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The Crypto Catch-Up…

Snacks / Friday, March 15, 2024

🌶️ Spicy… A UK judge said that Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist who’s long claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto (the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin), is not Satoshi. The judge said the evidence was “overwhelming.”

📸 Flashy… Altcoin advocates raised $700K+ to display the meme behind the memecoin du jour, dogwifhat, on the Las Vegas Sphere. (Picture: a Shiba Inu in a beanie.) The token, launched on solana late last year, is up ~500% over the past month.

🤖 Techy… Ethereum developers pulled off an update to the blockchain that’ll cut layer-2 transaction fees. It’s the biggest change since the chain’s move from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake, and analysts think it’ll boost use of L2 projects.

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