(7/n) Regardless of your opinion on the protest, a government is using the banking system to silence political dissent. Do you really think that should happen?
Zoom out — This time it was the other team. Next time it could be you.
(18/n) Illicit crypto transactions hit an ATH of $14B in 2021, a 79% increase YoY
It's no surprise to see the number going up, considering crypto adoption. But what's neat is crime makes up a shrinking percentage of the overall transaction volume. blockworks.co/chainalysis-re…
(21/n) Here's a bullish NFT 🧵 the sector really needs right about now
"NFTs have given me, for the first time, a visceral understanding of the most basic innovation of crypto: What it means to digitally own a unique digital object."
- Whales and small fish are buying $BTC
- BTC is currently highly correlated with stonks
- The Fed is rising rates to catch up with inflation = markets under pressure
"Cryptocurrencies appear to be near a hyper-adoption phase, similar to that of the internet during the mid-to-late 1990s." - @WellsFargo chart via @Blockworks_ (1/n)
"Exploits like we saw with Wormhole also highlight a bull case for trading Ethereum-based assets directly on L2s rather than through bridges connecting blockchains with heterogeneous consensus and virtual machine layers." @_LewisHarland_ (3/n)