What one must simply know:
- Bitcoin, never content with the pedestrian, sashays tantalizingly close to $100,000—buoyed, of course, by trade deal whisperings betwixt China and the U.S. Plus, the economy’s wearing its best frock.
- Movement Labs, poor darlings, found themselves embroiled in a spot of bother—a $38 million token overshare that prompted Coinbase to show them the digital door, while governance types investigate, monocles trembling.
- Sam Altman, never one to miss a spectacle, will scatter eye-scanning orbs hither and yon across American cities, as his World project flirts with even more crypto drama by year’s end.
Imagine, if you will, bitcoin preening and pirouetting its way to almost $100K, as the world collectively claps, hoping Uncle Sam and Chairman Xi kiss and make up over trade. The macroeconomic clouds part; the sun almost shines.
Not to be left out, financial titans like Mastercard and BlackRock make their own digital asset declarations—though whether anyone can actually keep up anymore is moot.
Congress, never knowingly underdressed, looms close to birthing a stablecoin bill—a “wicked hot summer” of legislation promised. One can picture the lobbyists wilting under the Capitol’s fluorescent lights. 🍹
Meanwhile, the Trump Family looms in the crypto news cycle with their usual brand of subtlety—a swirling stew of intrigue and potential conflicts of interest. (Shock! Suspense! Ratings!)
Ah, but the real operatic crescendo at CoinDesk? The tragicomic tale of Movement! Once the talk of the tech cabaret, now more “farce” than “fête”. Deputy editor Sam Kessler, playing Poirot, unveils that Movement Labs might have been led astray—signing away 66 million MOVE tokens to a market-making “middleman” who then performed the digital equivalent of a stage-dive with $38 million, splashing retail investors in the process. World Liberty Financial, with its Trumpian ties, financed the act. No comment from the orchestra pit.
In swift succession, Coinbase hoists the “Do Not Disturb” sign on MOVE; Binance shows market-maker Web3Port the exit. By cocktail hour Thursday, Movement’s exuberant co-founder Rushi Manche is summarily suspended. Investigations abound; tea is spilt. 🫖
Not two weeks gone, Movement was hotter than a Miami sunburn. Now? Melodrama and market malaise. Curtain call.
Elsewhere in this week’s parade, Sam Altman’s World announces a marathon rollout of 7,500 all-seeing crypto orbs in American cities—because nothing says liberty like having your retina scanned before buying coffee. There will also be loans, prediction markets, and a debit card for WLD tokens. Such convenience!
On an entirely different (and less glamorous) note, Avraham Eisenberg, not to be outdone in ignominy, faces a new conviction—adding possession of child sexual abuse material in 2024 to an already unflattering CV. One shudders to contemplate the prison book club. 🕵️♂️
As for the revenue roundabout: Robinhood expects a springtime swoon in crypto revenue, Kraken’s income is up (someone somewhere has to be winning), Strategy lost $4.2 billion but, undeterred, gaily plans to rustle up $50 billion for a bitcoin shopping spree over the next 32 months. Onward and upward; martini in hand.
So, whither the markets? Sentiment looks oddly hopeful, provided global trade tantrums don’t return in force. Just don’t ask Movement Labs for directions—they’ve clearly misplaced the map (and a few million tokens).
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