Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:56 Monero price pump reportedly caused by a $283 Million social engineering attack https://x.com/zachxbt/status/2012212936735912351
7:50 Why only $283 million Monero could cause the price to rise so much
15:09 Is this social engineering hack a bad thing for Monero?
20:43 Taking a look at the similar hack from last year
22:17 Could this be a psyop?
25:55 They could "trace" their own movement of Monero for negative headlines towards Monero
28:51 It could be a way of testing out new chain analytic tracing tools being implemented on coinswap sites
30:36 A psyop to go after instant coinswap sites with regulations?
33:09 Cakewallet adds zcash
38:36 Senate Banking Committee's Market Structure Draft https://www.therage.co/market-structure-surveillance/
46:24 Monero usage stats
https://x.com/shopinbit/status/2011785083464675670
https://x.com/PPQdotAI/status/2011037201191293396
https://x.com/mynymbox/status/2011781218082152942
48:52 Tether frozen in Venezuela
https://x.com/sethforprivacy/status/2011520757097251222
51:24 Download the latest ban list from the MRL!
https://monero.town/post/7271760
52:09 Monerokon 2026 is happening!!!!! LFG
https://x.com/OrangeFren/status/2011468048570445970
53:20 Superchat 1 - The conclusion of a THRILLING storyline (includes Robot gag)
55:50 Superchat 2 - The hack pump and dump is an endorsement of Monero
56:55 Superchat 3 - Friends suddenly like Monero
58:22 Outro
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