In the latest episode of “Empire,” weekly roundup, Blockworks’ co-founder Jason Yanowitz and co-host Santiago Roel Santos tackle a range of hot topics from the week, including demystifying the Curve Wars — a race by DeFi protocols to accumulate CRV tokens in an effort to control governance rights and drive yield to their own protocols.

They also cover:

  • Layer-1 wars
  • Options vaults
  • The new Electric Capital Developer Report (2021)
  • OpenSea raises $300 million and freezes $2.2 million of Bored Apes
  • Ray Dalio allocates 2% of portfolio to bitcoin
  • and so much more!

Check out what they had to say in the video below. 👇

About the show

“Empire” is a twice-a-week show. On Thursdays, Jason interviews crypto industry movers and shakers to talk about their struggles, bold moves and tough decisions. Friday’s weekly roundup episodes feature co-host, Santiago Roel Santos and cover the top news from the past week.

For any NPR or Guy Raz fans out there, you can think of “Empire” as a “How I Built This” for the bitcoin and crypto industry.

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    Liz has been a writer and editor for over 30 years covering a wide range of topics including robotics, technology, telecommunications, finance, business, politics and more. She began her career at Carnegie Mellon University where she wrote about the university's alumni, is published in McSweeney's Internet Tendencies, and has a BA and MA in creative writing. She lives in the Chicagoland area.