Gm! This week, we're back with another roundup. We deep dive into Solana's new all time high, the Pump.fun drama, are memes positive for crypto & more. Enjoy!

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Edge emerged from stealth after 2 months securing Jupiter, the top trading platform on Solana, already securing $30B in volume and more than 60% of all Solana perps volume. https://chaoslabs.xyz/

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(00:00) Introduction

(04:16) Solana Hit's A New All Time High

(07:26) Pump.fun

(13:39) Chaos Labs Ad

(14:39) Ledger Ad

(15:37) Are Memes Positive Or Negative For Crypto?

(29:59) Increase Bandwidth Reduce Latency

(35:55) Financialization In Crypto

(39:27) Short-Termism vs Long Term Building

(43:40) Crypto IPOs

(45:38) Timely Vote Credits

(53:38) The Crypto Elevator Pitch

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