This week the Layer1 crew discusses how Gold can drive the Bitcoin narrative, what adoption of digital dollar would mean for crypto, The Sandbox LAND sale and the future of virtual real estate, and Block.one deploying $150M towards Voice.

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-----------------Quick NewsBitcoin SV might be under attack as 50% of hash rate is taken up by unknown mining poolhttps://decrypt.co/23382/unknown-miners-take-over-bitcoin-sv-blockchain

New Binance trading widget/extension launches on the Brave browserhttps://coingape.com/boosting-adoption-brave-sets-up-binance-trading-widget-to-its-browser/

New project Solana has raised 1.8mm in their token sale on Coinlisthttps://messari.io/article/solana-raises-1-8-million-in-token-sale

Zcash is getting an upgrade; Heartwoodhttps://messari.io/article/introducing-heartwood-the-next-major-zcash-upgrade

Binance is launching a crypto debit card and opening an OFFICIAL office in Shanghaihttps://messari.io/article/binance-is-working-on-a-crypto-visa-debit-cardhttps://bitcoinist.com/binance-to-open-office-in-shanghai-yes-really/

NEO dev unlocks 1.6m tokens...https://bitcoinist.com/neo-developer-account-unlocks-1-6-million-tokens/

DiscussionSenate teases (initially) a "digital dollar" within the stimulus billhttps://www.coindesk.com/us-senate-floats-digital-dollar-bill-after-house-scrubs-term-from-coronavirus-relief-plan

Issues in the gold markethttps://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/59666/physical-gold-is-in-short-supply-as-investors-chase-safety-from-coronavirus-turmoil

CME Group is another who is exploring BTC mining for its investorshttps://bitcoinist.com/cme-group-explores-mining-bitcoin/

TheSanbox/CryptoVoxel Saleshttps://cointelegraph.com/news/the-sandbox-game-on-ethereum-announces-third-land-presale

BitcoinBitcoin hashrate sees the second biggest drop in its history; more miners are coming to BTC as this happens thoughhttps://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-posts-biggest-percentage-drop-everhttps://bitcoinist.com/miners-abandon-bitcoin-cash-for-bitcoin/

EthereumETH 2.0 hits a snag with a "potential vulnerability" coming from an audithttps://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/59936/a-new-ethereum-2-0-audit-has-highlighted-potential-security-vulnerabilities

EOSBlock.One invests $150m into Voice; investment now totals roughly $300mhttps://messari.io/article/block-one-invests-150m-in-its-social-media-app-voice-to-fund-independent-operations

Block One "absorbs" EOS New Yorkhttps://cryptobriefing.com/block-one-absorbed-eos-long-standing-block-producers/

EOS Worker Proposal has been approved; at least stage 1https://twitter.com/EOS_Nation/status/1242452532724670465

TezosThe Tezos Foundation appear to have sold 8000 Bitcoin in exchange for fiat, bonds and ETFs in 2019https://www.coindesk.com/tezos-foundation-offloaded-millions-of-dollars-worth-of-bitcoin-in-2019-reportTezos released it's 2nd Bi-annual report; it includes: 200 proposals submitted, 78 grants given; $635m in assets; 8 new partnerships; and 26 total countries where 'grantees' are based