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BTC, ETH, BED, DeFi TVL, L2 TVL... everything mooned

Ryan Sean Adams
Oct 23, 2021
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Dear Bankless Nation,

Number went up.

Crypto has been on an absolute tear this week. ATHs all around!

  • Bitcoin hit all-time-high at $67,120 šŸš€

  • Ether hit $4,360 (just $20 off its all-time-high)

  • BED Index all-time-high at $182

  • Locked valued in DeFi all-time-high at $102 billion (above $100B!)

  • Locked value in L2s all-time-high at $3.95 billion

What’s this mean?

It means we’re back in price discovery mode. Valuations have never been higher than this week and it’s anybody’s guess when we’ll level out next.

We’re in uncharted territory and the sentiment is bullish. Has the market properly priced in EIP-1559? What about the recent Bitcoin futures ETF? Or Ethereum’s 90% issuance reduction?

Where will we end up by the end of the year?

It feels good to go up. But also… let’s stay sober.

It’s been a long time since our previous price ATHs in April and May and Crypto Twitter is buzzing with energy. Let’s take a minute to give ourselves a pat on the back, admire our bags, and then get back to building.

Cause there’s still a lot to do:

  • Regulation continues to bear down on crypto. In the US, the White House is considering an executive task force to bring broader oversight to crypto. Our tool here is political activism. Politicians are coming to crypto. Hester Peirce and Andrew Yang are both notable figures, but we need more. Contact your representative. Engage.

  • Less than 5% of the world uses crypto. This is bad and good. The bad—an adoption rate of 3.9% means we’re still a vulnerable minority. Crypto hasn’t achieved its adoption goals. But it’s also good. Think of how many more lives we can improve by going bankless. Crypto is complicated, unfamiliar, and unintuitive. Many people won’t take the plunge until they get help from a friend. They need help from you. You can onboard your friends to crypto.

  • If you really want to do the most you can to help crypto, apply your talents. Get a job in crypto! You can certainly take the leap and find a full-time job, but there’s also a way to start smaller. You can join a DAO. If you’ve kept up with us lately, we’ve covered the basics of DAOs like what DAOs are and how to join. Now, we have a helpful guide on how to earn an income while working at your own pace.

I’ve said it time and time again, but we’re still early. This may not be the ground floor, but we’re somewhere between the first and second inning.

Now that we’re crossing ATHs, let’s use this energy to help the world go bankless.

Here’s what we have planned for this week:

  • Podcast with fund manager Eric Peters—Institutions are Bullish!

  • We’re dropping a massive šŸ”„ guide on how to earn airdrops

  • Our meta-level view on the state of Ethereum

Have a šŸ’Ŗ weekend.

- RSA


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Recap for the week of October 18th, 2021


šŸŽ™ļøĀ WEEKLY PODCAST EPISODE

šŸŽ™ļø Listen to podcast episodeĀ |Ā iTunesĀ |Ā SpotifyĀ |Ā YouTubeĀ |Ā RSS Feed


ACTION RECAPĀ šŸ“š

  1. Execute on any opportunities you saw in Market Monday

  2. Borrow and lend any asset with Rari Capital

  3. Earn income while working for a DAO.

  4. Ponder how crypto can tackle climate change with KlimaDAO

  5. Place your bet on ETH and BTC price predictions for this year

WATCH & LISTENĀ šŸ”Š

  1. šŸŽ™ļø Listen to Forward With Crypto | Andrew Yang

  2. šŸ“ŗ Watch Danny Ryan | Layer Zero

  3. šŸ“ŗ Watch The Secret Weapon of DeFi 2.0 | Zeus from Olympus DAO

  4. šŸ“ŗ Watch A New Era for DeFi | Scoopy Trooples of Alchemix

  5. šŸ“ŗ Watch David read SEC commissioner Hester Peirce’s speech (ASMR anyone?)

METAVERSALĀ šŸ§™ā€ā™‚ļø

  1. Walk through what we know about Coinbase’s NFT Platform

  2. Safely and securely mint NFTs with this helpful guide

  3. Catch up on drops, releases, and what šŸ‹s are buying

BANKLESS DAOĀ šŸ“

  1. Catch the State of the DAOs newsletter

  2. Explore EIP-3664 for changeable, upgradeable, and combinable NFTs

  3. Learn about the best ways to compensate DAO contributors

  4. Recap this week in Bankless DAO


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  • Exclusive Debrief: Forward with Crypto | Andrew Yang

  • Early Access: Institutions are Bullish | Eric Peters

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šŸ—žļøĀ WEEKLY ROLLUP. Download the crypto meta to your brain in this weekly show.

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John Brady
Oct 29, 2021

If you don't have a compelling better place to put your money, I'd say HODL for now. ATH for most of the blue chip coins are local tops with more and more adoption taking place.

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