Top crypto stories of week 17, 2024

Mon 22 to Sun 28 April 2024

Text under a title is an AI summary of the linked article.

1. Meme Coins Are Causing 'Damage' to Crypto, Says Andreessen Horowitz Exec (decrypt.co)
   16 upvotes · 1 comment · by mishaderidder.eth

   Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) CTO Eddy Lazzarin argues that meme coins are a "risky casino" that damage crypto's long-term prospects, affecting adoption, regulation, laws, and builder behavior. In a April 24, 2024 post on Twitter (X), he said that meme coins distract from building new networks and give regulators reasons to pass harsher rules. Tokens such as Dogwifhat (WIF), Bonk (BONK), and Book of Meme (BOME) have recently posted large returns. Jesse Walden, founder of the crypto VC firm Variant, disagreed, saying meme coins offer only volatility and entertainment and do less damage than claimed.

2. Consensys Sues the SEC to Defend the U.S. Ethereum Community (consensys.io)
   10 upvotes · 1 comment · by pedrovilela.eth
3. Safe token is now transferable (safe.global)
   8 upvotes · 2 comments · by mishaderidder.eth
4. Chat with ZKasino team about doxxing (twitter.com)
   8 upvotes · 3 comments · by macbudkowski.eth
5. Why niches matter (kanfa.macbudkowski.com)
   9 upvotes · 0 comments · by macbudkowski.eth
6. NFT Art: Beyond JPEGs (medium.com)
   6 upvotes · 0 comments · by miragenesi.eth
7. a very important internet history chart (webspace.merz-akademie.de)
   7 upvotes · 1 comment · by mishaderidder.eth
8. A Social and Financial Study of Memecoins (read.cryptodatabytes.com)
   7 upvotes · 1 comment · by 0xluo.eth
9. The Tech Baron Seeking to “Ethnically Cleanse” San Francisco (newrepublic.com)
   8 upvotes · 0 comments · by timdaub.eth
10. Kakarot: move fast and break a few eggs (blog.kakarot.org)
    5 upvotes · 1 comment · by 0x8A3C...BF0C
11. Invite your friends to Kiwi News (docs.google.com)
    7 upvotes · 0 comments · by timdaub.eth
12. Farcaster.vote introduces Degenchain-based Communities (warpcast.com)
    7 upvotes · 0 comments · by ferran.eth
13. Stripe starting to accept USDC stablecoin as payment method (techcrunch.com)
    4 upvotes · 1 comment · by ciefa.eth
14. The World Is Assuming A Pre-War Posture (noemamag.com)
    5 upvotes · 0 comments · by leosn.eth
15. Learning how to monetize sustainably: episode 1 - Orb Social (app.t2.world)
    5 upvotes · 0 comments · by pedrovilela.eth
16. It's a torturous chaos until it isn't (longform.asmartbear.com)
    5 upvotes · 2 comments · by macbudkowski.eth
17. CryptoPunks: Free to Claim (hub.cryptopunks.app)
    5 upvotes · 1 comment · by pedrovilela.eth
18. Visa onchain analytics for all 4 stablecoins (visaonchainanalytics.com)
    5 upvotes · 0 comments · by thatalexpalmer.eth
19. Go Outside and Touch Grass (tglens.substack.com)
    3 upvotes · 3 comments · by pedrovilela.eth
20. SEC sued over Ethereum, crypto firm asks court to state token is not a security (fortune.com)
    3 upvotes · 1 comment · by m-j-r.eth