ultrasound.money/  Modeling Ultra Sound Money https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-sotn-44-modeling-ultra-sound-money  The Bull Case for Cryptography https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-moon-math-the-bull-case-for-cryptography  Ultra Sound Money https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-ultra-sound-money-justin-drake  Justin on Twitter https://twitter.com/drakefjustin?s=20 

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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.

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0:00 Intro 7:00 Brian Quintenz 9:29 Does the US Hate Crypto? 14:10 Brian’s Take on Crypto 20:36 The CFTC 26:36 Congress is Great at 2 Things 31:14 Digital Farmers need Futures 38:05 Understand It Before You Attack 47:03 SEC vs CFTC 54:04 Crypto Commodities 1:03:35 Tokens Transcend Labels 1:10:00 The New Paradigm 1:17:54 An Explosion of Assets 1:25:14 Rights and Innovation 1:32:20 Good Regualation 1:39:00 Closing & Disclaimers

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1st Week of September, 2021

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0:00 Intro

3:50 MARKETS 4:00 BTC Price 4:25 ETH Price 5:34 ETH/BTC Ratio 7:40 DeFi Action 9:13 BED Index https://www.indexcoop.com/bed  9:59 Layer 2 Action https://l2beat.com/  12:09 EIP 1559 Issuance: https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1432679086158196736?s=20  Adoption: https://twitter.com/blocknative/status/1433206965753171968?s=21  18:44 NFT Volume https://twitter.com/DuneAnalytics/status/1432252689824550914  19:28 Cross-Chain Hop: https://twitter.com/richardchen39/status/1431265424394506244  Connext: https://twitter.com/ConnextNetwork/status/1430873159821971457  22:30 Spot Volume UP https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/116381/august-spot-exchange-volume-breaks-1-trillion-for-first-time-since-may 

25:00 RELEASES 26:30 Arbitrum https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1432817424752128008?s=20  32:25 Sassano Thread https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1431278544588443649?s=20  33:00 3AC NFT Fund https://twitter.com/Vince_Van_Dough/status/1432346847113359361  34:40 Merit Circle https://medium.com/@meritcircle/introducing-merit-circle-ea7700fd0c15  35:25 pleasrDAO DOGE https://twitter.com/PleasrDAO/status/1432721875059286031  39:24 Other Releases Gas Estimator: https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1433292350713851905?s=20  Floor Perpetuals: https://twitter.com/_Dave__White_/status/1432768645843746817  Arbitrum Raise: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/116148/ethereum-scaling-solution-arbitrum-launches-mainnet-raises-120-million-funding  Offchain Raise: https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/31/offchain-labs-raises-120-million-to-hide-ethereums-shortcomings-with-arbitrum-scaling-product/  Jobs: https://jobs.banklesshq.com/ 

43:00 NEWS 43:54 Chain Split https://twitter.com/kelvinfichter/status/1431336698911338496  45:34 Coinbase Layer 2 https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-protocol-team-advances-crypto-community-aa9b3748bac5  47:08 Metamask 10M MAU https://twitter.com/ConsenSys/status/1433055817633345541?s=20  47:53 Not Selling ETH https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1431224022977630208?s=20  50:20 Larva Labs & UTA https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1432815773085405185  51:40 Mutant Apes https://decrypt.co/79718/bored-ape-yacht-club-sells-96-million-of-nfts-in-hour-for-mutant-apes-launch  55:47 El Salvador Trust Fund: https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1432890332228767748  El Salvador Protests: https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/08/28/bitcoin-protests-break-out-in-el-salvador-as-central-american-neighbours-wait-to-see-its-s  58:20 Twitter BTC Tipping https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/116320/twitter-appears-to-be-adding-the-ability-to-tip-using-bitcoin  59:20 Tether Squeeze https://twitter.com/Bitfinexed/status/1431267971939323910?s=20  1:00:11 SBF & LedgerX https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/116134/ftx-us-acquires-crypto-derivatives-exchange-ledgerx  1:01:38 Giancarlo Quits BlockFi https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/09/01/crypto-dad-giancarlo-to-quit-blockfis-board-after-4-months/  1:03:33 LOOT & The Metaverse https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1433169234864001032?s=20 

1:19:00 TAKES 1:20:30 DeFi for Capital, NFTs for People https://twitter.com/ASvanevik/status/1431058200535601154?s=20  1:21:45 Twitter Identity for NFTs https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1431951967643967492?s=21  1:25:20 Diamonds vs. Jpegs https://twitter.com/realnatashache/status/1433098070565195779?s=21  1:26:08 Vitalik’s Thread https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1433195737907564545?s=20  1:29:43 David is Tired https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1433441995133837315?s=20 

1:32:32 What David’s Excited About 1:33:58 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:37:06 Meme of the Week https://twitter.com/flamingodao/status/1432874403717652480?s=21 

Moment of Zen https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1433435923266502671?s=20 

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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.

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0:00 Intro 8:00 Santiago and Konstantin 10:05 Why Bullish on Solana? 16:31 Solana is Optimizing 24:05 Decentralization 34:56 Running a Node 55:57 Skeptical ETH Maxi Hat 1:04:40 Initial Sale 1:12:32 Valuing SOL 1:19:08 Developer Activity 1:24:11 Can We Be Friends?

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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?

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro 4:30 Justin Blau 9:24 Record Labels vs. Co-Ownership 15:55 Investing in Artists 21:24 Solving Hard Problems 25:42 Making Adoption Easier 28:21 Social Tokens 34:00 Stage & the Crowd 39:53 Tastemakers 43:05 Artistic Utopia 46:10 Permissionless 48:57 We're in the Future 51:02 DeFi, NFTs, and Culture 57:50 Closing & Disclaimers

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