Matt and Nic return for another week of news and deals. In this episode: 

• What happens to the GPUs post merge?
• Will the gamers finally get cheap GPUs back?
• Is the merge like superbowl sunday or Y2K?
• Does the success of the merge undo a long-term Bitcoin talking point?
• Are NFTs going to cc0 screwing over their users?
• DC sues Michael Saylor and Microstrategy for allegedly skipping taxes in DC
• The SEC questions whether the certain assets in Grayscale trusts are securities
• What’s going on with the Roche Freedman/ Ava Labs/ Cryptoleaks situation?
• Is Roche just David Boies 2.0?
• The Biden executive order reports are due next week
• Rune of Maker muses about turning Dai into a free floating unit of account
• Will Maker be able to survive real world assets as collateral?
• Did Moonbirds rugpull their buyers with IP issues?
• Kyle Waters from Coin Metrics joins to talk about the Merge
• Is the distribution of stakers on Ethereum something to be worried about?
• What’s going to happen to ETH issuance post merge?
• How to forecast post-merge staking returns
• Is the merge priced in?
• Did Ethereum install a pro-cyclical monetary policy?

Content mentioned: 

• Coin Metrics, Mapping out the Merge

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