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LONG READS SUNDAY #65.

On the one hand, a serious builder week with @BinanceAmerica going live, @sqcrypto announcing hires, fiat-LN on Zap & more.

On the other, rate cuts & billions injected into overnight repo markets. What’s it all mean? Thread 👇

@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto 2/ Quick detour. Prefer audio/visual to reading? Watch or listen to my Crypto Daily 3@3, which covered Binance US opening, repo market and rate cuts, North Korea crypto talk and much more.

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@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto 3/ Okay, let's dive in. You know there is no way we’re not starting this bad boy with a recap of the Fed’s massive, multipart injection into the overnight repo markets, which somehow overshadowed the second consecutive rate cut.
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto 4/ If you’re aggressively Investopedia’ing repo and trying to figure out the significance of this, you’re not alone. Check out this thread from @moorehn for a bit of background

It was one of the reccos to @jillruthcarlson here:
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson 5/ His answer to where to park one's wealth in this sort of situation may be different, but @PeterSchiff summed up what a lot of bitcoiners were feeling after the Fed action
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson @PeterSchiff 6/ Speaking of bitcoiners, the aggressive shifts in monetary policy plus “worrying political developments” have gotten some folks off the fences.

Check out this thread from @dailydirtnap for a great example
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson @PeterSchiff @dailydirtnap 7/ The reality is that we’re simply in uncharted monetary policy waters, and no one can say they know for sure what happens next.

@Travis_Kling still has the best summation of this
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson @PeterSchiff @dailydirtnap @Travis_Kling 8/ Then again, just because we don’t know what comes next doesn’t mean we don’t stop moving. In that vein, @BinanceAmerica went live and did it with a surprise - answering the question of “why care” as BNB was among the supported assets
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson @PeterSchiff @dailydirtnap @Travis_Kling 9/ Another movement among the notable companies with crypto announcements, Wells Fargo announced a stablecoin for internal cross-border transfers that they claim is faster than SWIFT
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson @PeterSchiff @dailydirtnap @Travis_Kling 10/ To @APompliano, Wells Fargo’s announcement is exemplary of a larger phenomenon of Wall Street giants trying to create their own “Corporate Central Banks." This is a great breakdown of a key #NarrativeWatch
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson @PeterSchiff @dailydirtnap @Travis_Kling @APompliano 11/ Of course, not every company is seeking seignorage. @sqcrypto continues to put on a masterclass in what it looks like to be a good steward of an open source protocol. This week, they announced new hires from Lightning Labs, Libra & more
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson @PeterSchiff @dailydirtnap @Travis_Kling @APompliano 12/ On Thursday’s 3@3, I dug deeper on what our expectations should be for for-profit companies building on top of the open source protocols of the crypto ecosystem, citing @sqcrypto’s $100k grant to @btcpayserver nlwcrypto.libsyn.com/episode-919
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson @PeterSchiff @dailydirtnap @Travis_Kling @APompliano @BtcpayServer 13/ In the wide world of Lightning, Zap got the space fired up when they announced fiat onramps - a massive (and essential) UX upgrade
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson @PeterSchiff @dailydirtnap @Travis_Kling @APompliano @BtcpayServer 14/ That wasn’t the only payment channel news either. @BitPay this week announced support for Ethereum, allowing merchants to accept ETH.
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson @PeterSchiff @dailydirtnap @Travis_Kling @APompliano @BtcpayServer @BitPay 15/ As you see above, the “ETH is money” meme has been rising for the past several weeks. On @MessariCrypto Unqualified Opinions on Friday, @TwoBitIdiot and I discussed this meme and the state of crypto meme warfare more broadly pscp.tv/w/1DXGypzMDELKM
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson @PeterSchiff @dailydirtnap @Travis_Kling @APompliano @BtcpayServer @BitPay @MessariCrypto @twobitidiot 16/ Interestingly, there was evidence that, at least for Argentines, “ETH is money” is more than a meme. @CamiRusso pointed out that, in the wake of new capital controls, Dai was trading at a 27% premium
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson @PeterSchiff @dailydirtnap @Travis_Kling @APompliano @BtcpayServer @BitPay @MessariCrypto @twobitidiot @CamiRusso 17/ The fact that cryptos are being used to skirt currency controls is an example of what I discussed on this week’s Narrative Watch for @MessariCrypto - while the asset itself is apolitical, bitcoin (and crypto broadly) is an inherently political force.
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson @PeterSchiff @dailydirtnap @Travis_Kling @APompliano @BtcpayServer @BitPay @MessariCrypto @twobitidiot @CamiRusso 18/ Another vector of the political battle around crypto could be the jurisdictional competition for talent (& the tax revenue that comes from people & businesses setting up shop) as a mobile generation is willing to move to find beneficial treatment.
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson @PeterSchiff @dailydirtnap @Travis_Kling @APompliano @BtcpayServer @BitPay @MessariCrypto @twobitidiot @CamiRusso 19/ For yet more evidence that cryptos are political, OKEx Korea announced this week that they would be delisting all privacy coins in order to stay in line with FATF’s “Travel Rule” guidance. @secparam discusses
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson @PeterSchiff @dailydirtnap @Travis_Kling @APompliano @BtcpayServer @BitPay @MessariCrypto @twobitidiot @CamiRusso @secparam 20/ FWIW, travel rule guidance is likely not as clear cut as OKEx decision would make it seem. @NeerajKA shared a piece on how privacy coins could actually be compliant
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson @PeterSchiff @dailydirtnap @Travis_Kling @APompliano @BtcpayServer @BitPay @MessariCrypto @twobitidiot @CamiRusso @secparam @NeerajKA 21/ On the topic of the battle between privacy and surveillance, @Snowden’s book was released this week and promptly subjected to a lawsuit from the US government (which, ironically, is probably the best way to ensure everyone reads it)
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson @PeterSchiff @dailydirtnap @Travis_Kling @APompliano @BtcpayServer @BitPay @MessariCrypto @twobitidiot @CamiRusso @secparam @NeerajKA @Snowden 22/ To me, that battle between privacy and surveillance and the larger set of political issues that surround cryptos *are* the big game. Thrilled to see prominent voices like @PeterMcCormack putting this stuff center stage (do this event, sir)
@BinanceAmerica @sqcrypto @moorehn @jillruthcarlson @PeterSchiff @dailydirtnap @Travis_Kling @APompliano @BtcpayServer @BitPay @MessariCrypto @twobitidiot @CamiRusso @secparam @NeerajKA @Snowden @PeterMcCormack 23/ Okay, just a couple more interesting things and shout outs before we get out of here. First, an interesting moment this week as Ethereum had more daily fees than Bitcoin for the first time.
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