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Anatoly Yakovenko on Solana’s Astounding Recovery and Its Future Plans
On this episode of Unchained, Anatoly Yakovenko talks about the impact of FTX’s collapse, his early impressions of Sam Bankman-Fried, the SEC’s designation of SOL as a security, how entrepreneurs are leaving the U.S. because of the regulatory risk, SOL’s share of the stablecoin market, and why he thinks it’s inevitable that finance will eventually run on something like Solana.

Turkey’s Banking Giants Go Big on Crypto as Legislation Looms
This week, two of the country’s largest banks announced crypto initiatives.

Crypto Policy Takes Center Stage in U.S. Presidential Candidate Forum
With the 2024 U.S. presidential election less than a year away, candidates Vivek Ramaswamy, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson join the first bipartisan crypto presidential forum organized by the Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH. The presidential hopefuls discuss their views on the cryptocurrency industry and state of digital asset regulation in the U.S.

Why Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Is So Pro-Crypto
The GOP presidential candidate also talks about how pegging the dollar to a basket of commodities that could eventually include Bitcoin would help the U.S. economy, and why he hates the idea of a CBDC.

Why the Crypto Industry Is So Upset About the IRS’ Proposed New Tax Reporting Rules
Lawrence Zlatkin, VP of Tax at Coinbase, and Shehan Chandrasekera, Head of Tax Strategy at tax software firm CoinTracker, discuss the crypto industry’s specific objections to the proposed new rules, and what might be a better way forward. They also delve into how the regulations would apply to stablecoins and NFTs, potential blockchain-based solutions for the reporting requirements, and what the likely outlook and timeline for the proposals to come into effect are.

Coldie: Pascal Gauthier Has 'Strong Features' in Personality and Facial Makeup
The artist made an NFT of the crypto hardware wallet executive for our Most Influential package.

Die With the Most Likes: Elizabeth Warren in the Style of 'Relentless. Ground. Beef'
The artist made an NFT of the U.S. senator, lead of an "anti-crypto army," for our Most Influential package.

LOGIK: Tieshun 'Pacman' Roquerre 'Knows His S--t'
The artist made an NFT of the Blur and Blast founder for our Most Influential package.
