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Thanks for starting off your week as a Scroller! This weekend had some fascinating headlines: A rumor (that was debunked months ago - thanks @CryptoVonDoom) about Coinbase being asked by the SEC to delist all crypto except Bitcoin; Animoca Brands continues deploying capital left and right; Curve Finance’s major implications from the $70M+ hack; and Margot Robbie speaks on Bitcoin talk = KENergy 👇🏼 All the biggest headlines & news stories wrapped into one simple newsletter below! ⛓

• Worldcoin now under investigation from French authorities (FXST)

• RFK JR. confirms double-digit BTC ownership (CD)

• Uber CEO hints at soon allowing cryptocurrency payments (CMST)

• Wells Fargo treasury manager predicts $XRP to hit $500 by end of year (NBTC)

• Crypto millionaire’s death threats 1 week prior to murder (FOX)

• Sequoia Capital slashed crypto fund to $200M from $585M (CD)

• A $44M funding week for new web3 blockchain scalers (BW)

• Animoca Brands backs web3 ‘super app’, Hi, with $30M funding round (DT)

• Web3 funding slump continues into Q3 (CCR)

• All crypto bills in circulation last week (CT)

• Binance secures operational MVP license in Dubai (B)

• Binance claims regulatory overreach from CFTC (P)

• Nigeria claims Binance activity is illegal (CD)

• Shanghai’s digital infrastructure system plans for 2025 (CT)

• Curve Finance’s exploit is a $100M crypto risk (CD)

• Curve Finance was hacked for $50M (CD)

• Human rights foundation backs bug bounty with bitcoin (Y)

• Polygon & Solana’s new web3 security standard, the “Rekt Test” (CMST)

• BNBChain hit with $73k copycat hack, Vyper attack (CT)

• Where AI bridges with ETH (ETHZ)

• Liquid staking tokens’ threat to Ethereum (CT)

• Largest MEV block rewards (~584 ETH) in Ethereum history following Curve Finance exploit (CT)

• ETH whale reclaims $74M locked in ENS auction (CT)

• Tokenization firm securitize kicks off campaign in Spain (D)

• HEX & PulseChain founder Richard Heart is being sued by the SEC for security fraud (@WhaleChart)

• Robert Kiyosaki still prefers Bitcoin, gold, and silver in these market conditions (@theRealKiyosaki)

• Bitcoin has traded within $400 range for 3 days, a historic low volatility mark (@scottmelker)

• Bitcoin = Big Ken Energy 🤓

• How does worldcoin work exactly? (BC)

• What exactly is a blockchain (M)

• Liquid staking tokens explained (LC)

• 5 ways web3 is less secure than web2 (MUO)

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