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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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🐳 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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🐳 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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🐳 Weekly Edition: Iran Conflict Takes Bitcoin on a Rollercoaster
Mar 07, 2026

🐳 Weekly Edition: Iran Conflict Takes Bitcoin on a Rollercoaster

Early week gains gave way to bears later in the week as the FBI finally catches $45M criminal

Will McKinnon
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🐳 Weekly Edition: Crypto Recovery Loses Steam, GENIUS Act Gets March 1 Deadline
Feb 28, 2026

🐳 Weekly Edition: Crypto Recovery Loses Steam, GENIUS Act Gets March 1 Deadline

The parents are still fighting over whether or not US companies should be able to offer stablecoin yield, but the end is in sight

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Will McKinnon
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🐳 Weekly Edition: Bitcoin Struggles to Regain $70k, is Stable the next big TGE?
Feb 14, 2026

🐳 Weekly Edition: Bitcoin Struggles to Regain $70k, is Stable the next big TGE?

Coinbase missed earnings and took a beating alongside the rest of the crypto industry this week, as MegaETH and Stable gear up for TGE soon

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Will McKinnon
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