
Feb 23 • 48M
EP18 - Coinbase on Optimism | Code is not law | 2023 ICO craze | Binance shutdown
Coinbase announces its own layer 2 protocol on Optimism | DYDX and GEL defy the code is law construct | ICO craze on Arbitrum and Camelot & more bad news for Binance
Crypto research & economics. Join our community of founders, investors & technologists as we explore the broader crypto ecosystem.
🚀 In this podcast we review:
Coinbase launching its BASE platform on Optimism
Optimism tokenomics
GMX legos
Binance closes in Australia
Code is not law with GEL and dydx
📚 Supporting content:

Base changed site from
"contributing 20% of sequencer revenue"
to
"contributing a portion of sequencer revenue"
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In this thread, we'll cover 5 project categories👇
1/ Vaults, the biggest category with most projects.
2/ Lending, enabling degens to borrow against their GLP holdings and add leverage to their yield farming.
3/ Options
4/ Social Trading
5/ Others

Code is not law

📢Token Unlock Update📢
dYdX Trading Inc., dYdX Foundation and certain parties to the Warrants to Purchase Tokens signed an amendment to, among other things, postpone the initial release date applicable to investor $DYDX tokens to Dec 1, 2023
Blog: dydx.foundation/blog/lock-up-e…
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Cover art generated by DALL-E: “A futuristic drawing of a crypto bank hosting a meet-up in the metaverse to announce the launch of its own blockchain”