In this episode of Empire's Weekly Roundup, Jason and Santi discuss the most anticipated event in crypto's history: the merge. It finally happened. How does the successful transition to PoS change ETH's narrative? Where will the market's attention shift next? How important is the ESG-friendly narrative?

We also explore the Cosmos & multichain thesis, liquid staking derivative yields, the Doodle raise controversy and more!

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(00:00) Introduction

(00:20) Happy Merge Day

(12:06) Liquid Staking Derivatives

(19:12) Cosmos & the Multichain Thesis

(31:08) Core Ad

(32:36) New Coinbase Politics Feature & DAS

(38:12) Doodles Raise Controversy & NFT speculation

(49:18) Figma Acquired by Adobe, Do Kwon & Book Recs

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Referenced in the show:

Travis Kling, Empire podcast

https://spoti.fi/3qFbgV9

Fred Wilson's blog on Ethereum flows

https://avc.com/2022/08/the-merge/

LSDs are up only tweet

https://twitter.com/mhonkasalo/status/1570060055789146114

Brian Armstrong's tweet on Coinbase's new politician feature

https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1570133078022160384

Fixed Rate Lending Unlock, Bell Curve podcast

https://spoti.fi/3Dugefd

Building Market Microstructure for NFTs

https://bit.ly/3Sp54Nd

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