ROLLUP: Mark Cuban on DeFi | Gemini going public?? | Morgan Stanley apes into MSTR
Inside the episode
Market
BTC price in the last 7 days:
Touched $42,000
Fell down to $31,000
Regained $40,000.
Currently at $39,500
ETH Price
Touched $1,350
Fell to $900
Currently above $1,200
TVL in DeFi
From $22.8 to $23.3B
DPI
From $185 to $208
- MKR particularly interesting price action
- https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1348220777498353665?s=20&ref=bankless.ghost.io">Retail entering; judging by exchange twitter followers
- https://twitter.com/kaiynne/status/1348486588045668353?s=20&ref=bankless.ghost.io">Market Dumps because of overleverage
- https://twitter.com/MessariCrypto/status/1348769821220069382?s=20&ref=bankless.ghost.io">Numbers are bigger now
- https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1348895884315156481?s=20&ref=bankless.ghost.io">Coinbase volume
- https://www.cmegroup.com/media-room/press-releases/2020/12/16/cme_group_to_launchetherfuturesonfebruary82021.html?ref=bankless.ghost.io">Reminder: ETH futures on the horizon
Releases
- https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/90738/tether-usdt-hermez-ethereum-layer-2-scaling-solution-zk-rollups?ref=bankless.ghost.io">Tether on a ZK Rollup
- https://www.coindesk.com/nexus-mutual-decentralized-insurance-cover-coinbase-binance-kraken-gemini?ref=bankless.ghost.io">Nexus mutual offering insurance on exchanges
- https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/90847/poolin-bitcoin-hashrate-token-pow-defi?ref=bankless.ghost.io">Bitcoin hashrate tokenized on Ethereum
- https://medium.com/connext/vector-0-1-0-mainnet-release-9496ae52c422?ref=bankless.ghost.io">Connecting all the rollups with Vector?
- https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-distributed-web-resolver/?ref=bankless.ghost.io">Cloudflare and IPFS: Your ethereum address is now accessible by any browser without an extension
- https://www.argent.xyz/blog/liquid-eth-staking-in-argent/?ref=bankless.ghost.io">ETH staking inside Argent
- https://blog.synthetix.io/the-optimistic-ethereum-transition/?ref=bankless.ghost.io">Synthetix announces Optimistic Rollup transition plan
- https://blog.coinbase.com/introducing-coinbase-asset-hub-our-open-invitation-to-asset-issuers-f9d5f0be609d?ref=bankless.ghost.io">Coinbase Asset Hub
News
- https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/91251/winklevoss-twins-weighing-taking-gemini-public?ref=bankless.ghost.io">Gemini going public??
- https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/14/gemini-is-launching-a-credit-card-with-bitcoin-rewards/?ref=bankless.ghost.io">Gemini BTC credit card
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-sec-exclusive/exclusive-biden-to-name-gary-gensler-as-u-s-sec-chair-sources-say-idUSKBN29H2PQ?ref=bankless.ghost.io">Gary Gensler is new SEC chair
- https://twitter.com/valkenburgh/status/1349717095425183747?s=20&ref=bankless.ghost.io">We did it.
- https://www.coindesk.com/anchorage-becomes-first-occ-approved-national-crypto-bank?ref=bankless.ghost.io">Anchorage Becomes First OCC-Approved National Crypto Bank - CoinDesk
- https://www.coindesk.com/morgan-stanley-boosts-stake-in-bitcoin-laden-microstrategy-to-10-9?ref=bankless.ghost.io">Morgan Stanly owns 10% of Microstrategy
- https://decrypt.co/53918/pakistan-is-now-using-government-funds-to-mine-bitcoin?ref=bankless.ghost.io">Pakistan using funds to mine BTC
- https://twitter.com/gnosisSafe/status/1349685149408112646?s=20&ref=bankless.ghost.io">2.5% of ETH supply in Gnosis safe
Takes
- https://twitter.com/ashwath_22/status/1349090698788626432?s=20&ref=bankless.ghost.io">Sushi on the rise
- https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1349548038822502400?s=20&ref=bankless.ghost.io">Erik Voorhees on protocol competition
- https://www.ft.com/content/c1caca5b-01f7-41be-85a4-3ecb883f2417?ref=bankless.ghost.io">Brian Brooks “Get Ready for Self-Driving Banks
- https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-bill-miller-cnbc-volatility-risk?ref=bankless.ghost.io">Bitcoin is less risky as NGU
- https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1347599685356314626?s=20&ref=bankless.ghost.io">Ryan on ICOs: Were ICOs net good or net bad?
- https://twitter.com/FEhrsam/status/1348316470258794496?s=20&ref=bankless.ghost.io">Starting pistol for Web3 decentralization
- https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1348698853072130057?s=20&ref=bankless.ghost.io">Mark Cuban on internet tech stocks
- https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-race-for-adoption-central-bank-digital-currencies?ref=bankless.ghost.io">Bitcoin in race for adoption ahead of CBDCs