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📺 ROLLUP: 3rd Week of February 2022

February 18, 2022

MARKET

• BTC Price

• ETH Price

• ETH/BTC

• $BED Index

• Putin Pulls Back Troops?

• Putin Meme

• Ukraine Legalizes Crypto

• New Analytics Board for L2 Fees

• ETH Addresses ATH

• Market Cap of ETH

•  iPhone Denominated in ETH

RELEASES

• GreenPill podcast!

• Urbit Layer 2 Rollup

• Andrew Yang Lobby3 Launch

• RAC - RacOS v0.1

• Bankless Academy launched

RAISES

• RabbitHole $18M

• Rainbow Wallet Series A

• OpenSea Venture Fund

• Circle @ $9B

NEWS

• Top Superbowl Ads

• Best Crypto Bowl Commercials

• Crypto Skepticism

REGULATION

• End of Centralized Lending in U.S.?

• Landmark Resolution Says BlockFi

• SEC Take

• Canada Freezes Protester Funds

• Financial Authorities Blacklisting Wallets

• Stablecoin Issuers Must be Banks

• FSB Don’t Like DeFi

ETH

• Twitter adds ETH Tipping Support

NFTs

• OnlyFans NFT PFPs

• Largest CryptoPunk Sale Ever

• Size of NFT Market

BITCOIN

• Fidelity Launches Bitcoin ETP

GENERAL CRYPTO

• Terra $40M MLB Deal

• Coinbase White Hat Savior

• Binance & BNB Chain

MISC.

• Banks Investing in Crypto

  

  Blockworks @Blockworks_

  Banks that have invested in crypto/blockchain companies: - ING - UBS - BBVA - MUFG - Nomura - Citibank - Barclays - JP Morgan - BlackRock - BNY Melon - BNP Paribas - Morgan Stanley - Goldman Sachs - Charles Schwab - Standard Chartered

  4:40 PM ∙ Feb 14, 2022

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• Netflix Bitcoin Heist

  

  BlockDrops Podcast | blockdrops.eth @blockdropspod

  As predicted by the @BanklessHQ dudes this week

  

  fastcompany.comNetflix is giving the Bitcoin heist couple the ‘Tiger King’ treatmentThat was fast. Netflix has already green-lit a documentary series on the colorful couple accused of laundering billions in a crypto heist.

  8:36 PM ∙ Feb 13, 2022

Takes

• Mad at NFTs?

  

  jim @0xJim

  People aren't mad that NFTs are scams They're mad that they did everything society told them to, yet they're still unemployed & drowning in debt While college dropouts make 10x their annual income by flipping memes NFTs are a violation of people's perception of fairness

  1:40 AM ∙ Dec 7, 2021

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• Bitcoin Narrative

  

  Chris Burniske @cburniske

  #Bitcoin is like a mirror, its hottest narrative reflecting what society most needs.

  

  Will Clemente @WClementeIII

  Bitcoin in 2020-2021: Inflation hedge narrative Bitcoin in 2022: Censorship resistance narrative?

  9:08 PM ∙ Feb 15, 2022

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WHAT WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT

• David’s Excited About

  • ETH Denver!

• What Ryan’s Excited About

  • SEC Fining BlockFi

MEME OF THE WEEK

sid meiers’ iron dome chomsky @kielbasagarage

no it’s called blockchain and it means the monkey is actually mine

5:07 PM ∙ Feb 9, 2022

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Moment of Zen

Scott is in Denver 🏔🤓 @MrScottMeyer

The @songadaymann introduces @VitalikButerin

4:36 PM ∙ Feb 17, 2022

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