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3rd Week of February 2023

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Topics Covered

0:00 Intro
4:00 Markets
7:35 Inflation
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/14/consumer-price-index-january-2023-.html
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2023/02/14/cpi-january-inflation-data-today-live-updates/11247836002/
11:45 ETH Supply
https://ultrasound.money/
15:54 BTC Halving Timelines
https://twitter.com/DU09BTC/status/1626118062360469505

23:40 U.S. Ban Hammer
https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-25
https://twitter.com/GaryGensler/status/1623777842000539648
https://blog.kraken.com/post/17619/settlement/
28:15 Commissioner Hester M. Peirce Dissent
https://www.sec.gov/news/statement/peirce-statement-kraken-020923
31:55 Coinbase Reactions
https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1623860170404286464
https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1624829368915890176
33:00 Reactions & Takes
https://twitter.com/ohaiom/status/1624534998069006337
https://twitter.com/milesjennings/status/1623850932860784641
38:30 SEC & NYDFS Hammering on Paxos
https://paxos.com/2023/02/13/paxos-issues-statement/
40:10 PayPal Pauses Stablecoin Work
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-10/paypal-pauses-stablecoin-work-amid-regulatory-scrutiny-of-crypto
42:10 New SEC Rule restricts Which U.S. Companies Can Custody Crypto
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/02/15/sec-proposal-could-bar-investment-advisers-from-keeping-assets-at-crypto-firms/
48:22 Hester Take
https://www.sec.gov/news/statement/peirce-statement-custody-021523

49:45 Blur Drop
https://twitter.com/blur_io/status/1625566146241114112
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/blur
https://twitter.com/MannionNFT/status/1625602378106908673
https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1625620810902675457

53:45 ETH
https://twitter.com/ultrasoundmoney/status/1625209951944642581
https://nerolation.github.io/mevflow.html
55:38 Polygon zkEVM Mainnet Launched on March 27th!
https://twitter.com/MihailoBjelic/status/1625532387235971076
56:50 zkSync Era Mainnet