🗿 The Plague tries coffee

The Plague NFT founder Pons reveals “Utility Wen” product will be coffee made in partnership with the government of El Salvador

August 04, 2023

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GM. A lot to unpack for a relaxing week in August. Coinbase is bullish. The Plague is launching coffee in El Salvador. Apparently people eat Arby’s??

Oh yeah, and Worldcoin is already a shitshow.

Without Further Ado. ☕ *knuckle cracks* ☕ Let’s get into it.

Today’s Specials:

No FOMO News 📰 : Coinbase Beats Q3 Estimates 📈

No FOMO 🗿 : The Plague Launches Coffee Brand ☕

AI Intel 🤖 : Use AI to Build Your Tinder Profile ❤️‍🔥

You Raised?💰 : Flashbots Leads a Big Funding Week 💸

Group Chat Debate ⚖️ : Do People Actually Eat at Arby’s?? 🍔

No FOMO News 📰

  • Coinbase revenue beat estimates, executives expect to win battle with SEC (Reuters)

  • Binance Could Face U.S. Fraud Charges, but Prosecutors Worry About Risk of Bank Run: Semafor (CoinDesk)

  • Revolut to suspend cryptocurrency services in US (Cointelgraph)

  • Worldcoin suspended in Kenya as thousands queue for free money (BBC)

The Plague Founder Launches Coffee Brand ☕

The Plague NFT founder Pons reveals “Utility Wen” product will be coffee made in partnership with the government of El Salvador. It will be called Making Coffee 👀

Super exiting to see a nft project do something this innovative at such a large scale 💪

AI Intel 🤖

  • Netflix touts $900k AI jobs amid Hollywood strikes (BBC)

  • ChatGPT broke the Turing test — the race is on for new ways to assess AI (Nature)

  • AI researchers say they’ve found a way to jailbreak Bard and ChatGPT (Cointelegraph)

  • Meta's Reels revenue narrows in on TikTok, boosted by AI (Reuters)

  • You Can Now Build Your Own AI Girlfriend—Here's How (Decrypt)

You Raised? 💰

$129 million raised this last week, and around $200 million the week prior. Bear market? We’re not convinced. Here are the highlights:

  • AI Startup Inworld Raises $50M to Create Better Video Game Characters (Nation)

  • Narval, a Web3 startup with Cincinnati ties, raises $4M led by BlockTower (BizJournals)

  • Cosmic Wire: $30 Million Secured For Building Web3 And Blockchain Solutions (Pulse2)

  • Solv Protocol Raises $6 Million Funding from Nomura (CryptoTimes)

  • ZYBER 365 Secures $100 Million in Series A Funding led by SRAM & MRAM - (IT Voice)

  • Crypto Firm Flashbots Raises $60M in Paradigm-Led Round (CoinDesk)

  • Animoca Brands Invests $30 Million in Crypto Payments Application Hi (CoinDesk)

Group Chat Debate ⚖️

There are 3,404 Arby’s restaurants in the United States as of July 11, 2023. For reference, there are only 2,951 Chick-Fil-A restaurants. Now the question is. Who. TF. Is eating these giant, sauceless meat stacks??

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