Author: Markus Perdrizat

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    Multichain Bridges Experience Unannounced Outflows of Over $130M in Crypto, looks to be hacked again. There is just not a lot of safe and secure infrastructure in crypto yet, be mindful out there!

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  • Fool with a Tool

    Fool with a Tool

    Impressive progress using an LLM to support smart contract auditors with their work. Worth repeating: good people will be able to do more good stuff with new tools, but a fool with a tool is still a fool – they’ll just produce a lot more foolishness faster than before. Do you still need a smart…

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  • Meta Device

    Meta Device

    Meta is selling a VR experience while Apple is selling a device that can do anything – who’s playing the open platform game now? But also: which model will win (if any)? Jury is still out there. Vision Pro by Benedict Evans

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  • Razr again

    Razr again

    I’m still tempted to get the Motorola Razr 40 Ultra when it’s available in Switzerland. I really prefer small phones, but also love the luxury of a bigger screen for all occasional game or movie. It just seems to have found the perfect formula for this. Motorola Razr+ unboxing and first impressions after 5 days

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  • Local Control

    Local Control

    The SEC is done playing:– all US assets must be managed in the US– new wallets that only Binance US employees have access to– US customers can still withdraw funds This is similar to what FINMA would require from Swiss Banks. Except control would not have to be exclusively in Switzerland, under normal circumstances. Binance,…

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  • BlackRock Bitcoin ETF

    BlackRock Bitcoin ETF

    Sounds fantastic. In the middle of the SEC lawsuit, that’s either very strong by BlackRock – or an oversight by their middle management 🤷 BlackRock Filed Bitcoin ETF Application, Leveraging Coinbase Custody

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  • Limits of DeFi

    Limits of DeFi

    Fully automated DeFi is fine as long as it’s within defined boundary conditions. Outside those, you rely on manual interventions – same as in TradFi. Good for these folks to have a DAO process that enables this, even though it’s crude and likely wasn’t intended for this use case 🤷 BNB Chain team prepares to…

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  • Zuck about Vision Pro

    Zuck about Vision Pro

    Remember Meta? They approach AR/VR fundamentally different from Apple, are solving a different problem. Will be interesting to watch! Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision Pro Apple finally announced their headset, so I want to talk about that for a second. I was really curious to see what they were gonna ship. And…

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  • Bitcoin Insurance

    Bitcoin Insurance

    Sounds great at first sight, but then I wonder: what’s different in this setting from any other cold storage provider? And what do they need the funding for? Bitcoin-Denominated Life Insurance Provider Sets Up Shop With $19M Funding

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  • Production & Consumption

    Production & Consumption

    Ben Thompson can ask and answer this about Apple Vision Pro much better than I, go read it! What exactly is this useful for? Who has room for another device in their life, particularly one that costs $3,499? Apple Vision Stratechery

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