{"id":13970,"date":"2022-04-16T14:44:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T14:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=13970"},"modified":"2022-04-16T14:44:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T14:44:52","slug":"bullish-bitcoin-bear-shadowy-ethereum-forking-stupid-altcoin-listing-and-20-crypto-jokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=13970","title":{"rendered":"Bullish Bitcoin Bear, Shadowy Ethereum Forking, Stupid Altcoin Listing, and 20 Crypto Jokes"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Let\u2019s see what crypto news this week brought us. The crypto market traded lower over the past weekend, with US inflation data, possible US Fed moves, and bearish-looking technology stocks<\/a> weighing on investors\u2019 sentiment, with crypto market stuck in a \u2018bearish lull\u2019 stablecoins saw growth<\/a>, Ethereum devs called the first mainnet shadow fork a ‘huge success’<\/a> and proposed fixes for bugs, but there\u2019ll be no Merge until \u201ca few months\u201d after June<\/a>, AVAX went up as the Avalanche developer reportedly seeks USD 350m in funding<\/a>, and Robinhood CEO shared an old idea of increasing Dogecoin block size<\/a>. Acuiti said that high volatility is necessary to attract traders to the crypto derivatives space<\/a>, and Nasdaq found that 86% of the surveyed US financial advisors plan to raise crypto allocations<\/a>. US record-holding astronaut Scott Kelly dropped his first-ever NFT to support Ukraine<\/a>, Belarus-based Currency.com banned Russian clients<\/a>, and Bitfinex and Tether set up a crypto relief fund to aid the families<\/a> of those affected by the gang-related violence in El Salvador. Speaking of NFTs, the first-ever Jack Dorsey Tweet has been reauctioned but so far got a massively lower bid than expected<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Coinbase was all over the news: CryptoCompare said that Coinbase ranks top among crypto exchanges<\/a> and that \u2018oligopoly\u2019 is likely coming, Coinbase halted support for India’s payment system<\/a> after a watchdog claimed it was not aware of “any crypto exchange using UPI”, and it faced criticism from the community again for listing \u2018dead\u2019 and \u2018stupid\u2019 tokens<\/a>. Also, Bored Ape Yacht Club is launching a film series with Coinbase while Snoop Dogg is collaborating with Clay Nation<\/a> to launch a new collection on Cardano. Meanwhile, two new ERC token standards aim to standardize tokenized vaults and add the refund option to NFTs<\/a>, and Axie Infinity developer Sky Mavis is offering up to USD 1M in bounty<\/a> to those who identify ‘fatal bugs’, while the FBI found that North Korea’s Lazarus group was behind the Ronin attack<\/a>. Nexo launched a new Mastercard for its users to spend without selling crypto<\/a>, OneDegree and Munich Re partnered to launch a new digital asset insurance product<\/a>, Meta is testing metaverse \u201ctools\u201d that will let its users sell \u201cdigital assets\u201d<\/a>, Elon Musk will not be joining Twitter\u2019s board of directors but he announced\u00a0 ‘significant improvements’ and teased DOGE payments integration<\/a>, but then he offered to buy 100% of Twitter<\/a>, Terra spent additional USD 100m on BTC<\/a>, and the financial giant BlackRock became a ‘strategic investor’ in Circle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

South Korean lawmakers, industry chiefs, and leading academics called for the President-Elect to create a crypto ministry<\/a>, Spanish crypto investors are \u2018fleeing to Portugal to escape taxes\u2019<\/a> says lawyers, a small and rural Argentinian town invested in crypto mining hardware in a bid to raise money<\/a> to pay for improved rail connections and \u201cbeat inflation,\u201d crypto lobbyists are making breakthroughs with adoption-focused legislation at the state level in various parts of the USA<\/a>, Coin Center said that the US SEC\u2019s proposal on ‘exchange’ definition could be unconstitutional<\/a>, and central banks across the world are struggling with privacy-related CBDC questions<\/a>. Meanwhile, Ripple claimed a \u201cbig win\u201d in court<\/a> against the US SEC, Virgil Griffith got a five-year jail term<\/a>, and Craig Wright may need to go back to court to fight Ira Kleiman once again<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Enjoy your jokes!<\/p>\n

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Hey, CT! What are we discussing this week?<\/p>\n

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Fresh old narratives, yummy.<\/p>\n

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We started from the bottom and now we\u2019re here. We may be back to the bottom, but we\u2019ll be here again.<\/p>\n

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Thorough!<\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t know what\u2019s with these stablecoins, but they just don\u2019t want to go to USD 2.<\/p>\n

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One of those culturally inappropriate questions.<\/p>\n

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Riiight\u2026<\/p>\n

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You see, nothing psycho about it.<\/p>\n

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An excellent time to add to the sat stack.<\/p>\n

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Only true HODLers will understand.<\/p>\n

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Poof, it\u2019s gone.<\/p>\n

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Wen The Splurge?<\/p>\n

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\u2018NFTs! Fresh NFTs! Second-hand, but in excellent condition! Only 50 million!\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2018Just deflate it!\u2019<\/p>\n

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if you think about it, all money is imaginary anyway so your gains are also imaginary.
your losses though are extremely real and you should feel bad.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Lily (@nope_its_lily) April 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

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\u2018That number sounds realistic, I\u2019m in, take my money!\u2019<\/p>\n

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What does anything mean anymore? What do the words mean?<\/p>\n

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He\u2019s eloning.<\/p>\n

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Petty cash.<\/p>\n

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If only at least 1 hundred thousand more people said something\u2026<\/p>\n

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And a short documentary on central banks\u2019 economic strategy.<\/p>\n

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