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:

           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

News :

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

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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:

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

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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.

The Show:

The Metaverse Value Chain -

News :

Rug of the week:

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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).

News :

Referenced information and further reading:

Socials:

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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

Crypto

web3

News :

Wintermute - REKT 2

The Merge has happened

Referenced information and further reading:

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

Vitalik - Corps vs DAOs 

Socials

Competition:

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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:

FVT:

Competition:

Win an ETH ID (3 in total)

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

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

Ethereum

Merge

Prediction Markets

Books / Papers recommended by Dr Nick:

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

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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