Thread by @nlw

Long Reads Sunday #53 Video Top 5!

#5 - Maker, Multi-Collateral DAI, and an emerging Bitcoin DeFi narrative? Referencing content from @nanexcool @CamiRusso @jimmysong

#4 - Bitcoin price action in global macro context.

Many many pieces we could have chosen from, but we looked at @tylercowen's "Bitcoin is (probably) here to stay" as emblematic of how many explanations for price action focused on larger external factors.

#3 - China preps the anti Libra argument?

@DoveyWan translated a recent piece in an official Chinese gov't newspaper that cleanly lays out a number of arguments against Facebook's Libra...perhaps setting the stage for future action?

#2 - Is Libra just a front in the China-US power struggle?

@abatalion recontextualizes Libra (and Facebook behind it) as the only plausible bulwark against the inevitable dominance of Chinese digital money becoming globally ubiquitous.

#1 - The turning tide of privacy

Flagging reports that the Trump admin is considering a ban on end-to-end encryption, @zooko argues that Libra and Algorand represent the last generation of cryptos that will be able to launch without a plausible privacy narrative.

Thanks as always to my partners at @BLOCKTVnews for producing the Long Reads Sunday Top 5 video edition.

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