The Crypto Market Watch
By Marsh Frost
The Crypto Market WatchOct 31, 2022
Worldcoin: Scan Me Harder, Daddy
In this exciting episode of The Crypto Market Watch, we dive deep into the latest developments and controversies surrounding the crypto world. Here's a rundown of the topics we cover in this episode:
Intro (00:00 - 03:14)
- Catching up and a quick preview of today's topics
WorldCoin: The Controversial Project (03:15 - 12:43)
- The ambitious goal of WorldCoin and its reliance on biometric scanning
- Privacy concerns and the trade-offs between decentralization and data protection
- The potential societal impact of WorldCoin and the broader implications of biometric technology
Regulatory Crackdowns on Binance and Coinbase (12:44 - 24:21)
- A discussion on the recent crackdowns on major crypto exchanges
- How regulation may impact the future of the crypto space
- Exploring the possibility of increased regulations in the UK and around the world
Disney Backs Out of the Metaverse (24:22 - 33:18)
- Disney's surprising decision to withdraw from metaverse projects
- Speculation on the reasons behind the decision and its implications for the metaverse
- A broader discussion on the role of corporations in shaping the future of Web3 and crypto
The UK's Role in Web3 and Crypto (33:19 - 42:03)
- The potential for the UK to become a leader in the Web3 and crypto space
- The challenges and opportunities faced by the country in its pursuit of crypto prominence
- Exploring the UK's stance on regulations and its potential impact on the industry
Brainstorming the Episode Name (42:04 - 45:30)
- A light-hearted discussion on possible episode names, eventually settling on "Worldcoin: Scan Me Harder, Daddy"
Outro (45:31 - 47:08)
- Wrapping up the episode and thanking the listeners
- Where to find us: Discord, Telegram, and Twitter
Be sure to tune in for this in-depth discussion of the latest happenings in the world of cryptocurrency, and join our community on Discord, Telegram, and Twitter to share your thoughts and opinions on these critical topics!
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Banking Collapse & Stablecoin Depegs
In this week's episode of The Crypto Market Watch, hosts Marsh Frost and Dr. Nick discuss the recent collapse of Silvergate and Silicon Valley Bank, which sent shockwaves through the global markets, particularly in the crypto industry. They delve into the impact of these events on stablecoins like DAI and USDC, as well as the potential consequences for both traditional and decentralized finance. They also ponder whether the instability in the banking sector can be blamed on the crypto industry or if it's a symptom of larger issues in the world of finance.
Banking Collapse!
Silvergate
Silicon Valley Bank
Stablecoins de-pegging (USDC and DAI)
Recovery
Backstop / Bailouts
Do DAOs fix this?
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Ponzinomics
This week, Dr Nick and Marsh Frost talk about the anatomy of Ponzis and how they could lead to the future of finance…
Show Notes:
- What is a Ponzi?
- Are all Ponzi scams?
- Are there different types of Ponzis?
- How to spot a Ponzi?
- The ponzi ponzu continuum
- Ponzinomics
- Sustainable Ponzinomics
Resources:
Rug of the week:
News:
- The Block: Brazil's oldest bank says you can now pay your taxes with crypto
- Threat of Uniswap Replication Triggers Rare Clash With A16Z - The Defiant
- An Ode to LocalBitcoins (and a Lesson About Maintaining Bitcoin's Public Goods)
- What Does Kraken's SEC Settlement Mean for Crypto Staking?
- The Block: Warren pledges to reintroduce crypto anti-money laundering bill
- UK Financial Regulator Takes Enforcement Action Against Crypto ATM Operators
- Kraken to Discontinue Unregistered Offer and Sale of Crypto Asset Staking-As-A-Service Program and Pay $30 Million to Settle SEC Charges
- NFT Marketplace Blur Releases Native Token for Community Ownership
- USDC faces SEC enforcement amid stablecoin crackdown
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Midcurve
In Episode #17, Dr Nick and Marsh Frost discuss the concept of Midcurving. Dr Nick and Marsh Frost frequently refer to making Midcurve decisions in Crypto. In this episode, we dive deeper into what Midcurve is and why all is not lost if you are a serial midcurver.
Show Notes:
- What is midcurving in crypto?
- What does this tell us about investing in crypto?
- 15 IQ trades vs 150 IQ trades
- What are the risks?
- Nick’s greatest mid curves
- What do you think is the right approach?
Midcurve memes:
A midcurve meme made by Marsh Frost: https://imgflip.com/i/7b4wzo
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News:
https://twitter.com/functi0nZer0/status/1623242412242894849
Contentious Uniswap Vote Highlights the Opaqueness of Decentralized Governance
Will the SEC Convince a Court It’s Right to Label These Tokens as Securities?
Unpacking India's CBDC Pilots as Country Prepares for Digital Rupee
Craig Wright Loses Bitcoin Copyright Claim in UK Court
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NFTs on Bitcoin
In Episode #16, Dr Nick and Marsh Frost don their laser eyes and pull back the curtains on Bitcoin and deep dive into the pioneering technology. Jpegs (NFTs) on bitcoin is a new utilisation of the protocol, and we address the buzz around ordinals head-on.
- What is bitcoin?
- Why is it significant?
- Why can't others replicate its success?
- What are its limitations?
- How do you attack bitcoin?
- How does it work
- Consensus mechanism
- Proof of work
- NFTs on Bitcoin
- Ordinals
- The Future of Bitcoin
Resources:
http://mempool.me/
Bitcoin Podcast:
Citadel Dispatch - Actionable Bitcoin Discussion
Rug of the week:
Shredded Apes LP drained, 78M tokens liquidated
News:
The UK Sets out Its Plans for Becoming a Global Crypto Hub
$588M worth of unlocks scheduled for February
Court-appointed examiner confirms Celsius operated as a Ponzi
Birkin vs. MetaBirkin, what one case heading to trial today may mean for the future of Web3
Bitcoin premium in Nigeria tops 164% amid demonetization
North Korean hackers try to launder $27M in ETH from Harmony bridge attack
https://finbold.com/european-investment-bank-issues-first-ever-sterling-pound-digital-bond-on-blockchain/
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2023 Crypto Predictions
Dr Nick and Marsh Frost discuss Dr Nick's Crypto predictions for 2023.
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Reviewing 2022 Predictions
In this episode, Dr Nick and Marsh Frost reviewed Dr Nick's predictions for last year (2022).
Marsh and Dr Nick go through each prediction and see how on the money Dr Nick is with each prediction.
The Tweet thread under discussion:
Some of the predictions:
- Social Tokens
- Play to Earn
- Ponzinomics
- Identity
- CryptoSV
- Moral Panic
- Panic panic
- SportsDAOs
- Crypto Social Media
- Reputation
- NFT Third Wave
And more…
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NFTs & 2022 News Roundup
Dr Nick and Marsh Frost talk about NFTs. We discuss the technologies future and what the "Trump Digital Playing Cards" means for NFTs. During the second half of the show, Dr Nick and Marsh go through 2022 major news events, how they impacted Crypto, and how the 2022 dominoes lined up.
- What is an NFT vs a Fungible Token
- Future of NFTs
- 2022 News Round-Up
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CBDC
Dr Nick and Marsh Frost talk about CBDCs, why they are important, and what they represent. Our apologies for the abrupt ending of this episode. We hope you enjoyed the conversation.
Dr Nick talks through his thesis framework: Dawn of Persmissioned Money.
Thesis framework - Dawn of Persmissioned Money
- Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency
- Ethereum and Programmable Money
- Public Blockchains and Permissionless Systems
- Stablecoins
- Libre
- Central Banks
- Private Blockchains
- Banking the Unbanked
- Monetary Policy and the Post-Pandemic Economy
- CBDC Designs
- Digital Identity
- Programmatic State Money
- The Dawn of Permissioned Money
- Absolute Ultra Dystopia
CBDC Tracker:
Central Bank Digital Currency Tracker - Atlantic Council
News:
Indonesian Central Bank explores CBDC to ‘future proof' monetary policy | Kitco News
India's Bankers Unimpressed With Digital Rupee | PYMNTS.com
Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev to Remain in Jail Until at Least Late Februrary
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Anti Crypto
Dr Nick and Marsh Frost are joined by special guest, Charlie Apthorp of Athena Labs.
This week, they go through one of Dr Nick's tweets, where he asked the following: “What are the things you hate about this industry?”
We go through the best responses and get critical of the crypto industry and lean into Dr Nick's Anti-Crypto Arc.
Show notes:
Dr Nicks Tweet
What are the things you hate about this industry?
Responses
- General lack of professionalism
- Tokenizing everything
- Americans making it about themselves and bringing in their dumb policy games
- Crypto is a unified cultural hedge
- Clowns like you.
- That people put wealth and popularity on Twitter on a pedestal
- Ignorance of (at best) or willful disregard for (at worst) basic tenets of governance
- Lack of proper education
- Crypto is a lightning rod for scams
Further Reading
Beyond Blame - Boston Review - By Barbara H. Fried
News
Amazon Beats Apple For Rights To Produce Series About The FTX Disaster
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Athena Labs
- Charlie Apthorp @AthenaLabs Twitter
- Athena Labs www
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FTX (Part 1)
Dr Nick and Marsh Frost discuss the ongoing collapse of FTX and Almeida Research and what it means for Crypto.
We cover cults, drugs, politics, ponzis, power and more. This is a great primer for the crypto-curious who are interested in the collapse of FTX.
Important FTX tweet threads:
- The FTX thing
- Jason Choi on Twitter: "The Definitive Thread on FTX I met SBF before FTX started, and witnessed their rise and fall. I can't stand @nytimes's puff piece. If anyone wants to know what happened, send them this." / Twitter
- Sam was the Rugmaster General
- Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) on Twitter: "1/82 I'll be pinning this detailed timeline, as my final piece covering this topic, as now the case is closed in my mind. This was a crime plain and simple and I'll put no more wind in this criminals sails: FTX
- Sam & Luna Thought Experiment
- Effective altruism
Outro song:
Song - Sam, Gary, Caroline and Glenn
https://twitter.com/songadaymann/status/1592963492713492481
SBF Insights
Visualized: FTX's Leaked Balance Sheet
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Rug Pulls
In Episode 9 of TCMW, Dr Nick and Marsh Frost discuss one of the most common yet least nuanced negative Crypto events, a Rug Pull.
Dr Nick will provide a framework on how to think about Rug Pulls and how to avoid them. Or if you absolutely positively have to buy the meme token, what you are looking for in a Project so you can better anticipate what style of Rug pull may be on the horizon.
The Show:
What is a Rug pull?
What are the types of Rug pulls?
*Most Basic Rug* - The exit scam
*The Classic Rug* - LP tokens yanked
*The Token Rug* - Dumped supply
*The Slow Rug* - Bleed out the value slowly by dumping supply or removing LPs.
*The Sly Rug* - We’ve been “hacked”
*The Pump and Rug* - Liquid supply on launch, pumped through a low float AMM.
*The Insider Rug* - The supply is actually cornered by insiders and the only way is down.
*The Algorithmic Rug* - Automate the rug stack and deploy relentlessly.
*The Rug Sandwich* - The sandwich attack
*The Dust Rug* - You have been dust attacked with Tornado ETH
*The Bacon Rug* - You are X hops away from tornado cash you are rugged.
*The DAO Rug* - You invested in a DAO and they have decided you are unworthy of your tokens e.g. Merit Circle
*The Vapour Rug* - It’s all whitepaper and dreams and that’s it. The insiders know this and get out before you.
*The Inu Rug* - Elon has tweeted and it’s time to buy the meme coin.
*The Wrapped Token Rug* - You’re happily playing around on a chain using ether which is not ether. The bridge is rugged.
*The Rebase Rug* - You’re inflated away to zero, one way or another.
“Everything that can be rugged, will be rugged”
News:
Musk’s Twitter Reforms Could ‘Damage The Blue Check's Anti-Scam Role’: Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin - Decrypt
Referenced information and further reading:
Dr Nick's Thread on Uni Swap Rug Pulls
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Crypto Regulation
In Episode 8 of TCMW, Dr Nick and Marsh Frost discuss one of the spiciest, meme-worthy topics, Crypto Regulations. It's a complex topic with wide-reaching, long-lasting implications that has the ability to polarise the Crypto-sphere, like no other. It’s time to get spicy…
The Show:
- What is the current global status of Crypto Regulation?
- Does Crypto need regulation?
- How would you regulate Crypto? Dr Nicks Thread on Crypto Regulation
1/ The DMZ (Decentralised Metaverse Zone)
2/ Regulate the Off-Ramps
3/ Regulate marketing
4/ Free Market Self-Regulation
5/ Progressive Supportive Regulation
6/ Oi, ya got a liocence for that!
7/ World Police
8/ Drop the Ban Hammer
- What is the most probable regulatory outcome?
- What happens if “we” get Crypto Regulation wrong?
- Is SBF a turncoat? (SBF Meme)
News :
The Block: Hong Kong plans to legalize retail crypto trading: Bloomberg
The Block: Australian regulators sue crypto asset company that claimed it was regulated
The Block: Sam Bankman-Fried elaborates on DCCPA, but not everyone is buying it
Powell Strikes Conciliatory Tone on DeFi - The Defiant
https://decrypt.co/113052/crypto-exchange-binance-confirms-500m-investment-musks-twitter-takeover
Referenced information and further reading:
Dr Nicks Thread on Crypto Regulation
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Token Economics
This week, Marsh Frost & Dr Nick discuss “Token Economics”. Nick and Marsh discuss one of the most important cornerstones of all Crypto/web3 projects, token economics.
The Show:
- What is token economics?
- What is a token
- What is a utility token?
- What is a security token?
- Game theory and mechanism design
- Why is token economics important?
- How do you know if token economics are good?
- Have there been any good token systems?
News :
Aptos Ruffles Feathers As It Enters Crowded Layer 1 Race - The Defiant
Vitalik Tweet Spurs Flurry Of Meme Coins - The Defiant
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The Metaverse
This week, Marsh Frost & Dr Nick discuss “The Metaverse”. Nick and Marsh discuss the existential question around what the Metaverse is and then they deep dive into the nascent area.
So be prepared to go meta…
The Show:
- What is the Metaverse?
- Metaverse Narratives
The Metaverse Value Chain -
The Metaverse Value Chain by Jon Radof
- Layer 1: Experience
- Layer 2: Discovery
- Layer 3: Creator Economy
- Layer 4: Spatial Computing
- Layer 5: Decentralisation
- Layer 6: Human Interface
- Layer 7: Infrastructure
News :
Kim Kardashian pays $1.26m over crypto 'pump and dump' - BBC News
The European Council passes MiCA, EU’s comprehensive crypto regulation
What Ripple's Latest Win Means for Its Ongoing Fight With the SEC
Rug of the week:
Massive Binance Bridge Hack
Referenced information and further reading:
The Metaverse Value-Chain by Jon Radof
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What is a Real DAO?
This week, Marsh Frost & Dr Nick discuss “What is a Real DAO?”. Nick and Marsh go down the rabbit on a nascent and nebulous area and attempt to put some flesh on the bone on what is and what is not a DAO (Decentralised Autonomous Organisation).
- A quick recap of a DAO definition vs Gabriel Shapiro's DAO definition
- Decentralised
- Autonomous
- Organisation
- What is the minimal viable DAO?
- When is a DAO, not a DAO?
- How do you decentralise a DAO?
- Has there ever been any real DAOs?
- How are we doing it at finance.vote?
News :
- Reversible Transactions on Ethereum: ERC-20R and ERC-721R
- Reversible Transaction Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.00543.pdf
- Ooki DAO is mulling its options to fight back against the CFTC
- Uniswap seeks more than $100 million in funding at $1 billion valuation: Tech Crunch
Referenced information and further reading:
- Defining Real and Fake DAOs - by Gabriel Shapiro
- Everything You Know about the Scalability Trilemma is Probably Wrong | by Michael Zochowski | Logos Network | Medium
- DAO Wyoming upgradable smart contract
- CityDAO
- Hats protocol explainer
- Reversible Transaction Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.00543.pdf
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Crypto vs web3
This week, Marsh Frost & Dr Nick discuss why Crypto and Web3 are different. We will deep dive into their history, what each of them represents, their differences and some use cases.
Crypto vs web3
- What is web2?
- Aren’t Crypto and Web3 interchangeable?
- What role can crypto and web3 play in our society?
Crypto
- What is crypto?
- What is permisionlessness
- What is credible neutrality
- Crypto use case
- Shouldn't we all just focus on Crypto?
- Why is Crypto important?
web3
- What is web3?
- Web3 use case?
- Who will use web3?
- Why bother with web3?
- Is web3 optional?
News :
The Merge has happened
South Korean Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Terra Co-Founder Do Kwon
Referenced information and further reading:
A16z - web3 thesis
https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3137
Online Safety Bill
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Soul Bound Tokens & finance.vote
This week, Marsh Frost & Dr Nick discuss the ins and outs of Soul Bound Tokens. We also go into the token economics and game mechanics of finance.vote, the play to earn prediction market.
SBT:
- What is an SBT?
- SBT vs NFT
- Why are SBTs important?
- Decentralised Society
- Good vs bad of an SBT?
- Potential applications?
FVT:
- What is finance.vote?
- History of finance.vote?
- How does finance.vote work? (what are the game mechanics?)
- What is predict to earn?
- Why is finance.vote different from other prediction markets?
- What problem does fvt solve?
- Who is eligible to predict with finance.vote?
- Who manages and fine tunes finance.vote?
- What does the future look like for finance.vote?
Competition:
Win an ETH ID (3 in total)
Follow-up reading:
http://finance.vote - Predict To Earn
E. Glen Weyl, Puja Ohlhaver, Vitalik Buterin
Decentralized Society: Finding Web3's Soul
Dr Nick Almond
The Good, The Bad and The Horrifyingly Dystopian
Kevin Werbach
Ethereum, the Merge and Prediction Markets
this week, Marsh Frost and Dr Nick talk deep dive into Ethereum, The Merge and Prediction Markets
Ethereum
- What is Ethereum?
- Why is Ethereum important?
- What is Eth Classic?
- What are Ethereum’slLimitations?
- What are Ethereum's strengths?
Merge
- What is the Merge?
- When is it happening?
- What does it change?
- Why is it important?
- Forks
- Does it solve Eth’s scaling issues?
- What else is affected by the merger?
- The Merge and ESG
- Bullish or bearish for eth
- Ado token economics
- Concerns
- Scam forksption-based
- Censorship risk
Prediction Markets
- It's why we are here!
- What is FVT?
- What are prediction markets?
- Why are prediction markets important?
- How do prediction markets work?
- History of prediction markets in crypto?
Books / Papers recommended by Dr Nick:
- Robin Hanson, Vote on Values, Bet on Beliefs https://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/futarchy2013.pdf
- Glen Weyl, Radical Markets ghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj186urDU8c
- Ralph Merkle, DAO democracy https://ralphmerkle.com/papers/DAOdemocracyDraft.pdf
News
https://thedefiant.io/sui-raises-300m
Terra Launches Second LUNA Airdrop to Repay Holders - The Defiant
https://thedefiant.io/binance-stablecoin-delisting
DAOs and MakerDAO
In this inaugural episode, Dr Nick and Marsh Frost discuss DAOs and Maker DAO.
Apologies for some of the sound issues in this recording, we are using new equipment in a new set-up, and it will take us a little time to figure it out, but we will work on perfecting this.
Nick and Marsh discuss the following and more:
DAOs:
- What is a DAO?
- How does a DAO work?
- Why do we need DAOs?
- Why do we need DAOs now?
- What could be the impact of DAOs?
- How do you join a DAO?
- Where are DAOs now?
MakerDAO:
- What is MakerDAO?
- Decentralised Stablecoins
- How did MakerDAO start?
- How does MakerDAO relate to the DeFi ecosystem?
- MakerDAO governance
- MakerDAO token economics
- Real World Assets
- MakerDAO and Censorship
- MakerDAO the End Game (https://forum.makerdao.com/t/endgame-plan-v3-complete-overview/17427)
- MakerDAO Phoenix Stance
- Towards a Free Float Stable Coin
Markets Watch :
- Price Updates
- Energy and Pub Closures in the UK
- Free to Own (free NFT mint)
- Pfizer Puts Money in VitaDAO
- Rug of the Week - Compound
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