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SBF makes a dramatic return to the states.

 After being extradited back to the U.S., SBF made his first court appearance in New York on Thursday on charges that he masterminded the entire debacle inside his former crypto empire. This follows cooperation from Caroline Ellison (former CEO of Alameda) and Gary Wang (co-founder of FTX) who both pleaded guilty to fraud. SBF was released on $250M bail secured by his parent’s Palo Alto house.

A new player has entered the Layer 2 scene.

 Payments giant Visa unveiled its latest DeFi venture with plans to enable auto-payments on StarkNet, a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum. Visa is proposing to allow merchants to automate recurring payments. This implementation requires a change in how Ethereum treats accounts as currently only user accounts can initiate transactions. Visa previously 

 for the first time on Ethereum back in March 2021.

Sushi community divided following recent proposal

. New Head Chef, Jared Grey, proposed a new solution to replenish the protocol’s treasury by redistributing all transaction fees to Sushi’s treasury for one year. The Sushi treasury currently collects 10% of new SUSHI issued per block. With the max supply of ~250M expected in 2023, Grey is proposing for all xSUSHI revenue to be diverted to the treasury to sustain the protocol. Learn more about Sushi 

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