On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW covers:
  The latest in Binance’s global regulatory troubles 
 Leaked crypto legislation from Paraguay 
 Capital Group’s big bet on MicroStrategy
 The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority slated to spend £11M on an anti-crypto campaign for young people 
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Paraguay's Leaked Crypto Law: Depressing Dud or Too Early to Tell?

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The Halving and the First Fee War of the New Bitcoin Epoch

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Paraguay's Leaked Crypto Law: Depressing Dud or Too Early to Tell?

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