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🐳 Weekly Edition: Legislators Leave Crypto Regulation to the Agencies
Aug 15, 2026

🐳 Weekly Edition: Legislators Leave Crypto Regulation to the Agencies

The crypto industry is stuck in the vortex of bureaucracy as the SEC and CFTC decide who rules over what, meanwhile another hardware wallet exploit has hit the self-custody maxis

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Will McKinnon
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🐳 Weekly Edition: CLARITY Act odds have never been more unclear as onchain attacks change form
Jul 18, 2026

🐳 Weekly Edition: CLARITY Act odds have never been more unclear as onchain attacks change form

The BonkDAO $20M attack is yet another example of a no-code hack, exploiting the "weak link" without dealing with complex smart contracts

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Will McKinnon
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🐳 Weekly Edition: Robinhood Chain Revives Onchain Market
Jul 11, 2026

🐳 Weekly Edition: Robinhood Chain Revives Onchain Market

ETF flows reverse as Robinhood's new chain attracts billions in trading volume, potentially signaling a reversal in recent onchain trends

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Will McKinnon
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🐳 Weekly Edition: Hyperliquid SPCX Perp Hits $1.4B in 24hr Volume on Historic IPO Day
Jun 13, 2026

🐳 Weekly Edition: Hyperliquid SPCX Perp Hits $1.4B in 24hr Volume on Historic IPO Day

Could pre-IPO price discovery be moving onchain?

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Will McKinnon
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🐳 Weekly Edition: Bitcoin, ETH Accelerate Sell Off as Carnage Extends to Equities
Jun 05, 2026

🐳 Weekly Edition: Bitcoin, ETH Accelerate Sell Off as Carnage Extends to Equities

Nobody was safe this week as Bitcoin fell under $60k for the first time since Trump won the election in 2024, with several bottom-indicators firing

Will McKinnon
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Will McKinnon, +1
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🐳 Weekly Edition: CFTC Approves First US Perpetual in Historic Win for Exchanges
May 30, 2026

🐳 Weekly Edition: CFTC Approves First US Perpetual in Historic Win for Exchanges

Kalshi scored a major win for crypto with CFTC approval for a Bitcoin perps market, but ETF flows remain far in the negative

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Will McKinnon
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🐳 Weekly Edition: CT Darling Hyperliquid Hits New ATH on Synthetic SPCX Debut
May 22, 2026

🐳 Weekly Edition: CT Darling Hyperliquid Hits New ATH on Synthetic SPCX Debut

Hyperliquid's newest offering gives traders access to high-demand pre-IPO equities via synthetic perpetuals, as regulators decide whether or not to greenlight the market

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Will McKinnon
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🐳 Weekly Edition: Aave is So Back
Apr 25, 2026

🐳 Weekly Edition: Aave is So Back

A North Korean-exploit left hundreds of millions in bad debt on DeFi bluechip Aave, but the hole has now been filled thanks to donations from the community

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Will McKinnon
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🐳 Weekly Edition: Strait of Hormuz Opens, Tether Seizes Major Opportunity
Apr 18, 2026

🐳 Weekly Edition: Strait of Hormuz Opens, Tether Seizes Major Opportunity

Bitcoin has finally broken through the $75k barrier as Tether lands a major deal with Drift Protocol, boxing out Circle to be the main settlement currency of the perpetuals exchange

Will McKinnon
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Will McKinnon, +1
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🐳 Weekly Edition: War Clock Ticks Toward April 6th as ETF Flows Slow
Apr 04, 2026

🐳 Weekly Edition: War Clock Ticks Toward April 6th as ETF Flows Slow

The new deadline for a peace deal is approaching rapidly, another miss could take risk assets lower

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Will McKinnon
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🐳 Weekly Edition: Morgan Stanley Joins BTC ETF Battle as Crypto Bleeds
Mar 27, 2026

🐳 Weekly Edition: Morgan Stanley Joins BTC ETF Battle as Crypto Bleeds

We also saw one of the more hilarious attempts at insider trading today, put on by none other than VC-backed P2P.me

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Will McKinnon
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🐳 Daily Edition: Bitcoin Showing Strength Despite Oil-Driven Sell Off
Mar 18, 2026

🐳 Daily Edition: Bitcoin Showing Strength Despite Oil-Driven Sell Off

We live in tumultuous times, but wasn't Bitcoin designed for that anyway?

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Will McKinnon
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