# Bitcoin Runes Fever

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Apr 22, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/es/runes-are-live*

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Bitcoin Runes Fever

  

  
  Published on Apr 22, 2024

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Thailand Gets Aggressive
  

  

 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/04/Group-15--10-.png)](https://www.bankless.com/dashboard)- **🇹🇭 Thailand to block unlicensed crypto platforms. **Thailand's SEC has [announced plans](https://cointelegraph.com/news/thailand-blocks-unlicensed-crypto-exchanges-online-crimes) to soon block access to ‘unauthorized’ crypto platforms in the country.
- **🎰 ZKasino prompts outrage.** Investors are crying “rug” after the crypto gambling network [reneged on its launch plans](https://www.theblock.co/post/289996/zkasino-launch-leads-to-widespread-outrage-as-33-million-promised-to-investors-is-sent-to-lido) and delayed $33M in redemptions; the project denies wrongdoing. 
- **🪴 Magic Eden debuts Runes platform. **The beta store allows users to buy Ordinals and [Runes on Bitcoin](https://magiceden.io/runes) inside of the marketplace's native wallet.

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[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/04/image---2024-04-22T230503.097-2.png)](https://www.bankless.com/cryptos-bitcoin-runes-fever)**📊 Runes launch.** The launch of Runes, a new protocol for minting fungible tokens on Bitcoin, did live up to the hype, at least initially. *Are Runes a short-lived fad, or could they usher in a new future for Bitcoin and its fee volumes?*

[Read More Analysis on Bankless.com](https://www.bankless.com/cryptos-bitcoin-runes-fever)

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