Summary
TLDR: Rollercoaster week in crypto with Bitcoin halving, Hong Kong approving ETFs, Andreessen Horowitz launching gaming fund, meme auction, World Chain announcement, Craig Wright dropping lawsuit, new crypto hardware, Runes launch during halving, and surprise bonus for miner.
Key Points
1. The quadrennial Bitcoin halving finally executed early Saturday morning, on 4/20, bringing a rollercoaster week for Bitcoin and the broader crypto landscape.
2. Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz launched its second gaming fund, with an eye for Web3 and AI-forward games, along with a new accelerator program named Speedrun, infusing each cohort member with $750,000.
3. World Chain by the Worldcoin Foundation, an Ethereum layer-2 based on Optimism that uses ETH as its native token and Worldcoin (WLD) for gas fees, was announced, giving verified humans priority blockspace over bots and a gas allowance for casual transactions.