- Bitcoin price is trading above $26,000. Money sent via Bitcoin this year 2022 has overtaken PayPal and is approaching Visa.

- Circle deploys USDC stablecoin on Polkadot. Polkadot developers plan to introduce an update that will help increase the number of ecosystem parachains to 1,000.

- Google Cloud is adding support for 11 additional blockchains in its BigQuery analytics service: Avalanche, Arbitrum, Cronos, Fantom, Near, Optimism, Polkadot, Polygon, Tron, Polygon Mumbai and Goerli.

- Coinbase and CryptoCom are currently negotiating to buy FTX.

- Paris Saint-Germain, the soccer team, is partnering with CryptoCom and artist Benjamin Benichou, to distribute free AI-generated poster NFTs.

- The UK House of Lords passes a bill aimed at seizing stolen cryptocurrencies in cases of fraud or financial crimes.

- Japan will allow startups to raise funds by issuing cryptocurrencies rather than shares.

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