LIVE NOW - Why The World NEEDS Private Law | Peter Van Valkenburgh

The Director of Research at coincenter, valkenburgh
joins us for our final talk at the Bankless Summit with a story that hits close to home about privacy and surveillance.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Start
05:50 What Is This Talk About?
10:27 Lets Talk About Cars
14:57 The Stolen Bike
16:48 Surveillance
19:29 California
26:57 Supercharged Surveillance
29:59 What We Should Be Building

Daily Memecoin Recap - November 13

Two days in a row where we get pump fun coins over $1b

Monkey Stolen By Police
$jorgie -> $7m to $18m (2.6x)

Free Shayne Coplan
$🦅 -> $41m
- shayne_coplan CEO of polymarket

- elonmusk replied to a tweet and supports the movement

PNUT TO BILLIONS
$pnut -> $900m to $2 .4b (2.7x), second pumpdotfun
coin to $1b
$OPK -> $48m , peanut beta based on an image as a Star Wars character
$betch -> $12 .8m, another peanut deriv
$sugar -> $6 .7m, a squirrel following the animal and squirrel meta from PNUT's attention
$thumb -> $5m , peanut's best friend
#babypnut -> $4 .58m
$jill -> $1 .8m, peanut's girlfriend
$bambam -> $1 .1m, peanut's brother according to the peanut IG page
#babyfred -> $668k
$bop -> $317k , book of peanut
- $PNUT becomes the fastest memecoin to a billion market cap

First PNUT Dev Coin
$vermin -> $7k to $532k (76x), claims to be the first token deployed by the $PNUT dev -> CTO’d

Elon Meta
$banana -> $16m to $60m (3.8x), continues to cook as the SpaceX meme gains attention and volume
$sink -> $287k to $4m (14x)
$vivek -> $4m , from the announcement that he will be the head of D.O.G.E
#babydoge -> $691k , a deriv of the Department of Government Efficiency

High Volume
$luce -> $116m to $310m (2.7x), the cult growsas people speculate an upcoming binance
listing
$ban -> $102m to $255m (2.5x)
$if -> $267k to $3 .2m (12x)

Animal Memes Continue To Cook
$bert -> $1 .7m to $56m (33x), the Pomeranian capitalizing on the animal meta
#petunia -> $5 .5m to $30m (5.4x), viral asf
$shrub -> $4 .6m to $21m (4.5x), Elon’s hedgehog
$solito -> $68k to $1 .4m (20.6x)
$maya -> $12m
$teddy -> $4m
#cricket -> $2 .8m
$odin -> $2m

Artificial Intelligence
$act -> $518m to $884m (1.7x)
#shoggoth -> $29m to $94m (3.24x)
$ret -> $158k to $2 .39m (15.1x), token launched by an AI-powered robot dog
$obot -> $20 .2m, oxyz
AI CEO requested to have her own memecoin
$upg -> $3 .1m
$spence -> $2 .8m
$actiii -> $718k , $ACT beta
$circe -> $525k
$acta -> $342k

More Cooks
$cedar -> $218k to $10 .4m (47.7x), CTO
$merlin -> $5k to $2 .6m (520x), miracle goldfish in the animal meta
#USÐ -> $1m , united states doge
$boggle -> $2 .7m
$hoj -> $1 .4m
$chief -> $1 .2m
$void -> $701k
#pnut2 .0 -> $450k

Amazing volume, multiple metas emerging

This pic is me after I collect the best AI memes

Stop overthinking

- You only have a couple of seconds to make a decision before others find the same coin
- Trust your instincts
- Pre-determine your risk tolerance
- Be decisive

The most important aspect for a coin to perform well is if the meme/narrative is actually good

Get rid of analysis paralysis

It is going to be a big month for new investigations shared on X:
-revealing identity of $25M + exploiter
-three fraud scammers who have stolen $20M + (first being exposed on Monday)

Daily Memecoin Recap - November 3

All eyes on Elon, decent vol this Sunday

Elon's Pets
$shrub -> hit $30m , elonmusk's pet hedgehog
$eric -> hit $2 .1m, Elon's pet fish
$marvin -> hit $894k , Elon's dog
- He mentioned his pets in multiple tweets

Justice For Peanut
$pnut -> $3m to $134m (45x)
$fred -> $60k to $21m (350x), euthanized with Peanut
$opk -> hit $7 .8m, Obi Pnut Kenobi, Star Wars + Peanut, based on an elon musk tweet, multiple coins came out
$peanut -> hit $5 .1m, claims to be a fair and community launch
$GOPnut -> hit $2 .5m, Peanut for the GOP official mascot
$wally -> hit $1 .2m, Peanut's Brother
$karen -> hit $975k , peanut killer
$plf -> hit $580k , peanut liberty foundation, based on elon's tweet

Killed Animals
$kamala -> hit $5m , elephant
$cedar -> hit $5m , stolen pet goat
$albert -> hit $1 .4m, alligator
$legacy -> hit $915k , combination of killed animals, HarambePnutDogeFredHeaven420inu
$phil -> hit $860k , water buffalo escaped
#grizzly399 -> hit $360k , grizzly bear
- After Peanut's sad passing, degens are finding similar cases

Pump Fun Stuffed Animal
$cupsey -> hit $7m
$rupsey -> hit $530k , red version of $cupsey
- orangie posted a pumpdotfun stuffed animal
- Pump fun founder a1lon9 interacted
- orangie said its name is Cupsey, named after Cupseyy

Election Meta
$harris -> $365k to $4 .1m (11.2x), KamalaHarris
$rigged -> hit $3 .65m, gently used voting machine
$rocky -> hit $1 .4m, first dog candidate
$brent -> hit $670k
$erect -> hit $200k , Erection 2024

Old Elon Memes
$shrub -> $35k to $11m (314x), old meme on $ETH
$shrub -> $10k to $4 .1m (410x), old meme on $SOL

Iranian Feminist
$girl -> hit $1 .8m, viral Persian feminist
$ahoo -> hit $910k , Ahoo Daryaei
$ahou -> hit $430k

Grass Keeps Pushing
$grass -> $153m to $469m (3x)
- After initial fud on launch, it keeps pushing

More Cooks
#zerebro -> $5m to $25m (5x), AI
$suwi -> hit $14 .5m, solana's happy coin
$monkey -> hit $3 .8m
#griffain -> hit $2 .9m
#goatsenet -> hit $2 .7m
#dekopon -> hit $1 .9m, baby rhino
$beppo -> hit $1 .4m, chimp in space
$ks -> hit $1 .3m, kittyspin
$angy -> hit $1 .1m, cat
$mimi -> hit $1m , cat meme

Lock in for the new week tomorrow.

What are your goals?

In April 2024 an elderly victim from the US was targeted by Indian call scammers posing as Coinbase support resulting in a large portion of their life savings stolen.

Pleased to share that I helped recover $275K which was recently seized and will be sent back to them.

Theft txn hash
30125031d32a3a2ec9a6963d218bf2494d4392d9444586061a97d84511479346

During my research I found $5M + stolen from other victims of this group which were laundered from Ethereum/Bitcoin to Tron via centralized exchanges before stablecoins were transferred to OTCs.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOLANA BREAKPOINT DAY TWO

Solana Breakpoint Day One set a rapid pace, with milestone announcements about Firedancer, key product updates from Jupiter, and trillion-dollar asset manager Franklin Templeton disclosing its intention to build a mutual fund on Solana.

Despite the high expectations following a blistering Day One, Day Two kept the momentum alive and delivered plenty of showstopping announcements.

COINBASE TO LAUNCH cbBTC ON SOLANA
Coinbase, one of the industry’s most popular centralized exchanges, announced its intention to deploy its wrapped version of Bitcoin on the Solana network. Since launching on Ethereum and Base just a few weeks earlier, cbBTC has quickly climbed the ranks to become the third-largest wrapped Bitcoin token in the market.

The move is expected to bring more of Bitcoin’s deep liquidity to Solana, where cbBTC can be integrated into various DeFi applications and increase capital efficiency on the network.

FIREDANCER LIVE ON MAINNET FOR NON-VOTE TRANSACTIONS
FireDancer may have stolen the show on Day One, but the Jump Crypto developers weren’t content to stop there. Firedancer’s Research and Development Architect, Phillip Taffet, and Production Engineer Anway De announced that the full Firedancer validator client was now live on the Solana mainnet for non-vote transactions.

But that wasn’t all that the Firedancer team had in store. A live demo also demonstrated the Frankendancer client executing 1.04M transactions per second.

MAGIC EDEN UNVEILS NEW FEATURES
Magic Eden, the blockchain industry’s largest NFT marketplace across all chains in terms of trading revenue, outlined some of its future plans.

Showcasing a more composable cross-chain ecosystem Magic Eden teased new features like the ability to swap fungible assets on one chain for non-fungible assets on a completely different network.

In a move that didn’t surprise anyone, Magic Eden also announced that its upcoming $ME token will be launched on Solana.

deBridge ANNOUNCES TGE
The deBridge ($DBR) token airdrop has been one of the most anticipated TGEs in recent months.

To thunderous applause from a captivated audience, deBridge co-founder Alex Smirnov announced that $DBR is scheduled to go live on the 17th of October.

Smirnov also used his time in the spotlight to share a wealth of new product features coming to the deBridge application, including gasless bridging and the integration of new chains live Bitcoin and Tron.

BONK ETP
One of Solana’s favorite memecoins, BONK made its presence known at Breakpoint. But beyond the BONK boxing ring, BONK core contributor Nom highlighted the prolific growth of the Bonk brand, which has secured impressive partnerships across the Web2 world, like its sponsorship of Borussia Dortmund.

Affirming BONK’s rise from memecoin, to cultural movement, to financial entity, Nom also announced the team’s intention to launch a BONK ETP. The move is believed to be a precursor to an eventual BONK ETF.

SANCTUM ANNOUNCES BIG UPDATES
Sanctum, the Solana DeFi powerhouse bringing greater flexibility to LST (Liquid Staking Tokens), announced several exciting updates.

First, Sanctum co-founder FP Lee introduced ‘Creator Coins’, a novel spin on LSTs that provides new tools for individuals, communities, and businesses to build, grow, and monetize their audiences.

Lee also announced the upcoming launch of a Sanctum card. Conceived in collaboration with BasedApp and Jupiter, the Cloud Card is expected to facilitate real-world payments using Solana-based crypto assets.

Finally, the Sanctum founder also shared that the platform’s polarizing incentives campaign, Wonderland, would be making its return soon with a second season of rewards.

Daily Memecoin Recap - September 15

Volume is picking up, today was very decent

SCF Lead Gone Rogue
$scf -> hit $2 .67m, new one
$scf -> $37m to $24 .4m (-34%), OG
- SCF's CTO lead feels betrayed by the team
- He decided to launch his own $scf on moonshot
- He claims he will airdrop all OG $scf holders
- $132k + in LP Rewards
- Read through his tweets for more info: PastorKelby

DeGods Launches A Coin
$degod -> hit $326m , hit a low of $52m , now sitting at $92m
- Heavily sniped on launch
- Degods is simplifying their entire ecosystem into a single asset

Iggy Azalea Come Back
$mother -> $32 .5m to $62 .11m (1.91x), whales have been loading up,

Moonshot Launches
$shawk -> hit $3 .35m, hyped launch, $72k + in LP Rewards
$rollie -> hit $438k , $8k in LP Rewards

Moo Deng Wants More
$moodeng -> $1 .54m to $4 .98m (3.23x), viral hippo

Cat Memes
$tole -> $10k to $615k (61.5x), cat meme launched on July 17, CTO started today
$fade -> $183k to $726k (3.96x), "Don't Fade me"
$yumi -> hit $155k , cat meme

More Cooks
$abcde -> $1 .98m to $3 .72m (1.87x), pushing for ATH
$wog -> $285k to $1 .11m (3.89x), $fwog + dog
$ball -> $70k to $615k (8.78x), "Ball Up Top", viral meme
$immortal -> hit $468k , r

Thoughts on the SCF situation? Hope some of you cooked on the new one 🤝

🇻🇪 Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela's opposition party called Bitcoin a "lifeline" for Venezuelans and a way to bypass the government-controlled exchange rate.

She proposed including Bitcoin in Venezuela's future national reserves.

Bitcoin as a "vital means of resistance" for Venezuelans suffering from hyperinflation under the Chavez and Maduro regimes.

“We envision Bitcoin as part of our national reserves, helping to rebuild what the dictatorship stole.”

❌️ Mbappe's official account on X has been hacked.

The hacker who promoted a scam with over $500 ,000 stolen.

The hacker also took the opportunity to make posts giving his opinions on football or his political views on Israel and Palestine.

These messages have all since been deleted

Binance and former CEO Changpeng Zhao face a new class-action lawsuit from three investors alleging the exchange failed to prevent money laundering, resulting in the loss of their stolen crypto assets.

Daily Memecoin Recap - August 21

People continue to hop chains as new fair-launch platforms release on other chains. First it was $trx , now it's $bnb

In my opinion, all volume will be redirected back to $sol

BSC gets their own "pumpfun"
$binancedog -> hit $10m , based on a tweet from binance on August 13th
- four_meme_ launches the first launch platform for memecoins on BNBCHAIN
- Traders bridged some funds over to $BNB
- Lots of older memes on BNB pumped on the news

McDonald's Hack
$grimace -> hit $25m , McDonalds got hacked, the exploiter posted a CA on their instagram and ultimately stole $700k in funds

Solana Vs Binance
$solanadog -> hit $2 .1m, CTO, rival to $binancedog from BNB chain
$sd -> hit $2m , another solana dog
$solanacat -> hit $200k , beta to $solanadog

Smoking Chicken Fish Comeback
$scf -> $19 .8m to $39 .6m (2x), potential reversal in play
$sed -> hit $370k , "smoking eagle dog", beta to $scf

Other Cooks
$ptc -> hit $1 .2m, dev is a whale
$hff -> hit $1 .2m, "Holy Frog Father"
$kol -> hit $670k , "Key Opinion Loser", play on words on "key opinion leader" aka influencers
$trenches -> hit $600k , launched by a KOL
$gc -> hit $390k , "God Candle"
$doggo -> hit $330k , "Discord Doggo"

$sol will be the leader chain in terms of memes this cycle. We've yet to see any other chain consistently rival the volume that we get on Solana memes

Did you cook? 🍜

⚖️ A company specializing in the recovery of funds following scams #crypto , scams its customers.

On August 5, the Department of Homeland Security reported that an investigation by its New York task force had resulted in charges against Michael Lauchlan, who ran Coin Dispute Network (CDN), a fraudulent crypto asset recovery business.

Lauchlan allegedly kept the fees and, in some cases, extracted additional ETH from nearly 175 customers, using false promises and fake blockchain tracing reports.

This is the first time a cryptocurrency recovery site has been shut down by the Manhattan District Attorney's office.

"Michael Lauchlan allegedly exploited his clients' lack of experience in the cryptocurrency industry and in return defrauded them of thousands of dollars in fraudulent services and stolen assets," the investigator said

https://cointelegraph.com/...

❌ In July, hackers stole $266 million of crypto through 16 attacks.

🔹 WazirX: $230 million (CeFi)

🔹 Compound: $24 million

🔹 LI.FI: $9 .73 million

🔹 Bittensor: $8 million

🔹 RhoMarkets: $7 .6 million (Returned)

🔹 Terra: $4 million

🔹 DoughFina: $1 .86 million

🔹 Minterest: $1 .4 million

🔹 MonoSwap: $1 .3 million

🔹 DeltaPrime: $1 million ($900,000 returned)

Most of the stolen funds were transferred to Tornado Cash.

1/ An investigation into the convicted UK hacker Gurv (Gurvinder Bhangu) and his connection to the recent Sydney Sweeney and Bob Odenkirk X account compromises resulting in $530K + stolen by creating Solana meme coin scams.

$2 .2 million in cryptocurrency from 1,590 CoinStats wallets have been stolen.

CoinStats stated that they detected abnormal activity in its non-custodial wallet system on June 22, which led to the theft.

❌ When scammers get scammed.

Hacker group Pink Drainer loses 10 ETH due to address poisoning attack.

Address poisoning encourages people to intentionally send funds to a fraudulent address.

The trick involves scammers sending a small amount of digital assets to a wallet that closely resembles the potential victim's address, in order to include it in the wallet's transaction history, hoping that the victim will accidentally copy and send funds to their address.

According to data from Dune Analytics, Pink Drainer stole over $85 million worth of crypto in the span of a year.

https://cointelegraph.com/...

Imagine blocking someone because your that salty about being overtaken 😂

Proves my point that you don’t actually care about your stolen content posting

You just care about being at the top

Atleast I was honest

❌️ Bittensor shuts down its network after a security attack.

Reports of an unusual attack on Bittensor wallets have emerged in recent hours, leading to a deliberate shutdown of the network by core developers.

ZachXBT:
“Bittensor was disrupted due to additional flights earlier today, potentially due to a private key leak.”

According to him, 8 million dollars of $TAO were stolen.

https://www.theblock.co/po...

TIPLINK which is a lightweight Solana wallet has some new innovations that takes out the need for crypto wallets, seed phrases etc. It enables users send and receive tokens & NFTS using a QR code or URL.

Instead of having to write a 24 words seed phrase, you can just sign up with your Google account and start using.

A major security measure they've taken to ensure your funds are not stolen is to only connect with sites that have been vetted.