- After a break this week Bitcoin hit $22,000. Bitcoin just had the biggest weekly gain in 100 weeks (since Feb 2021).
- The global Bitcoin mining industry is now powered by 58.9% sustainable energy.
- Metamask integrates the possibility of staking ETH on Lido and Rocket Pool.
- Polygon made a hard fork which was validated by only 13 votes! The other validators didn't even know about it, but they upgraded well.
- After 15 months of development, the Polkadot network has released a feature that allows parachains to "talk" to each other without using bridges.
- Cardano unveiled the world's first Blockchain car project in Davos. This is the eTukTuk project which aims for a peer-to-peer ecosystem using the Cardano blockchain.
- Cryptocurrency lending platform Genesis has finally filed for bankruptcy.
- Binance burned 2,064,484 BNB worth $618 million.
- The European parliament postponed in April the vote on the MICA bill, which aims to regulate the crypto ecosystem in Europe.
- The Seoul government now allows residents to visit the city and use certain services in a metaverse.