012 - ETH 2.0 Beacon Chain Live | Gitcoin Grants round 8 | Compound Mass Liquidation Event | More Yearn Merger

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We take a moment to officially recognize the ETH 2.0 Beacon chain going live before acknowledging it is very technically above our pay grade and moving on.

A brief overview of Gitcoin and gitcoin grants with matching - Round 8 kicking off tomorrow!  Support the podcast here: https://gitcoin.co/grants/1267/defi-download-podcast

Compound had $90m in debt liquidated over the weekend when maybe it could have been avoided.  What does this mean for oracles and keepers that keep DeFi running?

Main topic of the week is what a merger means in DeFi, using the recent announcements of Yearn mergers and partnerships with Pickle, Cover, Cream, and Sushi.

Referenced Content:

https://andrecronje.medium.com/merger-acquisition-partnership-collaboration-nomenclature-in-the-decentralized-space-ca24370d6f27

https://bankless.substack.com/p/-crypto-civilization-balaji-srinivasan

https://twitter.com/jessewldn/status/1333827483465084929

https://alpha.daohaus.club

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