The Worldcoin Launch Is Getting… Mixed Reviews

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4th Week of July 2023

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

3:45 MARKETS
4:40 NASDAQ
https://imgur.com/fN35vka
5:00 Recession Interest Rates
https://www.reuters.com/markets/rates-bonds/fed-poised-hike-rates-markets-anticipate-inflation-endgame-2023-07-26/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2023-07-26/fomc-rate-decision-and-fed-chair-news-conference
7:35 Stock Market Takes
https://twitter.com/biancoresearch/status/1684279348709281792?s=20
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1684571357613543424?s=20
https://twitter.com/salmoncreek7/status/1684574718232518661?s=20
12:00 BTC Hodlers
https://twitter.com/glassnode/status/1683401299956465665
14:45 Layer 2 Wars
https://twitter.com/artemis__xyz/status/1684549320979419137
https://l2beat.com/scaling/summary

20:10 Worldcoin Launch
https://twitter.com/sama/status/1684297687708098565
https://twitter.com/worldcoin/status/1683372181428793344/photo/1
24:35 WLD Token
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/worldcoin
26:25 Vitalik’s Worldcoin Thoughts
https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/07/24/biometric.html
30:40 Worldcoin Controversy
https://imgur.com/IoWpAVh
https://twitter.com/LefterisJP/status/1683457277477437442
https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1683512389105229825?s=20
https://twitter.com/resistancemoney/status/1677259644321005568
36:25 Proof-of-Personhood
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1683824355178946562?s=20
37:25 In Summary
https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1683951898653495296?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g
38:30 Sybil Resistance is Impossible
https://twitter.com/nicksdjohnson/status/1683940920146763776?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g
39:10 Bankless Worldcoin
https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1683444128581812224?s=20
https://twitter.com/DeFi_Cheetah/status/1683678622887059456?s=20
43:10 Alternative to Worldcoin
https://twitter.com/DeFi_Cheetah/status/1683678622887059456?s=20
46:05 WLD Value Proposition
48:20 Podcast and Debriefhttps://youtu.be/4HFyXYvMwFchttps://youtu.be/Pni-7EqUslY

48:35 Blockchain Bills
https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-regulatory-framework-bill-pass-house-congressional-committee
https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1684368595323584512
50:25 Richie Torres
https://twitter.com/RepRitchie/status/1684282890245271555
52:10 The Bad Bill
https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1682098917087887361?s=20

57:30 The Law of Chains
https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1683969105529806849?s=20
1:01:05 Optimism Takes
https://twitter.com/gluk64/status/1683964193291087872?s=20
https://twitter.com/gluk64/status/1684168523164319745?s=20
1:03:50 Starknet Appchains
https://twitter.com/Starknet/status/1681603967787122688
1:05:10 Twitter X
https://twitter.com/danmurrayserter/status/1683446198663888900
1:07:00 Elon Musk’s Goal
https://twitter.com/danmurrayserter/status/1683446630245187584?s=20
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1580t8h/membership_only_human_trafficking_gentlemens_club/
https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/159957z/it_worked_so_well/
https://twitter.com/adamamcbride/status/1684040162500657152?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g
1:10:15 RFK Jr Bitcoin Purchases
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/07/26/rfk-jr-confirms-bitcoin-purchases/
1:10:50 Selling Coindesk
https://www.wsj.com/articles/investor-group-nears-125-million-deal-for-coindesk-146a6faa
1:12:25 Synthetix Infinex
https://mirror.xyz/kain.eth/NHmuyvkRPXB4ck7R38v_ityer-VMZAaIwLGHu1hIDtE
1:14:10 Kwenta Volume
https://twitter.com/superfluid_hq/status/1681330344794923014
1:15:00 Superfluid Subscription
https://twitter.com/superfluid_hq/status/1681330344794923014
1:16:00 Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability
https://twitter.com/chainlink/status/1680970793331613697
1:17:30 Flashbots Raise
https://www.theblock.co/post/241327/flashbots-becomes-unicorn-after-completing-60-million-raise

1:20:00 Questions from the Nation

1:24:00 Market Makers
https://twitter.com/MikeIppolito_/status/1682756221646823425?s=20
1:26:20 David in EthCC
https://www.bankless.com/david-ethcc-2023

1:29:00 What David’s Bullish On
https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1684596913742434305?s=20
1:30:00 What Ryan’s Bullish On

1:33:10 MEME of the Week
https://twitter.com/TiffanyFong_/status/1684352877488119808?s=20

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