$4B crypto venture in one month, DAO considers buying Ross Ulbricht's NFT, ETH dominates L1 wars

Welcome to Empire’s first Weekly Roundup. The Weekly Roundup will air every Friday morning. We’re excited to share that Santiago Roel Santos has joined the show as a co-host for both the interviews and the weekly roundups. In today’s roundup, we cover: L1 wars, PleasrDAO bidding on Ross Ulricht’s NFT, ETH/BTC hitting cycle highs, Decentralization maxis, Permissioned DeFi, and Nuclear energy. Empire is brought to you by Blockworks, a financial media brand delivering breaking news and premium insights about digital assets to millions of investors. For more content like this, subscribe to Blockworks’ free daily newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ Also, follow me and Santiago on Twitter, @JasonYanowitz and @santiagoroel; let us know what you thought of the show!