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Crypto's Pervasive Quiet Quitting
A reading and discussion inspired by Ikigai's Travis Kling https://x.com/Travis_Kling/status/1830981118566244633
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Uniswap Settles with CFTC
Another day, another crypto settlement with the US government that seems designed to be about setting precedent for other enforcement cases more than actually protecting anyone.
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The SEC's Vicious "Qualified Custodian" Trap
What the Galois Capital settlement with the SEC means for crypto. Spoiler alert: it's not good.
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What September Has In Store For Bitcoin
September. On the one hand investors start coming back from the summer. On the other, it tends not to be a great month for markets. That's especially true in crypto, where September tends to be one of Bitcoin's worst months. With no strong narrative in sight, is history doomed to repeat?
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Bitcoin as a DeFi Platform
A reading and discussion inspired by https://blockworks.co/news/bitcoin-powerful-defi-potential
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Crypto and the Fight for Freedom
NLW and Scott Melker count down the five most important stories of the week.
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Is This the SEC's Most Brazen Crypto Attack Yet?
What's next, Pokemon and Magic the Gathering as securities? NLW covers the SEC sending a Wells Notice to Open Sea claiming NFTs are securities.
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The State Department's Unconscionable Abandonment of an American Citizen
NLW catches up on the latest on Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan's wrongful detention in Nigeria, where he's effectively being held hostage in an attempt to extract ransom from Binance.
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What We Learned (If Anything) From Powell's Jackson Hole Speech
NLW breaks down the Fed Chair's big moment at the end of last week. It's clear that the way is paved for the first cut of the cycle in September -- but could a jumbo 50bps cut be in the cards?
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Just How Big a Deal is the Arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov?
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested over the weekend. NLW breaks down the news, possible interpretations, and the implications for free speech, technology and more.
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