TLDR Crypto 2024-05-03

Idin Dalpour was arrested for allegedly orchestrating a $43 million Ponzi scheme, falsely promising high returns from his hospitality and crypto trading businesses but using investor funds to cover personal expenses. The FBI indictment detailed Dalpour's misuse of funds, including $1.7 million for gambling debts, and charges of wire fraud. This could lead to up to 20 years in prison.

Block reported first-quarter revenues of $5.97 billion and an adjusted profit of 85 cents per share, surpassing expectations. It announced plans to allocate 10% of gross profit from bitcoin transactions into bitcoin each month and is open-sourcing its "crypto treasury blueprint" to help other companies manage its crypto assets.

Privy is launching a new cloud-based recovery system that enables users to secure their embedded wallet recovery shares on Google Drive. This should improve the user experience by offering a simpler, more secure method of wallet recovery without the need to remember passwords.

Royco enables efficient liquidity coordination for crypto, which today is inexact and done through airdrops, liquidity mining, and other un-optimized methods. Royco's Liquidity Coordinator allows programmability and order books to create liquidity negotiation, allowing providers to know exactly what they will get in return. Since every position is tokenized, users can sell or exchange positions, providing flexibility for locked assets.

Solana influencer and CEO of Helius Labs, Mert, has curated a list of high-quality articles about Solana. The list provides a comprehensive overview of Solana's history, investor theses, tech deep dives, and programming.

Blast points are earned passively through liquidity provision or holding certain tokens. Blast Gold, which may be worth $10 to $60 each, is farmed by actively interacting with protocols or games. This thread lays out three strategies for various capital and time commitment levels to maximize airdrop distribution.