Lady Ada dives into pivotal governance votes, protocol upgrades, and the growing influence of stablecoins, from NEAR's inflation debate to Cardano's layer two roadmap and the XRP Ledger upgrade. We cover global regulatory shifts in Washington and at state levels, seismic corporate crypto treasuries, enforcement actions, and market-moving events, all punctuated by a touch of 1980s nostalgia. Also: AI debates from cat translators to copyright law, health breakthroughs in dementia risk, and the latest in crypto security.