May 18, 2021: Best of the Web3 Today 🗞️📰

Too Much Information in Crypto to Expose it All

News of the Tautological

Paolo Ardoino @paoloardoino

Whales being whales on Finex.

lowstrife @lowstrife

Someone has been Twapping' shorts on Bitfinex for the past few hours. +4000 coins added margin short so far. ~100 btc\minute https://t.co/YKhdFqyzOy

Point

Saifedean.com @saifedean

Bitcoin consumes so much energy because it uses a fully mechanical & digital process to ascertain truth. It doesn't rely on the authority of anyone. It isn't a more energy-intensive way of doing consumer payments; it's a less energy-intensive way of achieving consensus than war.

Counterpoint

Justine @MsHodl

Your mom uses more energy than Bitcoin

Effect

Dogecoin @DogeCoinProject

Big news for Dogecoin coming soon 😎📈🚀

Cause

Pentoshi 🐧wont DM you (only scammers do) @Pentosh1

$DOGE

Out on a Limb

Adam Cochran @adamscochran

Maybe assets shouldn't just be depending on value being derived from being held in corporate treasuries... Maybe real value will come from the things they do. Maybe we'll call those 'productive assets'... 😃

Speaking of Apophasy

RYAN SΞAN ADAMS - rsa.eth 🦇🔊 @RyanSAdams

I'm bored of talking about Musk. Like, he doesn't get it yet...who cares? Neither do most of the world's billionaires. Has he ever taken out a loan on Aave? Traded something on Uniswap? Used an Ethereum wallet? No? Then he doesn't have an informed opinion.

Questions Nobody is Asking

DeFiGod @DeFiGod1

What happened to Craig Wright?

Answers to Questions Nobody is Asking

Saifedean.com @saifedean

I remember when people thought Elon Musk was the real Satoshi. Turns out he's the real Craig Wright.

Elon Musk @elonmusk

@itsALLrisky Ideally, Doge speeds up block time 10X, increases block size 10X & drops fee 100X. Then it wins hands down.

Too Much Information

Udi Wertheimer @udiWertheimer

i think ct is underestimating how big this is tbh

SpartanBlack @SpartanBlack_1

Institutions are coming into DeFi If Aave is piloting this, others will follow very quickly. I repeat DeFi Summer 2.0 is here

cryptobriefing.comAave Has a Private Pool for Institutions Testing DeFi | Crypto BriefingAave has built a private pool for institutions to practice DeFi, according to the protocol’s founder Stani Kulechov.

Question

PancakeSwap 🥞 #BSC @PancakeSwap

Okay, I’ll bite. Who’s Elon Musk?

Answer

notsofast @notsofast

Jackson Palmer, hidden for years, steps out from the shadows executes a headshot with brutal precision and fades back in 🙌

More Questions

Hailey Lennon @HaileyLennonBTC

I don’t mean this rude but why are there so many more beautiful women compared to men. Can y’all step it the f up

More Answers

Paul Saladino, MD @CarnivoreMD

Late for the party but I brought meat! #Bitcoin

It’s A Cookbook!

Hsaka @HsakaTrades

I'm beginning to realise why CZ poached half the US Senate to be senior level executives for Binance US.

News from the Bottom

Ethereum Jesus ⟠ 🙌🏻 @EthereumJesus

Bought more here at the dip. Let’s hope U.S. tax day is the bottom. $ETH

Alex Wice @AWice

Have we hit the true bottom yet?

LilMoonLambo @LilMoonLambo

The bottom is in $BTC $ETH

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