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Humans are mimetic creatures that crave their respective desires. But how do these desires work when paired with crypto? Luke Burgis explains. Luke is the author of, “Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life.”

Mimetic desire is a part of everything. After this interview, you’ll start to see it everywhere. Where does the apex of mimetic desire lead? Is it good or bad for society? How did learning about mimetic desire impact Luke’s life? Hear the answers to these questions and much more in the episode.

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------ Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro 3:43 Luke’s Background 7:40 Crypto & Mimetic Desire 15:40 The Leverage Component 20:32 Manias and Mimesis 24:50 Defining Mimetic Desire 31:13 Eyes 37:16 Trajectory of Mimetic Desire 46:47 Consequences of Mimetic Desire 55:55 How Luke Has Personally Changed 1:00:20 Desires 1:08:00 Good or Bad For Society?

------ Resources:

Luke Burgis on Twitter https://twitter.com/lukeburgis 

Luke Burgis’s Website https://lukeburgis.com/ 

Wanting by Luke https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250262488/ 

Luke’s First Bankless Appearance https://youtu.be/5cln_TL-bGI 

Manias and Mimesis Essay https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3469465 

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Kevin O’Leary of ABC’s Shark Tank and renowned investor joins us on Bankless to share how he was crypto-pilled.

Just a few years ago, Mr. Wonderful was a crypto bear shark. Fast forward to today, he has investments in over 32 cryptocurrencies and projects. He’s even evangelizing crypto in Washington and all over the world!

What clicked for him? What’s holding the industry back? How is he thinking about the future of the space? Answers to these questions and so much more in the interview!

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------ Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro 5:27 Mr. Wonderful in Washington 9:13 Will the Government Get it Right? 12:31 Convincing the Skeptics 18:44 Kevin’s Crypto Portfolio 25:15 The Bull Shark on the Bear Market 28:06 Legislation Obstacles 30:40 Advice For New Crypto Users 35:13 Kevin O’Leary’s Crypto Brand 37:48 What Happens Next? 42:12 WonderFi 44:11 Closing & Disclaimers

------ Resources:

Kevin O’Leary https://twitter.com/kevinolearytv 

WonderFi https://www.wonder.fi/ 

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Voltz Protocol is “a novel defi primitive, powering leveraged interest rate swaps. The first ever synthetic interest rate swap AMM, Voltz AMM utilizes concentrated liquidity, creating a market that’s c.3000x more capital efficient.”

With close ties to Uniswap’s V3 model, Voltz aims to disrupt the interest rate swap market, which currently accounts for over $1 Quadrillion (four commas!)

CEO & Co-founder Simon Jones joins this Alpha Leak to discuss the mechanics, roadmap, and token(?) for this exciting New DeFi primitive.

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------ Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro 6:00 Voltz Protocol 11:15 Interest Swap Markets 16:00 From Chaos to Order 18:45 Leveraged Interest 23:57 How Voltz Works 29:40 Voltz and Uniswap 34:30 Speedrunning Markets 39:22 Voltz Roadmap 43:04 The Magnitude of Yield 46:25 Liquidity Providing 50:08 Voltz Token? 52:07 Get Involved

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Voltz Protocol: https://www.voltz.xyz/ 

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1st Full Week of June, 2022

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0:00 Intro

3:40 MARKETS 4:05 BTC Price 5:25 ETH Price & Ratio 8:15 Total Crypto Market Cap  8:35 Fed Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzGMSKbqjco  12:55 S&P Trading Range https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1534895680417841156?s=20&t=ph6CaCM3VmI-aktXIK1YuQ  14:10 Historic Downtrends https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1534895680417841156?s=20&t=ph6CaCM3VmI-aktXIK1YuQ  17:09 Is the Bottom In? https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1534214035775930369?s=20&t=PgOB_giLsY0ruzmCjNf2Xg  18:52 Arthur Hayes https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/shut-it-down-15d230b28089  22:24 Bottom Checklist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIyxIYd8AzY  26:25 State of the Bear https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi/status/1533157547204833280?s=20&t=MouipAFckt5tBzWVlAsX_Q  31:00 Market Meme https://twitter.com/JadedCapital/status/1534159961260892163?s=20&t=cHUeFE6WQj53jmQUiwSajg  32:40 Burning ETH https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1533758315267665920?s=20&t=Zov7f0A-pR8auAhF3liUlw 

37:00 The Ropsten Merge! https://twitter.com/lightclients/status/1534568543198527491?s=20&t=JSYI9AFcKSfwqgwAk-xJSg  39:40 Dress Rehearsal https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1534701665772773376?s=20&t=BW4kTDm3LEofxUeCqiVM3Q  40:35 Great Success! https://twitter.com/dannyryan/status/1534928763057631232  42:25 Merge Odds https://twitter.com/PolymarketHQ/status/1534573695741612032?s=20&t=UDosiK6ra7MFZTLGYH05MQ  43:26 Timelines https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/ethereum-merge-updates-tim-beiko  46:07 Electricity https://twitter.com/drakefjustin/status/1534857446203834368?s=21&t=NUEmAxr8h0x_3KPC-wgIKQ 

48:42 20m OP Wintermute Fumble https://plaid-cement-e44.notion.site/A-Message-to-the-Community-from-the-Optimism-Foundation-f49b913bb0974d8a854a8bdd409a9dd6  51:50 Kain’s Takes https://twitter.com/kaiynne/status/1534653450692497408?s=20&t=eYPpC7L9k3u4VrJ4tQQ8hQ 

53:15 The Crypto Bill https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/-lummis-gillibrand-introduce-landmark-legislation-to-create-regulatory-framework-for-digital-assets 

1:00:00 NEWS 1:02:30 PayPal External Transfers https://twitter.com/Blockworks_/status/1534198854077251585  1:04:40 Bored Ape Ethereum https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-41-keep-apecoin-within-the-ethereum-ecosystem-process/5664  1:05:50 Illuvium Land Sale https://twitter.com/illuviumio/status/1533458697514536960?s=21&t=6m-JweSHFrwIbq6ryn6FmA  1:06:52 Diablo Immortal https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1533488085585076226? s=20&t=Q133IOgqCIng0FNECL_y8g 1:10:35 Budweiser and Digital Horses https://twitter.com/budweiserusa/status/1533826563287957506  1:11:56 Nickelodeon NFTs https://twitter.com/nickelodeon_nft/status/1534890874747994112?s=20&t=uDZxZLg7PPW40z_MyN-y5A  1:13:00 New York Mining Ban https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/03/heres-whats-in-new-yorks-new-bitcoin-mining-ban-.html  1:15:28 Raises  BlockFi: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/150377/blockfi-is-raising-a-down-round-at-1-billion-valuation-sources  Euler: https://twitter.com/eulerfinance/status/1534163279349592064?s=21&t=iGfmuGsBnlCD3sGh_o5vrA  1:16:35 Bankless Jobs https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs  1:17:36 Greyscale https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1534279351402958849?s=20&t=DQ1mOHKUeLpHXcNyNCelNQ  1:20:15 Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jay-z-jack-dorsey-launch-financial-literacy-school-at-brooklyn-project-1364919/  1:21:26 Chipotle https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/06/02/chipotle-now-accepting-cryptocurrency-payments-at-us-locations 

1:24:00 Questions from the Nation https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1534626663354482690?s=20&t=uJAnalv_CuWnvqfMyAxHlg  1:25:18 Tech Skills https://twitter.com/willitsmckinley/status/1534628582206672902?s=20&t=a_fuu65MkZe07cR2MJby5g  1:27:08 OP Token Value https://twitter.com/RickLatona/status/1534676772587024384?s=20&t=a_fuu65MkZe07cR2MJby5g  1:31:08 ETH Bullishness https://twitter.com/n1x_it/status/1534627825281601536?s=20&t=a_fuu65MkZe07cR2MJby5g 

1:35:00 TAKES 1:35:15 The Citizen House https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1532533086352576512?s=20&t=iVP94Kh6xj5s_hQw4R_aWw  1:37:00 Analogy Resistant https://twitter.com/jbrukh/status/1534140205334245376?s=20&t=NCZuooaqIpJCQaIrCoxJ5w  1:38:00 Medium not the Message https://twitter.com/ourzora/status/1534582905674076161?s=21&t=UAEzTgQHSrmu_xBnmAdNQg  1:39:03 Crypto Equality https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1534251962362998785?s=20&t=uJAnalv_CuWnvqfMyAxHlg 

1:43:25 What David’s Bullish On https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/  1:46:30 What Ryan’s Bullish On

1:49:00 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/0xfoobar/status/1533533574397304832?s=21&t=PXZ4pEod6NJXY6-wuiRJbA 

1:50:00 Moment of ZEN https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1534268751394197504?s=20&t=uJAnalv_CuWnvqfMyAxHlg 

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Tim Beiko of the Ethereum Foundation is here to update us on the merge. 

What steps are left? What obstacles do we need to overcome? Are we merging in August like Justin Drake said? Or later?

Also, there are a lot of misconceptions about the merge! We’re gonna clear them up. 

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------ Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro 7:00 The State of the Merge 12:15 Testnets 15:30 Ropsten Merge 21:13  Client Diversity 24:45 Dress Rehearsals 29:45 Knowing When to Ship 34:00 The Timeline 39:30  Approaching the Merge 47:58 Wen Merge? How Merge? 53:12 Top 5 Misconceptions 1:01:22 Closing Remarks

------ Resources:

Tim Beiko on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimBeiko?s=20&t=CI2Ox4OKbi1sqcRH98qVtg

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A fascinating intellectual debate is emerging in the world of decentralized identity. Today, Vitalik represents Soulbound NFTs, while Disco’s Evin McMullen takes the side of VCs (verifiable credentials).

From your credit history to your college degree, what is it that defines you? What does decentralized, trustless, digital identity look like?

After listening to these two gigabrains hash it out, we’re convinced that the real winner of this debate… is humanity.

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------ Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro 4:30 Setting the Stage 7:50 Chains and Identities 11:46 Governance 15:14 The Data Backpack 21:22 Non-transferability 27:52 Token Externalities 34:32 Soulbound Privacy 41:30 Proving Negatives 46:20 Inclusion & Neutrality 50:19 The Disco Pill 56:05 All Directions at Once 1:02:36 A Case Study 1:07:49 Zooming Out 1:12:50 Closing

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Evin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/provenauthority?s=20&t=Y6vQEWWHoUCqnF-wAm81qg  Vitalik on Twitter: https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin?s=20&t=Y6vQEWWHoUCqnF-wAm81qg  Disco: https://www.disco.xyz/  Soulbound https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/01/26/soulbound.html 

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Superphiz, above all, is a community member. Phiz rallies the troops across the Rocket Pool and r/EthFinance communities, and is passionate about ETH staking.

Self-describing as the beacon chain community health consultant, Phiz is on a holy mission to promote crypto values.

Phiz is a perfect example of a grassroots individual making a huge impact without a technical background. It’s all Layer Zero, and it always has been.

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0:00 Intro 3:30 Peak Phiz Performance 6:34 Decentralized Background 10:41 Ethereum vs Moloch 16:34What’s at Stake? 20:44 We are Layer Zero 24:08 Changing the Culture 28:38 Can We Solve This Problem? 33:30 Using Incentives 43:53 Governance and Values 47:23 The Centralization Limit 55:30 Responsibility Games 59:39 Psychology & Politics 1:03:00 The Role of Bankless 1:08:24 A Unique Position 1:14:14 Bullish 1:18:50 Predicting the Cycles 1:21:00 Talking Shop 1:24:50 A Community Member 1:27:27 Phiz’s Priorities 1:28:31 Closing Remarks

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Phiz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/superphiz?s=20&t=wTrV-ik6VJMUfUFGZixC5A 

Rocket Pool: https://rocketpool.net/ 

r/ethfinance: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/ 

Project Sunshine: https://ethsunshine.com/ 

Episode with Hal Press: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/betting-the-fund-on-the-merge-hal?s=w#details 

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------ Vance Spencer of Framework Ventures returns to Bankless to walk us through a tremendous opportunity—the Crypto Bear Market of 2022.

With a steadfast thesis and a sober approach, Vance is bullish on Layer 2 ecosystems and GameFi. And of course, all roads lead to Ethereum. Crypto is a “coiled spring on a path to hypergrowth.”

Bear Markets are where legends are born. How will you take advantage of the opportunity of a lifetime?

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------ Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro 5:00 Vance Returns 7:39 Where Crypto Needs to Be 16:44 Bull Market Lessons 21:38 Alt L1 Blockchains 26:40 The Layer 2 Rotation 32:13 The Future of ETH Killers 41:07 The Future of Layer 2’s 47:30 Optimism vs Arbitrum 49:35 The Ethereum Market 58:30 ETH is Money 1:02:18 Veblen Moneygoods 1:07:19 Who Buys ETH? 1:10:15 Bull Market Timelines 1:16:05 The Future of Tokens 1:21:30 DeFi’s Make or Break 1:28:25 Winners will emerge 1:32:15 The GameFi Rabbit Hole 1:37:18 Lessons from Axie  1:43:15 Metaverse Money 1:47:45 The Bear Market Gift 1:50:30 Closing & Disclaimers 

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Vance on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pythianism?s=20&t=z7tmj0LJ3O71UyWH9xlFqQ 

Vance’s Tweets https://twitter.com/pythianism/status/1528501361452584960?s=20&t=IDHtibGbBEp1t1lnsMyrIg  https://twitter.com/pythianism/status/1531719941853892609?s=20&t=OyT_N9CEGQ8-dWs1MVapcQ  https://twitter.com/pythianism/status/1526968297794723840?s=20&t=ndBaWVS2JCaliYyt24jViA 

Rune Christensen’s Endgame https://forum.makerdao.com/t/the-endgame-plan-parts-1-2/15456  Crypto Fees https://cryptofees.info/  Betting the Fund on the Merge https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/betting-the-fund-on-the-merge-hal?s=w#details  Bull Case For DeFi https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/the-bull-case-for-defi-vance-spencer?s=w  Bull Case For DeFi II https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-defi-verticals-vance-spencer?s=w 

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Last Week of May, 2022

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------ Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro

4:45 MARKETS 5:08 BTC Price 5:45 ETH Price 7:15 FTX Surpasses Coinbase https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/149654/ftx-surpassed-coinbase-as-second-biggest-centralized-crypto-exchange-in-may 9:19 Gemini Layoffs https://decrypt.co/101881/gemini-lays-off-10-staff-prepare-crypto-winter

11:00 NEWS

12:00 Optimism ($OP) Drop https://app.optimism.io/airdrop/check 16:11 OP Price https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/optimism 18:04 Recapping the Airdrop https://twitter.com/optimismPBC/thread/1532110295421829123 22:45 Burning https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1531915789103599616 25:10 Fee Revenue https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1531814581932158977 26:58 Coinbase Supports $OP https://twitter.com/coinbaseassets/status/1531754747321262080 27:35 Controversial Governance https://gov.optimism.io/t/users-who-sold-the-initial-op-airdrop-should-become-ineligible-for-all-future-airdrops/2143 30:34 Cobie’s Response https://gov.optimism.io/t/extended-ineligibility-for-future-airdrops/2249

34:14 Velodrome Airdrop https://stakingbits.medium.com/velodrome-finance-velo-airdrop-is-live-heres-how-to-claim-43e65c5c18f2   37:05 L2 Fees https://l2fees.info/l1-fees

39:32 OpenSea Front-Runner Facing Charges https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-employee-nft-marketplace-charged-first-ever-digital-asset-insider-trading-scheme 45:08 Front-Running https://twitter.com/Dogetoshi/status/1532052263375708162

49:20 ETH 2.0 Merge https://blog.ethereum.org/2022/05/30/ropsten-merge-announcement/

52:08 Pooly NFT https://blockworks.co/pooltogether-flocks-to-nfts-to-raise-legal-defense-funds/

53:50 Kanye West Yeezus https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/149745/kanye-wests-yeezus-files-for-nft-trademarks

55:35 Risks of Liquid Staking https://twitter.com/dannyryan/status/1531383030786314240

1:00:00 Battle for the Apes Avalanche: https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-idea-otherside-as-an-avalanche-subnet/6369 Immutable X: https://twitter.com/NorthRockLP/status/1530491299727556609 1:03:25 AVAX vs Immutable X https://twitter.com/NorthRockLP/status/1530491299727556609

1:03:51 Solana Down Again https://twitter.com/solanastatus/status/1532043450107015168?s=21&t=OD7ahgCknAnOgQClUhELIQ

1:05:44 Jobs https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs

1:07:30 RELEASES 1:07:45 Bankless DAO Tax Guide https://twitter.com/TaxDroid/status/1532036819189129218 1:09:10 Zerion Mobile Wallet https://zerion.io/blog/announcing-the-zerion-smart-wallet/ 1:10:40 Voltz Protocol https://twitter.com/voltz_xyz/status/1532029218518876161 1:12:52 DeFi Saver L2 https://twitter.com/DeFiSaver/status/1531299975661068288 1:13:50 Immutable IMX Staking https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1531081329865269248?s=20&t=kCTh4dBgrmptze-ut3gS3Q 1:14:30 Lummis Crypto Bill https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/149186/heres-a-full-draft-of-senator-cynthia-lummis-landmark-crypto-bill 1:16:18 Binance $500m Raise https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/01/binance-labs-closes-500m-fund-to-focus-on-web3-and-blockchain-adoption/ 1:18:00 Blockspace Demand https://twitter.com/frogmonkee/status/1532092154037907457 1:22:50 New Use Cases https://twitter.com/cryptoversidad/status/1532099747783159808?s=20&t=KcDR2bM8-9ajrtWT4AOaWg

1:26:30 TAKES 1:27:08 Understanding the Merge https://twitter.com/0xfoobar/status/1531710201639882756?s=20&t=YP7GlgRatNiU0azz-leO4g 1:28:26 DAO Human Trilemme https://twitter.com/owocki/status/1531728875335524352 1:32:50 EVM https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1532198738927579137

1:33:30 What David’s Bullish On 1:36:00 What Ryan’s Bullish On

1:38:10 MEME of the Week https://imgur.com/4KCMNLA

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Jon Charbonneau, Research Analyst at Delphi Digital joins David to talk about his recent essay titled, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Ethereum."

Proposer / Builder Separation (PBS) Danksharding and ProtoDanksharding (DS + PDS) Data Availability Sampling (DAS)

What the absolute HELL are these things? What do they mean for Ethereum? What's the common theme behind all of them? And what do they mean for ETH?

All of these questions answered and so much more in the livestream.

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------ Timestamps:

0:00 Intro 6:00 The Vibe of the Ethereum Roadmap 8:50 The Hitchhiker's Guide to Ethereum 17:06 The End State of Ethereum 23:05 Data Availability Sampling 34:49 Proto to Full Danksharding 48:15 Proposer Builder Separation 54:01 Checks & Balances 56:10 Incentives in Being a Builder 1:01:50 Centralization 1:03:50 Comparing Ethereum’s Scaling Strategies 1:05:54 Value Capture 1:07:20 How Jon Understands Everything

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Jon Charbonneau https://twitter.com/jon_charb 

Delphi Digital https://delphidigital.io/ 

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Ethereum https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-ethereum 

Valuing Layer 1s - Memes, Money, or More? https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/valuing-layer-1s-memes-money-or-more 

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