This week the Layer1 crew discusses BTC making a splash on Billions, MakerDAO voting in wrappedBTC, Incognito brining private txs to Ethereum, Block.One wins patent, and Ripple paying Moneygram millions.

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Ripple paid $16.6 million in XRP incentives to MoneyGram in Q1 2020https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/63855/ripple-paid-16-6-million-in-xrp-incentives-to-moneygram-in-q1-2020

Iran Ditches the Rial Amid Hyperinflation as LocalBitcoins Seem to Trade Near $35Khttps://cointelegraph.com/news/iran-ditches-the-rial-amid-hyperinflation-as-localbitcoins-seem-to-trade-near-35k

Quick NewsEthereum DEX trading volumes are rising rapidly in 2020https://decrypt.co/27556/ethereum-dex-trading-volumes-are-rising-rapidly-in-2020

Binance new "Smart Chain" to have 21 BPs in a DPoS setuphttps://insidebitcoins.com/news/binance-smart-chain-receives-flak-due-to-centralization/258688

More than 77% of total ETH not locked in smart contracts hasn't moved in six months -- accumulation!https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/63639/new-market-analysis-shows-that-77-of-all-circulating-eth-hasnt-moved-in-at-least-six-months?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=blockchainbites&utm_campaign=&clid=00Q1I00000LxCyFUAV

Miners are mining very quickly in anticipation of the halving drop in BTC block rewardshttps://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-miners-usually-create-6-blocks-per-hour-they-just-banged-out-16

Cardano releases new Daedalus node and moves closer to PoS transition - staking soon, smart contract functionality laterhttps://messari.io/article/cardano-releases-new-version-daedalus-node-taking-another-step-closer-to-mainnet-staking

Square dev finds Bitcoin Lightning Network exploit - enables for no refunds; other privacy issueshttps://decrypt.co/27346/square-developer-finds-bitcoin-lightning-exploit

Keep Network launches mainnet - private computation on ETH + tBTC launch. Can earn KEEP and fees by bonding ETH before launch - starts June 8thhttps://messari.io/article/keep-network-initiates-its-launch-sequence

Telegram moves launch to 2021 and says they'll return 72% of invested funds ($1.2bln) to investors; and judge gives preliminary approval for $25m Tezos lawsuit to settlehttps://messari.io/article/facing-regulatory-pressure-telegram-delays-ton-launch-until-2021-and-offers-to-return-1-2-billion-to-investorshttps://cointelegraph.com/news/judge-gives-preliminary-approval-for-25m-settlement-in-tezos-lawsuit

DiscussionGenesis' loan book explodes now with over $2bln in loans. What risk does lending present to crypto? https://messari.io/article/genesis-capital-s-loan-book-continues-to-grow-during-its-most-volatile-quarter

Personal Token Sales - Timeline before this model goes viral? Will they be the next ICO? Can any good come out of this?https://twitter.com/kermankohli/status/1257285623964028929

BitcoinSurge in Bitcoin price driven by retail buyers on spot exchanges and primarily in the UShttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/blockchain-bites-bitcoin-whales-american-170804529.htmlhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/nickchong/2020/05/01/key-data-shows-bitcoin-rally-9000-driven-spot-exchange-surge/#1bd2bd611249

EthereumVitalik comments on what he thinks the ETH Foundation's role should be in staking -- half the total stakeVitalik also mentions they'll be cutting the issuance rate of new ETH in half and adjusting block sizes variablyhttps://btcmanager.com/vitalik-buterin-ethereum-foundation-staking-plan-eth-2-0/?q=/vitalik-buterin-ethereum-foundation-staking-plan-eth-2-0/&https://www.coinspeaker.com/buterin-eth-2-million-year/

ETH2.0 multiclient testnet has launchedhttps://cryptoslate.com/parity-developer-confirms-ethereum-2-0-schlesi-multiclient-testnet-is-live/

Wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) added as collateral on Maker DeFi platform; Maker approves new Board of Directors - T

The team sits down w/ Cooper Turley and Lucas Campbell, Founders of DeFi Rate, to discuss DeFi adoption, current and future utility cases, the emergence of DAO governance, and what their thoughts are on recent Uniswap and $ALEX issuances.

DeFi Ratehttps://defirate.com/https://twitter.com/defirate

Cooper Turleyhttps://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa

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The team sits down w/ Pat Duffy and Alex Wilson, Founders of The Giving Block, to discuss how their platform benefits crypto investors, hosting poker tournaments to drive awareness, pushing cryptocurrency adoption in remote regions, and more!

1:35 Alex and Pat Stories5:00 2017 ICO Memories6:37 Pushing Crypto Education in Non-Profits and Distressed Regions9:10 Where Does Crypto Charity sit today?11:12 Benefits of Donating Crypto and Donation Process 13:30 Credentials for Partners and Non-Profits15:30 Specific Regions more Apt to Crypto Donations?17:00 What types of Crypto can be donated?18:35 Charity Poker Event21:40 Is Crypto Donation-Averse and Crypto Tax Events23:00 Livestream Benefit 24:00 The Giving Block plans for the future 26:45 Where Crypto is headed in 2020?30:23 What your worst ICO trades in 2017?35:30 Is Charity industry hit hard by Covid?37:50 What are some future events and trends you can predict?40:00 Do users choose which charity they can donate to?43:15 What other sectors within Crypto interest you?45:40 Book Recommendation

The Giving BlockTheGivingBlock.comBitcoinTuesday.orgtwitter.com/@TheGivingBlock

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This week the Layer1 crew discusses the latest Bitfinex Social Media platform, a BTC Mining debate going into halving, $HIVE pumping 400+% on Binance listing, and Grayscale owning 1% of total ETH in circulation.

Telegram - t.me/SutlerVenturesTwitter - https://twitter.com/layer1pod https://twitter.com/SutlerVenturesSutler Ventures - https://sutlerventures.com/-----------------BreakingBitfinex launches Social Media Platformhttps://u.today/bitfinex-launches-social-trading-platform-pulse-details

dForce announces return of 90% of stolen assets to users.https://medium.com/dforcenet/lendf-me-hack-resolution-part-i-asset-redistribution-plan-9cefee49f209

Quick NewsChip maker Ebang files for $100m IPO in the UShttps://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-mining-chip-producer-ebang-files-for-100-million-ipo-in-us

Russia sees largest spike of new users ever for crypto exchangeshttps://decrypt.co/26318/russians-turn-to-cash-and-bitcoin-as-coronavirus-sinks-economy

Tron sees 65k+ new accounts on 4/19 a few weeks before the JST token sale on May 5th; ETH accounts also up hugehttps://ethereumworldnews.com/justin-sun-baffled-by-a-jump-in-new-tron-trx-accounts/https://cryptoslate.com/ethereum-active-addresses-rocket-as-crucial-moment-fast-approaches/

Vechain blockchain is used to authenticate N95 maskshttps://www.thestreet.com/investing/cryptocurrency/cryptocurrency-in-focus-vechain-makes-sure-covid-19-masks-are-legit

Andreesen Horowitz raises another crypto fund, this time for $450mhttps://messari.io/article/andreessen-horowitz-is-reportedly-raising-as-much-as-450m-for-new-crypto-fund

Coinbase Custody + Bison Trails to offer Polkadot stakinghttps://messari.io/article/coinbase-custody-teams-up-with-bison-trails-to-offer-polkadot-staking-to-clients

Filecoin pushes back mainnet launch (almost 3yrs since ICO) and NEAR Protocol is set to launch their mainnethttps://messari.io/article/filecoin-delays-mainnet-launch-againhttps://messari.io/article/smart-contract-platform-near-unveils-mainnet-launch-schedule

DiscussionBTC miner discussion around rainy season in spring/early summer and thoughts on post-halving BTChttps://www.coindesk.com/chinas-rainy-season-is-coming-this-time-bitcoin-miners-arent-investing

Coinbase Oracle https://blog.coinbase.com/introducing-the-coinbase-price-oracle-6d1ee22c7068

Framework Ventures takes nearly 4% stake in Kava. Is this the start of or another example of 'decentralized' takeovers for crypto?https://decrypt.co/26406/framework-investment-kava-defi

MakerDAO receives a lawsuit of their own - whats the fallout from this for other DeFi platforms?https://messari.io/article/makerdao-receives-class-action-lawsuit-from-victims-of-black-thursday-s-losses

EthereumEthereum testnet reached 20k validators in two days and validates first blockhttps://decrypt.co/26100/ethereum-2-0-testnet-reaches-almost-20000-validators-in-just-two-dayshttps://decrypt.co/26085/ethereum-2-0-testnet-prysmatic-labs

Grayscale is buying half of all newly mined Ethereum (ETH)https://decrypt.co/26740/grayscale-is-buying-half-of-all-newly-mined-ethereum-eth

Ethereum No-Loss Savings Game PoolTogether Launches “Pods”https://blockonomi.com/ethereum-game-pooltogether-launches-pods/

EOSStats Are Showing A Rise in EOS Popularityhttps://www.eoswriter.io/169259_stats-are-showing-a-rise-in-eos-popularity.eos

Voice Global launching Q1 2021https://www.eoswriter.io/169250_voice-global-launch-confirmed.eos

BinanceHive Listed on Binance + PUMPhttps://blockonomi.com/hive-price-jumps-following-exchange-listings/https://cointelegraph.com/news/after-steem-voting-controversy-and-hardfork-binance-lists-hive

Binance launches mining pool service with initial focus on bitcoinhttps://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/63103/binance-launches-mining-pool-service-with-initial-focus-on-bitcoin

The team sits down w/ Alex Masmej, Founder of RocketNFT, to discuss how he tokenized himself ($ALEX), how he's going to use the $20k from investors, concepts surrounding Human ICOs, losing it all in a DeFi trade, and the future of NFTs.

$ALEX Airdrop Link: https://app.tryroll.com/claim/ALEX-iu...

3:24 Alex’s Story7:45 MetaCartel Introduction9:58 Tokenizing Himself and History of Income Share Agreements16:25 Explaining the Alex Token Use Cases22:30 Regulation and Legal Policies 24:45 How will he spend the $20,000?26:34 What if you fail?28:38 Future of tokenizing people 31:12 Barstool Article33:08 Losing Money in DeFi Slippage40:32 RocketNFT Breakdown44:00 NFTs Discussion46:00 How doRocketNFT loans work?51:50 Crypto in France54:17 DeFi Discussion

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The team sits down w/ Christopher Brookins, CEO of Valiendero Digital Assets, to discuss how Valiendero handled recent market crashes, Bitcoin's changing narratives, how humans and algos interact within investment funds, and how ripples from Oil markets can effect cryptocurrency.

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This week the Layer1 crew discusses the latest on DeFi Hack on lendf.me, Binance unveils plans for their smart contract network, China supports Blockchain, and Dan Larimer announces $200k EOS.io challenge.

Telegram - t.me/SutlerVenturesTwitter - https://twitter.com/layer1pod https://twitter.com/SutlerVenturesSutler Ventures - https://sutlerventures.com/-----------------1:40 BREAKINGdForce DeFi platform is exploited - loses $25m https://www.coindesk.com/attacker-drains-decentralized-protocol-dforce-of-25m-in-weekend-attackhttps://decrypt.co/26122/dforce-hackers-forced-into-u-turn-after-failing-to-sell-stolen-funds?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto

New Layoffs Hit Ethereum Incubator ConsenSyshttps://www.coindesk.com/new-layoffs-hit-ethereum-incubator-consensys

9:18 QUICK NEWSFactom isn't liquidating after all - changing up the Series B and hoping for growthhttps://messari.io/article/factom-will-not-liquidate-correcting-prior-claims-last-week

ICYMI: ETH ASIC miners got an update to ensure hash rate doesn't fall 20-40% https://messari.io/article/bitmain-releases-firmware-update-to-prolong-life-of-ethereum-asic-miners

The New York power plant we talked about has sold 30% of its hash rate to institutional buyershttps://www.coindesk.com/new-york-power-plant-greenidge-has-sold-up-to-30-of-its-bitcoin-mining-hash-rate

Algorand Foundation sets aside 250m ALGO tokens to support the ecosystemhttps://messari.io/article/algorand-foundation-sets-aside-250-million-algos-to-fund-ecosystem-development

Coinbase Custody now allows for DeFi governancehttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/coinbase-custody-doubles-down-defi-160936843.htmlhttps://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-custody-rolls-out-support-for-compound-governance-2e8984721e61

Stimilus checks are being used to buy Bitcoin just as "Bitcoin halving" hits an ATH on google search trendshttps://decrypt.co/25774/coronavirus-stimulus-checks-are-going-on-guns-tigers-and-bitcoin

Singapore Won’t Tax Airdrops or Hard Forks Under New Crypto Guidancehttps://www.coindesk.com/singapore-wont-tax-airdrops-or-hard-forks-under-new-crypto-guidance

More than half of eToro's global user base is invested in XRPhttps://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/62239/xrp-etoro-global-user-base-report

DISCUSSION23:15 China's Government backed Blockchain Platform aiming to support development and innovation launches Apr 25thhttps://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/61920/blockchain-china-platform-launch-next-week

40:00 Binance to launch ETH competitorhttps://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/62213/binance-is-launching-a-new-ethereum-compatible-blockchain

57:00 Are normal businesses/consumers adopting stablecoins? Circle saw huge growth from businesses using USDChttps://www.coindesk.com/circle-ceo-claims-explosive-stablecoin-demand-from-everyday-businesses

1:04:15 BITCOINRennTech is eyeing Bitcoin - what does this mean for crypto? https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/62322/75-billion-hedge-fund-renaissance-technologies-is-eyeing-the-bitcoin-futures-market

1:12:52 EthereumRumors around ETH whales, the ETH Foundation or BOTH supporting ETH pricehttps://www.newsbtc.com/2020/04/10/ethereum-whales-are-building-a-massive-buy-wall-will-it-stop-a-selloff/

Stablecoins have propelled ETH to match Bitcoin's amount of "value transfer" on the blockchainhttps://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-now-matches-bitcoin-on-one-key-metric

MetaFactory launches first MetaFactory Brand https://metafactory.ai/

1:32:00 EOSGalaxy EOS VC Fund Invests In An Interactive Storytelling Platformhttps://www.eoswriter.io/168671_galaxy-eos-vc-fund-invests-in-an-interactive-storytelling-platform.eos

$200k EOS Challengehttps://eos.io/news/collaborating-across-the-ecosystem-to-make-blockchain-work-for-everyone/

The team sits down w/ Jesse Proudman, CEO of Strix Leviathan, to discuss why quantitative strategies have outperformed top digital assets, his previous company being acquired by IBM, whether Bitcoin has lost its narrative, and how much of crypto is dominated by algorithmic trading?

Jesse Proudmanhttps://twitter.com/jesseproudman

Strix Leviathan https://strixleviathan.com/https://twitter.com/StrixLeviathan

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The team sits down w/ Anatoly Yakovenko, CEO and Co-Founder of Solana, to talk the future of web-scale protocols, the recent Coinlist auction/Binance listing, why sharding isn't the answer long-term, 5G towers, and why he believes Reddit might champion token economies in the near term.

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Solanahttps://solana.com/https://twitter.com/solana

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This week the Layer1 crew discusses the latest on Bitcoin, Arthur Hayes, Reddit unveiling a potential "Community" token, HTC Monero Mining, and exchanges releasing voter rewards for EOS!

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3:45 Quick News BTC Hashrate jumps back up by 33% in 2 days https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-hashrate-increases-in-2-days-will-btc-price-follow BTC Trading Volume on crytpo exchanges collectively grew 61% in Q1 this year https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/60937/bitcoin-trading-volume-on-exchanges-grew-61-percent-in-q1-compared-to-previous-quarter Bitfinex to offer 10% staking rewards on EOS, V.Systems and Cosmos, with Tezos starting in May https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/61094/bitfinex-ventures-into-staking-space-offering-10-annual-return-on-three-tokens-at-launch Canaan Bitcoin Miner reports net loss of almost $150m for 2019 https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-miner-maker-canaan-lost-148-million-in-2019 Tether Legal Update: Tether saying they will file a motion to dismiss the NY AG's claims https://sunriseread.com/tether-to-file-motion-to-dismiss-class-action-lawsuit-based-on-nyag-claims/84114/ Binance Legal Update: This could hover over Binance for 3-4 years; other issues like claims Binance specifically looked for pre-minted projects vs. mined projects for $$ https://cointelegraph.com/news/recent-class-action-lawsuit-could-cost-binance-billions-of-dollars Telegram Legal Update: Telegram is backed by "Blockchain Association" as war around securities laws continues (Coinbase, Polychain, Grayscale and more a part of BA) https://messari.io/article/blockchain-association-backs-telegram-again-in-case-against-sec Discussion 16:00 Arthur Hayes thinks Bitcoin could retest $3k - what do each of us think the rest of 2020 holds for Bitcoin? https://cointelegraph.com/news/hayes-scary-warning-bitcoin-price-could-absolutely-retest-3k https://blog.bitmex.com/choose-your-fiction/ 39:37 New botnet called DDG is seemingly "impossible to stop" https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2020/04/10/a-sinister-new-botnet-could-prove-nearly-impossible-to-stop/#756b923a7c5c 45:30 The FED announced another 2.3 Trillion in funding for PPP (payrolls), small business and more -- how far does this go and what impact does it have on crypto? https://messari.io/article/federal-reserve-announces-2-3-trillion-in-additional-funding-to-support-the-economy 56:40 BitMex Users Have Been Withdrawing Bitcoins Since Black Thursday https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitmex-has-been-bleeding-bitcoins-since-black-thursday 1:16:18 Ethereum Reddit is supposedly working on "Community Points" for its platform; a social point that will be ERC20 based https://www.coindesk.com/reddit-may-use-ethereum-for-a-new-token-based-points-system New "DeFi Alliance" is launched with major Chicago Trading Firms https://messari.io/article/chicago-s-trading-firms-look-to-defi-with-new-alliance 1:33:58 EOS Block.One to vote on the EOS blockchain governance starting in May https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/61542/block-one-reveals-plan-to-begin-voting-on-the-eos-blockchain-in-may http://eosacknowledgments.io/ Earn 8% APR on Binance with EOS. Bitfinex to come... https://www.eosgo.io/news/binance-staking-eos-8-apr https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/61094/bitfinex-ventures-into-staking-space-offering-10-annual-return-on-three-tokens-at-launch 1:59:30 Monero Monero can now be mined using the HTC Exodus blockchain-focused phone https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/61529/htc-to-allow-mining-monero-directly-via-its-exodus-blockchain-phone