Last week former President Trump came out as the pro-crypto candidate. The move has not only put crypto on the national political stage, but generated significant conversation about the rationale of being a single-issue voter.

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On this week's Long Reads Sunday, NLW (with the help of AI) reads Nic Carter's epic latest piece "Five Perspectives on Stablecoins" https://medium.com/@nic__carter/five-perspectives-on-stablecoins-5bc20076270a

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On this edition of The Friday Five with Scott Melker, NLW discusses why this week was the week that truly entered the political mainstage.

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Former President Trump held an event at Mar-a-lago for Trump NFT holders that served as a coming out party for his courting the crypto vote. NLW explores the Democrats self-inflicted wound -- along with why some Congressional Dems are still fighting.

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Major confusion in the cryptosphere as Grayscale withdraws an ETF application that had been widely assumed to be just the means to an end of another lawsuit. Plus Gensler's softball interview on CNBC.

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Robinhood is the latest crypto-aligned company to be targeted by the SEC. In today's episode NLW explores why the crypto community is more surprised by this one than even recent actions against Consensys and the Ethereum Foundation.

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Over the weekend, a vibe shift started where Bitcoiners are climbing out of some of their gloomier predictions from the past few weeks and looking a bit more optimistically at the next part of the cycle.

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A reading and discussion inspired by https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/05/01/sell-in-may-and-go-away-the-seasonality-of-crypto-asset-returns/

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NLW and Scott Melker discuss macro, CZ's sentence, Roger Ver's arrest and more.

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Powell says no rate cuts for the time being, but definitely no rate hikes either. Even as markets (and media) are starting to push a stagflation narrative, the FOMC and Chair Jerome Powell say they don't see the evidence.

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Consensus 2024 is happening May 29-31 in Austin, Texas. This year marks the tenth annual Consensus, making it the largest and longest-running event dedicated to all sides of crypto, blockchain and Web3. Use code BREAKDOWN to get 15% off your pass at https://go.coindesk.com/3PWW96A.

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NLW explores the latest crypto arrest -- this time of early Bitcoin advocate (and later Bitcoin big blocker villain) Roger Ver. Additionally, Coinbase has added support for Lightning.

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