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Giant Bitcoin 'Taproot Wizard' NFT Minted in Collaboration With Luxor Mining Pool
Luxor Mining collaborated with independent developer Udi Wertheimer to mint the NFT advertising “Magic Internet JPEGs” in “the largest Bitcoin block ever mined.”
TaprootWizards.com NFT (ordinals.com)

CDCROP: Muscular doge charging forward in darkness on white ground (Getty Images)
Midwits, Wassies and HODLers: The Memes That Define Crypto Trading
In the crypto trading world, memes have become something of a universal language.
CDCROP: Muscular doge charging forward in darkness on white ground (Getty Images)

CDCROP: North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un (Getty Images)
Crypto Hacks Fuel Memes of North Korea: Blockchain’s Biggest Baddie
"Funding secured for next missile launch."
CDCROP: North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un (Getty Images)

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Crypto News Roundup for Aug. 30, 2022
With markets for risk assets bouncing back strongly after last week’s central bank scare, plus a look at companies embracing meme stocks as a way to survive, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with its latest news roundup.
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AMC and Wall Street Are Learning All the Wrong Lessons From Crypto
Meme stocks are here to stay. That may not be great.
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CDCROP: Shiba Inu Dog with Globe (Thorsten/Pixabay)
Crypto Analysts Reject Latest DOGE, SHIB Rally as Contrarian Signal
Historically, meme token rallies have been predictors of market tops analogous to record-setting art auction prices in traditional finance. This time it may be different.
CDCROP: Shiba Inu Dog with Globe (Thorsten/Pixabay)

Doge as an Eastern god
The Meme Economy
Those who grasp the memetic nature of not only crypto, but all value, can gain immense power from understanding natural flows of meaning. This piece is a preview of a talk to be given on the Big Ideas stage at Consensus 2022.
Doge as an Eastern god

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Crypto News Roundup for April 11, 2022
With bitcoin diving out of an ascending trendline and a look at meme coin gamblers, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with its latest news roundup.
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Most experts agree that trading "meme coins" is effectively a form of gambling. The implications go well beyond individual losses. (Nikola Stojadinovic/Getty Images)
Meme Coins, Gambling and Crypto Regulation
As the Biden administration develops a crypto regulation framework, one type of token could be due for particularly close scrutiny.
Most experts agree that trading "meme coins" is effectively a form of gambling. The implications go well beyond individual losses. (Nikola Stojadinovic/Getty Images)