? SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: http://bankless.substack.com/  ?️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/  ----- ?BECOME A BANKLESS PREMIUM MEMBER: http://bankless.cc/membership  ?Subscribe before March 1 to lock in $12/month for life! ----- GO BANKLESS WITH THESE SPONSOR TOOLS: ⭐️ AAVE - BORROW OR LEND YOUR ASSETS https://bankless.cc/aave  ? GEMINI - MOST TRUSTED EXCHANGE AND ONRAMP https://bankless.cc/go-gemini  ? MONOLITH - GET THE HOLY GRAIL OF BANKLESS VISA CARDS https://bankless.cc/monolith  ? DHARMA - MOBILE ONRAMP DIRECTLY INTO DEFI https://bankless.cc/dharma  ------ ?LATTICE - NEXT GENERATION OF HARDWARE WALLETS https://bankless.cc/gridplus​  ------ 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  ------ 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  ------ 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-dollars-bitcoin  Tether & Bitfinex New York Settlement - $18.5mm https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/95207/bitfinex-tether-new-york-ag-settlement-lawsuit  Brave Wallet + DEX Aggregator - Doubling down https://twitter.com/brave/status/1364296807614930948?s=20  SoRare Professional Soccer (football) NFT Platform https://sorare.com/  ------ TAKES Michael Burry (Big Short) On Inflation https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/big-short-michael-burry-warns-inflation-bitcoin-gold-hedge-risk-2021-2-1030102452  NFT Inflection Point https://twitter.com/jbrukh/status/1364785907379941377?s=20  Emotional Robbery by Web2 platforms https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1364786359932575745?s=20  Current Prices are the bottom of next Bear Cycle https://twitter.com/cburniske/status/1363189837675646977?s=20  Ethereum the Employer https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1364603328601022467?s=20  Ryan's Jaded About Delegated POS https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1364789743054159876?s=21  ------ MEME L2 Implementers Assemble https://twitter.com/Crypt0xWife/status/1364044469323128833?s=20  I am Groot https://twitter.com/Crypt0xWife/status/1363325351724806145?s=20  ------ Don't stop at the video! Subscribe to the Bankless newsletter program http://bankless.substack.com/  Visit the official Bankless website