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⭐️ AAVE - BORROW OR LEND YOUR ASSETS https://bankless.cc/aave 

🚀 GEMINI - MOST TRUSTED EXCHANGE AND ONRAMP https://bankless.cc/go-gemini 

💳 MONOLITH - GET THE HOLY GRAIL OF BANKLESS VISA CARDS https://bankless.cc/monolith 

📱 DHARMA - MOBILE ONRAMP DIRECTLY INTO DEFI https://bankless.cc/dharma 

------ 📣LATTICE - NEXT GENERATION OF HARDWARE WALLETS https://bankless.cc/gridplus  ------ MARKETS

BTC Price $52k - New High, Breaking $50k

ETH Price $1900 - New High

TVL in DeFi $41.8B - New High

$DPI $440

More than 173K BTC on Ethereum https://twitter.com/0xstark/status/1360035942115934208?s=21 

New ATH For Ethereum Miner Revenues https://twitter.com/lars_hl/status/1356259559057334272?s=20 

Largest Banks by Market Cap ;) https://companiesmarketcap.com/banks/largest-banks-by-market-cap/ 

ETH Balance on Exchanges Going Down https://studio.glassnode.com/metricsa=BTC&category=&m=distribution.BalanceExchangesRelative 

------ RELEASES

Beeple Brings the NFT Revolution to Christie’s https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/beeple-brings-the-nft-revolution 

Bitcoin ETF Coming to Canadian Exchange https://blwk.omeclk.com/portal/wts/ucmcny2h%7CbbQaNeqo%7Cv9cFk2TRnhBHD3n 

RAI Mainnet Launch (“RAI IS ETH”) https://twitter.com/reflexerfinance/status/1362036488167444485?s=20 

EulerBeats - Audio NFT's! https://eulerbeats.com/ 

POOL Token https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-alpha-alert-pooltogether-airdrop 

DexGuru: Another Bloomberg Terminal for DeFi https://dex.guru/token/0x2260fac5e5542a773aa44fbcfedf7c193bc2c599 

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Robinhood to enable Crypto withdrawals/deposits https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1362239190340145154?s=20 

Yang Gang on the Crypto Train https://twitter.com/andrewyang/status/1359992211186843649?s=21 

Bitwise Launches New DeFi Fund for Accredited Investors https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/95129/bitwise-defi-fund-accredited-investors 

This is How Governance Works (EIP-1559) https://supporteip1559.org/ 

Dapper Labs raise $250m at $2B Valuation https://www.coindesk.com/nba-top-shot-cryptokitties-firm-dapper-labs-raising-250m-at-2b-valuation-report 

CREAM Exploit via Alpha (CREAM TVL Down 84%) https://twitter.com/FrankResearcher/status/1360513422689984512?s=20 

Largest Liquidation Event in DeFi History https://twitter.com/TechnicalCrypto/status/1361184481655353348?s=20 

Uniswap Has Processed over $100B in Volume https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1361356927226310668?s=20 

Coinbase Powers Tesla BTC Buy https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/95146/coinbase-tesla-bitcoin-buy 

Cryptopunk sells for 650 ETH https://twitter.com/cryptopunksbot/status/1362437000041803778?s=20 

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I found BinanceChain https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1362471653117222913?s=20 

Art is priced in ETH https://twitter.com/econoar/status/1362200551849488388?s=20 

Ethereum is An Emergent Structure https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1360704029152727040?s=20 

Michael Saylor Arbing the Boomer System https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1361741094732455939?s=20 

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An AMA with the Project Lead at Alpha Finance Lab, an Ecosystem of DeFi Products.

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💳 MONOLITH - GET THE HOLY GRAIL OF BANKLESS VISA CARDS https://bankless.cc/monolith​ 

📱 DHARMA - MOBILE ONRAMP DIRECTLY INTO DEFI https://bankless.cc/dharma ------ 📣LATTICE | NEXT GENERATION OF HARDWARE WALLETS https://bankless.cc/gridplus ------

AMA with Tascha from Alpha Finance

Alpha Finance Lab (https://alphafinance.io/ ) is an ecosystem of DeFi products including Alpha Homora (https://homora.alphafinance.io/​), which released its V2 upgrade in January 2021. Tascha is Project Lead and Co-Founder.

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An AMA with the Project Lead at Alpha Finance Lab, an Ecosystem of DeFi Products.

Guests: Mihailo Benjic & Sandeep Nailwal

We bring Mihailo & Sandeep of Polygon (formerly Matic) to the Bankless State of The Nation, to discuss Ethereum's Internet of Blockchains and Polygon's approach to connecting networks.

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💳 MONOLITH - GET THE HOLY GRAIL OF BANKLESS VISA CARDS https://bankless.cc/monolith​​ 

📱 DHARMA - MOBILE ONRAMP DIRECTLY INTO DEFI https://bankless.cc/dharma​ 

------ 📣LATTICE | NEXT GENERATION OF HARDWARE WALLETS https://bankless.cc/gridplus​  ------ Relevant Links:

Polygon https://polygon.technology/​ 

Our Tactic on Using Polymarket https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/how-to-bet-on-defi-with-polymarket

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Mihailo on Twitter https://twitter.com/MihailoBjelic?s=20​ 

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Guests:
Mihailo Benjic & Sandeep Nailwal

We bring Mihailo & Sandeep of Polygon (formerly Matic) to the Bankless State of The Nation, to discuss Ethereum's Internet of Blockchains and Polygon's approach to connecting networks.

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💳 MONOLITH - GET THE HOLY GRAIL OF BANKLESS VISA CARDS https://bankless.cc/monolith​ 

📈 📱 DHARMA - MOBILE ONRAMP DIRECTLY INTO DEFI https://bankless.cc/dharma 

------ 52 - The Crypto Milkshake Theory

Guest: Brent Johnson

Brent Johnson, known for his “Dollar Milkshake Theory,” is a macro-focused wealth manager. We discuss crypto from his broad perspective, focusing on the Federal Reserve, the Dollar, and our take on his ideas – The Crypto Milkshake Theory.

We observed the Federal Reserve coming into the limelight in the past year, with increased attention on Jerome Powell and other central bankers as they become more like players than referees.

Brent lays out how our system (and all fiat currencies) are built for exponential growth. An exponentially growing market will be increasingly susceptible to larger and more frequent volatility. This calls for stronger central bank action, which accelerates these fundamental issues.

Interestingly, Brent believes in the strength of the Dollar (at least in the short-term), expecting it to be the last fiat currency to get knocked out. The COVID-19 Crash in March 2020 was an example of this deflationary volatility, and Brent views the system’s current narrative as ripe for another market crash and dollar bull run.

On the crypto side of things, Brent sees assets like BTC as a valid store of value, and the advantages of non-sovereign wealth stores merit serious consideration. His concerns about the space involve the difficulties of using crypto as money and the power of governments to curb blockchain use. However, blockchain technology is a “genie out of the bottle” and is here to stay.

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🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: http://bankless.substack.com/​​  ✊ STARTING GUIDE BANKLESS: https://bit.ly/37Q17uI​​  🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/ ​​ 👕 BUY BANKLESS TEE: https://merch.banklesshq.com/​​  ----- 💪BECOME A BANKLESS PREMIUM MEMBER: http://bankless.cc/membership​​  ----- GO BANKLESS WITH THESE SPONSOR TOOLS:

⭐️ AAVE - BORROW OR LEND YOUR ASSETS https://bankless.cc/aave​​ 

🚀 GEMINI - MOST TRUSTED EXCHANGE AND ONRAMP https://bankless.cc/go-gemini ​​

💳 MONOLITH - GET THE HOLY GRAIL OF BANKLESS VISA CARDS https://bankless.cc/monolith ​​

📈 KWENTA - DERIVATIVES TRADING WITH INFINITE LIQUIDITY https://bankless.cc/kwenta​ 

------ 📣REGISTER FOR COINDESK CONSENSUS 2021 AND SAVE $20 W/ BANKLESS http://bankless.cc/consensus2021  ------

MARKET

BTC Price $47K (New high w/ Tesla $1.5B buy) Flirting w/ $50k

ETH Price $1800 (New high… again) Passed 1 trillion transactions on Ethereum https://twitter.com/etherscan/status/1357748137478131713?s=20 

TVL in DeFi: Nearly $40B $DPI: $408 DPI/ETH Daily Chart! https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/DPIWETH/?exchange=UNISWAP

Touching $1B AUM in DAOs https://twitter.com/DeepDAO_io/status/1357379114089472003?s=20

Crypto Art Sales Reach a Record $80 Million https://decrypt.co/56998/crypto-art-sales-on-ethereum-reach-a-record-80-million See Chart Here https://cryptoart.io/data 

Token Terminal https://terminal.tokenterminal.com/dashboard/AMMs 

ETH Powers over $30B in Stablecoins https://twitter.com/spencernoon/status/1359650088306569216?s=21 

Metamask Absolutely Printing Money https://twitter.com/tomhschmidt/status/1359393949568303104?s=20 

------ RELEASES

Matic Turning into Polygon https://twitter.com/maticnetwork/status/1359206750239551492?s=20 

Hashmasks made over $13 Million in First Week of Sales https://blog.flipsidecrypto.com/hashmasks-on-opensea/ 

Ledger has integrated WalletConnect (DeFi) https://decrypt.co/56993/ledger-owners-can-now-access-defi-from-ledgers-mobile-app 

No Loss Prize Pool Builder is Live https://medium.com/pooltogether/prize-pool-builder-9f9c95fad860 

UMA Protocol Releasing “KPI Options” with Community Airdrop https://twitter.com/UMAprotocol/status/1359745145793486849 

SUSHI in Coinbase Custody https://twitter.com/MessariCrypto/status/1359950434715262983?s=20 

------ NEWS

TESLA BUYS BTC https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla/status/1358758512613015554?s=20 

CME: Nearly 400 ETH Futures Contracts Traded on First Day https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/94262/cme-eth-futures-contracts-launch-first-day 

MasterCard bringing Crypto onto Network https://www.mastercard.com/news/perspectives/2021/why-mastercard-is-bringing-crypto-onto-our-network/ 

Huge Celeb NFT https://twitter.com/MesutOzil1088/status/1359851478849122307?s=20 

Hester Pierce, SEC Commissioner, says we’re ready for a Bitcoin ETF https://www.coindesk.com/peirce-sec-coindesk-t 

Twitter Considering Adding BTC to Balance Sheet https://www.coindesk.com/twitter-considering-bitcoin-options-including-on-balance-sheet-exec-says
  Coinbase uses 25% of all ETH gas https://twitter.com/will__price/status/1357406288884432898?s=20 

Federal Reserve of St. Louis loves DeFi (and apparently Bankless) https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1358876105541881863?s=20 

BNY Mellon Announcing it will offer Custody for Crypto https://www.wsj.com/articles/bitcoin-to-come-to-america-s-oldest-bank-bny-mellon-11613044810 

Yearn Hack and $11m loss https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/93818/yearn-finance-dai-pool-defi-exploit-attack 

Yearn Restores yDAI Vault and Compensates Hack Victims https://thedefiant.io/yearn-restores-ydai-vault-and-compensates-hack-victims/



Avalanche Blockchain stopped working https://www.coindesk.com/avalanche-developers-rush-client-patch-as-bug-slows-avalanche-transactions 

------ TAKES

We’re nowhere close to the top https://twitter.com/gerrrrrrrrrg/status/1358066872927858688?s=21 

Let's talk about high gas fees https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1359540327091167233?s=20

Early Adoption is Expensive and Clunky…. But just wait. https://twitter.com/ashleighschap/status/1359185073543794689?s=21 

1 Flippening Left https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1359161920415236109?s=20 

Memes are going to take ETH to 10k https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1359660705062899714?s=20 

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Jay-Z Confirmed Bankless https://twitter.com/Crypt0xWife/status/1359381601919074309?s=20 

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