The Weekend Shift: Crypto, Rockets, Banking •
Welcome to the 115th Weekend Shift!
What’s the deal? Over the weekend, we’ll update this post with some of the most interesting articles, podcasts, charts, and opinion pieces we’re too busy to write about.
OK, only crypto? Not necessarily. We do that Monday to Friday, so we try to explore new subjects on weekends.
Feel free to join in and submit entries on Twitter. Any topic is fair game.
🚨 The Context: 🇺🇸 US Turns on Crypto
— Protos (@Protos) April 21, 2023
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Today, Judge Walter granted Yuga Labs' motion for summary judgment on multiple causes of action in the case against Ryder Ripps and the RR/BAYC project. Damages will be determined at trial.
— Molly White (@molly0xFFF) April 22, 2023
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Fowler's lawyer: I need a week, because this bears on punishment. Mr Engel is a lawyer –
— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) April 20, 2023
AUSA: He's the trustee. We have a witness here representing the defunct AAF (failed / defrauded American football league or alliance).
Judge: We'll hear 1 victim then adjourn
So the old Project Serum Twitter account with 200k+ followers recently deleted all tweets, changed pfp to a Milady, and began shilling shitcoins? pic.twitter.com/788T0ilB6t
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) April 20, 2023
ETH supply has reduced by 100,000 since The Merge 🔥 pic.twitter.com/XENS9bGHcV
— sassal.eth 🦇🔊 (@sassal0x) April 20, 2023
BitBoy Crypto is due in court today to explain why he's harassing the class action lawyer suing him. Instead, he's shirtless on the beach.
— Stephanie Murray (@stephanie_murr) April 20, 2023
Lawyers say he could screw himself over & get held in contempt of court or face other sanctions for choosing the Bahamas over the courtroom. https://t.co/jCBfkKueGt
Building liquidity one step at a time! A dozen market makers signed up and counting 📈 Let's go @OPNX_Official pic.twitter.com/advHDqh8C6
— Leslie Lamb (@therealleslamb0) April 19, 2023
If you’re gonna make up who invested in your company I’d say it’s pretty weird to pick the literal biggest names in VC.
— H.E. Cas Piancey (@CasPiancey) April 22, 2023
OPNX is so fucked.
35% of UK prime ministers have been educated at one school: Eton.
— Sam Bright (@WritesBright) April 16, 2023
This was an entrance exam question set by the school in 2011.https://t.co/xBf1Ijbfep pic.twitter.com/XC5Nk5FGnt
🔴 Update: $972K in 55 days https://t.co/2bM9Amlto3
— Protos (@Protos) April 21, 2023
Rishi the Menace lets fly at Sir Softy at a PMQs that plumbs the depths | John Crace https://t.co/aupJpmgmuu
— The Guardian (@guardian) April 19, 2023
The day before Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, a top Sudanese general flew into Moscow for talks. A year later, Russia appears on the verge of getting a Red Sea port.https://t.co/uaiE3wvXEU
— Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (@RFERL) April 18, 2023
Madness at the crucible. Ruining everyone's fun is no way to protest. #wst #WorldSnookerChampionship #Snooker pic.twitter.com/gXQxvvL1wL
— Ahmer Rizvi (@ahmerrizvi) April 17, 2023
'This is a classical SpaceX successful failure,' said Garrett Reisman, a former NASA astronaut and senior adviser at SpaceX, calling the Starship test flight a hallmark of a strategy that sets Elon Musk's company apart from traditional aerospace companies https://t.co/o32wS3y1q2 pic.twitter.com/zxN63GW6XS
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 21, 2023
Analysis: Fox faces potential legal liability in a similar case involving voting technology company, Smartmatic, which is suing for $2.7 billion, and was subjected to the same election-lie claims that resulted in a $787.5 million settlement with Dominion. https://t.co/WGthdPsjoW
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 20, 2023
A giant Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton that’s been dug up from three sites in the United States is going up for auction in Zurich. It's a first sale of its kind in Europe, and the 293 T. rex bones are expected to fetch millions. https://t.co/8T4sDu4ufN
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) April 18, 2023
Credit Suisse files High Court claim against SoftBank in $440mn dispute https://t.co/QHbzhlN60j
— Financial Times (@FT) April 19, 2023
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