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The TCB Weekly News Roundup, ending 30 April 2023

By Brian in Chicago on April 30, 2023 • ( 0 )

A very quiet news week, lots of Twitter, good adoption news and heads up if you have a Trust wallet.

Enjoy and be well, Everyone.

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The Week’s Posts
Thursday Post- What Bitcoin Did: “Responding to a Financial Crisis with Jason Brett”

The Week in Videos ending April , 2023

Reports:

This Week In Twitter

Grayscale published an article stating that ordinals are positive for the Bitcoin network: resulting in an increase of Bitcoin miner fees, and potentially contributing to a cultural transformation within the Bitcoin community. Read more https://t.co/cbNLYEhnKD pic.twitter.com/ZHUexbA0pf
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) April 30, 2023

This is just a stupendous panel on crypto fundamentals, why it matters, and how dumb the current US gov response is. Doing my best to capture highlights in this thread. #Consensus2023 https://t.co/sOZlMFXuxL
— David Z. Morris (@davidzmorris) April 27, 2023

"We should be encouraging people to use better judgment in their investments, not trying to protect them from bubbles." – @ErikVoorhees
— David Z. Morris (@davidzmorris) April 27, 2023

There's a reason why so many T-bill protocols have popped up on your timeline.

T-bill rates (5%) are still higher than DeFi "risk-free" rates (2-3%). The $130B stablecoin arb is still alive.

short 🧵 comparing the many T-bill protocols & why people use them.

1/6 pic.twitter.com/tdlx6XIRQU
— donn (🌸, 🌿) (@tzedonn) April 24, 2023

1/48 What's the next big thing for DeFi?

I've researched hundreds of roadmaps over the past few weeks to find out.

A megathread on the top 40 projects with the most exciting roadmaps👇 pic.twitter.com/0BoNJ58zP7
— The DeFi Investor 🔎 (@TheDeFinvestor) April 24, 2023

#signals of devaluation.
Research hard and tangible assets. pic.twitter.com/n9i4YA6ZzT
— B. Rocks (@TinyCryptoBlog) April 27, 2023

Hustle? They are POS. When i came across these "devs" who spend 1 minute to create the token every day, the last thing I thought of was hustle. They are connected to Twitter wallets on-chain, create MEME tokens of the DAY, and weaponize Twitter to profit off the uneducated. https://t.co/2gpTUDKUlr
— TruthLabs 💄 (@BoringSleuth) April 27, 2023

Great quote:
"@Breedlove22 (the “What is Money” show) once said, 'All human rights distill down to one: choice.'”
— B. Rocks (@TinyCryptoBlog) April 26, 2023

good idea! https://t.co/7GCknxEhXg
— wandaspangler17 (@wandaspangler11) April 29, 2023

Headlines

Adoption, Implementation and Infrastructure
–Strike Expands “Send Globally” to Guatemala, Bringing Lightning-Fast Money Transfers from the U.S. to Latin America
–Mastercard Launches Crypto Credential Service for Cross-Border Transfers
–PayPal to Enable On-Chain Transfers From Venmo Accounts, Including to On-Chain Wallets

CBDCs (are just Surveillance Tokens)
*CBDC Tracker 1*
*CBDC Tracker 2*

COMPANIES & PROTOCOLS
–5 Upcoming L2s to Watch
–Tor To Implement Proof Of Work Client Puzzle To Mitigate DoS Attacks

CRIMES AND SCAMS
–Every Wallet Generated With Trust Wallet Browser Extension Allowed For Stealing User Funds

DeFi CeFi and Lending
–Binance Bails on $1B Voyager Asset Deal
–This Week In DeFi – April 28

Exchanges
–Bybit to introduce mandatory KYC requirements starting May 8

GOSSIP/OPINION/COMMENTARY
–Normies Don’t ‘Actually Care About Decentralization’: Arthur Hayes
–Where Ethereum is Still Too Centralized
–Operation Choke Point 2.0 Is SEC’s ‘Chemotherapy’ for $14B Ponzi Problem, Crypto Banking Firm BCB’s CEO Says

Mining
*Live Mining Statistics*
–Amid Bankruptcy, Core Scientific Signs Bitcoin Mining Hosting Contracts for Almost 18,000 Machine
–Jack Dorsey’s Block Snaps Up BTC Mining Chip as Intel Winds Down Production

Nation States (and other political jurisdictions)

NFTs / Metaverse / Web3 / DAOs
–DAOs Are Out, Borgs Are In

Regulation, Legislation, Legal Matters & Taxation
–Legislation to regulate digital currencies moving through the Illinois statehouse
–U.S. House Will Have Crypto Bill in 2 Months: McHenry
–Pan-European crypto regulation is almost here: Law Decoded, Apr 17–24
–UK’s Online Safety Bill Takes Aim at End-to-End Encryption

STABLECOINS

Taxation

Wall Street and Big Money
*BitcoinTreasuries*
*Bitcoin Worldwide (treasuries)*

Time Capsule
–Bitcoin whale rouses after 12 years, moves nearly $11 million in latest awakening
–Dormant bitcoin whale transfers $60 million after nine years

Outside News

You Do Not Change Bitcoin. Bitcoin Changes You.
“Bitcoin will eat the world.” And it is.

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