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  • Crypto Regulation

    In Episode 8 of TCMW, Dr Nick and Marsh Frost discuss one of the spiciest, meme-worthy topics, Crypto Regulations. It's a complex topic with wide-reaching, long-lasting implications that has the ability to polarise the Crypto-sphere, like no other. It’s time to get spicy…

    The Show:

    • What is the current global status of Crypto Regulation?
    • Does Crypto need regulation?
    • How would you regulate Crypto? Dr Nicks Thread on Crypto Regulation

      •            1/ The DMZ (Decentralised Metaverse Zone)

                2/ Regulate the Off-Ramps

                3/ Regulate marketing

                4/ Free Market Self-Regulation

                5/ Progressive Supportive Regulation

                6/ Oi, ya got a liocence for that!

                7/ World Police

                8/ Drop the Ban Hammer

      • What is the most probable regulatory outcome?
      • What happens if “we” get Crypto Regulation wrong?
      • Is SBF a turncoat? (SBF Meme)

        • News :


        The Block: Hong Kong plans to legalize retail crypto trading: Bloomberg

        The Block: Australian regulators sue crypto asset company that claimed it was regulated

        The Block: Sam Bankman-Fried elaborates on DCCPA, but not everyone is buying it

        Powell Strikes Conciliatory Tone on DeFi - The Defiant


        https://decrypt.co/113052/crypto-exchange-binance-confirms-500m-investment-musks-twitter-takeover


        Referenced information and further reading:

        Dr Nicks Thread on Crypto Regulation

        Socials:

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        • finance.vote Twitter
        • Discord
        • Dr Nicks Twitter

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          1 hr 19 min
        • Token Economics

          This week, Marsh Frost & Dr Nick discuss “Token Economics”. Nick and Marsh discuss one of the most important cornerstones of all Crypto/web3 projects, token economics.

          The Show:

          • What is token economics?
          • What is a token
          • What is a utility token?
          • What is a security token?
          • Game theory and mechanism design
          • Why is token economics important?
          • How do you know if token economics are good?
          • Have there been any good token systems?

            • News :

            Mango Markets - REKT

            Aptos Ruffles Feathers As It Enters Crowded Layer 1 Race - The Defiant

            Vitalik Tweet Spurs Flurry Of Meme Coins - The Defiant



            Socials:

            • finance.vote site
            • finance.vote Twitter https://twitter.com/financedotvote
            • Dr Nicks Twitter   https://twitter.com/DrNickA

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              1 hr 6 min
            • The Metaverse

              This week, Marsh Frost & Dr Nick discuss “The Metaverse”. Nick and Marsh discuss the existential question around what the Metaverse is and then they deep dive into the nascent area.


              So be prepared to go meta…

              The Show:

              • What is the Metaverse?
              • Metaverse Narratives

                • The Metaverse Value Chain -


                The Metaverse Value Chain by Jon Radof

                • Layer 1: Experience
                • Layer 2: Discovery
                • Layer 3: Creator Economy
                • Layer 4: Spatial Computing
                • Layer 5: Decentralisation
                • Layer 6: Human Interface
                • Layer 7: Infrastructure

                  • News :


                  Kim Kardashian pays $1.26m over crypto 'pump and dump' - BBC News

                  The European Council passes MiCA, EU’s comprehensive crypto regulation

                  What Ripple's Latest Win Means for Its Ongoing Fight With the SEC

                  Rug of the week:


                  Massive Binance Bridge Hack

                  Referenced information and further reading:

                  The Metaverse Value-Chain by Jon Radof


                  Socials:

                  • finance.vote site
                  • finance.vote Twitter
                  • Discord
                  • Dr Nicks Twitter

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                    1 hr 30 min
                  • What is a Real DAO?

                    This week, Marsh Frost & Dr Nick discuss “What is a Real DAO?”. Nick and Marsh go down the rabbit on a nascent and nebulous area and attempt to put some flesh on the bone on what is and what is not a DAO (Decentralised Autonomous Organisation).

                    • A quick recap of a DAO definition vs Gabriel Shapiro's DAO definition 
                      • Decentralised
                      • Autonomous
                      • Organisation
                      • What is the minimal viable DAO?
                      • When is a DAO, not a DAO?
                      • How do you decentralise a DAO?
                      • Has there ever been any real DAOs?
                      • How are we doing it at finance.vote?

                        • News :

                        • Reversible Transactions on Ethereum: ERC-20R and ERC-721R
                        • Reversible Transaction Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.00543.pdf
                        • Ooki DAO is mulling its options to fight back against the CFTC
                        • Uniswap seeks more than $100 million in funding at $1 billion valuation: Tech Crunch

                          • Referenced information and further reading:

                          • Defining Real and Fake DAOs - by Gabriel Shapiro
                          • Everything You Know about the Scalability Trilemma is Probably Wrong | by Michael Zochowski | Logos Network | Medium
                          • DAO Wyoming upgradable smart contract
                          • CityDAO
                          • Hats protocol explainer
                          • Reversible Transaction Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.00543.pdf

                            • Socials:

                            • finance.vote site
                            • finance.vote Twitter
                            • Discord
                            • Dr Nicks Twitter

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                              1 hr 40 min
                            • Crypto vs web3

                              This week, Marsh Frost & Dr Nick discuss why Crypto and Web3 are different. We will deep dive into their history, what each of them represents, their differences and some use cases.

                              Crypto vs web3

                              • What is web2?
                              • Aren’t Crypto and Web3 interchangeable?
                              • What role can crypto and web3 play in our society?

                                • Crypto

                                • What is crypto?
                                • What is permisionlessness
                                • What is credible neutrality
                                • Crypto use case
                                • Shouldn't we all just focus on Crypto?
                                • Why is Crypto important?

                                  • web3

                                  • What is web3?
                                  • Web3 use case?
                                  • Who will use web3?
                                  • Why bother with web3?
                                  • Is web3 optional?


                                    • News :

                                    Wintermute - REKT 2

                                    The Merge has happened


                                    South Korean Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Terra Co-Founder Do Kwon

                                    Referenced information and further reading:


                                    A16z - web3 thesis

                                    https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3137


                                    Online Safety Bill 

                                    Vitalik - Corps vs DAOs 


                                    Socials

                                    • finance.vote site
                                    • finance.vote Twitter
                                    • Discord
                                    • Dr Nicks Twitter

                                      • Competition:


                                      Win an ETH ID (3 in total)

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                                      1 hr 50 min
                                    • Soul Bound Tokens & finance.vote

                                      This week, Marsh Frost & Dr Nick discuss the ins and outs of Soul Bound Tokens. We also go into the token economics and game mechanics of finance.vote, the play to earn prediction market.

                                      SBT:

                                      • What is an SBT?
                                      • SBT vs NFT
                                      • Why are SBTs important?
                                      • Decentralised Society
                                      • Good vs bad of an SBT?
                                      • Potential applications?

                                        • FVT:

                                        • What is finance.vote? 
                                        • History of finance.vote?
                                        • How does finance.vote work? (what are the game mechanics?)
                                        • What is predict to earn?
                                        • Why is finance.vote different from other prediction markets?
                                        • What problem does fvt solve?
                                        • Who is eligible to predict with finance.vote?
                                        • Who manages and fine tunes finance.vote?
                                        • What does the future look like for finance.vote?

                                          • Competition:

                                          Win an ETH ID (3 in total)

                                          • https://app.fyre.hypersign.id/form/win-a-finance-vote-ethereum-nft

                                            • Follow-up reading:

                                            http://finance.vote - Predict To Earn 

                                            E. Glen Weyl, Puja Ohlhaver, Vitalik Buterin

                                            Decentralized Society: Finding Web3's Soul

                                            Dr Nick Almond

                                            The Good, The Bad and The Horrifyingly Dystopian

                                            Kevin Werbach

                                            The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust

                                            1 hr 36 min
                                          • Ethereum, the Merge and Prediction Markets

                                            this week, Marsh Frost and Dr Nick talk deep dive into Ethereum, The Merge and Prediction Markets

                                            Ethereum

                                            • What is Ethereum?
                                            • Why is Ethereum important?
                                            • What is Eth Classic?
                                            • What are Ethereum’slLimitations?
                                            • What are Ethereum's strengths?

                                              • Merge

                                              • What is the Merge?
                                              • When is it happening?
                                              • What does it change?
                                              • Why is it important?
                                              • Forks
                                              • Does it solve Eth’s scaling issues?
                                              • What else is affected by the merger?
                                              • The Merge and ESG
                                              • Bullish or bearish for eth
                                              • Ado token economics
                                              • Concerns
                                                • Scam forksption-based
                                                • Censorship risk

                                                  • Prediction Markets

                                                  • It's why we are here!
                                                  • What is FVT?
                                                  • What are prediction markets?
                                                  • Why are prediction markets important?
                                                  • How do prediction markets work?
                                                  • History of prediction markets in crypto?


                                                    • Books / Papers recommended by Dr Nick:

                                                    • Robin Hanson, Vote on Values, Bet on Beliefs https://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/futarchy2013.pdf
                                                    • Glen Weyl, Radical Markets ghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj186urDU8c
                                                    • Ralph Merkle, DAO democracy https://ralphmerkle.com/papers/DAOdemocracyDraft.pdf

                                                      • News

                                                      https://thedefiant.io/sui-raises-300m

                                                      Terra Launches Second LUNA Airdrop to Repay Holders - The Defiant

                                                      https://thedefiant.io/binance-stablecoin-delisting

                                                      https://thedefiant.io/lg-smart-tv-nft-marketplace

                                                      https://thedefiant.io/coinbase-tornado-lawsuit

                                                      1 hr 31 min
                                                    • DAOs and MakerDAO

                                                      In this inaugural episode, Dr Nick and Marsh Frost discuss DAOs and Maker DAO.

                                                      Apologies for some of the sound issues in this recording, we are using new equipment in a new set-up, and it will take us a little time to figure it out, but we will work on perfecting this. 

                                                      Nick and Marsh discuss the following and more:

                                                      DAOs:

                                                      • What is a DAO?
                                                      • How does a DAO work?
                                                      • Why do we need DAOs?
                                                      • Why do we need DAOs now?
                                                      • What could be the impact of DAOs?
                                                      • How do you join a DAO?
                                                      • Where are DAOs now?

                                                      MakerDAO:

                                                      • What is MakerDAO?
                                                      • Decentralised Stablecoins
                                                      • How did MakerDAO start?
                                                      • How does MakerDAO relate to the DeFi ecosystem?
                                                      • MakerDAO governance 
                                                      • MakerDAO token economics 
                                                      • Real World Assets
                                                      • MakerDAO and Censorship
                                                      • MakerDAO the End Game   (https://forum.makerdao.com/t/endgame-plan-v3-complete-overview/17427)
                                                      • MakerDAO Phoenix Stance 
                                                      • Towards a Free Float Stable Coin

                                                      Markets Watch :

                                                      • Price Updates
                                                      • Energy and Pub Closures in the UK
                                                      • Free to Own (free NFT mint) 
                                                      • Pfizer Puts Money in VitaDAO
                                                      • Rug of the Week - Compound



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