Matt (Head of Research) explains the latest U.S. bank collapses of Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank. After these collapses, Bitcoin's price soared to 9-month highs of $25,000 and the broader crypto market also rallied.

He also shares his take on whether there will be more collapses or whether U.S. authorities have done enough to restore confidence in the banking system.

Matt's Article (Available For All Members): https://collectiveshift.io/bitcoin/bank-collapse-implications-and-why-btc-rallied/

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:16 Collapses of Silvergate, SVB & Signature Bank

01:42 USDC Stablecoin Depeg

02:44 Why the Banks Failed

05:44 Case for Bitcoin

07:40 Liquidity Backstop

08:25 Will More Dominoes Fall?

10:03 Outro

Nick (Senior Research Analyst) explains a major Ethereum upgrade that will enable ETH stakers to withdraw their staked ETH. Withdrawals are expected to go live in April.

With many thinking this will cause ETH's price to tumble, Nick explains why he believes the enabling of withdrawals may actually be a good thing for ETH in the short term.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:27 ETH Withdrawals

01:42 Sources of Sell Pressure

02:57 De-Risking Effect

04:50 Other Arguments Why ETH Price Won't Collapse

08:44 Expected Date of ETH Withdrawals

09:35 Upcoming Ethereum Milestones

11:12 Outro

This is your February Bitcoin Update with Taylor from the Imperial Wealth Mining Store.

Key Takeaways:

• Bitcoin Hashrate continues to climb despite market and energy turmoil. 
• Miners are bullish on Bitcoin, Ordinals are a different story. 
• $2M in fees have been generated by ordinals on bitcoin.
• Imperial Wealth launched their mining facility in the US
• Terrawulf launched mining facility utilising nuclear energy with 8000 machines
• One Bitcoin miner solved a block and received $165k in BTC

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Welcome

00:48 BTC Mining

05:13 Ordinals 

08:10 Fees

11:38 Terrawulf

16:15 Marathon Digital

17:55 LUCKY $165K

21:56 Bitmain

24:58 BTC Price Prediction

This is a partial recording of our weekly Member Town Hall from March 17th 2023. Below are some topics discussed between the team and the community.

1. Operation Chokepoint 2.0 is well underway.
2. The FED will pivot, and markets now expecting only a 0.25% increase in rates. Bullish for risk assets.
3. Bitcoin dominance increases as Credit Suisse looks to be in the crosshairs. Hard asset anyone?
4. USDC regains 1:1 pegging to USD. The team stated not to panic in our recent post.
5. Arbitrum airdrop is here, Most members are eligible. The team covered this airdrop on our airdrop page.
6. Etheruem WIthdrawlas is set for April 14th. 
7. $200M lost as Euler Finance was exploited after 6 audits. Remember, it's the Wild West.
8. NFTs taking a back seat; Meta & Instagram shutter their projects while Starbucks sells out.

Timestamps: 

00:00 Intro

00:55 Market update

03:00 Bank Crisis

13:12 USA

17:15 USDC

19:00 Arbitrum

29:45 Arbitrum L3

32:10 Eular finance

35:15 NFTS

37:30 End of Public

Matt (Head of Research) explains why he covered Lido (LDO) in Collective Shift's new Monthly Altcoin Report.

Lido is the leading liquid-staking protocol on Ethereum, and other blockchains, and recently announced Lido V2. As the Ethereum staking market grows, Lido is poised to consolidate its dominance over its competitors.

Matt and Nick (Senior Research Analyst) discuss why Lido's competitors may still benefit even if they fail in gaining more market share.

Monthly Altcoin Report (Pro Members): https://collectiveshift.io/investing/monthly-pro-altcoin-update-feb-2023/

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:27 Monthly Altcoin Report

00:54 Lido

01: 32 Liquid Staking

02:48 Lido V2 Upgrade

05:59 Lido's Dominant Market Power

08:29 Percentage of Supply Staked

11:18 Outro

Nick, Senior Research Analyst explains why he is excited about Coinbase's announcement of Base, a layer-2 blockchain built using Optimism's OP Stack solution.

Beyond explaining why this announcement is bullish for Optimism and Ethereum, Nick also breaks down the reasons why developers would want to build on the Base blockchain instead of others—even when Base isn't going to have a native token.

Monthly Market Report (Insider & Pro): https://collectiveshift.io/investing/monthly-market-update-btc-eth-hold-strong-yet-caution-lingers/

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:43 Monthly Market Report

00:51 Base by Coinbase

01:57 Base Roadmap

03:04 Will Developers Build on Base?

04:45 Optimism vs OP Stack

06:58 Optimism, Arbitrum & Other Layer 2s

11:03 Inside Our Monthly Market Reports

11:33 Outro

The Collective Shift Mobile experience is here! 

Crypto on the go has never been easier with instant access to Collective Shift updates! 

This is your guide to get you started and takes you through discovering the application! 

Download here!

Timestamps: 

00:00 Mobile Experience

00:30 Download

01:30 Log In 

02:00 Dashboard

03:37 Filter

05:00 Ben Simpson

05:30 Multimedia

06:26 Comments

06:50 Notifications

07:18 Help Center

08:13 Chat to US

08:53 GO DOWNLOAD! 

This is a partial recording of our weekly Member Town Hall from [March 10th, 2023]. Below are some topics discussed between the team and the community.

1. Don't forget to download the Collective Shift Mobile App!
2. Crypto Crashes 15% following the continued banking crisis. The CS team predicted this.
3. Silvergate Bank files for Voluntary Liquidation. Operation Chokepoint continues.
4. Kucoin was sued by New York Attorney General. NYAG claims ETH is a security.
5. Uniswap launched its mobile wallet on iOS, while Apple is following.
6. NFTs in the news; Yuga Labs on Bitcoin, Amazon's digital collectibles &...
7. AI Art to be featured in the famous Louvre. You can buy it on OpenSea 

Timestamps: 

00:00 Welcome

01:00 Collective Shift Mobile

02:27 Market Prices

10:02 Silvergate

15:02 Eth is a Security?

21:15 Kucoin Sued

29:40 Yuga Labs

32:00 NFTs in the Louvre

38:40 Uniswap

41:42 End of public

We sat down with Illuvium Co-Founder and Game Designer Aaron Warwick to discuss Illuvium, how the games fit together, how development is tracking, and answer some member questions. 

Matt (Head of Research) shares the Collective Shift team's updated airdrop page. The airdrops page includes a list of crypto projects that have no token. It also has a section on the risks of airdrops and general strategies you can use to get more airdrops.

Matt and Nick (Senior Research Analyst) also reveal some of their 4 airdrop action items that they recently shared with Collective Shift members.

Airdrops Page: https://collectiveshift.io/airdrops/

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:37 Airdrops Page

02:20 Blur

04:50 Arbitrum

05:09 StarkNet

05:14 Celestia

06:21 Airdrop Risks

08:44 OpenSea Token: Will It Launch?

11:33 Outro