BlockDrops Podcast

Drop 1: SEC Crypto Disclosure
https://www.bluprynt.com/post/the-sec-has-logged-on-crypto-disclosure-enters-the-mempool
Drop 2: Standard Chartered + OKX tokenized collateral
https://cointelegraph.com/news/standard-chartered-okx-pilot-off-exchange-collateral-institution
Drop 3: Paris Blockchain Week
Taxbit Digital Accord
https://x.com/MidnightNtwrk/status/1909524832552640855
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/magaldi_digitalassets-crypto-taxbit-activity-7314995450313412609-u6Ut
PBW Louvre Dinner
Charles 4th gen blockchain speech
Connection Lounge with Midnight
Fireside chat Charles + Eran
https://x.com/InputOutputHK/status/1909899923597701464
Fireside chat with Nik Kassis
DNA House
. Web3 influence: Will Adams, Toby Gilbert
. Balance + Midnight: Eran + Dustin Plett
. Charles + Brock
https://x.com/brockpierce/status/1910117897906577475

More:
Midnight announces wallet partners
https://midnight.network/blog/looking-ahead-to-midnight-self-custody-wallet-integrations
M^0 expands to Solana with Kast
https://www.theblock.co/post/350083/chain-agnostic-m0-stablecoin-middleware-platform-expands-to-solana-teams-with-kast-neo-bank-on-latest-m-token-extension
Cardano's Project Catalyst publishes its Horizons report, outlines the impact of the funding program
https://projectcatalyst.io/reports/horizons2025.pdf
Vitalik publishes privacy roadmap for Ethereum
https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/a-maximally-simple-l1-privacy-roadmap/23459
Kiln and OSL partner to offer enterprise-grade ETH staking
https://www.kiln.fi/post/kiln-and-osl-partner-to-offer-enterprise-grade-eth-staking
Event alert: How to design good tokenomics - in person in London, Thursday, May 1 · 6 - 9pm local time, by Dr. Stylianos Kampakis
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-design-good-tokenomics-tickets-1303004865629

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Drop 1: SEC Crypto Disclosure
https://www.bluprynt.com/post/the-sec-has-logged-on-crypto-disclosure-enters-the-mempool
Drop 2: Standard Chartered + OKX tokenized collateral
https://cointelegraph.com/news/standard-chartered-okx-pilot-off-exchange-collateral-institution
Drop 3: Paris Blockchain Week
Taxbit Digital Accord
https://x.com/MidnightNtwrk/status/1909524832552640855
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/magaldi_digitalassets-crypto-taxbit-activity-7314995450313412609-u6Ut
PBW Louvre Dinner
Charles 4th gen blockchain speech
Connection Lounge with Midnight
Fireside chat Charles + Eran
https://x.com/InputOutputHK/status/1909899923597701464
Fireside chat with Nik Kassis
DNA House
. Web3 influence: Will Adams, Toby Gilbert
. Balance + Midnight: Eran + Dustin Plett
. Charles + Brock
https://x.com/brockpierce/status/1910117897906577475

More:
Midnight announces wallet partners
https://midnight.network/blog/looking-ahead-to-midnight-self-custody-wallet-integrations
M^0 expands to Solana with Kast
https://www.theblock.co/post/350083/chain-agnostic-m0-stablecoin-middleware-platform-expands-to-solana-teams-with-kast-neo-bank-on-latest-m-token-extension
Cardano's Project Catalyst publishes its Horizons report, outlines the impact of the funding program
https://projectcatalyst.io/reports/horizons2025.pdf
Vitalik publishes privacy roadmap for Ethereum
https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/a-maximally-simple-l1-privacy-roadmap/23459
Kiln and OSL partner to offer enterprise-grade ETH staking
https://www.kiln.fi/post/kiln-and-osl-partner-to-offer-enterprise-grade-eth-staking
Event alert: How to design good tokenomics - in person in London, Thursday, May 1 · 6 - 9pm local time, by Dr. Stylianos Kampakis
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-design-good-tokenomics-tickets-1303004865629

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In the 183rd BlockTalks we speak with Michelle O’Connor, Global Expansion VP at Taxbit and Chief Strategy Officer at the Association for Women in Cryptocurrency, who talks about the early days of pioneering community growth in web3. 

Links:

https://bio.site/Michelleoconnor

https://www.womenincrypto.org/

https://www.taxbit.com/

https://x.com/awicglobal

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelleqoconnor

https://x.com/Mq2Oco

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Drop 1: Webacy DD
https://world.webacy.com/introducing-dd/
Drop 2: DTCC Tokenized Real Time Collateral
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dtcc-announces-new-platform-tokenized-real-time-collateral-management-00uqe/
Drop 3: Dfns Fee sponsors
https://www.dfns.co/article/introducing-fee-sponsors

More:

Ziglu Crypto on Card, spend cryptocurrency in real-world transactions using their Ziglu debit card
https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45742/ziglu-launches-crypto-on-card
Anzens is Live: USDA Stablecoin Minting Access on Cardano
https://www.emurgo.io/press-news/anzens-is-live-usda-stablecoin-minting-access-is-here-cardano/
Credix raises 50m BRL to expand on SMB lending
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thomas-bohner-a0165597_we-raised-50m-to-power-small-business-activity-7312450031502983168-IEt4
Banco Itau is exploring issuing its own stablecoin
https://www.ledgerinsights.com/brazils-largest-bank-itau-weighs-stablecoin-launch-report/
FDIC says banks no longer need permission for crypto
https://www.ledgerinsights.com/fdic-says-banks-no-longer-need-permission-for-crypto/
PayPal Expands Cryptocurrency Offerings with New Tokens: Chainlink and Solana Now Available
https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/2025-04-04-PayPal-Expands-Cryptocurrency-Offerings-with-New-Tokens-Chainlink-and-Solana-Now-Available
Lens Chain launches its mainnet
https://lens.xyz/news/build-socialfi-apps-faster-with-lens-now-on-mainnet

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Drop 1: Webacy DD
https://world.webacy.com/introducing-dd/
Drop 2: DTCC Tokenized Real Time Collateral
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dtcc-announces-new-platform-tokenized-real-time-collateral-management-00uqe/
Drop 3: Dfns Fee sponsors
https://www.dfns.co/article/introducing-fee-sponsors

Mais:

Ziglu Crypto on Card, spend cryptocurrency in real-world transactions using their Ziglu debit card
https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/45742/ziglu-launches-crypto-on-card
Anzens is Live: USDA Stablecoin Minting Access on Cardano
https://www.emurgo.io/press-news/anzens-is-live-usda-stablecoin-minting-access-is-here-cardano/
Credix raises 50m BRL to expand on SMB lending
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thomas-bohner-a0165597_we-raised-50m-to-power-small-business-activity-7312450031502983168-IEt4
Banco Itau is exploring issuing its own stablecoin
https://www.ledgerinsights.com/brazils-largest-bank-itau-weighs-stablecoin-launch-report/
FDIC says banks no longer need permission for crypto
https://www.ledgerinsights.com/fdic-says-banks-no-longer-need-permission-for-crypto/
PayPal Expands Cryptocurrency Offerings with New Tokens: Chainlink and Solana Now Available
https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/2025-04-04-PayPal-Expands-Cryptocurrency-Offerings-with-New-Tokens-Chainlink-and-Solana-Now-Available
Lens Chain launches its mainnet
https://lens.xyz/news/build-socialfi-apps-faster-with-lens-now-on-mainnet

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In the 182nd BlockTalks we speak with Hubert Rachwalski von Rejchwald, founder and CEO of Vlayer Labs, who talks about data, zk proofs and the verifiable internet.

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LinkedIn: vlayer Labs
YouTube: vlayerxyz
Website: vlayer.xyz
Discord: Join here

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Drop 1: Custodia Bank's USD Stablecoin

https://x.com/caitlinlong_/status/1904523878195507299?s=46

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/03/25/custodia-vantage-bank-tokenize-u-s-dollar-demand-deposits-on-ethereum

Drop 2: STABLE Act

https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-and-hill-introduce-stable-act

https://steil.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/steil.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/stable-act-final-bill.pdf

Drop 3: AvaCloud eERC

https://www.avax.network/blog/avacloud-unveils-eerc-token-standard

And more:

World Coin + Visa explore stablecoin wallet

https://www.reuters.com/technology/sam-altmans-world-network-talks-with-visa-stablecoin-wallet-coindesk-reports-2025-03-24/

Circle: Native USDC and CCTP V2 on Linea

https://www.circle.com/blog/now-live-native-usdc-and-cctp-v2-on-linea

ICE and Circle Sign MOU to Explore Product Innovation Based on Circle’s USDC and USYC Digital Assets

https://www.circle.com/pressroom/ice-and-circle-sign-mou-to-explore-product-innovation-based-on-circles-usdc-and-usyc-digital-assets

Circle USDCkit for payments service providers and cross border remittance platforms

https://www.circle.com/blog/introducing-usdckit-seamless-scalable-payment-flows-with-usdc

Celo concludes migration to Ethereum L2

https://x.com/Celo/status/1904776407215202508

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Drop 1: Custodia Bank's USD Stablecoin

https://x.com/caitlinlong_/status/1904523878195507299?s=46

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/03/25/custodia-vantage-bank-tokenize-u-s-dollar-demand-deposits-on-ethereum

Drop 2: STABLE Act

https://steil.house.gov/media/press-releases/steil-and-hill-introduce-stable-act

https://steil.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/steil.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/stable-act-final-bill.pdf

Drop 3: AvaCloud eERC

https://www.avax.network/blog/avacloud-unveils-eerc-token-standard

E mais:

World Coin + Visa explore stablecoin wallet

https://www.reuters.com/technology/sam-altmans-world-network-talks-with-visa-stablecoin-wallet-coindesk-reports-2025-03-24/

Circle: Native USDC and CCTP V2 on Linea

https://www.circle.com/blog/now-live-native-usdc-and-cctp-v2-on-linea

ICE and Circle Sign MOU to Explore Product Innovation Based on Circle’s USDC and USYC Digital Assets

https://www.circle.com/pressroom/ice-and-circle-sign-mou-to-explore-product-innovation-based-on-circles-usdc-and-usyc-digital-assets

Circle USDCkit for payments service providers and cross border remittance platforms

https://www.circle.com/blog/introducing-usdckit-seamless-scalable-payment-flows-with-usdc

Celo concludes migration to Ethereum L2

https://x.com/Celo/status/1904776407215202508

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In the 181st BlockTalks we speak with Alex Nascimento, Blockchain faculty at UCLA, who talks about the challenges and learnings of navigating the ever changing crypto landscape. Link in the newsletter.

www.alexnascimento.com

https://x.com/7AlexNascimento

https://www.instagram.com/7AlexNascimento

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nascimentoalex/

https://linktr.ee/panoramablock

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Drop 1: Converge L1 for Institutional DeFi
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/03/17/tokenization-specialists-securitize-and-ethena-unveil-institutional-defi-blockchain
Drop 2: Australia plans crypto regulations targeting custody, stablecoin issuance
https://www.ledgerinsights.com/australia-plans-crypto-regulations-targeting-custody-stablecoin-issuance/
Drop 3: Sonic Stablecoin
https://cointelegraph.com/news/sonic-blockchain-algorithmic-stablecoin-andre-cronje

More:

S6E11 ERRATA: not Telegram Wallet, but Wallet in Telegram⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/wallet-tg/

Robinhood adds predictions market to its app, powered by Kalshi
https://www.pymnts.com/financial-apps/2025/robinhood-adds-prediction-markets-hub-to-retail-trading-app/
Sega will launch Code of Jokers videogame on Sui
https://gamingcrypto.beehiiv.com/p/sega-s-code-of-jokers-to-launch-on-sui
Dubai Land Department Launches Pilot Phase of the ‘Real Estate Tokenisation Project’
https://mediaoffice.ae/en/news/2025/march/19-03/dubai-land-department-launches-real-estate-tokenisation-project
US Treasury Lifts Sanctions Against Ethereum Mixer Tornado Cash. Founders are still under prosecution
https://decrypt.co/311103/us-treasury-lifts-sanctions-tornado-cash
Bakkt turns to stablecoins via strategic partnership with Distributed Technologies Research
https://www.ledgerinsights.com/ices-digital-asset-venture-bakkt-pivots-appoints-co-ceo/
Bayer adopts Northern Trust DLT based carbon platform
https://www.ledgerinsights.com/platform/

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