This week in crypto, the Trump vs. Harris debate sparked chatter, but did the markets react? DeFi had its first U.S. congressional hearing—how’d it go?

Friend.tech burned its keys—abandoning? ENS integrated with PayPal and Venmo, while Coinbase launched their cbBTC, and Sony might release a stablecoin.

Plus, did we see “war mode” Vitalik this week?

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

0:00 Intro

5:21 Markets
https://farside.co.uk/?p=1518 
https://x.com/biancoresearch/status/1832806811088638440 
https://x.com/matt_hougan/status/1833149076722081906 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/inflation-cpi-fed-readies-to-cut-rates-next-week/ 
https://www.tradingview.c om/symbols/FRED-WALCL/   
https://x.com/sonyasunkim/status/1832114732326957274 

18:02 House lawmakers ended up divided in 1st Congressional DeFi hearing 
https://financialservices.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=409354 
https://x.com/fund_defi/status/1833556632027955694  
https://x.com/coinage_media/status/1833593592373243915 
https://x.com/NeerajKA/status/1833530974212387228  
https://x.com/rohangrey/status/1833543531228762323 
https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1833557017023459526 

27:29 The Debate - they didn’t mention crypto! 
https://x.com/CNN/status/1833703753179857334 
https://x.com/erikvoorhees/status/1833705605045051850 
https://polymarket.com/event/who-will-win-the-debate-according-to-polls 
https://polymarket.com/event/presidential-election-winner-2024?tid=1726028429396 
https://x.com/shayne_coplan/status/1833127734844789106 
https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1833679653191512442 
https://www.theblock.co/post/315808/presidential-debate-risk-off-crypto 
https://x.com/MikeIppolito_/status/1833874331539034448 

36:49 War mode vitalik? If its not stage 2, its not a rollup
https://x.com/vitalikbuterin/status/1834061075970683367 

39:01 zkSync Stage 1? & New CMO? 
https://blog.zknation.io/zksync-governance-system/ 
https://x.com/the_matter_labs/status/1833894141052494218 

42:41 Sony Stable Yen
https://x.com/delzennejc/status/1833243834563650038 

43:21 Friend.Tech team renounces control of smart contracts
https://x.com/friendtech/status/1832581118165709140 
https://x.com/functi0nZer0/status/1833178200685318213 
https://x.com/MacroMate8/status/1833393620407488542 
https://x.com/friendtech/status/1833259362711986335 

47:06 EigenLayer announced Season 2 Stakedrop! 
https://blog.eigenfoundation.org/season-2-stakedrop/ 

48:55 ENS was integrated with PayPal and Venmo! 
https://x.com/ensdomains/status/1833536140529570039 
https://x.com/brantlymillegan/status/1833568986547818820? 

50:16 Coinbase Bitcoin - cbBTC released!
https://x.com/coinbase/status/1834208544247144949 
https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1833603913888764064?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2gb 

55:04 David Fighting at Permissionless

58:01 Closing & Disclaimers

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