Post-Merge Recap | White House & U.S. Crypto Regulatory | $160M Wintermute Hack | Do Kwon on the Run?
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Navigating the Future of Crypto Regulations
This chapter explores a recent White House report detailing goals for the cryptocurrency industry, focusing on consumer protection and central bank digital currencies. The speakers emphasize the need for clear regulations amidst skepticism from lawmakers, particularly regarding the classification of crypto tokens as securities. The discussion also covers security challenges in the crypto space, notably a recent $160 million hack, while maintaining an optimistic outlook on ongoing innovation within the market.
4th Week of September, 2022
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0:00 Intro 3:00 BTC Price 3:54 ETH Price https://ultrasound.money/ 14:00 Relayer and Builder Market https://www.mevboost.org/ 18:13 FED WATCH 18:25 Fed Rate Hike this Week https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/21/economy/fed-rate-hike-september/index.html 19:45 Risk on Assets Falls https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2022/09/21/federal-reserve-hikes-rates-to-highest-since-2007-bitcoin-falls-to-19000/ 21:44 Houses! Interest Rates on Houses Spiking https://twitter.com/charliebilello/status/1570413955637460993 https://twitter.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1571522450386735112 24:00 Flat Markets Prediction? https://twitter.com/GoldTelegraph_/status/1570738647254831105
29:27 NEWS 29:30 White House & U.S. Regulatory https://twitter.com/coingecko/status/1570769375212470272 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/16/fact-sheet-white-house-releases-first-ever-comprehensive-framework-for-responsible-development-of-digital-assets/ 31:20 Terra Screwed Things Up https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1571991546291159042 https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1570774337254461446 https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1572095723306627073 34:35 Draft Stablecoin Bill https://www.theblock.co/post/171565/draft-stablecoin-bill-in-congress-to-require-fed-state-regulator-approval https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1572586178502864896 39:05 Senate Banking Committee Hates Crypto https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-money/2022/09/22/sherrod-brown-turns-up-the-heat-00058202 40:00 Interaction Between Toomey and Gensler https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1570808589148909569
41:41 $160M Wintermute Hack https://t.co/Kkk445dLyv 41:50 Experts Blame Vanity Address https://www.theblock.co/post/171192/experts-blame-a-vanity-address-bug-for-wintermutes-160-million-hack 42:00 More Details on What Happened https://twitter.com/evgenygaevoy/status/1572329148411936770 https://halborn.com/explained-the-profanity-address-generator-hack-september-2022/
44:16 David and Ryan Discuss: Whatâs Next? https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor/status/1572927876546297859 https://wrongalot.substack.com/p/the-next-big-crypto-narrative
54:24 PoW Ethereum Fork Dead? https://thedefiant.io/ethpow-rough-start-after-merge 54:46 Infura Decentralized Infrastructure Network https://twitter.com/infura_io/status/1570794318067290112 56:00 zkSync Devs Found Bug https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1567888940123983874 https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor/status/1567889575128727552 https://twitter.com/zksync/status/1570073596709462018 56:55 OpenSea on Arbitrum https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1572250900198203392
57:17 Universal Studios NFT Scavenger Hunt https://twitter.com/banklesshq/status/1572619172454232064 https://twitter.com/0xferg/status/1572068539049058304
58:15 Tether: Show Us Whatâs Backing USDT https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stablecoin-issuer-tether-ordered-produce-041706661.html 59:31 FTX in the Lead to Buy Voyager https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/15/ftx-is-in-the-lead-to-buy-crypto-lender-voyager-digitals-assets-out-of-bankruptcy-source https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/20/crypto-exchanges-binance-and-ftx-have-both-bid-roughly-50m-for-voyagers-assets-report 1:00:42 Do Kwon on the Run? https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/19/s-korean-authorities-ask-interpol-to-issue-red-notice-for-terra-co-founder-do-kwon-report/ 1:01:13 Rari Fuse Hack Victim Compensation https://twitter.com/joey__santoro/thread/1571898748405714947
1:04:16 Helium Signs Agreement with T-Mobile https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1572244764237471749 https://twitter.com/TusharJain_/status/1572248774893834240 1:06:13 Krakenâs CEO Stepping Down https://www.theblock.co/post/171847/krakens-jesse-powell-stepping-down-as-ceo-of-crypto-exchange
1:06:31 Nasdaq Launching Institutional Crypto Custody Services https://twitter.com/fintechfrank/status/1572186768132161536 1:07:05 Liquid Collective https://twitter.com/liquid_col/thread/1572164626535563265 https://liquidcollective.io/ 1:07:55 Coinbase Cloud https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-cloud-launches-platform-for-web3-developers-472eb355b1fa
1:08:45 FTX Reloading https://cointelegraph.com/news/ftx-in-talks-with-investors-to-raise-1b-for-further-acquisitions-cnbc 1:09:10 Messari Raises $35M Series B https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/messari-announces-at-mainnet-2022-summit-raising-35-million-in-series-b-funding-301629624.html
1:11:00 JOBS https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs
1:14:19 NATION QUESTIONS https://twitter.com/bbbFollowOnly/status/1572948809063317510 https://twitter.com/mmaatt78/status/1572638221720498176
1:20:45 TAKES 1:20:50 VCs Against Bitcoin https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1570485528633417730 1:21:55 Say No to Bitcoin Fundamentalism https://twitter.com/danheld/status/1570839132028674048 1:23:35 Ethereum & Crypto Haters https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1570459984206381058 https://twitter.com/haydenzadams/status/1571535610279510021 1:25:25 Rollups Today https://twitter.com/jon_charb/status/1572395334516748290
1:27:31 What Weâre Bullish On
1:30:53 MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/banklesshq/status/1571984307748569088
1:33:41 Closing & Disclaimers
1:33:50 Moment of Zen https://twitter.com/gabrielhaines/status/1572927657049980929
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