💣 You won’t believe who’s launching an NFT

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That’s what it is right?

Here comes the fun for today:

• Apple and Metaverse in 2022

• Guess who’s making a KILLING in NFTs!

• Chaach and Charts

• Milky Meme Of The Day

Apple Event Live. Ceo of Apple Tim Cook: Apple & Metaverse in 2022

Did you all watch the Apple Event??

No, not the launch of iPhone 14 (what is it this time? slightly bigger camera?)

We are talking about the “Apple & Metaverse in 2022.”

It was an EPIC event!

The event was about exploring Apple's vision for crypto and metaverse and how they will be making a huge splash in the space by potentially buying the Ethereum Foundation.

It also had a great lineup of guests like:

• Elon Musk (carwala aur rocketwala)

• Jack Dorsey (daadiwala)

• Snoop Dogg (420wala)

• YogiJi (beefwala)

Well, if you have been reading the doodhwala for a while now, then you would have realized that this whole thing was FAKE.

And you are absolutely right!

This event didn't happen at all.

But it did happen for the 70 THOUSAND people who were watching a fake live stream on YouTube titled “Apple Event Live. Ceo of Apple Tim Cook: Apple & Metaverse in 2022.”

I mean, seriously. 🤦‍♂️

It was a fake live stream of an old Tim Cook interview with CNN, where he talked about money and Bitcoin.

The scammers added the logos of Bitcoin and Ethereum at the top of the frame and covered the CNN logo with "Apple Crypto Event 2022".

How thoughtful! The title makes it SOO legit! 🤦‍♂️

YouTube did not take it down immediately and it had roped in over 70k views until it was eventually taken down for violating their Terms and Services.

The fake streamers used the momentum of the real Apple Event that DID happen.

Why tho?

To trick people who just saw that Apple was trending everywhere but didn't exactly know why.

Honestly...this was pretty smart.

They might have gotten away with it if it wasn't for the title.

These scammers need to learn how to write non-scammy titles from us-

I mean, look at our previous titles:

• 📱 We received a SCAM message

• 🛑 YOU ALL HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS BREAKING STORY!

• 🚨 BIG BREAKING! Bear market winner announced

Totally not scammy at all. 😎

Guess who’s making a KILLING in NFTs!

The NFT market just got competition.

No, it’s not another actor

No, it’s not another rapper

No, it’s not another washed-out celebrity

(tf is erryone dropping NFTs?).

It’s someone bigger.

The Islamic State, yeah the terrorist group, just dropped an NFT. No, we’re not kidding. We seriously wish we were tho. 🙈

Last month, ISIS was behind a bombing in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. You know the country that’s under the Taliban.

And just recently, an ISIS supporter dropped an NFT praising the bombing.

Talk about dropping a BOMB project 💣

The NFT was called — “IS-NEWS #01”, better than Bored Terror Bomb Club (BTBC) tbh.

Check it out their NFT (yes we see the irony that this is a jpeg, get over it!):

The artwork isn’t taking our heads off tbh and we don’t think this project would make a killing. 🙃

But the real question is why would ISIS’ supporters launch NFTs?

👉 To prevent censorship 👈

It’s a medium for them to put out their content and prevent deletion cuz it’s on a blockchain.

This makes it viewable to anyone, anywhere in the world through a transparent system.

We’re not saying it’s a good thing, we’re saying it is what it is.

Anti-terror groups are concerned that this could be a way for terror groups to do outreach and even seek funding.

Why can’t they do it the old fashion way BY knocking on doors? 😒

But is crypto a big part of Terror Financing?

Bad-bad transactions using crypto (including cyber crimes, terror financing, frauds, darknet exploits, and boring newsletter scams) was $15 billion (Rs 1.2 lakh crore) in 2021.

This was 0.15% of the total crypto txn volume last year. The lowest in 4 years (since data tracking started)

In 2021, the BIG3 crypto terror groups — Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Hamas — all used crypto to raise funds. And their crypto txns were either disrupted due to infra problems or stopped by government authorities.

But this is crypto for payments. NFTs for content distribution is whole different bomb ball game.

Doodhwala’s take: Yeah…we don’t think the ISIS NFT launch will be a blast. 0 out of 10, would not recommend it. Please don’t tap my phone, America.

Chaach and Charts

One of the dopest sectors within DeFi (itself a dope sector ✊) is perpetuals.

What are perpetuals (or perps)?

These are the money makers behind big exchanges like Binance and FTX. 🤑

And a perps DeFi protocol — GMX — on Arbitrum and Avalanche is killing it. (beeteedubs, check out our breakdown of the Arbitrum Odyssey here)

Yesterday, GMX’s trading volume surged to nearly $700 million, its second-highest day ever!

Milky Meme Of The Day

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That’s all for today bhaiyo aur bheno! Naale Sigona!

Aakash "Dahi Cheeni" Athawasya & Arvind "Doodh Peda" Krishna

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None of what you read here is financial advice. We aren’t here to get you to buy or sell a crypto. We’re only here to tell you what’s up in crypto today and make you laugh. So, if you screwed up on a trade, that’s on you G. Stay safe in the markets.