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Weekly Roundup 05/30/26 (DeFi's worst ever month, PTJ on Bitcoin, quantum canaries) (EP.718)
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Matt and Nic are back for another week of news and deals. In this episode:
- DeFi had its worth month of hacks ever
- How are people falling for the fake Zoom link hack
- The KelpDAO Aave bailout is happening
- Is Bitcoin's security degrading because miners are pivoting to AI?
- Litecoin suffers a 51% attack
- Is Bitcoin PoW at risk?
- Computershare partners with Securitize
- Meta will offer creator payouts in stablecoins via Stripe
- Q-day prize controversy
- Why quantum canaries might not provide much of a warning
- Paul Tudor Jones is spooked by quantum
- Some evidence for insider information in political prediction markets
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