Rabu, 07 Mei 2025

New Hampshire bets on BTC; Don’t tax the rollups, bro


New Hampshire greenlights crypto reserves, while Ethereum devs debate if taxing rollups helps or hurts the network's future.	͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏	View in browser

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🚫 Don't tax the rollups, bro

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New Hampshire Bets on BTC

New Hampshire just made crypto history—literally.

Governor Kelly Ayotte signed House Bill 302 into law, making her state the first in the U.S. to greenlight crypto investments for its treasury. While Arizona and Florida blinked, New Hampshire hit buy. The bill allows state funds to flow into crypto assets with $500B+ market caps—which means Bitcoin's in, but memecoins? Not so much.

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Ethereum's 12 Minutes of Forking Anxiety

When the Pectra hard fork hits, Ethereum devs will have 12 minutes to hold their breath and hope it all goes according to plan. That's how long it takes to finalize the upgrade—or spot a disaster in the making.

It's like swapping a plane engine mid-flight... and praying the bolts hold.

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Bitcoin's FOMC Plot Twist

Everyone's watching the Fed this week, but Bitcoin may not care. With BTC popping back above $95K, analysts say risk-on assets could still moon—even if Powell keeps rates flat.

Why? The Treasury might inject fresh liquidity to fend off a slowdown, which could give crypto bulls the green light either way.

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Cronos Gets the 21Shares Treatment

Crypto.com's Cronos token just scored a big win.

Asset manager 21Shares launched a new ETP in Europe that tracks the layer-1 token—now trading on Euronext in Paris and Amsterdam. It's a milestone for CRO and a signal that TradFi still has its eyes on centralized blockchains.

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Don't Tax the Rollups, Bro

Some Ethereum big brains are floating the idea of taxing L2s to funnel value back to the mainnet. But others argue that charging tolls at every bridge will just choke the ecosystem.

Want Ethereum to win? Make capital flow frictionless—or watch the dominance dream die in a sea of siloed chains.