# Kiwi News Recap #91: 07/04/25 - 13/04/25

By [Kiwi Weekly](https://paragraph.com/@kiwi-weekly) · 2025-04-14

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as always we prepared 7 highest signal Ethereum links you probably missed last week.

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### **What's on the menu today:**

  

[![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/f1f2ee6cf0f386d49a024bbe2f9d5fcc.png)](https://x.com/PixOnChain/status/1910070486907953553?s=19&t=6naVM_Gw9DNR3YeoOd9vaQ)

**What to do before someone** [**puts a gun to your head and asks for your Ledger**](https://x.com/PixOnChain/status/1910070486907953553?s=19&t=6naVM_Gw9DNR3YeoOd9vaQ)**, Pix asks**

Learn some basic and more advanced opsec techniques that one day could protect your savings.

[Read 2 comments](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/What-to-do-before-someone-puts-a-gun-to-your-head-and-asks-for-your-Ledger?index=0x67f81a410deeb8941be608c7fc4a2e20925c996731a7ffa1f369c7f16602862599ef4779&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_91)

  
  
  

[![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/2bf7d800db2e17b9c2c10c8d981f6090.png)](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Attention-and-Usage?index=0x67f7c702e431ab0c17cbc7623509fc7791fd546160019f2cc0e6359663d243b958aa3bc9&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_91)

[**Attention & Usage**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Attention-and-Usage?index=0x67f7c702e431ab0c17cbc7623509fc7791fd546160019f2cc0e6359663d243b958aa3bc9&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_91)**, are two main drivers says Dan Romero**

He explains how these two levers are being pulled by crypto projects, and why following attention only is a dead-end street (unless you're BTC).

[Share your take](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Attention-and-Usage?index=0x67f7c702e431ab0c17cbc7623509fc7791fd546160019f2cc0e6359663d243b958aa3bc9&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_91)

  
  
  

[![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/78e49385fb2da2a0251b9738e3b5cfcb.png)](https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/stablecoins-payments-without-intermediaries/)

[**Stablecoins are payments without intermediaries**](https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/stablecoins-payments-without-intermediaries) **per Chris Dixon**

Chris returns to writing about crypto and delivers a clear essay about the value of stablecoins that even your normie friends would understand.

[Share your take](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Stablecoins:-Payments-without-intermediaries?index=0x67f7d1f8c853ce575f69851afc6aa8c1c99c769a42590a9e157cd0cf864f6f31f99096a1&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_91)

  
  
  

[![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4dbc552062209399edd54cfa64d12b0b.png)](https://whatisethereumworth.com/)

[**What is Ethereum Worth**](https://whatisethereumworth.com/)**, asks Triton Fund**

It's is a big question, and it got even a bigger answer. This paper examines ETH from multiple investors' & economic lenses to find the right value of ETH.

[Read 1 comment](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/What-is-Ethereum-Worth?index=0x67f90942ffd58b90f8f57c461346df565ccab372390e8fd88b148f28376196691e762a94&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_91)

  
  
  

[![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/1c5c2007dbd5f1db001fec1cdfd42f48.png)](https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/a-maximally-simple-l1-privacy-roadmap/23459)

[**A maximally simple L1 privacy roadmap**](https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/a-maximally-simple-l1-privacy-roadmap/23459)**, as described by Vitalik**

Vitalik shares his simple take on privacy. And - as always on ETH Magicians - it started a longer discussion.

[Share your take](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/A-maximally-simple-L1-privacy-roadmap?index=0x67f8a8e2202b847a053f1708f4f87c14d908b590278944ea386b12566ad9d2627d563acb&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_91)

  
  
  

[![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/e01ade91aaf983477c7fe4127de1b57c.png)](https://debank.com/profile/0x22740deBa78d5a0c24C58C740e3715ec29de1bFa)

**Dashboard:** [**$AAVE buybacks address**](https://debank.com/profile/0x22740deBa78d5a0c24C58C740e3715ec29de1bFa) 

Aave officially started buying back their token at a pace of $1M/week. Here's an address where you can track the whole process.

  

[Read 1 comment](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/dollarAAVE-buybacks-address?index=0x67f7d6aef23ce690e1265e155a3484fbf3464051daa791a62550c13f21fb2dba43ee0a47&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_91)

  
  
  

[![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/bb588d5fb03f7a2a35078290dbb693f2.png)](https://contractscan.xyz/)

**Product:** [**ContractScan**](https://contractscan.xyz/)

Analyze contracts on multiple EVM chains, and see if the bytecodes match.

  

[Share your take](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/ContractScan?index=0x67fa8a4ba23ff379ab77c06f9dff272aa6b8cfec81db7fd03d174d5153a709598ce9078b&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_91)

  
  
  

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