ROLLUP: CZ to Jail? | Consensys sues SEC | IRS vs. Crypto | USDT in Telegram

Bankless Friday Weekly Rollup Last Week Of April

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0:00 Intro

4:19 Markets - Thanks Kraken

5:39 Total Crypto Market Cap

5:46 L2 Update - Brought to you by Mantle https://l2beat.com/scaling/costs 

7:42 10M active wallets are using Ethereum ecosystem every week!  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1782756457915506876 

8:19 Base is the #2 chain for USDC Supply - Coinbase trying make a payment chain https://vxtwitter.com/jessepollak/status/1783503518156136498 

9:48 ENTER RUNES Runes changed the game for a day  https://twitter.com/mikealfred/status/1781684678782791830  https://www.okx.com/web3/marketplace/runes?channelid=ACEAP6502255  https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1782029205770744125?s=46  https://twitter.com/hlopez_/status/1781501372200059336  https://ycharts.com/indicators/bitcoin_average_transaction_fee 

22:56 ETF INFLOWS: The inflows into BTC spot ETFs are not back yet  https://twitter.com/carpenoctom/status/1783327357652042187  https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1782740051929006496  https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/04/20/grayscale- reveals-015-fees-for-its-bitcoin-mini-tr  https://twitter.com/thomas_fahrer/status/1781809562070442047 

28:03 Q1 ‘24 income statements for Ethereum and MakerDAO https://twitter.com/tokenterminal/status/1782858613943321016 

33:01 CZ might spend 3 years in prison  https://twitter.com/johnreedstark/status/1783107482325225947  https://twitter.com/rizzn/status/1783199755541066103  https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.328570/gov.uscourts.wawd.328570.8  https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1783195468840697896 

40:21 Samourai wallet founders arrested https://twitter.com/RyanSAdams/status/1783222828361281847  https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/founders-and-ceo-cryptocurrency-mixing-service-arrested-and-charged-money-laundering  https://x.com/RyanSAdams/status/1783254322894999978 

46:39 Consensys sues SEC https://twitter.com/fintechfrank  

52:56 Renzo announced its token launch!  https://x.com/RenzoProtocol/status/1783277589525594231  https://www.bankless.com/renzo-madness  https://twitter.com/DefiIgnas/status/1783083767449432189  https://twitter.com/dcfgod/status/1782978862772814000?ref=bankless.ghost.io  https://twitter.com/Ian_Unsworth/status/1783163546857099730 

58:57 Telegram allows USDT payments https://twitter.com/ton_blockchain/status/1781294475219812665  https://twitter.com/cstanley/status/1782459974313988281  https://twitter.com/dannypostmaa/status/1783541623839740030 

1:00:17 OP is releasing its multichain upgrade! https://twitter.com/OPLabsPBC/status/1780987940526534943 

1:01:09 Liam Shiba Inu raised $12M for its new chain  https://x.com/treatsforShib/status/1782490407655592242  https://shibarium.shib.io/ 

1:02:32 Lido is starting with DVT - Stake with friends - making lido more decentralized? https://twitter.com/LidoFinance/status/1780317961854636384 

1:04:13 IRS keeps labeling self-custody wallets as brokers  https://twitter.com/valkenburgh/status/1781380879476043940  https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-dft/f1099da--dft.pdf  https://twitter.com/TheCryptoCPA/status/1781403340045197813  https://twitter.com/jchervinsky/status/1782061785119367284  https://x.com/lex_node/status/1782050294429319545 

1:08:09 Raises and BVC Investments  Movement Series A https://x.com/movementlabsxyz/status/1783511681928175791  Othentic raised $4M in their seed round - RaaS for Eigen Apps https://twitter.com/0xOthentic/status/1782378684369739781 

1:11:23 MEME of the Week https://polymarket.com/event/nic-carter-vs-david-hoffman-Fight?tid=1714065541205  https://x.com/nic__carter/status/1781676895291015477 

1:15:00 Closing & Disclaimers

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