This Week in Crypto Games: Off the Grid NFT sales are heating up on mainnet ahead of the Steam launch, while Ethereum MMO Ember Sword is officially done. Read via @ggDecrypt: https://decrypt.co/322015/this-week-crypto-games-off-grid-steam-ember-sword
Bitcoin has been embraced by BlackRock and the U.S. government, but skeptics remain. Early Bitcoiner and Blockstream CEO Adam Back shares his take on why. https://decrypt.co/320512/why-bitcoin-skepticism-persists-adam-back
Why Bitcoin Skepticism Persists Even as Mainstream Adoption Grows: Adam Back ► https://decrypt.co/320512/why-bitcoin-skepticism-persists-adam-back?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto https://decrypt.co/320512/why-bitcoin-skepticism-persists-adam-back?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto
7 Ways to Protect Yourself From Violent Crypto Attacks (Without a Shotgun) ► https://decrypt.co/321821/7-ways-protect-yourself-crypto-attacks?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto https://decrypt.co/321821/7-ways-protect-yourself-crypto-attacks?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto
For Ethereum’s proponents, describing the asset as "digital oil" has been useful—but the analogy is far from perfect and has its limits. https://decrypt.co/321861/wall-street-gets-ethereum-digital-oil-etherealize
Same Prompt, Different Laura: AI Responses Reveal Racial Patterning ► https://decrypt.co/321841/same-prompt-different-laura-ai-racial-patterning?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto https://decrypt.co/321841/same-prompt-different-laura-ai-racial-patterning?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto
Do Anthropic's new Claude 4 AI models live up to the hype? Here's our deep-dive review, including how they compare to top OpenAI and Google models. https://decrypt.co/321910/anthropic-claude-4-review-creative-genius-trapped-by-old-limitations
Anthropic Claude 4 Review: Creative Genius Trapped by Old Limitations ► https://decrypt.co/321910/anthropic-claude-4-review-creative-genius-trapped-by-old-limitations?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto https://decrypt.co/321910/anthropic-claude-4-review-creative-genius-trapped-by-old-limitations?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto
Steak 'n Shake now accepts Bitcoin payments, but buying burgers (or anything else) with BTC comes with risks, tax experts told Decrypt. https://decrypt.co/321389/buy-burger-bitcoin-beware-tax-risks
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This week on Public Keys: Coinbase released worrying details about its data breach, Strategy caught a class action lawsuit, and three banks are considering a stablecoin.
Both Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds this week brought in huge amounts of cash as investors rapidly buy up crypto assets. https://decrypt.co/321869/bitcoin-ethereum-etfs-1-billion-combined-single-day
A majority of the top Trump meme coin holders earned their spots at Thursday's crypto dinner and then sold or transferred their coins, data shows. https://decrypt.co/321849/trump-crypto-dinner-vips-dumped-coins
The Nasdaq-listed Semler Scientific now holds $466 million worth of Bitcoin, but is facing an investigation from a law firm over potential securities violations and other unlawful business practices. https://decrypt.co/321862/semler-scientific-buys-bitcoin-law-firm-targets
Public Keys: Coinbase Hack Fallout, MSTR Legal Strife and Stable-Curious Wall Street ► https://decrypt.co/321868/public-keys-coinbase-mstr-strategy-bitcoin-stablecoins-wall-street?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto https://decrypt.co/321868/public-keys-coinbase-mstr-strategy-bitcoin-stablecoins-wall-street?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto
Off the Grid items are selling for thousands of dollars as the game is set to expand to Steam—but how will its crypto elements be handled? Read via @ggDecrypt: https://decrypt.co/321838/off-grid-avalanche-nft-sales-steam-expansion
Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs Add More Than $1 Billion Combined in a Single Day ► https://decrypt.co/321869/bitcoin-ethereum-etfs-1-billion-combined-single-day?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto https://decrypt.co/321869/bitcoin-ethereum-etfs-1-billion-combined-single-day?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto
President Trump's exclusive crypto dinner Thursday became the launchpad for one attendee's meme coin, but it didn't go so well. https://decrypt.co/321839/solana-meme-coin-trump-crypto-dinner-flopped