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The Tornado Cash Trial: Privacy, Free Speech, and Legal Implications

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The hosts discuss the Tornado Cash trial, highlighting the significance of the case for privacy, free speech, the right to develop code, and the legality of smart contracts on Ethereum. They provide updates on upcoming trials, mention the delay in the decision for the BlackRock Spot Ethereum ETF, and express optimism for the approval of an ETH ETF between May and August.

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03:45 Markets https://x.com/lookonchain/status/1749801176621846958?s=20 https://twitter.com/deitaone/status/1749453448913805514? https://twitter.com/matt_hougan/status/1749834562547614000?s=46 https://x.com/pythianism/status/1750546708000608684?s=20 https://x.com/CoinDesk/status/1748717790737953239?s=20

11:06 Silk Road Selling

11:55 L2 Update https://l2beat.com/scaling/summary

14:32 Stock ATHs https://www.tradingview.com/chart/6pvEnBKK/?symbol=BLACKBULL%3ASPX500

21:24 Restaking Summer https://x.com/eigenlayer/status/1750208139365114087?s=20 https://app.eigenlayer.xyz/

26:33 How To Restake https://x.com/litocoen/status/1750019968639639918?s=20 https://dune.com/swell-network/swell-network https://x.com/pendle_fi/status/1745067042867433718?s=20

30:51 Why is Restaking Important?

32:54 Altlayer Airdrop https://x.com/alt_layer/status/1750397156039499969?s=20

33:47 ETH Client Bug https://x.com/NethermindEth/status/1749508268676764118?s=20 https://twitter.com/0xcygaar/status/1749486074483654859 https://twitter.com/Labrys_io/status/1749746305738703217 https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1749552489509392696?s=20 https://twitter.com/matthewbarby/status/1749826741302866165 https://twitter.com/LidoFinance/status/1749860092885819577?s=20 https://app.hex.tech/8dedcd99-17f4-49d8-944e-4857a355b90a/app/3f7d6967-3ef6-4e69-8f7b-d02d903f045b/latest?tab=client-diversity https://clientdiversity.org/#distribution

40:25 Tornado Cash Trials https://twitter.com/rstormsf/status/1749490246000238942?s=20 https://x.com/ameensol/status/1749493173444075535?s=20 https://wewantjusticedao.org/donate

45:16 ETH ETF Delayed https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1750246931656237518?s=20

46:54 L2 Updates https://x.com/arbitrum/status/1748073865132052689?s=20 https://x.com/0xPolygonLabs/status/1750245942261891364?s=20

50:41 AEVO is Migrating https://twitter.com/aevoxyz/status/1750013642278633510

Meme of the Week: https://twitter.com/JimmyRagosa/status/1749456437250535575?s=20

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