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Past Editions
States Just Took On SNAP's Bill, Fraud Topped $900 Million in a Week, and Philanthropy Wrote $1.2 Billion in Checks. Over 71,800 Meals.
WYDE Weekly: the SNAP cost shift hits states October 1, Fast Lab's $500 million COVID fraud plea, Bitget's $387.5 million hack, the Fed's first stablecoin rules, and Phil and Penny Knight's $1 billion gift to Oregon.
The Creator Economy Crossed $1 Billion, the CLARITY Act Died in the Senate, and Everyday Money Kept Ending Hunger. Over 70,600 Meals.
MrBeast's next video cost $10 million and the top creators crossed $1 billion, the CLARITY Act failed 49 to 50, tokenized Treasuries opened to 35 million accounts, and creators and restaurants can now get paid to end hunger with the EAT Card.
Revolut and Block Cleared US Bank Charters, AI Proved Fermat and Navier-Stokes, and the CLARITY Act Hits the Senate Monday. Over 65,400 Meals.
Revolut and Block clear OCC bank paths, Wyoming puts its stablecoin reserves onchain, AI checks proofs of Fermat and Navier-Stokes, the CLARITY Act hits the Senate, and creators can now get paid to end hunger.
JPMorgan Warns Food Inflation Could Double, Citi Will Custody Bitcoin, and EAT Tops Charity Tokens. Over 65,000 Meals.
Record child hunger and food insecurity collide with a wall of institutional crypto money, from Citi custody to the SEC and Treasury rulebooks, plus $105 billion for one AI data center. This week in the WYDE Newsroom.
A Court Stripped Section 230, the FDA Killed Self-Certified Food Ingredients, and Wall Street Put $500 Billion Behind AI. Over 63,000 Meals.
WYDE Weekly: the SEC cancels its Regulation Crypto vote a day early, Colombia's earthquake toll reaches 273, a judge dismisses the Adani case with a rebuke, and Anthropic signs a $9.1 billion compute deal with a bitcoin miner.
A Judge Ordered Meta to Pay $567 Million, Another Gave HHS Until Noon, and the Farm Bill Died by One Vote. Over 63,000 Meals.
WYDE Weekly: the CLARITY Act misses its Senate deadline, SNAP enrollment drops by 4 million, HHS moves to erase 1,400 Head Start rules, and researchers use AI to design 16 working viruses.
Norcross Gave $100M, the DOJ Charged $350M in Fraud, and BNY Put $8.6 Trillion Onchain. Over 60,000 Meals.
WYDE Weekly: a record Cooper Health gift, a $350 million Southeast fraud sweep, BNY's onchain funds, Circle's New York trust charter, and the EAT Clippers launch.
Global hunger fell to 645 million, lawmakers introduced an AI kill switch, and a judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement. Over 60,000 meals.
WYDE Weekly: the UN's third straight drop in global hunger to 645 million, the AI Kill Switch and FRONTIER oversight bills, a judge's approval of Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement, a record 55,362 schools serving free meals, and a GAO finding of up to $521 billion in yearly federal fraud.
Visa built stablecoin rails, Wyoming set a giving record, and the EAT Card hit the App Store. Over 60,000 meals.
WYDE Weekly: Visa's stablecoin platform, DTCC's first live tokenized trades, the Senate's unanimous no-pardon vote on SBF, WyoGives' record $6.46 million, Lilly's $100 billion endowment, and the EAT Card iOS launch.
Swift's banking network turned on its blockchain, Circle became a bank, and an XRP windfall gave away $154 million. Over 60,000 meals.
WYDE Weekly: Swift's live ledger with 17 banks, Circle and Sony's OCC charters, the $1.4 trillion Meta demand, a revived 45 million hunger warning, and Rippleworks' record $154 million grant year.
The rails went public, Wall Street rang the NYSE bell, and Swift and Kelce sent $26M to food banks. 60,000 meals.
WYDE Weekly: Securitize's NYSE debut, Open USD's 140 firms, a $400M Ponzi plea, a 53-million-egg food-bank settlement, and Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's $26 million.
Big Tech moved $1.5B into giving. A judge saved SNAP. Roubini went onchain. 58,300 meals.
WYDE Weekly: Intercept's $500M fund, Evan Spiegel's $550M medical-debt erase, the US $800M WFP pledge, Project Pangea, and the EAT Card beta.
The Factory Is Open for Business
Cards are going out, the Feed the Children partnership is funding grants, 58,300 meals are on the board, and the cause card just opened to business.
BitMart. Hunger Network. EAT Street Team. Card. 33,000 meals.
The week Impact Summer started, $EAT held the line, and the Card got a date.
We signed Feed the Children. The White House debunked the banks. Iran priced Hormuz in Bitcoin. 20,000 meals.
$EAT hit #1 on Base at +150%. Three states signed the DUNA Act. Schwab opened crypto to 38.9 million accounts. The FDIC is implementing stablecoin rules Monday. Here's the full week.
$EAT just hit #1 on Base. Three states legalized DAOs. The FDIC is implementing stablecoin rules Monday.
$EAT hit #1 on Base at +150%. Three states signed the DUNA Act. Schwab opened crypto to 38.9 million accounts. The FDIC is implementing stablecoin rules Monday. Here's the full week.
$381M verdict against Zuck. 90% SBA Financing for Food SMBs. $EAT at ATH. We signed our national partner.
Feed the Children signed, $EAT ATH, SBA financing for food infrastructure, tokenization, AI, hunger policy, and big tech accountability.
The SEC just cleared crypto. TSA agents are visiting food banks. We just hit 10,000 meals.
SEC classifies crypto, SNAP cuts project 70K deaths, TSA food banks, $EAT ATH, Tempo blockchain launch, Mastercard BVNK acquisition.
Fertilizer Up 77%. SNAP Cut $187 Billion. Food Banks at Capacity. The Storm Is Here.
The Strait of Hormuz closed. Fertilizer prices spiked 77%. Congress advanced a Farm Bill that ignores the largest SNAP cuts in history. Food banks are reporting record demand. The government killed the only survey measuring hunger. And we signed four exchanges, a market maker, and a PR firm that owns CoinTelegraph. 45 days.
$16 Billion in Fraud, $4 Billion in Phantom Charity, and 90 Days to Launch
DOJ fraud hits $16B, DAF transfers exposed, Somalia hunger doubles, Coinbase expands, and the $EAT Card locks a 60-day launch window.
SNAP Cuts Hit. MrBeast Bought a Bank. We're Launching One Too.
Bank partner finalizing. Creator economy building. Fund deployment next week.
$EAT Hits 7,449 Meals While Ethereum Crashes 37%. Here's Why We Keep Building.
Coinbase Blue Carpet. $400K round closed. Kraken listing. AI agents. And a market that proves why cause coins need to exist.
OpenAI v Elon Lawsuit, NYC Token, Hunger—WYDE Fixes It All
WYDE Weekly January 18
5000 Meals Funded Through Trading!
Meal Milestone - 5000 Meals
The Public Market for Nonprofits
January 8 Update
WYDE Hits 2,000 Meals Funded and $1M Market Cap | New Year's Eve Update
December 31 Update
We're On Track to Reach 1000 Meals by Friday
December 26 Update
Coinbase Enables First 'Trade-to-Feed' Cause Coin: $EAT
December 19 Update