• White House's report on crypto mining;
• what we're doing about possible Ethereum PoW airdrops; and
• ETH's price action post-Merge.

Here's our weekly Member Town Hall from September 2, 2022. 

Topics discussed between the team and community include:

1. Federal Reserve chairman's speech sends stock market plummeting
2. The recent uptick in crypto venture funding
3. Limit Break's $200M raise, the free-to-own (F2O) model, and DigiDaigaku NFTs
4. Arbitrum One's 'Nitro' upgrade
5. Purpose of layer-2 solutions like Optimism and Arbitrum
6. Why the release of Mt. Gox funds isn't something to worry about
7. Layer-1 blockchains we’re investing in

Timestamps:

(00:00) Housekeeping: Relaunching our podcast, Your Dashboard updates, Australian Crypto Convention ticket discounts, New Projects (Public Google Doc)
(08:22) Federal Reserve chairman’s speech sends stock market plummeting
(10:10) Celsius update
(11:08) Uptick in venture funding
(18:35) Limit Break’s $200M raise, the free-to-own (F2O) model, and DigiDaigaku NFTs
(28:12) Arbitrum One’s ‘Nitro’ upgrade
(30:21) What’s the point of layer-2 solutions?
(31:42) Confusion over the release of Mt. Gox funds
(34:00) Ava Labs dismisses “conspiracy” alleging Avalanche paid lawyers to sue competitors
(37:50) Investing in layer-1 blockchains’ native tokens
(46:28) MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor accused of tax fraud
(49:40) Outro

Selected links from the Member Town Hall:

• Australian Crypto Convention and exclusive member offer
• Limit Break’s press release
• New Projects (Public Google Doc)
• NFT Report: Royalties; Raises; New ‘Free-to-Own’ Business Model
• Trove marketplace on Arbitrum

In today's episode we have Collective Shift's On-Chain analyst expert, Checkmate, to discuss the latest Bitcoin activity including the macro impact on Bitcoin, bitcoin volatility, where to go from here for NFT's, and much more. An absolute value-packed episode - please enjoy!

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This week on our Macro & Crypto Update, Matt goes over the top news of the week: the market bounces back and rallies, NFT marketplaces are having a historic month, and Justin Bieber is now the owner of a Bored Ape. What does all of this mean for you? Keep watching to find out and drop a like if you enjoy this series!

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:31 Reserve Bank of Australia to stop $350B stimulus program
02:09 Stock markets rally following heavy sell-off
05:03 U.S. employment data coming out on Friday
05:51 India to introduce 30% crypto tax and rupee CBDC
08:49 U.S. Senate stablecoin hearing set for Feb. 15
11:06 GameFi facing regulatory headwinds in major Asian markets
13:26 Meta-backed cryptocurrency Diem to shut down
17:22 FTX crypto exchange valued at $32B
18:44 Alexis Ohanian’s VC firm focusing on crypto after $500M raise
20:30 OpenSea NFT marketplace hits record $5B in monthly sales
24:55 NFT investments performing
29:17 Justin Bieber buys Bored Ape for $1.29M
29:52 Coachella music festival to launch Solana NFTs in deal with FTX
31:11 Rolling Stone and Coinbase collaborating with 12 artists on an NFT drop
33:16 Market commentary: BTC and ETH

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Holding your crypto investments through periods of big decreases can be difficult for newcomers, however, for longer-term investors, this is where the opportunities are.

Bitcoin has gone down more than 50% 4 times over the past 5 years, signalling this current down period won't be the last.

There are a few new factors we have to consider in this recent retracement such as the increase in the NFT market as well as macro factors, however, there are some good opportunities for entry we are looking at.

To see our portfolio and investments and get up to date alerts on all buy's and sells you can sign up for a 14-day free trial here: https://collectiveshift.io/become-a-m...

Meet Collective Shift's Head of Research, Matt Willemsen.

Learn what narratives and trends are hot right now, how he invested early into the De-Fi trend before De-Fi was even a thing and where he spends his time researching crypto.

Want to start building a massive crypto portfolio? Look no further. In this video, Ben, founder of Collective Shift, goes step-by-step on how you can start investing in crypto today and building your own 6-figure portfolio.

In short, through DCAing into BTC you can level out volatility and slowly build your portfolio over time without any stress or time.

Video filmed: Jan. 20, 2021

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This week covers a lot of new updates in the markets. Keep your eyes peeled for the latest in world markets, directly from Collective Shift.

Video filmed: Jan. 19, 2021

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The Project Discovery weekly series helps investors stay at the forefront of the web3 and crypto industry through the exploration of new projects discovered this week.

These videos are presented by Nathan Gurr (Sr. Researcher, Web3/Crypto at Collective Shift).

Collective Shift PRO members get 5 Project Discovery videos & written articles each week, posted daily.

Date: 19th January 2022

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LooksRare is a new NFT marketplace on Ethereum. Touted as a rival to OpenSea—the world's biggest NFT marketplace—LooksRare has taken the crypto and NFT space by storm this week.

Watch Arman Assadi (Chief Growth Officer at Collective Shift) break down what you need to know about the LooksRare NFT marketplace, LOOKS token, LOOKS staking, investing in LOOKS, and whether LooksRare can compete with other NFT marketplaces like OpenSea.

What did you do with your airdrop? Do you plan to buy more $LOOKS? Let me know in the comments. Follow Arman Assadi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArmanAssadi Check out the alfalfa podcast: http://alfalfapod.com

Video filmed: Jan. 15, 2021

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