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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?

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro 0:00 Intro 4:00 Eric Conner & Podcasting 7:00 Early Liquidity 15:53 Regulators Protecting Investors 25:28 Finance Background 31:12 Integrating Digital Finance 38:58 Bitcoin and Maximalism 46:27 Punks vs BTC 51:00 Ethereum Brain 56:18 The Space Never Sleeps 1:01:30 Marrying Ethereum 1:05:36 Golf 1:06:44 Porsche & Electric Cars 1:10:40 Governance Tokens 1:19:19 Closing & Disclaimers

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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.

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro 5:00 Raoul Pal 7:31 The Macro World 11:48 Inflation 18:33 The Macro Crypto Story 31:43 Network Effects and Adoption 40:25 The Greatest Trade 46:25 Communities and Killers 52:50 The Ethereum Layer Zero 1:00:00 Raoul’s Allocation 1:03:27 NFT Mania & Culture 1:14:56 What’s the Metaverse? 1:22:07 Regulation, Social Tokens, Projects 1:25:43 Cyclical Markets, Predictions 1:28:41 Hope in a Rocky Decade 1:33:45 Closing & Disclaimers

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4th Week of August, 2021

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0:00 Intro

1:50 MARKETS 2:01 BTC Price 3:00 ETH Price 3:48 ETH/BTC Ratio 4:35 DeFi Action 9:12 EIP-1559 https://ultrasound.money/  Dominance: https://twitter.com/kyoronut/status/1429585246849167361?s=20  13:17 OpenSea Volume https://dune.xyz/PierreYves_Gendron/opensea---metrics  70% of Ebay: https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1430323506609197059?s=21  Top 1000 Sites: https://twitter.com/takenstheorem/status/1430372663223103488  20:00 TornadoCash https://twitter.com/paolorebuffo/status/1430440030405865474?s=21  23:29 ETH in Lido https://twitter.com/kazhiloti/status/1430608546689912833?s=20 

26:00 RELEASES 27:30 Euler Lending & Paradigm https://twitter.com/euler_mab/status/1430486946523099142?s=20  29:12 Lyra on Optimism https://twitter.com/optimismPBC/status/1430334558654767108?s=20  29:56 MEV Breakthrough https://twitter.com/drakefjustin/status/1430652250226151425  34:20 Hop Protocol https://twitter.com/HopProtocol/status/1430630767042904074  36:16 Layer Zero Podcast https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1430254024964513792  39:00 tl;dr Show https://youtu.be/Yy9CY-KOxNQ  39:45 Raises Fractional: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/115122/fractional-nft-platform-raises-7-9-million-in-seed-funding  Immutable: https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1430611200736337920?s=20  3LAU: https://www.coindesk.com/3lau-raises-16m-to-tokenize-music-royalties-for-artists-and-fans  46:55 Jobs https://jobs.banklesshq.com/ 

47:48 NEWS 47:58 Visa Buys a Punk https://twitter.com/VisaNews/status/1429745230023208969?s=20  49:57 Budweiser Beer.eth https://twitter.com/dGenNetwork/status/1430330168095264768  51:24 Donating to ETH Client Teams https://twitter.com/ethereum/status/1430124634104545288?s=20  53:26 Aave Mobile App https://twitter.com/AaveAave/status/1428376672357605378  54:13 StarkEx $10B in Trading https://twitter.com/ukolodny/status/1430851025947316224?s=20  dYdX Success: https://twitter.com/AntonioMJuliano/status/1429933246704324646  55:39 CryptoPunks 90 Punks: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/115356/90-cryptopunks-get-snapped-up-in-one-hour-following-visas-150000-purchase  Dune Analytics: https://dune.xyz/eliasimos/cryptopunks-  57:19 Youtube Bullish on NFTs https://twitter.com/Fwiz/status/1429108126234546182  58:45 Facebook Bullish NFTs https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/115631/david-marcus-facebook-and-novi-are-definitely-looking-to-integrate-nfts  1:01:47 Microstrategy Buying https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/115519/microstrategy-buys-even-more-bitcoin-again  1:04:44 Coinbase Investing in Crypto: https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1428489591665856512?s=20  Coinbase, Circle, Cash: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-23/coinbase-circle-to-move-all-usdc-reserves-into-cash-treasuries  Esports Team: https://twitter.com/BIGCLANgg/status/1430560657670348808 

1:10:30 TAKES 1:11:30 Networks into Economies https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1429585831899983876?s=20  1:15:31 New Types of Alpha https://twitter.com/scott_lew_is/status/1425950526651441158?s=20  1:18:42 Can’t Fork NFTs https://twitter.com/cyounessi1/status/1430325461767364613?s=21  1:20:32 DC Ethereum Dominance https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor/status/1429558574313791488  1:21:30 Early vs. Late https://twitter.com/cyounessi1/status/1430275250453979140  1:25:09 OnlyFans & Politics https://www.coindesk.com/onlyfans-shows-how-the-banking-system-is-politicized 

1:30:06 What David’s Excited About https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1430672599420346374?s=20  1:31:56 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:35:56 Bankless Nation Member of the Week https://twitter.com/_t_shot/status/1429584536426401799?s=20 

1:36:47 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1429413279424712707?s=20 

1:38:11 Closing & Disclaimers https://twitter.com/Cryptob04989352/status/1423985084785254400?s=20 

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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.

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0:00 Intro 10:00 Andy & DeeZe 13:15 jpeg Summer 17:20 NFTs vs. DeFi Tokens 21:14 What Started This? 26:17 The Fundamentals 29:48 Mania or Bubble Territory? 34:03 NFT Evaluation 101 41:43 Getting Things You Like 44:38 Mimetic Desire 50:00 Art Blocks and Generative Art 55:44 Auctions & Pricing 59:47 Fidenza 1:04:01 The Next Picasso 1:11:00 The One-of-One Game 1:17:14 On-Chain NFTs 1:21:07 Vetting Projects 1:26:59 How Long Will This Last? 1:30:53 Closing & Disclaimers

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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.

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0:00 Intro 4:00 Dmitry Buterin 6:30 Growing Up in the Soviet Union 11:27 Learning Computer Science 17:02 Vitalik’s Youth 20:58 A Gifted Kid 22:43 Mindfulness & Spirituality 26:43 Kindness & Compassion 32:00 Ethereum & Spirituality 39:57 Political Compass 45:21 Canada & Vitalik’s Social Skills 49:20 The World Traveler 55:29 Conferences & Safety 1:00:23 ETH Price 1:01:48 Exercise 1:03:52 Hanging Out 1:04:53 A Chaotic World 1:07:00 Consciousness & Communism 1:15:56 A March to Universal Consciousness 1:18:48 Exporting Values

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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.

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0:00 Intro 4:00 Ryan Selkis of Messari 6:44 Ryan’s Broad Approach 12:41 Why Do They Hate Us? 18:13 “Protecting Us” 27:30 Single Issue Voters 35:49 It’s a Team Sport 45:00 Aligning with Regulators 54:00 Institutional Reactions 57:23 What the Markets Say 1:01:01 Ether as an Asset 1:08:40 The Flippening 1:10:44 Ethereum’s Narrative 1:13:53 Market Cap vs Money 1:17:37 Institutional Demand 1:19:55 Hot Sectors for Analysis 1:23:24 The Network State 1:26:41 Closing & Disclaimers

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3rd Week of August 2021

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0:00 Intro

1:26 MARKETS 1:36 BTC Price 2:05 ETH Price 2:40 ETH/BTC Ratio 3:38 DeFi Action 7:28 Layer 2 Action https://l2beat.com/  9:55 EIP 1559 is Burning ETH https://ultrasound.money/  12:53 Gas Price Volatility https://twitter.com/takenstheorem/status/1427130936940851201?s=21  16:55 NFT Monthy Volumes https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1427432022109216775?s=21  Opensea vs. Etsy https://twitter.com/xanderatallah/status/1427453596858294272?s=20 

21:00 RELEASES 22:00 1inch on Optimism https://www.coindesk.com/defis-1inch-network-launches-on-ethereum-scaling-platform-optimism  24:26 Balancer Metastable Pools & Lido Partnership https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-launches-metastable-pools-to-further-pool-liquidity-9eade44d73d8  26:54 Bloomberg Galaxy Index https://www.coindesk.com/galaxy-digital-launches-defi-index-tracker-fund  Frank’s Take https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1428348530888871945?s=20  30:18 Metamask EIP1559 Support https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1428148268031102976?s=20  30:55 Fintech Collective https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/115077/fintech-collective-250-million-fund-defi-strategy  33:57 Jobs https://jobs.banklesshq.com/ 

34:26 NEWS 34:36 Robinhood Crypto Revenue https://www.coindesk.com/robinhoods-revenue-from-cryptocurrency-trading-jumps-to-41-of-total  37:43 Polygon x Hermez https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/114479/polygon-hermez-merger-matic-hez-tokens-ethereum-projects  40:03 TikTok x Audius https://twitter.com/decryptmedia/status/1427344374212571151?s=21  41:24 Samczsun Saves the Day https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/08/two-rights-might-make-a-wrong/  44:58 UNI Treasury Drama https://twitter.com/DuneAnalytics/status/1428250340139356164  52:10 Lido Matic Staking? https://twitter.com/LidoFinance/status/1428315782035955712  53:12 Aave DPI Collateral https://twitter.com/StaniKulechov/status/1427762488934871042  55:11 CryptoPunks Fully Trustless https://twitter.com/larvalabs/status/1428099416326557696?s=20  57:50 Zapper Wallet Avatar https://twitter.com/zapper_fi/status/1428096107708657672  1:02:14 Fractional Penguins https://twitter.com/SlingshotCrypto/status/1426391017545113601?s=20  1:03:28 Bitcoin Fees https://twitter.com/hasufl/status/1427335844130697222?s=20  1:10:11 SEC “Protecting” Citizens https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1427089741082619909  1:13:12 Gary Gensler on DeFi https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1428294597684469762?s=20  1:16:26 Former SEC Chair Joins Fireblocks https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/115020/former-sec-chair-clayton-fireblocks-advisory-board 

1:18:00 TAKES 1:19:00 Why We Love the Industry https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1427805148248608777?s=20  1:20:41 Community Innovation https://twitter.com/StaniKulechov/status/1427256596611088387?s=20  1:22:25 Every Object Is Scarce https://twitter.com/naval/status/1428232383703044096?s=20  1:23:49 Single Issue Voter https://twitter.com/twobitidiot 

1:25:55 What David’s Excited About 1:28:53 What Ryan’s Excited About

1:32:55 MEME of the Week https://www.instagram.com/p/CSwc8pjihdL/?utm_medium=copy_link 

1:33:39 Closing & Disclaimers

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro 6:00 Michael Shaulov of Fireblocks 8:05 Valuation and Raise 13:18 Institutional FOMO 17:39 What is Fireblocks? 22:27 Outsourcing Workflows 27:41 Institutions are Coming 31:31 Clients & Products 41:52 AWS For Crypto Banking 48:22 Security & Management 54:10 Bullish on DeFi 1:00:16 CeFi & DeFi Activity 1:08:20 Using Aave & Compound 1:12:50 Bridging into DeFi 1:15:58 Institutional DeFi 1:22:00 Regulation 1:30:26 Too Successful 1:35:31 The DeFi Mullet 1:39:17 Closing & Disclaimers

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Fireblocks https://www.fireblocks.com/  Fireblocks on Twitter https://twitter.com/FireblocksHQ?s=20 

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