This week, a record-breaking billion-dollar crypto acquisition has caught mainstream attention, highlighting its significance for the stablecoin market’s future. Kraken joined the Layer 2 race, while Worldcoin launched its own L2, WorldChain, and Scroll’s airdrop received mixed reactions from recipients. Meanwhile, Paul Tudor Jones is bullish on crypto as a hedge, while Michael Saylor stirred controversy by criticizing self-custody, calling it a move for “losers.”
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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES
00:00 Start
02:23 Markets
https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/btc-usd 
https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/eth-usd 
https://x.com/DegenerateNews/status/1849120571222536262 
https://www.coingecko.com/en/global-charts 

06:22 L2 Updates
https://l2beat.com/scaling/summary 
https://x.com/lukeyoungblood/status/1849217477668171831?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g 
https://x.com/lukeyoungblood/status/1849217477668171831? s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g 

08:09 Paul Tudor Jones Bullish Bitcoin
https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1848735063615152136 

10:46 Election Check In
https://polymarket.com/elections 
https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1849451658788384797 

15:26 Kraken's New L2
https://x.com/inkonchain/status/1849443457883885801 
https://inkonchain.com/en-US 

19:23 Stripe's $1 Billion Dollar Bet
https://x.com/Stablecoin/status/1848390849215730100 
https://x.com/zcabrams/status/1848391342524641533 
https://x.com/benhoneill/status/1848390493425504388
https://x.com/cburniske/status/1848108613631390155 

22:24 Michael Saylor Against Self Custody?
https://x.com/AdamSimecka/status/1848131598044074289 
https://x.com/Sina_21st/status/1848450657205789161 
https://x.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1848754319019151873 
https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1848876323026178429 
https://x.com/ercwl/status/1848737997463695827 

28:59 Balance on CEX's
https://x.com/leonwaidmann/status/1848780740969795917? s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g 

32:38 Uniswap Integrated Across
https://x.com/AcrossProtocol/status/1849106135443202069 
https://x.com/danrobinson/status/1849142590131904650 
https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1849182167748022600 

35:47 Scroll Airdrop
https://scroll.io/blog/introducing-scrolls-first-airdrop-a-celebration-of-the-global-community 
https://claim.scroll.io/ 
https://x.com/Andrey_10gwei/status/1848441546645135672 
https://x.com/redhairshanks86/status/1848653068554166339 

39:12 Ethereum Blobs
https://x.com/Data_Always/status/1848789160888332340 

42:46 WorldCoin launches 'World Chain' L2
https://world.org/blog/announcements/world-chain-now-open-every-human 

48:46 Central Bankers
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4985877 
https://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/working-papers/unique-implementation-of-permanent-primary-deficits 

52:11 Buenos Aires Issues Decentralized ID's
https://zksync.mirror.xyz/kWRhD81C7il4YWGrkDplfhIZcmViisRe3lnsmbvOEmg 

56:19 Nigeria Drops Charges
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-23/nigerian-court-releases-binance-executive-jailed-since-february 

57:44 Meme Of The Week 
https://x.com/TrustlessState/status/1849206541255389459 
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