Episode 524
📍 Former US Congressman Patrick McHenry joins Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) as a senior advisor, aiming to help innovators navigate policy landscapes and promote crypto-friendly regulations.
📍 PayPal sets ambitious goals for its PYUSD stablecoin, targeting 20 million merchants by the end of 2025, and plans to integrate it with existing lines of business, including cross-border payments and bill-pay products.
📍 Hackers are spreading malware through fake GitHub repositories, targeting software developers and stealing sensitive information, including crypto wallet data, with Kaspersky warning of the need for vigilance when handling third-party code.
📍 Gold-backed cryptocurrencies, such as PAXG and XAUT, outperform the broader crypto market as gold ETF inflows near a three-year high, driven by geopolitical tensions and uncertainty surrounding tariffs.
📍 Gold prices surge nearly 11% in 2025 and 43% over the past year, with physically-backed gold ETFs experiencing their largest weekly inflow since March 2022, reaching 52.4 tons, valued at approximately $4.9 billion.
