Daily Crypto NewsEDITION #449, 26 April 2022

Twitter thought, but Musk got it

Hey Moni Maker 🤴

Today the world celebrates Intellectual Property Day. Rights and protections under the law are significant, of course, but... everything needs a framework too. Creators don't usually have to invent something completely new - sometimes, already existing ideas need to be reworked and reimagined to become great. 

Cool! Let's go! 

The mini-series, followed by almost the entire Twitter basset and the intelligentsia, has come to an end. Or maybe it's just begun... 

Long story short, Elon Musk has bought Twitter for $44 billion. So far, the team doesn't have the exact roadmap blessed by the Godfather of Tesla, but what we do know is this: 

- Elon Musk wants free speech: unbanning Trump and other cancelled persons

- Editing feature to appear 

- Twitter to start cracking down on scam crypto accounts

DOGE jumped almost 30% in 24 hours on the back of this news. Yes, many thought and still do that a doggy meme coin could become the payment currency of the social network. 

Keep tracking!

The notorious DEX Uniswap has started blocking wallet addresses. But what addresses Uniswap has started blocking? Let's find out.

Thanks to a partnership with TRM Labs (a blockchain analytics firm), Uniswap is blocking addresses that have been caught up in terrorist financing, ransomware enthusiasts, human trafficking and those caught up in sanctions.

How many wallets of terrorists, hackers and other undesirable elements have been blocked is not yet known, but as they say, welcome to the new, wonderful crypto world. Btw, some DeFi projects started the blocking procedure. 

Check the full post here

The NFT has gone from obscure crap to an object of luxury and status; we don't know how to argue. 

But not everyone can afford a fancy NFT, so what to do if you want one but you can't afford it? NFTs in the metaverse come to the rescue!

A couple of trends that are just gaining momentum:

- Virtual Real Estate. The great spaces on this Earth are already sold out, but getting a plot in the metaverse is still a real possibility.

- Virtual events. A professional toastmaster and accordionist? Snoop Dogg already did a concert at Sandbox; why are you any worse?

DYOR here

Listing is the process when a particular coin first appears on an exchange. When coins are listed on popular exchanges, such as coinbase, they often going to the moon.

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