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Weekly Roundup (04/01/22) (Greenpeace and Chris Larsen attack Bitcoin, Axie sidechain hacked, the ECASH Act, SEC goes after AMMs) (EP.304)

Apr 1, 2022

42:22

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Fire Blocks - The Best Cryptocurrency Solution for Your Crypto Business

03:55

Is Bein a Thing?

02:18

Bank of New York Melon and Circle - What a Deal?

01:53

Introduction

2min

The Green Peas, a Gray Meam - Chris Larsen

2min

Chris Larsen and Ripple Man

2min

Is Bein a Thing?

2min

The Clothes Draers in the Christmas Lights?

2min

The Mining Many Series

2min

Mining Macro Series - Cryptocurrency Deals of the Week

2min

Then There's the Avalanche Foundation, a Web Three Social Network.

2min

Investing in Cryptocurrency - The Next Big Deals

2min

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Fire Blocks - The Best Cryptocurrency Solution for Your Crypto Business

4min

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I Don't Think It Has a Chance of Getting Past.

2min

12.

Axe Infinity Hack

2min

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Bank of New York Melon and Circle - What a Deal?

2min

14.

Micro Strategy

3min

15.

Is There a Panik at the C C?

2min

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Cryptocurrency

2min

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Is a Bick Coin Too Volatile to Be a Store of Value?

2min

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The White House Is Soliciting Comments Regarding Crypto Environmental Impact

2min

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Mining - Is There a Senate Candidate?

3min

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The Mining Many Series Never Ends

2min

Nic and Matt return for another week of news and deals. In this episode:

Mora et al rears its head again
Chris Larsen and Greenpeace team up to try and eliminate PoW from Bitcoin
Who is the protagonist in the Ripple vs SEC lawsuit?
Rep. Stephen Lynch introduces the ECASH Act
Axie Infinity suffers a $625m hack
Is there any debate remaining about the utility of Bitcoin?
Circle selects BNY Mellon to custody their own assets
Grayscale mulls a lawsuit against the SEC over their continued ETF disapproval
Can the government create a truly private CBDC?
Rep. Tom Emmer and Sen. Ted Cruz look to ban CBDC creation
Is the SEC obliquely regulating AMM LPs out of existence?
When will Bitcoin be sovereign scale?
Seed stage bets on aspiring members of congress

Content mentioned:

Martin Wolf in FT, A New World of Currency Disorder Looms
Bloomberg, Ukraine's Crypto Banker Describes how the War is Changing His Life
Bloomberg, Crypto Miners in Texas Face Approval to Energize Hurdle

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