I want to reach 200k people with this (again)

I value your time, so here's the juicy stuff you'll get from this issue:

• We've got Ghibli memes flooding Crypto Twitter and Sam Altman dropping LOL-worthy comments. Plus, I might've dunked my head in ice water one too many times for a marketing stunt.

• Trump's back with World Liberty Fund, Wintermute's collecting controversies like Pokémon cards, and we're beaming up to space with Web3.

• We dropped a report on Digital Assets: 200k+ people reached, 8 top industry players opening their playbooks, and zero bias (okay, maybe a little).

• Arcium's building a privacy supercomputer for blockchain: Our fund manager Julius interviewed the founder, and it's some next-level sci-fi stuff.

GM,

The internet is a wild ride, isn't it? One minute we're drowning in morning routine memes, the next CT aka Crypto Twitter (can we still say this even though it’s X??) is flooded with Ghibli images.

It feels kinda like this:

And Sam Altman's comment? I literally LOL'd:

Speaking of LOLs, while everyone is prepping for Berlin Half Marathon, I added an extra morning routine getting ready for Berlin Blockchain Week.

Hope I'm not too boomer-late to this trend, so show some love, yeah?

(BTW, I dunked my head in ice water so many times I got a headache. Thx, Quinn).

Jokes aside, I've been soaking up knowledge like a sponge this week, and got you cc’d.

• Presidents Gonna President: World Liberty Fund - Trump is back, and guess who's got a stack in the wallet? Wintermute! You know, the same Wintermute that's been collecting controversies like Pokémon cards. Market manipulation allegations? Check. Questionable trading practices? Double-check.

• Europe's Regulatory Tightening and the drama around Ethena! German regulator BaFin just banned USDe stablecoin. Most USDe still circulating via their offshore entity. Regulatory whack-a-mole, anyone?

• Institutional Adoption ≠ Buying Our Bags: Julius dropped some hot takes from Digital Asset Summit 2025 in NYC. Spoiler: They're coming, but not for our stash. Bummer.

• Quantum vs. Bitcoin - The Showdown: Max Resnick's got me thinking. Grover's algorithm could centralize Bitcoin mining? Apparently, we need a quantum-resistant hash function, asap.

• Space x Web3 = Mind Blown: Meet Tristan, our newest w3.hub member. His project, Decen Space, is straight-up sci-fi stuff. Democratizing space comms, marketplace for ground station services, worldwide data availability... Beam me up, Tristan!

The Digital Assets Season came to a successful end with the industry dinner on March 11 (recap). Over weeks and numerous events, we reached over 200k+ people with our content, and we've summarized it all in a really, really nice (I am not biased) report.

You can expect the following case studies:

DekaBank:

• Leading German asset management and capital market institution (€411.5 billion AUM)

• Case study: 7+ years of digital asset innovation, including SWIAT blockchain network

Fireblocks:

• Digital asset security and infrastructure provider for institutions

• Case study: Bancolombia's implementation of peso-backed stablecoin ($COPW)

tradias:

• Regulated German OTC trading house specializing in digital asset trading

• Case study: Tri-party model for integrating compliant crypto services into financial institutions

DLT Finance:

• Regulated platform offering crypto trading and custody services

• Case study: Enabling banks to offer compliant crypto services through a white-label solution

Kiln:

• Leading staking and digital asset rewards management platform

• Case study: Powering VanEck's Solana ETN with 10% staking yield

Solana:

• High-performance blockchain designed for institutional adoption

• Case study: SG Forge's launch of EURCV stablecoin on Solana network

NEAR:

• Blockchain optimized for AI and institutional finance applications

• Case study: Libre Capital's cross-chain tokenized fund platform using Chain Signatures

21Shares:

• Pioneer in crypto ETPs with $10bn global AUM

• Case study: Research on Bitcoin valuation models and portfolio optimization strategies

w3.wave fund manager Julius is also a co-host in the podcast "Alles Coin, Nichts Muss". In the last episode of their founders series, they interviewed Yannik Schrade, founder of Arcium, and the use case is pretty dope.

As the pod is in German and I want my English-speaking folks to breathe the air of innovation straight from Germany (regardless of regulation), here is the tl;dr:

• Arcium is developing a decentralized "encrypted supercomputer" for fully encrypted computations.

• Key use cases: Private blockchain applications (e.g., DeFi, dark pools), end-to-end encrypted AI, secure multi-party computation across organizations

• Core technology uses advanced cryptography (like MPC) to compute on encrypted data without decrypting.

• Can be easily integrated into existing blockchains (e.g., Solana) with minimal code changes.

• Vision: Become the privacy layer for all blockchain apps and expand to traditional industries.

• Currently in private testnet, moving to public testnet soon.

• “A Brief History of Memecoins: Their past and their future”. Was released by 1kx a year ago, still accurate.

• Add on: The Next Chapter for Pump.Fun with Co-Founder Alon by Bankless. They discuss the meteoric rise of their token launchpad platform and the controversial yet impactful role of memecoins in crypto.

• Two updates from w3.hub members:

  • AlphaNeural's testnet registration now live

  • Etherlinks Apple Farm Season 1 is now live

• Decentralized social media protocol Farcaster launches 'blockchain-like' data layer Snapchain.

• Polymarket to accept Solana deposits

• Revolut has launched a standalone crypto trading app

That’s it.

See you next week 💅🏽

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