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ROLLUP: Under Attack - Crypto, Freedom, & Privacy

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Privacy Technology Developers and US Government Actions

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This chapter explores the recent actions taken by the US government against privacy technology developers, including the charges against developers of Tornado Cash. The implications of these charges on privacy technology developers and American values are discussed, highlighting the importance of privacy in cryptocurrency transactions.

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----- TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 0:00 Intro

5:14 MARKETS

7:22 L2 Economics https://dune.com/niftytable/rollup-economics https://twitter.com/0xbreadguy/status/1686040103989190656?s=46

14:39 Why Did We Dump? https://watcher.guru/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/TOTAL_2023-08-18_09-54-05.png

16:50 Arthur Hayes Article https://cryptohayes.medium.com/kite-or-board-64bc45d49931

21:03 Mantle DAO staked 40K ETH https://twitter.com/LidoFinance/status/1693578509413654990?s=20

24:12 Tornado Cash Case https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1702 https://www.coincenter.org/new-tornado-cash-indictments-seem-to-run-counter-to-fincen-guidance/ https://twitter.com/NeerajKA/status/1694474067678822410?s=20 https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy/status/1694434785454698979?s=20 https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy/status/1694434807004991545?s=20 https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy/status/1694434795646808118?s=20 https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1694423912321274148?s=20 https://twitter.com/ameensol/status/1694396049430118521?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g https://twitter.com/ameensol/status/1694736128220483629?s=20

45:45 Coinbase Tornado Cash Lawsuits https://twitter.com/billhughesdc/status/1692256433818001792?s=46&t=LKBC7Qtm18FnZ380xCF2pA https://twitter.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1692260842585350334

51:43 Friend.tech continue shaking with CT https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1693799871197622344?s=20 https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1693803825747107973?s=20 https://twitter.com/moonoverlord/status/1693364919637344535?s=46 https://twitter.com/AutismCapital/status/1693759402908815480?s=20 https://youtu.be/AVZlvnex4Gw?si=7m3COBp9iOe3HXqM https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1694157222597521893?s=46

53:18 Is Binance in trouble? https://www.wsj.com/finance/binance-cryptocurrency-russia-sanctions-ddb948c3 https://twitter.com/Travis_Kling/status/1694042353797824764

58:19 Coinbase and Circle formally melding https://twitter.com/jerallaire/status/1693719963565969654?s=46&t=iahr7Lh5v08SSM_Ery-bGw

59:05 Dencun Devnet! https://twitter.com/parithosh_j/status/1691927807230677133?s=20

1:01:08 EigenLayer Updates https://restaking.nethermind.io/

First Squad Block Proposed https://twitter.com/trustlessstate/status/1694511259020837036?s=46

Scroll Entering Beta https://twitter.com/Scroll_ZKP/status/1692194581918745066?s=20

Farcaster news https://twitter.com/dwr/status/1691480693443108864?s=20 https://twitter.com/dwr/status/1694020862545109272?s=46

OP Stack Encrypted Mempool https://twitter.com/project_shutter/status/1693986910795186647?s=20

Airdrops https://blog.connext.network/announcing-the-next-airdrop-be764b1c548 https://imgur.com/Je2IGRB https://earni.fi/account

Starkware Stone https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1693991491713261809

Fire Wallet Released https://twitter.com/_joinfire/status/1691847167382618455?s=20

Balancer Hacked https://twitter.com/Balancer/status/1694014645378724280

NFT Stuff https://twitter.com/punk9059/status/1693357671850688809?s=46

Bitcoin stuff https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-employee-nft-marketplace-sentenced-prison-first-ever-digital-asset-insider https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-17/sec-said-to-be-poised-to-allow-us-debut-of-ether-futures-etfs-eth#xj4y7vzkg https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1692314639235735836?s=20 https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1693989173106266413?s=20

Releases https://twitter.com/RiscZero/status/1694047369028059218

Takes of the Week https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1694705374941560893?s=20

What are you bullish on? https://twitter.com/hildobby_/status/1694357014086815757?s=20

MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/BoysClubWorld/status/1694446626591363150/photo/1

Moment of ZEN https://twitter.com/Permissionless/status/1693355946779812009?s=20

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