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(tapping the sign with increasing intensity) You are not paranoid enough There is a reason we tell you this Stop installing bullshit on your machines That package is compromised That link is malware That woman is a honeypot You are in danger you are in danger you are in da
Around The Block: Korea The Darkside of Credible Neutrality ft. @functi0nZer0 "Crypto does allow, at least in hex form, for North Koreans to say hello to the world." Full interview with @imyoungsparks at the North Korean border 🇰🇵 Brought to you by @BNBCHAIN
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Just heard a guy in Paris talking about being a “crepe cuck” because his girlfriend’s ex ate his readymade pancakes
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Around The Block: Korea 🇰🇷 Do Kwon & The Korean Comeback Cycle Out now on YouTube: youtu.be/2SyPdDuPrDc Presented by @BNBCHAIN
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I'm watching it, and it’s not just crypto talk but covering Korean divide, the wealth gap, and a ton of major events and somehow making all of it actually entertaining Even from a Korean perspective, it's super fun.
Around The Block: Korea 🇰🇷 Do Kwon & The Korean Comeback Cycle Out now on YouTube: youtu.be/2SyPdDuPrDc Presented by @BNBCHAIN
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ATB OUT NOW! 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷
Around The Block: Korea 🇰🇷 Do Kwon & The Korean Comeback Cycle Out now on YouTube: youtu.be/2SyPdDuPrDc Presented by @BNBCHAIN
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Around The Block: Korea 🇰🇷 Do Kwon & The Korean Comeback Cycle Premieres today on YouTube at 9:30am ET Presented by @BNBCHAIN youtube.com/watch?v=2SyPdDuP…
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Last year we took three cameras and a miniDV to Korea. Today you can see what we came back with. Around The Block: Korea Do Kwon & the Korean Comeback Cycle Premiers on YouTube at 9:30am ET youtu.be/2SyPdDuPrDc
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Around The Block: Korea The Darkside of Credible Neutrality ft. @functi0nZer0 "Crypto does allow, at least in hex form, for North Koreans to say hello to the world." Full interview with @imyoungsparks at the North Korean border 🇰🇵 Brought to you by @BNBCHAIN
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Couldn’t make @kbwofficial? We've got you covered. Around The Block: Korea 🇰🇷 Brought to you by @BNBCHAIN Coming soon.
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Felt cute, might delete later
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Introducing The Latent, The Block's sister publication covering AI. Launching today: AI news, a data portal, The Latent Score, and a daily newsletter. We're bringing our reporting and data expertise to AI. See what we're building and subscribe below.
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Stablecoins are becoming an increasingly resilient asset class in crypto, with supply holding firm and volumes doubling despite a recent bear market. However, the stablecoin trust layer has yet to be addressed. Our new Primer dives into @SocureID's solution. theblock.co/research/stablec…
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EXCLUSIVE: Inside Tether’s KPMG Audit: Gold Bars, Bitcoin, and $6B in Excess Equity Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino joins The Starting Block to unpack details of their KPMG US audit. Ardoino explains how Tether finally cleared the biggest hurdle in the room with a Big Four audit from KPMG US, why the timing mattered, and what the new yearly audit plus quarterly attestations mean for the company and the industry. Timestamps 00:00 - Paolo Ardoino joins to discuss Tether’s Big Four audit announcement 01:16 - Why the audit took years and what made it possible now 03:31 - Why Tether chose KPMG US after earlier controversy around attestations 04:58 - Yearly audits and quarterly attestations as a transparency standard 05:15 - Responding to critics who still question Tether’s transparency 06:36 - The 7 billion redemption stress test in 2022 07:57 - Why auditors counted gold bars in Tether’s reserves 08:40 - Tether’s gold and Bitcoin reserve holdings 09:23 - The private fundraising narrative and why Tether says it does not need capital 12:31 - Tether’s AI effort, Qvac, and the mission to serve the unbanked 14:59 - Supporting Bitcoin security work after the Coldcard exploit 16:52 - Confirming annual audits and quarterly attestations going forward
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Base lead Jesse Pollak reveals plans for Base as exchange competition heats up xitter.gq/i/broadcasts/1PJqrrvaQ…
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THE STARTING BLOCK EXCLUSIVE: "Being wise, wisdom, is achieved through proof of work. Through experience, through trial & error, through failure. If being wise was a simple as reading a few books, we'd all be wise." Catch @jackmallers LIVE | 31 July | 11AM ET/5PM CET
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🧵 The Incentive Dynamic Engine: io.net’s Shift to Sustainable Tokenomics 1/ @ionet is moving from fixed, time-based token emissions to the Incentive Dynamic Engine (IDE) — a demand-responsive system that adjusts token supply based on real-time network revenue and economic health.
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Some interesting NEAR/ZEC/BTC stats I pulled a few days ago and forgot to post, here's a refresh (5/20): - ZEC is the #1 asset on NEAR Intents - $16.23M parked; 23.6% of all TVL - BTC was cut from $18.78M to $11.95M and never restored The solver inventory (TVL) is telling.
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