This week… crypto feels like it’s being pulled in three completely different directions at once.

👉🏼 We’re starting with Meta — yes, Meta — quietly stepping back into crypto, four years after the Libra collapse. This time, it’s not a grand announcement or a new coin… it’s stablecoin payments to creators, flying a lot lower under the radar — and surprisingly, regulators aren’t pushing back.

👉🏼 Then we head into Bitcoin territory, where a proposed hard fork called “eCash” has reignited one of the oldest tensions in crypto — who actually gets to decide the rules? Especially when the plan involves reassigning Satoshi’s coins on a new chain… and the community is not taking it lightly.

👉🏼 And finally, a reminder that while some doors are opening, others are closing fast. Brazil has just banned crypto for cross-border payments — a move that’s less about technology, and more about control over money in one of the world’s largest emerging economies.

So, let’s get into it 🚀

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TIMESTAMPS

2:22 Redemption arc for Meta

6:26 Hard forking eCash in August?

10:50 Brazil officially ban the use of crypto for cross-border payments

13:55 Short, sharp news bites

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