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Web3 anon audits X's code, NYT capitulates about Bitcoin, MetaMask adds 1-click buying & much more!

August 18, 2023 Web3WG
Web3 anon audits X's code, NYT capitulates about Bitcoin, MetaMask adds 1-click buying & much more!
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Web3 anon audits X's code, NYT capitulates about Bitcoin, MetaMask adds 1-click buying & much more!
Aug 18, 2023
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Welcome to the weekly web3 wrap up with Amy & Devon!

NFT God, a web3 anon, has given Elon a laundry list of suggestions after reading all of X's 13K lines of code: https://twitter.com/nft_god/status/1691617711569109011?s=46&t=CoGOt8e4Xf7KA6TIlwMcgg
And Elon likes most of them: https://twitter.com/NFT_GOD/status/1691840386505867379/photo/1

Web3 Working Group on the Dark Horse podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBJoo6wDRZA

The NYT is showing signs of capitulation about Bitcoin: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/your-money/cryptocurency-personal-finance-bitcoin.html

Zynga has built an Ethereum NFT game: https://decrypt.co/152425/farmville-creator-zynga-reveals-first-ethereum-nft-game-sugartown

MetaMask and Banxa have rolled out 1-click crypto buying using Apple Pay (Apple probably won't like that): https://decrypt.co/152393/metamask-banxa-roll-out-1-click-crypto-buys-apple-pay

The Graph has surpased 1 Trillion queries: https://twitter.com/austinbarack/status/1689295159282827269?s=12&t=JU3179xa-tFaV7rjXb2E3Q

a mobile service provider has launched on the Helium network: https://decrypt.co/152533/helium-mobile-debuts-crypto-wireless-network-miami-5-month

and Minds has added livestreaming using the Livepeer protocol: https://twitter.com/livepeer/status/1691095264956923904?s=12&t=JU3179xa-tFaV7rjXb2E3Q
https://www.minds.com/minds/blog/live-streaming-on-minds-livepeer-makes-it-happen-1530960638619160581

BTC has plunged on rumors that may or may not be true and it has taken most of the crypto market with it: https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1692295710962483253
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/08/18/no-spacex-isnt-the-cause-of-this-multi-billion-dollar-bitcoin-bloodbath/

Coinbase has won approval to list crypto futures in the US, while EU has listed its first Bitcoin spot ETF & Singapore has finalized their stablecoin regs
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/08/16/coinbase-finally-wins-approval-to-list-crypto-futures-in-us/
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/17/coinbase-tarred-as-an-illicit-exchange-by-the-sec-quietly-got-regulated-elsewhere-in-the-us/
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/08/15/europes-first-spot-bitcoin-etf-lists-in-amsterdam/
https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/monetary-authority-of-singapore-finalizes-stablecoin-regulations
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4766

A lawsuit arguing that the US Treasury did not have authority to sanction Tornado Cash was rejected by the courts: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/17/coinbase-backed-group-loses-lawsuit-arguing-tornado-cash-sanctions-overstepped-us-treasurys-authority/

SBF is back in jail after a judge has decided that he was breaking the terms of his bail: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/11/sam-bankman-fried-jailed-ahead-of-trial/

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Show Notes

Welcome to the weekly web3 wrap up with Amy & Devon!

NFT God, a web3 anon, has given Elon a laundry list of suggestions after reading all of X's 13K lines of code: https://twitter.com/nft_god/status/1691617711569109011?s=46&t=CoGOt8e4Xf7KA6TIlwMcgg
And Elon likes most of them: https://twitter.com/NFT_GOD/status/1691840386505867379/photo/1

Web3 Working Group on the Dark Horse podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBJoo6wDRZA

The NYT is showing signs of capitulation about Bitcoin: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/your-money/cryptocurency-personal-finance-bitcoin.html

Zynga has built an Ethereum NFT game: https://decrypt.co/152425/farmville-creator-zynga-reveals-first-ethereum-nft-game-sugartown

MetaMask and Banxa have rolled out 1-click crypto buying using Apple Pay (Apple probably won't like that): https://decrypt.co/152393/metamask-banxa-roll-out-1-click-crypto-buys-apple-pay

The Graph has surpased 1 Trillion queries: https://twitter.com/austinbarack/status/1689295159282827269?s=12&t=JU3179xa-tFaV7rjXb2E3Q

a mobile service provider has launched on the Helium network: https://decrypt.co/152533/helium-mobile-debuts-crypto-wireless-network-miami-5-month

and Minds has added livestreaming using the Livepeer protocol: https://twitter.com/livepeer/status/1691095264956923904?s=12&t=JU3179xa-tFaV7rjXb2E3Q
https://www.minds.com/minds/blog/live-streaming-on-minds-livepeer-makes-it-happen-1530960638619160581

BTC has plunged on rumors that may or may not be true and it has taken most of the crypto market with it: https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1692295710962483253
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/08/18/no-spacex-isnt-the-cause-of-this-multi-billion-dollar-bitcoin-bloodbath/

Coinbase has won approval to list crypto futures in the US, while EU has listed its first Bitcoin spot ETF & Singapore has finalized their stablecoin regs
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/08/16/coinbase-finally-wins-approval-to-list-crypto-futures-in-us/
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/17/coinbase-tarred-as-an-illicit-exchange-by-the-sec-quietly-got-regulated-elsewhere-in-the-us/
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/08/15/europes-first-spot-bitcoin-etf-lists-in-amsterdam/
https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/monetary-authority-of-singapore-finalizes-stablecoin-regulations
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4766

A lawsuit arguing that the US Treasury did not have authority to sanction Tornado Cash was rejected by the courts: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/17/coinbase-backed-group-loses-lawsuit-arguing-tornado-cash-sanctions-overstepped-us-treasurys-authority/

SBF is back in jail after a judge has decided that he was breaking the terms of his bail: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/11/sam-bankman-fried-jailed-ahead-of-trial/

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