GM 👋 Thank God it’s Friday, and we’re wrapping up your week with the best moments from Web3.

📓 Today’s Agenda:

• 📉 Crypto Headlines

• 😳 WTF Stories

• 💰 Friday Funding

• 🖼 NFT Headlines

📉  CRYPTO HEADLINES

• Dogecoin dumps over 7% in hours following Twitter turning the Twitter logo back to the Twitter bird - Learn more
  

• ChatGPT picks gold over Bitcoin when asked to pick one or the other for a “recession-proof” portfolio - Learn more
  

• Crypto Attacks spike in Q1, ending the quarter with over $477 Million in losses. However, that is substantially lower than Q1 2022s $1.2 Billion in losses - Learn more
  

• Aave announces plans to expand its service to other chains, such as BNB Chain, Starknet, and Polygon zkEVM - Learn more
  

• Bloomberg reports that Less Than 1% of Global Investors Paid Taxes on Crypto in 2022, with the United States coming out on top at 1.62$ - Learn more
  

• MicroStrategy purchases an additional 1,045 BTC for $29.3 Million. This purchase puts MicroStrategies holdings to 140,000 Bitcoin, equalling $4 Billion - Learn more
  

• BNB pumped 4% over the week following news that the Interpol Red Notice that had reportedly been issued to Binance CEO CZ was false - Learn more

In this space, there are things that happen that just make us think, “WTF.”

With that said, the following are a few of this week's biggest WTF moments, that we just have to see to believe…

• Shiba Inu Investor states that ‘If Shiba Inu Reaches $0.01, [she would] Buy 20 Acres Land & Build [her] Dream House.’ This investor stated she currently holds over 106 Million $SHIB tokens, equalling over $1,157. A trip to 0.01 would make her portfolio worth over $1.15 Million - Learn More
  

• MacOS has reportedly added the Bitcoin whitepaper to every Apple MacBook in its latest macOS update. This addition was done in complete stealth, and is still unclear as to why it was added in the first place - Learn More
  

• 45th President Donald Trump, in a recent press conference, stated that the US dollar is crashing and that it will soon no longer be the world-reserved currency. This statement came amid a string of countries publicly stating they no longer wish to abide by the rules of the US - Learn More
  

• Black Rock, the largest asset management company in the world, with over $10 trillion under management, was taken over by protestors in France. This uprising came amid President Emmanuel Macron’s pension changes, which changes the retirement age from 62 to 64 - Learn More

💰 FRIDAY FUNDING

• Franklin Closes $2.9M in a recent funding round co-led by Gumi Cryptos Capital and CMT Digital. Franklin provides a tool for firms to make payments to employees and contractors in crypto, across the world, including the U.S. - Learn more
  

• Delphi Labs Raises $13.5M in its first external funding round led by P2P and Jump Crypto. The funds will go toward building out an accelerator that aims to foster the growth of teams working on launching Web3 projects - Learn more
  

• Astria Raises $5.5M in a seed funding round led by Maven 11 with added contributions from 1kx, Delphi Ventures, and Figment Capital. Astria's aim is to enable anyone to deploy their own censorship-resistant rollup without having to rely on a centralized sequencer - Learn more

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🖼 NFTS

• Beeple pumps Nakamigos to a high of 0.9 ETH after tweeting that he would drop chapter 2 of the Nakamigo’s Saga if the collection hit 1 ETH - Learn more
  

• OthersideMeta Gucci Pendant mint is now live for holders of a Vessel and Koda NFT. The floor price for a Koda Gucci Pendant is 13 ETH, which is 2 ETH above the standard Koda floor price - Learn more
  

• Amazon NFT Marketplace is confirmed to feature collections from top crypto-native creators Beeple and Pudgy Penguins. There are still 13 collections that have yet to be confirmed - Learn more
  

• Bugatti has partnered with OnChainMoney and Asprey Studio to create The Asprey Bugatti Egg Collection, a set of 111 physical eggs made of sterling silver and carbon fiber, linked to Bitcoin Ordinal NFTs - Learn More
  

• RTFKT & Nike’s .SWOOSH has released more details on its upcoming Force 1 Collection. This is .SWOOSH’s first-ever offering of virtual creations, and built as a homage to the history of Air Force 1’s - Learn More
  

• Trump Digital Trading Cards Cards saw a 462% increase in sales after reports of the ex-president getting arrested on 34 felony counts for falsifying New York business records - Learn more
  

• $BLUR Farmer accidentally placed a 100 WETH collection bid on the Gemesis collection, which was 2500x the Gemesis floor price at the time. The trader was already down -1000 ETH prior to this fat finger - Learn more

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DISCLAIMER: None of this is financial advice. This newsletter is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Please be careful and do your own research.