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    Astar is a Substrate Runtime Module Library which allows developers to add Plasma functions to their Substrate chain. By adding a Astar (previously Plasm) Substrate Runtime Module Library, you can get scalable blockchains within a few minutes.
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    Astar Network is a dApp hub on Polkadot that supports Ethereum, WebAssembly, and layer 2 solutions like ZK Rollups. Astar aims to be a multi-chain smart contract platform that will support multiple blockchains and virtual machines. Polkadot Relay Chain doesn’t support smart contracts. That’s why it’s important for the ecosystem to have a parachain that enables this for all developers who want to build in the Polkadot ecosystem. Astar is here to provide the best solution for all developers by supporting EVM and making a parachain where EVM and WASM smart contracts can co-exist and communicate with each other.
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<p>If you are impressed by Astar Network after reading this article, and also are a DOT holder, you can support Astar by joining their crowdloan on Polkadot on&nbsp;<a href="https://crowdloan.astar.network/?referral=13e9nJY18omQxTaLYKVmtydcYy1JHSc2i3pTSxsbYWGksxCu#/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><strong>this site</strong></a>. The rewards are now approximately 40 ASTR per DOT contributed.</p>
<p>Read Full Article:&nbsp;<a href="https://coincu.com/currencies/astr-astar/stories/">CLICK HERE&nbsp;</a></p>

Verdict

<h2>Community</h2>
<p>This project has <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-1loqt21 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-1ny4l3l r-1ddef8g r-tjvw6i r-qvutc0" dir="auto" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/AstarNetwork/followers"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-18jsvk2 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">365.3K</span></span> <span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-14j79pv r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Followers&nbsp;</span></span></a> on Twitter</p>
<h2><strong>Backers</strong></h2>
<h3 id="team">Team</h3>
<p>Astar Network and Shiden Network are developed by&nbsp;<strong>Stake Technologies</strong></p>
<p><strong>Sota Watanabe:&nbsp;</strong>Founder of Astar Network, also a CEO of Stake Technologies.</p>
<h3 id="investors">Investors</h3>
<p>Astar Network has raised 2.4M in a funding round led by Binance Labs. This marks Binance&rsquo;s first investment from their announced $10M Polkadot ecosystem fund.</p>
<p>Other participants in the round include HashKey, LongHash, Digital Finance Group, and PAKA Ventures. The funding will be used to accelerate the development of Plasm Network&rsquo;s Ethereum bridge, on-chain governance, and Network Portal.</p>
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Community And Backers

<h2>Token Metrics</h2>
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<li>Token Name:&nbsp;<strong>Astar</strong></li>
<li>Ticker:&nbsp;<strong>ASTR</strong></li>
<li>Blockchain: <strong>Polkadot</strong></li>
<li>Token Type:&nbsp;<strong>Utility,&nbsp;Governance</strong></li>
<li>Total Supply:<strong>7,000,000,000</strong></li>
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<h2><strong>Token Allocation</strong></h2>
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<li>Users and Early Supporters:<strong> 30%</strong></li>
<li>Parachain Auction: <strong>20%</strong></li>
<li>Parachain Auctions Reserve: <strong>5%</strong></li>
<li>Protocol Development: <strong>10%</strong></li>
<li>On-Chain DAO: <strong>5%</strong></li>
<li>Marketing: <strong>5%</strong></li>
<li>Early Financial Backers: <strong>10%</strong></li>
<li>Team: <strong>5%</strong></li>
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<h2 id="astr-release-schedule">ASTR Release Schedule</h2>
<p><strong>Token Release Schedule Details</strong></p>
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<li><strong>Users and Early Supporters</strong>: 7-month linear vesting with 10% initial allocation. Other participants have 15- month vesting with 10% initial allocation after the launch.</li>
<li><strong>Parachain Auction</strong>: 22-month linear vesting with 10% initial allocation.</li>
<li><strong>Parachain Auctions Reserve</strong>: Funds to be used for future parachain Lease Offerings. (Additional funds).</li>
<li><strong>Protocol Development</strong>: TBA.</li>
<li><strong>On-Chain DAO</strong>: Funds for the on-chain treasury that the community decides how to use.</li>
<li><strong>Marketing</strong>: Funds to be used for marketing purposes.</li>
<li><strong>Early Financial Backers</strong>: 7-month vesting with 10% initial allocation.</li>
<li><strong>Team</strong>: 2-year lock and 3-years\ vesting with 0% initial allocation.</li>
<li><strong>Foundation</strong>: This allocation is for future operations.</li>
<li><strong>Foundation: </strong>10%</li>
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<h2 id="astr-token-use-case">Token Use Case</h2>
<p>Currently, the ASTR token has four main roles:</p>
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<li><strong>Transaction fees:&nbsp;</strong>Paying for transaction fees on the network.</li>
<li><strong>Rewards:&nbsp;</strong>Block rewards for dApps operators; sustainable reward designed for applications.</li>
<li><strong>Governance</strong>: Using for governance activities such as voting and referenda.</li>
<li><strong>Stake</strong>: Staking for consensus, rewards for validators and nominators.</li>
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Technical Data

<h1>What is Astar?</h1>
<p>Astar Network (formerly Plasm Network) is a Substrate blockchain that provides the methods for developing scalable Dapps and supporting cutting-edge layer 2 solutions. The&nbsp;<strong>Polkadot</strong>&nbsp;Relaychain, by design, does not support smart contracts. Developers can build whatever applications on Astar Network without having to consider its scalability.</p>
<h1>Oustanding Features</h1>
<h2>What is the project trying to achieve?</h2>
<p class="pt-4">Astar Network is a gateway to the multi-chain future. They connect multiple layer1 blockchains to Polkadot through Astar Network.</p>
<h2>What is the unique selling point?</h2>
<p>Astar Network is a layer1 permissionless public blockchain where everyone can join. In general, Astar Network is the default root chain for developers to connect their applications. Astar Network provides various modules that allow the developers to utilize Layer2 solutions with ease such as Optimistic Virtual Machine (OVM) module and DApp Staking module.</p>
<p><strong>Astar Network will not only be for Plasma applications but also for Lightning Network applications or any other layer 2 protocols</strong>. Users can choose which solution to use and make their use case possible with minimum overhead.</p>
<p>In addition to implementing Layer2 solutions that are not possible in Astar. The network has integrated Plasma as a Service for supporting Dapps developers. Plasma as a Service allows developers to deploy Astar applications effortlessly without going through the pain of learning everything from scratch.</p>
<p><strong>Staking mechanism</strong></p>
<p>To incentivize for community members who contribute to the Astar Network from the early days, Astar have designed the staking mechanism to reward early adopters through this process:</p>
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<li>A community member creates a simple smart contract and deploys it on Astar Network.</li>
<li>ASTR holders evaluate this performance and stake their token on the smart contract.</li>
<li>Both of them get rewards based on the performance of the smart contract.</li>
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All about

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<p class="font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg sm:text-xl sm:leading-9 tracking-px text-body"><span style="font-weight:400">In last week’s Crypto Twitter roundup, we included, “Desperate Housewives”</span> <span style="font-weight:400">star Eva Longoria’s open announcement that she was “</span><a href="https://twitter.com/EvaLongoria/status/1479621718528434178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1479621718528434178%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdecrypt.co%2F90038%2Fthis-week-on-crypto-twitter-cryptophunks-vs-bored-apes-bukele-defends-bitcoin-city" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hhLysY"><span style="font-weight:400">jumping into the #NFT space</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">.” She had asked her 7 million followers for advice on where to start, and the replies were predictably crammed with folk shilling her their NFT projects.</span></p><div class=" flex justify-center items-center"><div class=""><div id="div-gpt-ad-1634801906339-0-90503" data-google-query-id="COOd4f-6uvUCFWyKZgIdsJgD8A"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/22573224304/decrypt_desktop_articles_inline_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none;"><iframe id="google_ads_iframe_/22573224304/decrypt_desktop_articles_inline_0" title="3rd party ad content" name="google_ads_iframe_/22573224304/decrypt_desktop_articles_inline_0" width="300" height="250" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" role="region" aria-label="Advertisement" tabindex="0" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" srcdoc="" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" data-google-container-id="1" data-load-complete="true"></iframe></div></div></div></div>
<p class="font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg sm:text-xl sm:leading-9 tracking-px text-body"><span style="font-weight:400">She didn’t dally. On Monday, she changed her profile picture to her first NFT purchase: a World of Women NFT. World of Women is a collection of illustrations by artist Yam Karkai “featuring 10,000 artworks of diverse and powerful women” according to the </span><a href="https://opensea.io/collection/world-of-women-nft" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hhLysY"><span style="font-weight:400">description</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">. (Karkai made </span><i><span style="font-weight:400">Decrypt</span></i><span style="font-weight:400">’s list of the </span><a href="https://decrypt.co/88533/15-most-innovative-nft-artists-of-2021" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hhLysY"><span style="font-weight:400">most innovative NFT artists</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> of 2021.)</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Did I do this right? <a href="https://twitter.com/worldofwomennft?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="internal">@worldofwomennft</a> <br>&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NewProfilePic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="internal">#NewProfilePic</a> <a href="https://t.co/837jlQXWD9" data-wpel-link="internal">pic.twitter.com/837jlQXWD9</a></p>
<p>— Eva Longoria Baston (@EvaLongoria) <a href="https://twitter.com/EvaLongoria/status/1480658113833275392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="internal">January 10, 2022</a></p></blockquote><div class="sc-lsn8jd-0 deJkMi"></div></div>
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<p class="font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg sm:text-xl sm:leading-9 tracking-px text-body"><span style="font-weight:400">Longoria joins Reese Witherspoon as a World of Women holder. And whether it was thanks to Longoria buying in, or thanks to the collection signing with Guy Oseary for Hollywood reputation (just as </span><a href="https://decrypt.co/83255/bored-ape-yacht-club-nft-film-tv-music-guy-oseary" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hhLysY"><span style="font-weight:400">Bored Ape Yacht Club has</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">), the </span><a href="https://decrypt.co/90379/world-of-women-ethereum-nfts-surge-bored-apes-hollywood" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hhLysY"><span style="font-weight:400">price floor surged this week</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">.</span></p>
<h2 style="margin-top:2em;text-align:left" color="#333" class="sc-1t633a1-2 igUuUh">Andre and Klay go crypto</h2><div class="sc-3e2f5m-0 bQkWom"></div>
<p class="font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg sm:text-xl sm:leading-9 tracking-px text-body"><span style="font-weight:400">NBA legend Andre Iguodala announced on Monday that he and Golden State Warriors teammate Klay Thompson are taking part of their salaries in Bitcoin via mobile payment service Cash App.&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’m excited to announce I’m taking part of my salary in BITCOIN w. Cash App! Bitcoin is the future, <a href="https://twitter.com/KlayThompson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="internal">@klaythompson</a> and I are both believers. To make bitcoin more accessible, we're giving out $1M in bitcoin back to fans today. Drop your $cashtag w. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PaidInBitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="internal">#PaidInBitcoin</a> &amp; follow <a href="https://twitter.com/CashApp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="internal">@CashApp</a></p>
<p>— andre (@andre) <a href="https://twitter.com/andre/status/1480616697119711234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="internal">January 10, 2022</a></p></blockquote><div class="sc-lsn8jd-0 deJkMi"></div></div>
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<p class="font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg sm:text-xl sm:leading-9 tracking-px text-body"><span style="font-weight:400">The two NBA stars join a long list of pro athletes who have put part of their salary into Bitcoin, including </span><a href="https://decrypt.co/85023/aaron-rodgers-cash-app-giving-away-1-million-bitcoin" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hhLysY"><span style="font-weight:400">Aaron Rodgers</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">, </span><a href="https://decrypt.co/86611/odell-beckham-jr-salary-bitcoin-give-away-1m-btc-cash-app" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hhLysY"><span style="font-weight:400">Odell Beckham Jr.</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">, </span><a href="https://decrypt.co/61593/bitcoin-pushes-russell-okung-up-the-ranks-of-nfl-top-earners" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hhLysY"><span style="font-weight:400">Russell Okung</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">, and </span><a href="https://decrypt.co/69064/nfl-trevor-lawrence-signs-endorsement-deal-with-blockfolio-ftx" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hhLysY"><span style="font-weight:400">Trevor Lawrence</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">. (FTX investor and pitchman Tom Brady has said he’d “</span><a href="https://decrypt.co/81511/tom-brady-open-earn-part-salary-bitcoin-ethereum-solana" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hhLysY"><span style="font-weight:400">love to request that</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">,” but hasn’t.)</span></p>
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This Week on Crypto Twitter: NBA Stars Buy Bitcoin, Vitalik Welcomes Trolls, FWB DAO Ejects a Co-Founder

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This man Jack Mallers has a way of finding himself in the middle of historic transactions. This time, the Strike CEO used the recently unveiled Twitter Tips Lightning integration to send $10 instantly to San Salvador. The person at the other end of the line then uses the money to buy coffee in a little-known independent coffee shop. We’re witnessing the fusion of one of the biggest social networks in the world with Bitcoin’s open monetary network.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In </span><a href="https://jimmymow.medium.com/announcing-the-strike-api-c18a4e9c54de"><span style="font-weight: 400;">the linked blog post</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Jack Mallers explains the transaction and its significance:</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Related Reading | <a href="https://bitcoinist.com/jack-mallers-outlines-bitcoin-top-issues-how-btc-will-drive-the-future-of-payments/">Jack Mallers Outlines Bitcoin Top Issues, How BTC Will Drive The Future of Payments</a></strong></em></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“In the above demo, I sent a $10 tip from my house in Chicago, USA to my friend David in San Salvador, El Salvador. The payment settled instantly for no fee. The singular, open, monetary network that allowed me to send an instant, free, cross-border payment to David is the same singular, open monetary network that allowed David to immediately use that money to buy a cup of coffee at Starbucks as soon as he got the Twitter notification that I had sent him money.”</span></p>
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<pre style="text-align: center;">BTC price chart for 09/25/2021 on Exmo | Source: BTC/USD on <a href="https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/BTCUSD/">TradingView.com</a></pre>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">The previous time Jack Mallers found himself in the middle of a historic transaction</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When Strike’s CEO </span><a href="https://bitcoinist.com/watch-jack-mallers-send-free-instant-non-reversible-10-to-nigeria/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">sent $10 to Nigeria,</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> he described that other transaction in terms that also apply to today’s historic transaction.&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“If you don’t see how huge this is, think about it as Jack Mallers does. He “didn’t have to register the transfer through a financial intermediary such as Western Union, request private banking details of Bernard Parah, or wait days for the payment to settle.” On the other side, Bernard “didn’t owe any intermediary a percentage of the transaction, the payment wasn’t reversible and settled instantly.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bernard Parah’s Bitnob and Strike are interoperable because they both joined the Bitcoin and Lightning open monetary network. And now, Twitter and its millions of users joined both of those companies and the network. This is immense.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also, the previous time Jack Mallers proclaimed, “</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, Strike became the best remittance option from the US to Nigeria without even trying</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.” This time, he feels even more confident:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Twitter’s integration with the Strike API turns Twitter into one of the best remittance experiences in the world, one of the greatest global creator marketplaces in the world, one of the greatest global payment experiences in the world, one of the best global micropayment marketplaces in the world, and allows an internet communications company to interoperate with the monetary standard for the world, enabling global payments for their users.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Boom!</span></p>
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Watch Jack Mallers Send $10 To El Salvador Via Twitter’s Lightning Tips

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<p>Jack Dorsey, the <a href="https://decrypt.co/78391/why-does-jack-dorsey-hate-ethereum" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hiPYeO">Bitcoin maximalist</a> CEO of Twitter, put his money where his mouth is this week. His company rolled out "<a href="https://decrypt.co/81731/twitter-bitcoin-tipping-nft-avatars" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hiPYeO">Bitcoin tipping</a>" to its 300 million active users, a service that will let anyone send or receive Bitcoin by sharing a wallet address or using an app called <a href="https://decrypt.co/73845/el-salvadors-u-s-bitcoin-partner-lacks-key-licenses" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hiPYeO">Strike</a>. And to top if off, Twitter also announced a plan to let users connect their Bitcoin wallets to <a href="https://decrypt.co/resources/non-fungible-tokens-nfts-explained-guide-learn-blockchain" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hiPYeO">NFTs</a> tied to their identity.</p>
<p>Where to begin? For starters, this might be the most mainstream moment in Bitcoin's history. That's because Twitter isn't just a mega social media platform used by political and sports divs, but also a major force in media that helps drive the news of the day. Tying crypto payments to all this could spur tens of millions of people to use Bitcoin for the first time.</p><div class="pa-global-class pa-pl-16409 pa-pl-multiInsert" id="pa-container-1" style="z-index: 50; background: transparent; max-width: 166%; display: block; position: relative; width: 166%; pointer-events: none;"><div class="pa-unit-global pa-pl-16409" id="pa-unit-1" style="z-index: 1; height: 0px; background: transparent; position: relative;"><div class="pa-observer-px" style="height: 0px; width: 100%; background: transparent; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; pointer-events: none;"></div></div></div>
<p>The Bitcoin integration means Twitter has already done something other tech giants could not: Build a borderless payment system right into its app. You may recall Facebook sought to do that three years ago with a new type of stablecoin called Libra, but regulators <a href="https://decrypt.co/78891/facebook-crypto-wallet-is-ready-market-is-market-ready-novi" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hiPYeO">all but killed the plan</a>. Twitter is more likely to avoid that fate since it doesn't wield Facebook's monopoly power and because it is relying on an existing global currency—Bitcoin—rather than trying to mint its own money.</p>
<p>Bitcoin tipping also coincides with the launch of a number of other new (non-crypto) Twitter products, including newsletters and a live forum called Spaces, that are designed to let artists and creators connect directly with their audiences. In practice, this means that a comedian in Mexico could perform on Twitter and instantly receive tips from people in Madrid, Buenos Aires and New York. The company has even set up an invoicing system.</p>
<p>The world has been waiting for something like this. For decades, media and culture have been borderless, but payments have not. Sure, we've been able to use credit cards (and crypto) internationally, but there's still no easy one-click tool plugged directly into the apps we use every day. Twitter's Bitcoin tipping feature could change that, and also spur the likes of YouTube, TikTok, and others to follow suit. Meanwhile, adding NFTs as a form of identification, as Twitter has pledged to do, could help <a href="https://decrypt.co/79071/cryptopunks-bored-apes-nft-avatar-trend-is-about-community-building" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hiPYeO">make crypto communities</a> even more mainstream.</p>
<p>If people use the features.</p>
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<p>First, Dorsey has to show he can pull this off. And that's an open question. Twitter delighted cryptoland by launching Bitcoin tipping—you can see how it works <a href="https://twitter.com/Twitter/status/1441085130487975952" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hiPYeO">here</a>—but that doesn't mean it's going to work as planned. For one thing, the reliance on Strike could mean trouble, since the app and its obnoxious founder <a href="https://decrypt.co/73845/el-salvadors-u-s-bitcoin-partner-lacks-key-licenses" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hiPYeO">don't appear ready</a> to deal with the regulatory issues that go along with launching a global payment network. Strike was also the partner for the El Salvador government's <a href="https://decrypt.co/80436/el-salvador-forced-through-bitcoin-law-any-means-necessary" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hiPYeO">bumpy Bitcoin rollout</a>. And speaking of governments, the tax rules surrounding Bitcoin remain a mess, especially in the U.S., and it's possible that those who use Twitter tipping will find themselves with an unpleasant surprise come tax time—something that will certainly chill adoption.</p>
<p>Then there is Dorsey's decision to embrace Bitcoin and Bitcoin alone. This has already ruffled the feathers of Ethereum fans, and led <i>Decrypt</i>'s founder Josh Quittner to wonder if Dorsey excluded Ethereum over fears it would threaten Twitter's centralized platform. Whatever his motives, Dorsey's Bitcoin-only path will create political opposition from DeFi diehards the project could really use on its side.</p>
<p>Then, there are the practical problems with Twitters's plan, especially when it comes to NFTs. The company says it will let users display NFT-based badges that are tied to their wallets, but the Bitcoin blockchain doesn't appear up to this task, and Twitter refuses to explain how exactly this will work. Never a good sign.</p>
<p>The bottom line is that Twitter's Bitcoin initiative is full of promise, but fraught with peril. Hey, let's not judge just yet—the company has just pushed forward with a Bitcoin feat the world has never seen before, and for that it deserves kudos. Have a great weekend.</p>
<p><i>This is&nbsp;</i>Roberts on Crypto<i>, a weekend column from Decrypt Editor-in-Chief&nbsp;<a href="https://decrypt.co/author/daniel-roberts" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hiPYeO">Daniel Roberts</a>&nbsp;and Decrypt Executive Editor&nbsp;<a href="https://decrypt.co/author/jeff-john-roberts" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hiPYeO">Jeff John Roberts</a>. Sign up for the&nbsp;<a href="https://decrypt.co/modal/emails" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hiPYeO">Decrypt Debrief email newsletter</a> to receive it in your inbox in the future. And read last weekend's column:&nbsp;</i><a href="https://decrypt.co/81230/solana-outage-sol-growing-pains" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hiPYeO">Solana's Growing Pains</a>.</p>

Bitcoin on Twitter: The Promise and the Problems

<div class="sc-ktzkjh-0 hIxHRr"><h4 color="#333" class="sc-1t633a1-4 PUmZU">In brief</h4><ul>
<li>Michael Burry once held around 5% of all GameStop shares.</li>
<li>He sold his position before the meme stock hit all-time highs above $400.</li>
<li>In January, he called for the SEC to regulate what he saw as "unnatural" trading.</li>
</ul><div class="sc-zni0p2-0 ggVtwx"></div></div><p><span style="font-weight:400">One of the biggest players in the GameStop saga is being drawn into an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Michael Burry, head of investment firm Scion Asset Management, tweeted today that the firm has received a subpoena from the SEC. A scanned copy of the letter shows that it relates to GameStop Corp. and was issued on September 21. The tweet has since been deleted.</span></p><div class="pa-global-class pa-pl-16409 pa-pl-multiInsert" id="pa-container-1" style="z-index: 50; background: transparent; max-width: 166%; display: block; position: relative; width: 166%; pointer-events: none;"><div class="pa-unit-global pa-pl-16409" id="pa-unit-1" style="z-index: 1; height: 0px; background: transparent; position: relative;"><div class="pa-observer-px" style="height: 0px; width: 100%; background: transparent; position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; pointer-events: none;"></div></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Burry owned more than 5% of GameStop stock last year before </span><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoinegara/2021/02/16/michael-burry-the-hedge-fund-genius-who-started-gamestops-4000-rise-sold-before-its-reddit-surge/?sh=786678af6359" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hiPYeO"><span style="font-weight:400">selling 1.7 million shares</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> in the fourth quarter for between $10 and $20. By January GME shares were trading for over $400; they currently sell for $185 on the New York Stock Exchange.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">GME's rise was facilitated by an army of amateur day traders and a handful of anonymous Wall Street veterans, who poured into online forums like WallStreetBets to coordinate stock picks. It was the first meme stock, an asset without intrinsic value which is traded for its cultural cachet. Other companies in decline, among them theater company AMC and 2000s throwback BlackBerry, have also found fresh money this year as meme stocks.</span></p>
<div class="sc-155ftbs-0 sc-155ftbs-1 eAya-DO jpxtSH"><div class="sc-155ftbs-2 ccosHo"><div class="sc-155ftbs-3 jcayOL"><a href="/81076/what-robinhood-gamestop-taught-us-bitcoin-billionaires-author-ben-mezrich" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 vsGFO" style="width: 100%;"></a></div></div></div>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Meme stocks are close relatives to meme tokens and coins, cryptocurrencies that lack much in the way of utility but can be traded for half-ironic LOLs—and sometimes for big money, if holders can convince others to join in.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400"><span class="link"><a href="https://decrypt.co/resources/dogecoin-crypto-cryptocurrency-guide-how-to-buy-doge" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hiPYeO">Dogecoin</a></span>, launched as a joke nearly a decade ago, is the preeminent meme coin with a market cap of $27 billion. The more recent Shiba Inu, which borrows DOGE's dog-based iconography, has a market cap of $3.6 billion. It recently began trading on <span class="link"><a href="https://decrypt.co/46690/coinbase-review-a-great-jumping-on-point-for-bitcoin-beginners" target="_blank" class="sc-18vyx5u-0 hiPYeO">Coinbase</a></span>, which has found itself in competition with mobile trading app Robinhood—where many if not most GameStop and Dogecoin speculators plied their trade early in 2021.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Robinhood's participation in GameStop's rise was contentious. At one point, as GME's price tag was rising, Robinhood restricted users from buying more GME. Users were upset they couldn't buy more, while politicians from progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to arch-conservative Ted Cruz suggested a hearing was necessary to determine whether the app was picking winners and losers. Others in government worried that GameStop's surge was a sign of market manipulation, as everyday investors were perhaps being duped by more powerful forces behind the scene—just like crypto pump-and-dump schemes on Telegram.</span></p>
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