🎙️ Blockchain DXB — AI Takeover Series
🗓️ Episode Date: 28th April 2025
🤖 Note: This episode is fully created using AI as part of the Blockchain DXB AI Takeover series, powered by Notebook LM by Google.

Episode Highlights:
🚀 Bitcoin ETF Inflows Surge

Bitcoin ETFs recorded $442 million in inflows yesterday.
Total assets under management hit $108 billion, the highest since February 2025.
Bitcoin is recovering from the low $80,000 range, with a current market cap of $1.86 trillion.
Market boost linked to:
- Trump's comments on tariff reductions with China.
- Stronger correlation with Nasdaq (up 5% last week).
- Weaker U.S. dollar.
- Increased correlation with gold and bullish technical signals.

🎯 Ethereum Layer 1 Scaling: Vision to Execution

Tomasz Stańczak (EF Co-Executive Director) shares updates post-leadership changes.
Vitalik Buterin focuses on deep research over coordination, pushing advancements in:
- zkVMs, RISC-V, and near-term scaling.
Research priorities include:
- L1 scaling, L2 support, UX improvements (via Pectra, Fusaka, Glamsterdam).
Vitalik also proposed privacy features for Ethereum that anonymize transactions, ideally enabled by default.

🔵 Circle’s New Payment Network

Circle launches a payments and remittance network from its NYC HQ at One World Trade Center.
Targeting banks, fintechs, and USDC partners.
Aims to rival Visa and Mastercard.
Announcement follows delayed IPO plans.
More details via CoinDesk ➔

⚫ Blocksquare + Vera Capital: Tokenizing $1B U.S. Real Estate

Launching with a $5.4M property in Fort Lauderdale.
Investors can access tokenized commercial and multifamily assets across seven U.S. states.
More details via Chainwire ➔

🔵 WazirX Update

After the $234.9M hack in July 2024, WazirX is near a comeback.
Singapore High Court hearing set for May 13 to approve restructuring and compensation.
If approved, payouts and relaunch will begin within 10 business days.
If not approved, repayments could be delayed until 2030.
More info via CoinDesk ➔

🟠 Two UAE Highlights

⚡ Dubai launches ASCEND: The world’s first AI-powered compliance verification platform for public finance.
⚡ Fuze: Secures a retail payment and card schemes license from the Central Bank of the UAE.

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🤖AI Takeover 🤖 💰 Bitcoin ETF Inflows Update 🌐 Ethereum Layer 1 Scaling: From Vision to Reality 💳 Circle Launches New Payment Network 🏢 Blocksquare + Vera to Tokenize $1B in U.S. ⚡ WazirXUpdate 16:47 Share

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🤖AI Takeover 🤖 💰 Bitcoin ETF Inflows Update 🌐 Ethereum Layer 1 Scaling: From Vision to Reality 💳 Circle Launches New Payment Network 🏢 Blocksquare + Vera to Tokenize $1B in U.S. ⚡ WazirXUpdate