ROLLUP: 4th Week of February (BIG DIP, NFT Culture, Coinbase IPO, Ethereum Jobs)

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MARKETS

BTC Price
$50k - Dip after breaking $58k

ETH Price
Broke $2k - Hanging in mid-$1600s with Dip

TVL in DeFi
Peaked at $43B - Now at $35B

$DPI - $370

Biggest Day Ever for DEX Volume
https://twitter.com/duneanalytics/status/1364473902177677313?s=21

DeFi Pulse Releases New Cryptodollars Page
https://twitter.com/defipulse/status/1364310453959200780?s=20

Retail Isn’t Here Yet
https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1364941277129768964?s=20

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RELEASES

Optimism dope hires
https://twitter.com/optimismPBC/status/1364705156705579009

Andreessen Horowitz on Optimistic Rollups
https://a16z.com/2021/02/24/investing-in-optimism/

Dydx Layer 2 w/ ZK-Rollup
https://dydx.exchange/blog/alpha

Chainlink Saving Massively on Gas
https://decrypt.co/59244/chainlinks-latest-upgrade-a-rapid-evolution-for-defi-ceo-sergey-nazarov

Balancer Aave Partnership
https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-partners-with-aave-to-build-the-first-v2-asset-manager-d9c173330151

Zapper NFT Dashboard
https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad/status/1364308685753843726?s=20

Alchemix
https://twitter.com/AlchemixFi/status/1363658484303097858

Tim Beiko proposal for EIP1559 inclusion in London ETH 1 hard fork
https://github.com/ethereum/pm/issues/254

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NEWS

Fedwire goes down
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/24/the-feds-system-that-allows-banks-to-send-money-back-and-forth-is-down.html

Coinbase Files To Go Public
https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1364918649425973249?s=20

Nyan Cat NFT sells for 300ETH
https://foundation.app/NyanCat/nyan-cat-219

Alpha / Cream Repaying Funds
https://blog.alphafinance.io/joint-announcement-on-funds-repayment/

South Korea Bans Privacy Coins from Crypto Banks
https://news.bitcoin.com/south-korean-financial-regulator-confirms-privacy-coin-delistings-adds-new-guidelines-to-report-unusual-transactions

Square Buys $170mm BTC
https://twitter.com/DeItaone/status/1364319316750061570

MicroStrategy Buys $1.026B BTC
https://www.coindesk.com/microstrategy-buys-billion-dollar