Collective Shift

Topics discussed between the team and community include:

• Latest updates with FTX & SBF arrest
• Macro Round Up - Inflation and Rates
• Binance - FUD or real?
• Metamask & Paypal Integration
• ETH & BTC Overview

Select links from the Member Town Hall:
The Block's Big Secret
Japanese Electricity Company to Mine BTC
Metamask & Paypal

Timestamps:
00:00 Collective Shift Disclaimer
00:14 Welcome Members!
01:59 Topics for Today
03:25 SBF (Ex-FTX CEO) Arrested & US Court Hearing
06:39 The 'Block' CEO Secret Deal
08:44 Macro Inflation Rates & Checkmates Take
18:44 Moving Economic Activity Onshore
19:24 The Monetary Transmission Mechanism
24:49 CS Post on Global Pressure by FED
25:59 Bitcoin Mining and Japanese Energy
35:42 Binance FUD & Withdrawals
45:05 Metamask and Paypal
53:05 Checkmates Regulatory Thoughts
55:33 Member Question on Hardware Wallets

Decentralised Exchanges are slowly taking over. With the recent events of FTX, the cryptocurrency industry has come to appreciate the importance of self-custody and not trusting third parties.

In this episode, we briefly explore DEXes, the features of a DEX, why you would use a DEX and some drawbacks of DEXes.

Collective Shift Resource:
https://collectiveshift.io/defi/dex/what-is-a-decentralised-exchange-dex/

Polygon is a layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum. Rebranded from Matic; Polygon has achieved significant adoption in 2022. With partnerships with Starbucks and Instagram. Polygon has acquired and focused heavily on Zero Knowledge (ZK) technology in its efforts to scale Ethereum.

In this episode, we go through an overview of Polygon, what they achieved in 2022, their different solutions and what to expect in the coming months!

 Topics discussed between the team and community include:

• The Contagion Spreads to Silvergate Bank, Gemini & Genesis
• Major Companies Continue Crypto Lay-offs
• Reddit Collectibles Hit New All-Time High 
• Apple Wants to Charge 30% of Eth Gas Fees 
• New Sleek Ledger Wallet
• Huge Months Ahead re: Regulation & Mergers

Timestamps:
00:00 Collective Shift Disclaimer
00:14 Welcome Everyone!
01:04 Topics This Week
01:28 FTX Hearing (Apology Tour)
05:19 Contagion with Silvergate, Maple, Gemini & Genesis
09:24 Crypto Layoffs Compound!
12:31 Onchain BTC- Holder Capitulation?
15:56 Apple’s 30% Tax on Ethereum Gas Fees
23:24 New Ledger Wallet STAX
28:32 Uniswap Pilot Program & NFT Aggregator
35:14 Reddit NFT’s Hit All Time High Again
37:29 Binance Proof Of Reserve, Is It Good Enough?
38:28 Upcoming Dates To Watch
42:34 Outro

This is a partial recording of our weekly Member Town Hall from Dec 12, 2022.

Select links from the Member Town Hall:
SBF Investigation
Realised Profit to Loss Ratio
Apple's 30% Tax
Reddit's NFTS 

Ledger is a Hardware wallet. Ledger Live is an application to interact with your cryptocurrency Wallet. After the FTX Catastrophe in 2022, it's time to make the move and keep custody of your own coins. 

In this episode, we give you a brief introduction to the ledger Live Application.

Losing your cryptocurrency can be devastating! Scammers and hackers have developed very sophisticated methods to try and steal your coins. In this episode, we explore what you can do if this happens to you! 

It has been another chaotic month in crypto. Checkmate joins Ben to discuss where we are in the cycle and what the on-chain metrics are showing us for when price could turn around. Is the worst over?

Topics discussed between the team and community include:

• Quick update on FTX and contagion
• Fidelity & BlackRock positive news
• Uniswap $5M airdrop
• NFT adoption with ApeCoin, Barbie and Hot Wheels

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:50 Ben's crypto experience
02:56 Did FTX acquire a bank?
05:35 Abnormal on-chain transactions
06:15 SBF interviews detrimental?
10:45 Fidelity and BlackRock positive crypto news
14:30 Stripe announces web3 payments
16:37 Kraken laid off ~30% of its staff
17:20 Ben's layoff summary
19:27 Uniswap NFT aggregator
23:15 Opinion on Uniswap's UNI token
25:19 Crypto a THREAT to national security?
27:55 Solvency of wrapped ETH and wrapped BTC
30:35 Flow blockchain, Mattel, Barbie and Hot Wheels
31:50 Telegram's crypto wallet and DEX
32:45 Ben's crypto insight into 2023
35:33 Outro

This is a partial recording of our weekly Member Town Hall from Dec 2, 2022.

In this month's mining update we discuss how miners are continuing to sell and just facing such hard conditions and added energy costs are increasing and could go higher, placing more risk for miners as a lot are under pressure. So where to from here?

This crypto collapse in my opinion will give you some of the greatest prices for Bitcoin & Ethereum over the next 12-18 months. For people with little money on the sidelines like me, I share my investing strategies to build up your stack of Bitcoin & Ethereum. This is what I'm focusing on.