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📺 ROLLUP: 2nd Week of August, 2022

August 12, 2022

MARKET

• BTC Price

• ETH Price

• ETH/BTC Ratio

• Total Crypto Market Cap

• ETH Gas Markets

• CPI Interest

• Layer 2 TVL

• VC Money

• EIP 1559 Anniversary

GOERLI MERGE

• Announcement

• Pandas!

• Details

TORNADO CASH

• Press Release

• Secretary Blinken

• Full Story

  • Summary Thread

• Freezing USDC

• Github Suspensions

• MakerDAO Impact

• Normalizing Tyranny

NEWS

• Fake Solana DeFi?

• Coinbase BlackRock Partnership

• Arbitrum Nova

• Uniswap Foundation Proposal

• MakerDAO HVBank Lending

• Meta Instagram NFTs

• Voyager Bankruptcy

• Immutable <> Gamestop

• Vitalik Compress

JOBS

QUESTIONS FROM THE NATION

bankless.eth @BanklessHQ

Got a question for the Weekly Rollup? 🙋‍♀️QUESTIONS FROM THE NATION🙋‍♂️ What question do you have for @RyanSAdams and @TrustlessState? Let us know, and we'll talk about it👇

4:04 PM ∙ Aug 10, 2022

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nobuddy @accounthome11

@BanklessHQ @RyanSAdams @TrustlessState If there is a PoW fork at the merge, will you receive the airdrop to a ledger wallet.

8:52 PM ∙ Aug 10, 2022

avigupta.eth 🦇 @avi_g_

@BanklessHQ @RyanSAdams @TrustlessState I don’t even remember the bridge I used to transfer my funds to L2. But once funds reach L2, am I still exposed to bridge risk or just the risk of smart contract for L2?

4:40 PM ∙ Aug 10, 2022

matt 🦇🔊 @mmaatt78

@BanklessHQ @RyanSAdams @TrustlessState If I stake 1 min after the Merge, am I allowed to unstake whenever I want or am I subjected to the same waiting time to unstake of who staked before the Merge?

8:57 PM ∙ Aug 10, 2022

TAKES

polynya @apolynya

A few days ago, I drafted a proposal to pause funding activities on Optimism, primarily citing regulatory risk. I believe we now have precedent to take the matter more seriously. While the proposal doesn't have much support, I will personally abide by it.

gov.optimism.ioProposal to pause Governance Fund voting cycles till minimum viable decentralization is achievedOptimism is experiencing rapid growth, but this is a double-edged sword. Currently, Optimism is a centrally operated network where, as far as I’m aware, unknown entities across Optimism Foundation, OP Labs or associates hold complete rights to produce blocks and all funds in the bridge. I hold rollu…

3:43 AM ∙ Aug 9, 2022

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Ryan Anderson 🎈 @ryananderson

The NFT space is like cavemen inventing the wheel and then only using it for roulette.

7:40 PM ∙ Aug 5, 2022

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Phunk #9871 🦇🔊 @phunk9871

@RyanSAdams Especially SSL: You can have military grade encrypted communication with servers 😱. Imagine what could be wired there: pedophiles, instructions for bomb building, conspiracy theories, hate speech. We need to censor this!

10:16 AM ∙ Aug 10, 2022

ThreadGuy.eth 👑 @notthreadguy

“Inflation is down .2 to 8.5%, second worst ever recorded” Crypto Mfs:

2:16 PM ∙ Aug 10, 2022

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MEME OF THE WEEK

L Ξ O 🦇🔊 @calebini

the ethereum merge will be a glorious site to behold

1:32 AM ∙ Aug 7, 2022

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