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The TCB Weekly News Roundup, ending July 30 and August 6, 2023 – Curve Hit, BTC Treasuries Grow

By Just Brian on August 6, 2023 • ( 0 )

The big news this week was a DeFi code exploint that hit numerous protocols, especially effecting Curve. Tether and MicroStrategy grow their bitcoin treasuries. The next bull run in prices is building.

Enjoy and be well, Everyone.

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The Week’s Posts
The Week in Videos ending April , 2023 – Curve DeFi exploit, Deflation and CBDCs

Reports:

This Week In Twitter

1/ 🧵 The idea that BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF is responsible for recent positive Bitcoin coverage, in Forbes, ignores the many contributors that have been working tirelessly, for months, on reframing Bitcoin in the press. Let's meet those contributors doing the hard work. 💪 pic.twitter.com/Fnda6H4Vp4
— Level39 (@level39) July 11, 2023

I still think it's going to take months and months to play out, but the upside bias factors ARE there and much more prevalent this time around. #BTCBull pic.twitter.com/TGD94eD12C
— B. Rocks (@TinyCryptoBlog) August 5, 2023

🚀📚 Want to boost your #Bitcoin knowledge? Here are some frequently used terms in the Bitcoin vocabulary. Keep learning and stay informed! 💡📖 pic.twitter.com/zlXm5qkQ7H
— Volcano Energy 🇸🇻🌋🔌 (@Volcano_Energy) August 4, 2023

“The crypto market is the most retarded I’ve ever seen it, vaporware is going up”

Brotatoes, we sent Dentacoin to a 48 billion dollar market cap in 2018

The coins purpose was to be used to pay for dental services

You haven’t seen retarded yet
— 💐Guru 💐 (@CoinGurruu) August 4, 2023

Bitcoin Mining Clothes Dryer. Using a Bitcoin miner instead of the heating element to dry laundry. Less than $100 in materials this dryer pays back sats for the power it uses to dry. Follow on nostr for more details. npub1f5pre6wl6ad87vr4hr5wppqq30sh58m4p33mthnjreh03qadcajs7gwt3z https://t.co/80zum2KQgc pic.twitter.com/dl8EakT0cJ
— Rev.Hodl (@HodlRev) July 20, 2023

This is a big deal. Remember what I said about Caitlin and @custodiabank’s battle with the Fed? After considering ChokePoint 2.0, Caitlin’s fight is arguably just as important (if not more) as the @Ripple XRP case. The Fed, just like the SEC, has been ignoring its statutory… https://t.co/PUxYMshy8U
— John E Deaton (@JohnEDeaton1) July 27, 2023

PlanB / S2F vs the Swan Team

Models are useful, and if you think they aren’t, note that the building you’re in was constructed on a mathematical model of nature in order for it not to fall apart. Is it correct? No, there’s errors, but it’s immensely useful.

When modelling…
— Willy Woo (@woonomic) July 22, 2023

The Sterling Engine will change our world.

Some only need 25 degrees of temperature differential.

The sun or a deep water well hole would provide this.

The “efficiency” does not matter, what matters is it can be built locally by mechanics.pic.twitter.com/nYTBneVBrA
— Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele) July 30, 2023

Headlines

Adoption, Implementation and Infrastructure
–Revolut to suspend cryptocurrency services in US
–Bitcoin Lightning Coming to Coinbase (COIN), CEO Brian Armstrong Says Its in the Works
–Voltage Partners with Human Rights Foundation to Help Dissidents, NGOs Accept Bitcoin Donations
–GameStop (GME) to Remove Crypto Wallets Citing ‘Regulatory Uncertainty’

CBDCs (are just Surveillance Tokens)
*CBDC Tracker 1*
*CBDC Tracker 2*
–Digital Dollar Project completes CBDC retail remittance pilot with Western Union

COMMENTARY, GOSSIP and OPINION
–Nearly Half of Block’s $5.5 Billion Q2 Revenue Came From Bitcoin Sales
-[Missed this one] Crypto Lender Abra Has Been Insolvent for Months, State Regulators Say

COMPANIES & PROTOCOLS
–Italy’s Central Bank Taps Polygon, Fireblocks DeFi Project to Help Institutions Dabble With Tokenized Assets

CRIMES AND SCAMS

DEFI, CEFI, AND LENDING
**DeFi Scanner – check if a DeFi protocol is a scam**
–Aave Should Block Curve Token Borrowing, Risk Management Firm Proposes
–Curve’s crvUSD depegs as market reacts to shock events
–This Week In DeFi – Aug 4
–This Week In DeFi – July 28

Exchanges

Mining and Energy
*Live Mining Statistics*

Nation States (and other political jurisdictions)

NFTs / Metaverse / Web3 / DAOs

Regulation, Legislation, Legal Matters & Taxation

STABLECOINS

Taxation

Wall Street and Big Money
*BitcoinTreasuries*
*Bitcoin Worldwide (treasuries)*
–Saylor’s MicroStrategy plans $750M stock sale, possibly buying more Bitcoin
–Tether Bought 1529 BTC in Q2, Holds More US Treasuries Than Australia

Time Capsule

Outside News
–Fitch Downgraded U.S. Long-Term Debt Citing Structural Concerns About U.S. Budget Deficits

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

#Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/mdTCPUdj3c
— B. Rocks (@TinyCryptoBlog) August 1, 2023

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