# Kiwi News Recap #46: 13/05-26/05

By [Kiwi Weekly](https://paragraph.com/@kiwi-weekly) · 2024-05-27

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And here are the top links from the last 2 weeks:

### **News**

**Alex Pertsev, Co-Founder of Tornado Cash,** [**has been sentenced to 5 years of prison**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66436772a0a6f88d9bc630b436aa436f9563b666b264c9c6807ab0becf31be20c81fc613)  
submitted by sileo.eth | 5 comments

**U.S. House approves** [**pro-crypto FIT21 bill**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x664edca89432ac8ca62f6188f712a21e4bbd949c0d77108952334b2d6faf61156e668339)  
submitted by timdaub.eth | 2 comments

**Bitwise (and other)** [**Ethereum ETFs are approved**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x664fb44811c86f5992b3470fd7d1aa38f3f8f3c317a7bea427a7d791a5c69001012f0a67)  
submitted by freeatnet.eth

**Farcaster raises** [**$150 Million**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x664ce9a0125089f275c5c1dc328685d5a28be8782ffe4e6fe7f20a2be92c1cb811f68303)  
submitted by mishaderidder.eth | 7 comments

**Julian Assange wins** [**right to appeal on 1st Amendment**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x664bc330ebecb175adccbdd778301c617801ba7e13a1abcb740f8dcf2f3b0d5497246ad5)  
submitted by simplifiedprivacy.eth

**Lens moves** [**to Ethereum**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x6643b84262c5555932abf5f09d16573b31d43936044d81dc78e1a88ae72b47111dab7e39)  
submitted by pedrovilela.eth | 1 comment

**Degen Chain back online:** [**after nearly 48 hours of downtime**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66451bf91ebf85c0cdac4bb5b66af682bc403e75b93da8a9c12248a751154cd996035030)  
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

**Solana dev hospitalized** [**trying to pump meme coin**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x664f9adfe457ad0940e9a1cbbc1c6022fc61aa6be6d077afd44eb6805d1019529e48a6c3)  
submitted by timdaub.eth

### **Essays & Talks**

**Brunny asks if the** [**Ethereum Foundation should dissolve**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x664da17e7d268bbb6a4b6b27599d0f9e6345a42b3b3bc9ba5d171ef1d17054179f36a7a0)  
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 4 comments

**Dankrad and Peter Szilagyi** [**are discussing MEV**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66472a1f24ec54beb25140bd5444623d481dbb0497a1543f5b352f9247086956160d51e0)  
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 1 comment

**Vitalik shares the vision of the** [**mid-term future of improving Ethereum’s permissionlessness and decentralization**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66477a7a92c1bcdcee57633a0ea0f4ed35187fed49b035a1978d0f21d165ce6fa72c4d8e)  
submitted by timdaub.eth | 5 comments

**Vitalik explains** [**how layer 2s differ from execution sharding**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x664edb02a56a7fbc0c7a4c932e7123e6b70b5f2d78cdeccca39708c25d7328ba04ae9c96)  
submitted by timdaub.eth | 2 comments

**Mac shares his** [**meditations on onchain media**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x664359e7b9a0ff2779aa85107cf358419e0319f9716046a03aec8cf3c63f8ad63c1165d0)  
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 2 comments

**Molly White talks about** [**Tornado Cash, privacy, and human rights**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x664f3fc13d9bcbaac6c98d53b7838a0bf7ece9e09570a94b233b2b5feafe751328896d3c)  
submitted by mishaderidder.eth | 1 comment

**Sriram Krishnan suggests that** [**group chats rule the world**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x664a64cb6a45eae8f279534e16845e6f63e49ec78bf3defb95778ef386f608a7e9c8d591)  
submitted by timdaub.eth | 1 comment

**Cobie explains the phenomenon of** [**private capture and phantom pricing**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x664a22c6d4751abbfffb5e5a7c24ddb49dd40d6acdcfb36d6733adbb08bba9db99118910)  
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

**Nick Whitaker & J. Zachary Mazlish try to understand** [**why prediction markets aren’t popular**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x665348aa3f34b2205a784cceda1f62a5c2dc53986e747d2b8ea9666f2365ef55b4428e6c)  
submitted by mishaderidder.eth | 1 comment

**Variant explains why they're** [**investing in Farcaster**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x664cf77e3125c0187d99cf9413c124743612cf1bea7889ed8fd29f6d20a4b4b313b5e0f3)  
submitted by timdaub.eth

**BlockSec lists TOP10** [**“awesome” security incidents in 2023**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66509c99f0d320e811b099e661962fe272e1e083083f2d3854b0e0152a20beda0033967d)  
submitted by mobot.eth

### **Products**

**Roam:** [**social onchain browser**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66465222c02f901870c229c9a4b140400cc8f1725986e44a08325f580cadc0ff2c4ea6a7)  
submitted by xenbh.eth | 2 comments

**OpenGlass:** [**Turn any glasses into AI-powered smart glasses**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x6641c753e0b5e49ff2eb5a5a0e40931bfc2ff8e58c3800cfb5f6da3b881637d7f36c2d5b)  
submitted by dylsteck.eth | 1 comment

### **For Devs**

**Farcaster** [**decentralized channels docs**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66449e4734028b81ee9741e0b02396efdf5ef844532b4fab984d9672079ed8f0e8c7b5c2)  
submitted by macbudkowski.eth

[**EIP-7706**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x664322bc6fdd5a8ff4000ff214805aa26644fc7b3a746eae6f0950abc5daa10c449b47d7)  
submitted by macbudkowski.eth | 1 comment

[**Q Rude FAQ**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x6645a75146d680be6e3aff8515a819b0a288f0a3de977b59290d7c6abf66d92f4d220819)  
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

### **Dashboards & Reports**

**Andrew Hong explains how to find and** [**analyze trends on Farcaster**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x6651b2a2426d340463acb8a98dceaabec873a037563b67d7db6a22d5cd68710a9895b638)  
submitted by mobot.eth

### **Art**

**How to** [**onboard your NFT data to IPFS**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x664306d2a57dff9bff7a97619739cff44a489a2d850ba35ae6e3114d058378d5a5594513)  
submitted by mishaderidder.eth

**What is the** [**best way to eat a kiwi?**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories?index=0x66505f22445a4c8d6447178914f8cbc8d4ea36d21c80081d99036fa5807dffdbe6180ae8)  
submitted by dobbie.eth | 1 comment

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*Originally published on [Kiwi Weekly](https://paragraph.com/@kiwi-weekly/kiwi-news-recap-46)*