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The Coinbase Smoothie Squad
Coinbase Claps Back & Venmo Goes Onchain
It’s the last day ever to buy Boys Club apparel from our second drop. Act now or forever hold your peace.
Wondering what’s up with Bitcoin? Listen to the latest pod with Alex Adelman of Bitcoin rewards app Lolli. Want a feelings-forward briefing on .swoosh and Bluesky? Listen to the latest Feelings Check-in pod - debuting a new format!
With God,
The Boys
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Venmo Unshackles Crypto. Scaling onchain transactions to 60M users? Go off. Starting in May, Venmo users will be able to send their (currently hostaged) crypto “off platform” to external wallets, a feature previously only available outside the US. The supported currencies - bitcoin, ether, bitcoin cash and litecoin (lol) - will also be available for user to user transfers on Venmo. While we’re talking adoption, Visa announced a partnership with Circle to make USDC transactions compatible with certain credit cards. Who said crypto was dead?
FUD Protection Squad. Coinbase activated beast mode in their response to the SEC’s Wells Notice this week. The exchange highlighted the consistent inconsistencies in the SEC’s position on crypto being a security. Coinbase is ready to fight on behalf of all of us, and their response was crystal clear - they’ll go scorched earth if this lawsuit progresses. Coinbase released a commemorative NFT as a symbol of unity for the crypto community, and all minting fees will go towards crypto advocacy. Count us in on this smoothie squad.🛡️
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📝 We love to see it pt 1. F20’s piece on web3 brand building, featuring Boys Club. (🥺 🙏)
💸 We love to see it pt 2. esmiam + avacava’s new series, “The Deep.” Support their Gitcoin grant!
📓 We love to see it pt 3. mdv66’s piece on how interoperability is key in web3.
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