Inflation Drops to New Low! Bullish Crypto & Stocks?
This week in crypto, the Trump vs. Harris debate sparked chatter, but did the markets react? DeFi had its first U.S. congressional hearing—how’d it go?
Friend.tech burned its keys—abandoning for good? ENS integrated with PayPal and Venmo, while Coinbase launched cbBTC, and Sony might release a stablecoin.
Plus, did we see “war mode” Vitalik this week?
TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES
0:00 Intro
5:21 Markets
https://farside.co.uk/?p=1518
https://x.com/biancoresearch/status/1832806811088638440
https://x.com/matt_hougan/status/1833149076722081906
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/inflation-cpi-fed-readies-to-cut-rates-next-week/
https://www.tradingview.c om/symbols/FRED-WALCL/
https://x.com/sonyasunkim/status/1832114732326957274
15:18 House lawmakers ended up divided in 1st Congressional DeFi hearing
https://financialservices.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=409354
https://x.com/fund_defi/status/1833556632027955694
https://x.com/coinage_media/status/1833593592373243915
https://x.com/NeerajKA/status/1833530974212387228
https://x.com/rohangrey/status/1833543531228762323
https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1833557017023459526
24:45 The Debate - they didn’t mention crypto!
https://x.com/CNN/status/1833703753179857334
https://x.com/erikvoorhees/status/1833705605045051850
https://polymarket.com/event/who-will-win-the-debate-according-to-polls
https://polymarket.com/event/presidential-election-winner-2024?tid=1726028429396
https://x.com/shayne_coplan/status/1833127734844789106
https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1833679653191512442
https://www.theblock.co/post/315808/presidential-debate-risk-off-crypto
https://x.com/MikeIppolito_/status/1833874331539034448
32:43 War mode vitalik? If its not stage 2, its not a rollup
https://x.com/vitalikbuterin/status/1834061075970683367
34:55 zkSync Stage 1? & New CMO?
https://blog.zknation.io/zksync-governance-system/
https://x.com/the_matter_labs/status/1833894141052494218
38:35 Sony Stable Yen
https://x.com/delzennejc/status/1833243834563650038
39:15 Friend.Tech team renounces control of smart contracts
https://x.com/friendtech/status/1832581118165709140
https://x.com/functi0nZer0/status/1833178200685318213
https://x.com/MacroMate8/status/1833393620407488542
https://x.com/friendtech/status/1833259362711986335
43:00 EigenLayer announced Season 2 Stakedrop!
https://blog.eigenfoundation.org/season-2-stakedrop/
44:49 ENS was integrated with PayPal and Venmo!
https://x.com/ensdomains/status/1833536140529570039
https://x.com/brantlymillegan/status/1833568986547818820?
46:10 Coinbase Bitcoin - cbBTC released!
https://x.com/coinbase/status/1834208544247144949
https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1833603913888764064?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2gb
50:58 David Fighting at Permissionless
53:55 Closing & Disclaimers
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