# Kiwi News Recap #92: 14/04/25 - 20/04/25 By [Kiwi Weekly](https://paragraph.com/@kiwi-weekly) · 2025-04-22 --- gm, as always we prepared 7 highest signal Ethereum links you probably missed last week. **before we start:** Thanks to our friends at Auditless for sponsoring us. Auditless newsletter breaks down how top crypto protocols acquire market power, [you can read it here](https://research.auditless.com/?utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_89). ### **What's on the menu today:** [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/50622a7a7ac6ffe4b871b3a40e589adb.png)](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/We-are-not-giving-up-so-don%27t-give-up-on-us!?index=0x68062eb65849872961638be922c8fe47f501368a1c349d5d9f49a3146f38957e3326e0b2&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_92) [**"We are not giving up, so don‘t give up on us!"**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/We-are-not-giving-up-so-don%27t-give-up-on-us!?index=0x68062eb65849872961638be922c8fe47f501368a1c349d5d9f49a3146f38957e3326e0b2&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_92) **- says Tim Daub** Kiwi is in a tough spot funding-wise, but Tim shares an encouraging perspective in the comments. [Read 2 comments](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/We-are-not-giving-up-so-don%27t-give-up-on-us!?index=0x68062eb65849872961638be922c8fe47f501368a1c349d5d9f49a3146f38957e3326e0b2&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_92) [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/7d8343b8f43954d27704a11c7903a10d.png)](https://x.com/evan_van_ness/status/1911781739363475558) [**Why would you even keep money on L2s?**](https://x.com/evan_van_ness/status/1911781739363475558)**, asks Evan Van Ness** It sparked an interesting discussion on Kiwi, where misha, timdaub, tomw1808 and macbudkowski shared their takes on Evan's tweet. [Read 6 comments](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/@evan_van_ness:-why-Im-moving-assets-back-to-Ethereum-mainnet-from-rollups?index=0x67fe46870454dbdbbf9be910f3787dd80d705ca5aacffd84d48cbd1c7d9963ebafa597f0&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_92) [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/db36a32f4712076fee9cd4f6aa74002d.png)](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/From-Vitaliks-privacy-article:-Is-this-also-the-case-for-normies?index=0x67ff73b977a8d7ba14103a4764f1cfadda87ecdfd10d3f3460b3123e9be5aa91bbf3717c&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_92) [**Vitalik equates privacy to freedom**](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/From-Vitaliks-privacy-article:-Is-this-also-the-case-for-normies?index=0x67ff73b977a8d7ba14103a4764f1cfadda87ecdfd10d3f3460b3123e9be5aa91bbf3717c&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_92)**, and Tim asks if it's also the case for normies** Because do normal people really need that much privacy if most of the time, people don't even care about their lives much? [Read 3 comments](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/From-Vitaliks-privacy-article:-Is-this-also-the-case-for-normies?index=0x67ff73b977a8d7ba14103a4764f1cfadda87ecdfd10d3f3460b3123e9be5aa91bbf3717c&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_92) [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/9b00027646359ceb26825aa954d618db.png)](https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/chinese-android-phones-shipped-with.html) [Chinese Android phones shipped with fake apps,](https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/chinese-android-phones-shipped-with.html) targeting crypto users Scammers have reached the next level of sophistication, and received over $1.6M in stolen funds in the last 2 years. [Read 2 comments](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Chinese-Android-Phones-Shipped-with-Fake-Apps-Targeting-Crypto-Users?index=0x680031ea90d5d34c36b8e2ad1a4d8d11041def6ddb8fea9b1e155ec03351783170903db6&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_92) [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/0372668574eb0a64f57a5329f42e9833.png)](https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2009/10/07/privacy-social-problem-not-technology-problem/) [**Privacy as a social problem, not a technology problem**](https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2009/10/07/privacy-social-problem-not-technology-problem/)**, by Ed Felten** In this 2009 essay, Ed says that technology should support social norms, not try to replace them. [Read 1 comment](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Privacy-as-a-Social-Problem-Not-a-Technology-Problem-CITP-Blog?index=0x68063625b520ba4068baccf5684cb178717d0c30a2d00f3419247a2654bc2f167ab37112&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_92) [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/225bbfecac4ea9a10b335fda3f518c05.png)](https://abbmemo.substack.com/p/from-theory-to-wtf-my-first-time?r=1pc1kn&triedRedirect=true) [**My first time using stablecoins**](https://abbmemo.substack.com/p/from-theory-to-wtf-my-first-time?r=1pc1kn&triedRedirect=true)**, a story by ABB Memo** ABB shows how complex stablecoins are for people outside crypto, as he spent 75 minutes trying to send USDT to a friend. He says that we need to get as easy as Venmo to achieve adoption. [Share your take](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/From-theory-to-WTF:-My-first-time-using-stablecoins?index=0x6800d21b30ee1a86a57e06fa9bce118315f05f70035ebc4f668dc7a35fbcd0ce4246d8d4&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_92) [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/62207fa0dd001bf9361221a56d6dcbe7.png)](https://www.enscribe.xyz/?utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_92) **Product:** [**Enscribe**](https://www.enscribe.xyz/?utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_92) Assign an ENS name to your contracts from Day 1 so that you can resolve them by the name. [Share your take](https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Enscribe-ENS-for-Smart-Contracts?index=0x67fe4391be32c5e07fe0663073be7af3d27c08da38f8a73920646c73b3fb32029080a2b6&utm_source=kiwi_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter_owned&utm_campaign=episode_92) * * * All links have been curated by the Kiwi community. 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