Charlie Kerr
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Some highlights from the past week: Shopify now supports USDC payments on Base. Merchants in the U.S. and select other countries receive up to 0.50% rebate on USDC transactions. In the U.S., customers will also get a rebate when paying in USDC, launching later this year.
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Charlie Kerr
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Coinbase Unveils Four New Products: * Coinbase One credit card: up to 4% BTC cashback * CFTC-compliant perpetuals for U.S. traders * In-app DEX access to Base-native decentralized exchanges * Coinbase for Business: global payments, trading APIs, and full integration with Shopify’s USDC support
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Charlie Kerr
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Bitcoin + Ethereum ETF: Following its initial Bitcoin ETF filing, Truth Social has now submitted a second ETF proposal with 75% Bitcoin / 25% Ethereum, set to rebalance quarterly.
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Charlie Kerr
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Crypto as a Risk-Off Asset? A graph made by BlackRock shows that Bitcoin often performs well 60 days after geopolitical events like wars or economic shocks — behaving more like a risk-off asset than a speculative one (https://x.com/thomas_fahrer/status/1934056640476770678)
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Charlie Kerr
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Eigenlayer Launches EigenCloud: EigenCloud, a developer platform focused on verifiable compute, was introduced by Eigenlayer alongside a $70 million token investment from a16z. Think AWS but for onchain infra.
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Charlie Kerr
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Roman Storm Still Needs $750K for Legal Defense: With his July 14 trial approaching, Tornado Cash dev Roman Storm is $750K short on legal funding. The Ethereum Foundation is matching donations up to $1.25M. A win could set critical precedent that creating open-source software is not a criminal act.
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