ROLLUP: ZkSync Airdrop | Optimism Fault Proofs | Pectra Ethereum Upgrade
Release Date: 06/14/2024
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2nd Week of June 2024
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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES
0:00 Intro
3:31 Markets
8:20 Gary G Says ETH ETF Approval “Sometime in Summer”
https://x.com/tier10k/status/1801261940615848004
9:19 L2 Update
11:04 The Fed expects to cut rates just once this year
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/12/fed-meeting-today-on-interest-rate.html
15:41 Will BTC ETF follow the gold ETF success path?
https://x.com/hongkim__/status/1799442365892985257
20:48 ZKSync introduced ZK token
https://x.com/TheZKNation/status/1800424206129357194
https://app.aevo.xyz/perpetual/zk
https://x.com/eekeyguy_eth/status/1800461976969035910
https://blog.zknation.io/zk-token/
https://zknation.ghost.io/content/images/2024/06/points.png
https://x.com/LibraryDefi/status/1800589632909832509
https://x.com/Gautamguptagg/status/1800539906923733397
https://x.com/Gautamguptagg/status/1800539906923733397
https://x.com/TheZKNation/status/1801020410563060031
https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1801024526001815616
https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1800758353511207103
36:46 Speaking of Airdrops: Taiko launched their TAIKO token
https://x.com/taikoxyz/status/1798336750668136851
Find out whether you are eligible via Claimables!
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38:33 Optimism’s fault proofs are live!
https://x.com/l2beat/status/1800530188171674070
https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1800547329931620625
49:23 Pectra is about to became the biggest upgrade of Ethereum history:
https://x.com/sassal0x/status/1798869850200412383
55:34 Symbiotic introduced their restaking platform
https://x.com/symbioticfi/status/1800530004776022493
59:29 Eigen Labs acquired Rio Network
https://x.com/eigen_labs/status/1800888626642899321
1:01:41 Crypto:The Game was acquired by Uniswap!
https://x.com/cryptothegame_/status/1800199946739822594
1:06:28 PleasrDAO releases the WuTang Album
https://pitchfork.com/news/wu-tang-clan-once-upon-a-time-in-shaolin-turned-into-nft/
https://www.thealbum.com/
1:09:12 Terraform Labs agreed to pay SEC $4.5B!
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/06/12/terraform-labs-do-kwon-agree-to-pay-sec-a-combined-45b-in-civil-fraud-case/
https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1800955721955283053
1:11:44 Alchemy introduced platform for building rollups
https://x.com/alchemyplatform/status/1798747911226040679
1:13:03 New Paradigm Fund
https://x.com/matthuang/status/1801283717664526835
1:14:41 The Daily Gwei
https://www.youtube.com/@TheDailyGwei/videos
https://x.com/thedailygwei
https://x.com/sassal0x
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-ether/id1443920565
1:15:49 Closing & Disclaimers
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