In this episode of Empire's Weekly Roundup, Jason and Santi share their thoughts on the state of the market, the endless hacks in crypto and a few of the latest innovations.

Santi gives his unique private-market insights, Jason gives a behind-the-scenes look at Blockworks, and the duo discuss the biggest story of the week: the Binance and Mango Markets Exploit. We then discuss the 3 big ZK-rollup announcements (scaling season?), Arbitrum's acquisition, and more!

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(02:16) What's Changed At Blockworks During The Bear?

(06:53) State of Venture, Macro And Crypto Markets

(21:39) Does Everything Need A Token?

(26:14) Hacks, Exploits And More Hacks (Binance, Mango)

(39:43) Yuga Labs & Regulation By Enforcement

(48:08) ZK Tech Is Here

(51:56) Arbitrum Acquires Prysmatic Labs

(55:36) Coinbase News, Stephane Resigns, PayPal & More

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Referenced in the show:

Cosmos podcast

https://spoti.fi/3S3W9zP

GCR's "inside job" tweet

https://twitter.com/GCRClassic/status/1579837794675216384

Rebecca & Jake regulation podcast

https://spoti.fi/3rSZMOw

Scroll's zkEVM podcast

https://spoti.fi/3rTXO0w

Polygon deep dive by Blockworks Research

https://bit.ly/3S3Wti1

Starkware podcast

https://spoti.fi/3Vqu88v

Influence Empire (book)

https://bit.ly/3T9CLTc

David Marcus tweet criticizing PayPal

https://twitter.com/davidmarcus/status/1578795041719750663

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