- Bitcoin entered a period of vacancy without volatility. According to Messari, from  January 1 to November 30, 2022, the top 10 mining companies sold almost all of the BTC they mined. Nowdays, Bitcoin is worth around $300 billion and gold is worth around $12 trillion (x40). 

- The turnover of NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain since the beginning of the year amounts to 23.7 billion dollars.

- The Kraken exchange has decided to stop its activities in Japan 🇯🇵 from January 31st.

- In 2022, Binance's user base surpassed 120 million and its team grew to 7,500 employees.

- The BMW manufacturer plans to integrate blockchain into its daily operations and create a loyalty program for its customers in Thailand. It will use Coinweb and use the BNB Chain.

- Fidelity, a financial services companies, filed trademark registrations for crypto and NFTs.

- Italian parliament approves 26% capital gains tax on cryptocurrencies from 2023.

- 55 million Africans hold Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies. Nigeria has 40.5% of the continent's cryptocurrency holders.

- Kazakhstan's parliament has passed a law to license crypto miners.

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