IN THE NOW PODCAST: EPISODE 1 - OCT 23

Jillian and Lisa catch about this weeks biggest movers and shakers in the world of crypto.

First the Headlines, this is the big picture this week:

Yesterday Eth reached a new all time high of $4,366 dollars.
Another great week for Polkadot after the announcement of the highly anticipated parachain auctions last week. Founder Gavin Wood announces $774 million development fund for Defi. Their coin DOT also steadily climbing
Former Republican congressman George Nethercutt Jr says the US needs to step up its dealings with crypto before its too late.
Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel says he underinvested in Bitcoin.
NFT news: Playboy bunnies will be running around the metaverse after the Playboy Group launched into NFTs this week creating animated bunny avatars.
The owner of Cryptopunk #6046 rejected a bid of 2,500 ETH, approximately $10,5 million.
Coinbase announced their first NFT creators. 1.1 million people signed up for the waitlist for the coinbase NFT marketplace. Will it challenge the big players like Opensea and Rarible.
In Gaming news: Splinterlands became one of the most played games in the industry, the trading card game attracted over 245,000 daily UAW in September, 3,267% up from the end of Q2.