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The Weekend Shift: Hackers, Pandas, Synthesizers •

The most interesting reads, podcasts, charts, and opinions from the internet this weekend — curated for you by the Protos newsroom.

FTX chief ‘frustrated’ with crypto’s anti-regulatory messaging over Russia

Binance, Kraken, and Coinbase have refused blanket bans on Russian users, citing libertarian values. FTX has already cut off Russian banks.

With governments in Russia and Canada sanctioning specific crypto addresses, concerns arise over the slow erosion of Bitcoin’s fungibility.

Ethereum giant ConsenSys just raised $450 million from the likes of Microsoft, Temasek, and SoftBank. It’s ready to sink it into more Ether.

Fir Tree, which manages $4 billion in assets, reckons Tether is backed by watery Chinese commercial paper tied to troubled real estate plays.