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✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the episode: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/debrief-dan-romero 

------ Dan Romero was an early employee at Coinbase and is now the Co-Founder of Farcaster, a new decentralized social network that has captured the attention of many in Web3.

Aside from sharing a secret passcode to access Farcaster during the episode (Bankless Premium subscribers only)…Dan also shares his thoughts on why he doesn’t think Web2 social media is broken, why people should care about decentralized social media, how decentralized does it have to be in order to work, and how all of this will fundamentally change the internet and the trajectory of humanity.

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0:00 Intro 6:08 Is Web2 Broken? 10:25 Web3 Improvements 19:25 Unique Web3 Properties 24:42 Developer & User Sovereignty 31:57 Farcaster’s Feature & Protocol Thesis 45:25 Unique Properties of Decentralized Social Platforms 58:29 Growing Farcaster & Client Competition 1:05:39 Incentive Mechanisms 1:11:30 Is a Token Needed? 1:15:55 Protocols 1:19:48 Advertising & Farcaster 1:25:48 Farcaster On-Chain Footprint 1:27:47 Spam Prevention 1:31:31 Discoverability & Regulation 1:33:45 Identity 1:36:00 Closing & Disclaimers

------ Resources:

DM Dan Secret Passcode https://twitter.com/dwr  https://danromero.org/ 

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0:00 Intro

4:20 MARKETS 9:00 Inflation https://twitter.com/NorthRockLP/status/1617593771222519811  11:00 Crypto Revenue https://cryptofees.info/  15:50 Aptos Mooning https://decrypt.co/120009/whats-going-on-aptos-price  18:20 dYdX Rally https://thedefiant.io/dydx-rallies-18  19:00 Optimism All-Time High https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/optimism 

24:00 Genesis Chapter 11 https://www.theblock.co/post/204035/genesis-owes-more-than-3-6-billion-to-top-50-creditors  27:00 Gemini Earn Users  https://twitter.com/cameron/status/1616298056097624064 

29:00 SEC Ban Hammer FTX: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2023/lr25617.htm  Avi: https://twitter.com/secgov/status/1616531972020469781  Nexo: https://www.theblock.co/post/203983/nexo-pays-45-million-to-settle-sec-and-state-charges-for-failing-to-register-lending-product  34:55 Hester Peirce https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/peirce-remarks-duke-conference-012023 

40:20 Kevin Rose NFTs Stolen https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/01/25/kevin-rose-says-nft-wallet-with-dozens-of-high-value-collectibles-hacked/  Bad UX: https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1618329248275795968  Behaviors: https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor/status/1618351192358408194 

48:30 Shanghai Shadow Fork https://decrypt.co/119851/ethereum-shanghai-mainnet-shadow-fork-goes-live  49:30 Uniswap v3 on Binance Chain https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/01/23/uniswap-poll-shows-80-support-decentralized-crypto-exchanges-move-to-bnb-chain/  50:30 Wormhole Hacker https://cointelegraph.com/news/wormhole-hacker-moves-155m-in-biggest-shift-of-stolen-funds-in-months  https://twitter.com/0x_Osprey/status/1617603687702224897 

53:00 Doodles on Flow https://twitter.com/poopie/status/1618271090459160577  https://twitter.com/doodles/status/1618262941287211009  55:10 Pudgy Penguins https://twitter.com/pudgypenguins/status/1618288231552004100  https://twitter.com/cyounessi1/status/1618273523671396354  56:05 Sewer Pass NFT https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/01/12/bored-ape-collections-pump-ahead-of-upcoming-sewer-pass-nft-mint/  58:00 Yuga Arbitration https://twitter.com/flyabstractart/status/1616179578224926721  1:00:30 Porsche NFT Fail https://twitter.com/BcSmithHere/status/1617524649700757511  1:03:00 The Rug https://therug.mirror.xyz/biX_10PO0yD8nN_lN6ctr3tOa2X5CtFonDOtzl80dAY  1:04:05 Peter Thiel Sold BTC https://archive.ph/8XLr6#selection-1985.281-1985.356  1:05:20 Proof of Innocence https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1617999327867338753  1:08:15 Robinhood Wallet https://decrypt.co/119594/robinhood-wallet-metamask  1:10:00 QuickNode https://www.theblock.co/post/205028/quicknode-reaches-800-million-valuation-in-series-b-round 

1:10:30 Questions from the Nation https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/subscribe 

1:19:00 TAKES of the Week 1:20:00 RAI Mistake https://twitter.com/ameensol/status/1617582677833699330  1:24:50 No Bailouts https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1616536164621774849  1:26:10 Omnidimensional https://twitter.com/trustlessstate/status/1617734657759670276 

1:28:00 What David’s Bullish On 1:30:00 What Ryan’s Bullish On

1:32:00 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/icebergy_/status/1611153750432825350 

MOMENT OF ZEN https://twitter.com/Xofee3/status/1618406659659038720 

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Vance Spencer is the Co-Founder of Framework Ventures, a VC firm that got its claim to fame by sticking around during the 2018-2020 bear market, going all-in on DeFi before we had a name for it, and taking risks and finding gems while everyone else fled the industry.

This is Vance’s 4th appearance on Bankless, because in addition to being a chad VC, he’s also adept at measuring the markets and understanding metas, which is what we’re looking to do here today.

Bitcoin is down 66% from the top, but up 50% from the bottom! ETH Down 66% from the top, but up 75% from the bottom! Solana down 90%, but up 200% from the bottom! Meanwhile, Ethereum’s L2 ecosystem is HOT. OP is hitting ATHs. RPL is at its highs in ETH terms, nearing highs in USD terms… Aptos is somehow at a 16B valuation.

Question: Where are we??? Vance has the answer.

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0:00 Intro 6:24 Vance's Read of the Market 8:10 Ranging 9:40 Indicators 13:00 Apathy Market 15:30 Trends 18:41 Institutions 22:45 Is FTX a Permanent Stain? 25:45 Aptos 29:30 Alt-L1s 35:05 Private Markets 37:24 Crypto Gaming 41:15 Future of DeFi Tokens 43:39 Macro & Recession 45:40 ETH/BTC 49:40 Alt-L1s Over? 51:05 2023 51:50 Closing & Disclaimers

----- Resources:

Vance Spencer https://twitter.com/pythianism 

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Paul Brody is the head of EY’s blockchain business. EY is Ernst & Young, one of the “big 4” global professional services and accounting firms. He’s been at EY for nearly 8 years now and before that he was a VP at IBM where he started IBM’s first blockchain project.

Paul is deeply intertwined with the Ethereum community as well as enterprise use cases. If anyone is going to crack the nut of Enterprise use cases for public blockchains, it's going to be him.

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----- Timestamps:

0:00 Intro 7:00 Enterprise Blockchains 11:20 Public vs. Private Blockchains 15:00 Use Cases 18:36 Supply Chains vs. Digital Money 22:00 Disruption 23:55 Network Effects 26:40 EY's Nightfall 30:50 Low-Cost Transactions 37:30 Tokenizing the World 41:50 Real-World Assets 47:10 Transactions 50:44 Stablecoin Adoption 54:15 DeFi Integration 56:35 Operating Nightfall 59:40 Nightfall Roadmap 1:01:35 Why EY 1:05:15 Enterprise Blockchain Burn Leaderboard 1:08:40 Action Items & Disclaimers

----- Resources:

Paul Brody https://twitter.com/pbrody 

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✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the episode: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/debrief-wayne-chang-sign-in-with-ethereum 

------ ✨ COLLECTIBLES | Collect this episode: https://collectibles.bankless.com/mint 

------ Wayne Chang is the co-author of EIP4361, otherwise known as the Sign in with Ethereum (SIWE) Standard. He’s also the co-founder and CEO of Spruce, a company that is working to grow SIWE adoption to make the internet more user-first.

Can Ethereum help us take back our identity on the internet? There will be two phases of crypto–in phase one we take back our money. In phase two we take back our identity. Tune in to find out how.

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------ Topics Covered

0:00 Intro 8:50 Identity on the Internet 17:15 Current State of Identity on the Internet 23:25 Web2 Log-in Risks & Incentives 25:50 Authentication vs. Authorization vs. Identity vs. Identifier 30:52 Sign-in with Ethereum 36:12 The Benefits of SIWE 39:15 The Rest of the SIWE Iceberg 40:50 Bringing Your Own Data Vault 46:19 Data Representing Identity 48:54 Identity & Data Vaults 50:40 Dapps & Use Cases 56:16 The Future of SIWE 1:02:33 Zero Knowledge Proofs & Minimal Disclosure 1:07:09 Bots 1:08:30 Deep Fakes 1:09:39 Session Keys & No More Cookies 1:15:14 Ethereum the Blockchain’s Role 1:17:25 Ethereum & Identity 1:19:40 Why Log-in with Ethereum? 1:22:30 Censorship Resistance 1:24:40 Festival of the Commons 1:29:40 SIWE Next Steps 1:31:43 Why SIWE is Important 1:32:52 Closing & Disclaimers

------ Resources:

Sprue https://spruceid.com 

Read EIP 4361 https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-4361 

Wayne Chang https://twitter.com/wycdd 

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0:00 Intro

4:20 MARKETS 6:20 Total Crypto Market Cap 7:50 Fed Cutting? https://twitter.com/DeItaone/status/1615404601489883136  9:05 Debt ATH https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1616086891098415104  9:40 ETH Ultra Sound https://ultrasound.money/  11:00 Ethereum Quarterly Report https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/state-of-ethereum-report-q4-2022  16:50 FTX Solana Position https://twitter.com/b1ockgreg/status/1615506527741263872  18:05 FTT Pumping? https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ftx-token 

21:30 SEC vs Gemini https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/12/sec-charges-genesis-and-gemini-with-selling-unregistered-securities.html  22:54 Winklevoss Defense https://twitter.com/tyler/status/1613674686646484992  24:35 Who Benefits https://twitter.com/dogetoshi/status/1613660660981796869  25:10 After the Fact https://twitter.com/cryptowendyo/status/1613666846041067523  26:05 Saving Investors https://twitter.com/LewellenMichael/status/1613741457248030720 

26:30 Is Genesis Bankrupt? https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1615781926161235976  28:45 Is it Priced In? https://twitter.com/business/status/1615885016164081664  29:40 CoinDesk for Sale https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/18/coindesk-engages-lazard-to-explore-sale-as-dcg-crisis-grows.html 

32:55 International Crypto Enforcement  https://twitter.com/AP_Abacus/status/1615749853950115844  36:00 Bitzlato https://www.theblock.co/post/203516/wtf-is-bitzlato-crypto-twitter-rolls-eyes-at-dojs-big-arrest 

41:30 3AC New Exchange? https://www.theblock.co/post/202589/3ac-zhu-davies-new-crypto-exchange  42:00 Trading Claims https://twitter.com/JJcycles/status/1615005217551966208 

45:45 Ethereum Validators https://decrypt.co/119370/ethereum-validators-hit-500000-ahead-scheduled-shanghai-upgrade  46:10 Dev Report https://www.developerreport.com/developer-report  48:10 Norway Arbitrum https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1613801636350119937  49:12 MetaMask Staking https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1613953273957945352  49:45 2017 Cryptopunk Sale https://twitter.com/mullet_eth/status/1615099917806051349  52:30 SBF Congress https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/17/congress-ftx-problem-1-in-3-members-got-cash-from-crypto-exchanges-bosses/14554945567  53:50 Digital Dollar https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/18/digital-dollar-project-warns-on-uss-cautious-approach-to-cbdcs/

55:35 FTX is Solvent  https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1615507065337958401  56:17 MiCA Delay https://blockworks.co/news/mica-delay-until-april-gives-eu-crypto-firms-ample-breathing-room 

57:15 Releases 1inch: https://blog.1inch.io/introducing-the-1inch-hardware-wallet-47e2a2a8d5a0  Den: https://twitter.com/OnChainDen/status/1615363420429381635  MeanFi: https://twitter.com/aztecnetwork/status/1615348404842008583 

59:10 Raises Diva: https://www.theblock.co/post/202690/diva-closes-3-5-million-seed-round-for-distributed-liquid-staking-protocol  Obol: https://twitter.com/ObolNetwork/status/1615385163218948096  Flashbots: https://twitter.com/theblock__/status/1616020690326388738  Sleepagotchi: https://twitter.com/dberenzon/status/1615453029360365569 

1:02:15 ETH Denver Meetup https://imgur.com/TbapHDs 

1:03:00 Questions from the Nation https://youtu.be/Os10Ln8sMOc?t=6166 

1:09:00 TAKES of the Week 1:09:30 Crooked Cop https://twitter.com/twobitidiot/status/1613673970896703488  1:11:10 Wild West https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1613548809635741696  1:12:20 Owning vs Trading https://twitter.com/zhusu/status/1613389245007233026  1:13:50 BTC Supply Cap https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1613924471391551488 

1:15:50 What David’s Bullish On 1:18:35 What Ryan’s Bullish On

1:23:45 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/cyounessi1/status/1614822327484833801 

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In today's episode, we're talking about what’s hot on Arbitrum. Three Arbitrum experts are here to help guide us through what's new in the Arbitrum ecosystem.

The Arbitrum metrics are HOT. 2022 was not the best year for crypto, but they were for L2s, and especially for Arbitrum! Tune in to learn why and how Arbitrum is shaping the future of L2s, gaming, and NFTs as we know it.

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0:00 Intro 8:11 What is Arbitrum Doing Right? 15:20 GMX 17:03 Arbitrum Culture 24:30 Treasure's Expansion 29:30 Culture vs. Technology of Chains 31:42 The Bankless Thesis 36:00 GMX's Hooks 38:20 DeFi Activity 43:37 Community Engagement 48:00 The Nintendo of Web3 51:50 Building Along Treasure & Arbitrum 57:53 What's Holding the Ecosystem Back? 1:03:55 What is Beacon? 1:07:00 PFPs in Arbitrum 1:12:00 Token Alpha 1:13:50 Closing & Disclaimers

----- Resources:

Karel Vuong - Co-Founder & COO, Treasure https://twitter.com/karelvuong 

Diego Vidaurre - Co-Founder & CEO of The Beacon https://www.linkedin.com/in/diego-vidaurre-schaffer-6989a1120 

Coinflipcanada - Core contributor to GMX https://mobile.twitter.com/coinflipcanada 

Massive Arbitrum Acquisition!! with Steven Goldfeder & Preston Van Loon https://youtu.be/PmWeXVRPeic 

How to Gain Exposure to Arbitrum https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/how-to-gain-exposure-to-arbitrum 

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✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the Episode: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/tyler-cowen-debrief 

------ Tyler Cowen is an American economist, columnist, and blogger. He’s also a professor at George Mason University, where he also produces the Conversations with Tyler podcast with guests like Vitalik Buterin. Marc Andreessen, and Ray Dalio.

In today’s episode, Tyler shares why he thinks regulators should pause and wait before passing crypto regulation in the wake of FTX, how FTX and Enron are similar, why he calls himself a crypto-hopeful (even though he thinks Balaji’s Network State idea is utterly wrong). And finally, we play Tyler's favorite game—Overrated vs. Underrated—about everything relevant in 2023: Crypto AI, Inflation, America, China, Social Media, Wealth Inequality, and more.

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------ Topics Covered

0:00 Intro 6:10 Tyler’s 2023 Crypto Thoughts 6:50 Why Crypto is Confusing 9:04 Is Crypto Overrated? 10:25 Is Crypto Worth it? 12:19 Regulation 19:33 On-Chain Privacy, Taxes, Surveillance 24:00 FTX vs. Enron 27:35 Wealth Inequality 32:05 Crypto Regulation vs. Innovation 34:48 Can the U.S. Choke Crypto? 36:24 Crypto vs. the Internet 37:56 Whose at Fault for FTX? 40:00 Crypto Self-Regulation 45:16 A.I. Regulation 46:46 A.I.’s SBF Moment? 48:05 Is the Future Closer than it Appears? 50:31 Human Self-Regulation 51:16 Economists & Crypto 53:20 Vitalik 54:16 Free Markets & Greed 55:21 Overrated vs. Underrated 1:00:24 Balaji’s Network State 1:01:47 Banks 1:02:15 Closing & Disclaimers

------ Resources:

Tyler on Twitter https://twitter.com/tylercowen 

Tyler’s Blog https://marginalrevolution.com/ 

Tyler’s Podcast https://conversationswithtyler.com/ 

Beware the Dangers of Crypto Regulation https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/beware-the-dangers-of-crypto-regulation/2023/01/03/27f6f31a-8b63-11ed-b86a-2e3a77336b8e_story.html 

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------ 0:00 Intro

3:00 MARKETS 5:40 Ultra Sound Money https://ultrasound.money/  7:00 ETH BTC Ratio 8:50 Inflation https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/01/12/business/december-cpi-inflation-report  11:10 Leverage https://twitter.com/YoniJMel/status/1612835719768064001  12:20 Have We Bottomed? https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1613563998426775552  16:30 Markets since 2020 https://imgur.com/qq58Ac2 

22:30 DCG vs Gemini https://twitter.com/cameron/status/1612806661508567042  25:00 Shutting Down https://decrypt.co/118533/dcg-hq-shut-down-genesis-layoffs  26:00 Shareholder Letter https://dcgupdate.com/ 

29:00 SBF Continued Robinhood: https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1612444676904083457  $5 Billion: https://twitter.com/jconorgrogan/status/1613195331981697024/photo/1  Fraud: https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1612458140238225409  Substack: https://sambf.substack.com/p/ftx-pre-mortem-overview 

36:10 Coinbase Layoffs https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/10/coinbase-to-slash-20percent-of-workforce-in-second-major-round-of-job-cuts.html  38:00 Binance Hiring https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/11/binance-plans-15-30percent-hiring-spree-in-2023-even-as-rivals-cut-jobs.html 

41:00 NEWS 41:45 Arbitrum vs Optimism https://twitter.com/WestieCapital/status/1612837614414880772  43:00 OpenSea Arbitrum Nova https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1611486589087109124  44:20 L2 Bull Market https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1612534516094046208  45:20 Coinbase Rocket Pool https://twitter.com/Jasper_ETH/status/1613318003738697730  47:40 PleasrHouse https://twitter.com/PleasrDAO/status/1613217260511891460  49:30 Instagram NFT Projects https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/01/11/top-nft-artists-are-launching-projects-on-instagram-and-selling-out-in-seconds/


51:50 Token Gated Lens https://www.theblock.co/post/200859/lens-protocol-now-lets-creators-issue-token-gated-content  53:40 Rolling Stone PussyRiot https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1613264584646729755  54:48 Moonbirds Signs with UTA https://cointelegraph.com/news/bluechip-nft-project-moonbirds-signs-with-hollywood-talent-agents-uta  56:00 Vance Spencer Take https://twitter.com/pythianism/status/1432774112351375360  57:30 Game of Thrones NFT https://mobile.twitter.com/Niftys/status/1587848208780230657  59:15 Backing USDC https://twitter.com/jp_koning/status/1612087428369498112  1:01:30 BlockFi Cashout https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory/status/1612520398892982282  1:03:30 Nexo Rekt https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-12/nexo-office-raided-by-bulgarian-police-probing-alleged-crimes  1:11:45 SEC Investigating Saber https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1613264554049282089  1:12:50 Lowest Funding in 2Y https://imgur.com/VWsMSR6 

1:13:50 JOBS

1:14:20 QUESTIONS from the Nation Permissionless https://blockworks.co/event/permissionless-2023/speakers 

1:24:00 TAKES 1:25:00 NFT Brands   http://shorturl.at/aCGX8  1:27:00 Rally with Legs https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/1612349520234565634  1:28:00 Regretting 2022

1:32:30 What David’s Bullish On https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1613546998984019973  1:33:30 What Ryan’s Bullish On

1:35:00 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/0xGhost_/status/1613550278719987713 

1:36:12 Moment of Zen https://twitter.com/vertical_dream/status/1612504107516047360 

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