This Week in Blockchain on 16th August 2021

Welcome to this week's episode of This Week in Blockchain!

Each week Conor Svensson, founder and CEO of Web3 Labs, provides a rundown of events that took place in the blockchain industry during the past week. 
We cover #crypto​, #enterprise​, #DeFI​ and #NFTs​.

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Links to items discussed:

• Circle's bank plans
• AMC to Accept Bitcoin
• ETH 2.0 contract deposits hit a record $20.7B 
• $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
• Poly Network $600.3M Hack 
• Poly Network Hacker AMA
• Venmo's Crypto Credit Card Rewards 
• Ethereum network burns $100M of ETH
• Messi receives crypto fan tokens
• Crypto & blockchain investments: KPMG
• BBVA to join Trusple 
• Helium Raises $111M
• Testnet gives Cardano its first ever smart contracts 
• 'Wormhole' protocol goes live
• Uniswap $1B in fees for liquidity providers 
• Axie Infinity $1B in Sales 
• EtherRock Selling for $100,000+ 
• OpenSea Overtakes Uniswap on Ethereum Usage 
• Twitter NFTs generate $5M+
• Bored Ape Yacht Club donates $850,000 
• Polygon's New Gaming Studio Launches