ROLLUP: The Debate | 1st DeFi Congress Hearing | ENS joins PayPal/Venmo | Coinbase’s cbBTC

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

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