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Major confusion in the cryptosphere as Grayscale withdraws an ETF application that had been widely assumed to be just the means to an end of another lawsuit. Plus Gensler's softball interview on CNBC. 
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Grayscale Withdraws ETH ETF

Robinhood is the latest crypto-aligned company to be targeted by the SEC. In today's episode NLW explores why the crypto community is more surprised by this one than even recent actions against Consensys and the Ethereum Foundation. 
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Why the Robinhood Wells Notice Hits Harder

Over the weekend, a vibe shift started where Bitcoiners are climbing out of some of their gloomier predictions from the past few weeks and looking a bit more optimistically at the next part of the cycle. 
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The Bitcoin Bull Mood (Starts) to Return

A reading and discussion inspired by https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/05/01/sell-in-may-and-go-away-the-seasonality-of-crypto-asset-returns/
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For Bitcoin, Is It "Sell in May and Go Away"?

NLW and Scott Melker discuss macro, CZ's sentence, Roger Ver's arrest and more. 
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