Key Takeaways

  • Tether Holdings started investing some of its net profits into bitcoin. Arguably the year’s most bullish news concerning bitcoin’s short-term price outlook.
  • Ethereum temporarily struggled finalising blocks for the first time in years. Users unaffected. Concerning if this keeps again. (A timely reminder that all non-Bitcoin blockchains are still experimental.)
  • MetaMask, the most widely used Ethereum wallet, integrated with PayPal to allow direct ETH purchases in the U.S.
  • Expect announcements this week from Bitcoin 2023 (May 18–20), the largest annual Bitcoin-focused conference.

00:00 Intro
00:15 Market Update
01:54 Tether Buying Bitcoin
08:08 MetaMask x PayPal
10:28 MicroStrategy x Lightning Network
12:02 Ethereum Finality Issues
18:01 Solana Saga
18:25 MakerDAO
20:16 Worldcoin
22:22 Aave Treasury
24:09 Lido V2
24:47 Bitcoin Miami
26:48 Jump Crypto
28:40 Goldman Sachs Report
31:32 Outro

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