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The Most Rational View on Crypto with Noah Seidman, AKA Captain Rational
Noah Seidman has an impressive systematic view on crypto and how crypto fits into the overall macro market. Noah is a technologist with a career spanning two decades. We talk about his macro views, how he chooses to build his portfolio, advice he has for someone starting out, maybe in their 20s, and the secret to him staying on top of all of the market news. Before we dive into this, we discussed what Noah is focused on on his day to day.

Blockchains
Zircuit Loses Half a Billion in TVL as Phase Two of Rewards Program Kicks Off
The Ethereum Layer 2’s TVL dropped to $2.1 billion from $2.5 billion a week ago.

DeFi
Friend.Tech Plummets After Abandoning FriendChain
FRIEND plummeted to new lows after Friend.Tech dropped its vision for a native blockchain.

NFTs & Web3
Nuklai and Filecoin Team Up To Decentralize Data For Training AI Models
The partnership comes despite web3 AI tokens suffering heavy drawdowns in recent weeks.

TradFi & Fintech
Will Spot Ethereum ETFs Live Up to the Hype? Analysts Weigh In
Analysts believe that Ethereum ETFs will likely have a smaller market impact than Bitcoin ETFs did.
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DeFi
Modular Security Debate | EthCC[7] Live Stream With Cartesi
Cartesi and The Defiant are teaming up to bring you an exclusive live stream from ETHCC[7] in Brussels. Join us for in-depth discussions on critical topics like fraud proofs and cross-rollup interoperability, featuring expert speakers from Avail, Ethereum Foundation, Espresso, Scroll, and other leading L2 projects.

Markets
Crypto Markets Volatile Ahead of Looming Spot ETF Approval
Bitcoin is absorbing heavy sales from the German government while Golem appears to have offloaded nine figures worth of ETH.

Education
Symbiotic: EigenLayer’s Fiercest Competitor Backed by Paradigm and Lido
Since coming out of stealth in early June, the shared security protocol Symbiotic has grown to over $1B in TVL. Symbiotic will serve as a thin coordination layer, empowering network builders to control and adapt their own restaking implementations in a permissionless manner.

DeFi
Maple Finance TVL More Than Doubles Leading Up to New Retail Arm
The DeFi protocol hit all-time high TVL and revenue in June.

CeFi
Celsius Recovers $100 Million From Users Who Withdrew Funds Before Bankruptcy
The Celsius Litigation Administrator said that early withdrawals have unfairly benefited.





