- This week Bitcoin exceeded $24,000. 85% of Bitcoin purchases are the result of US institutional players. Rising energy costs, falling compensation and falling capital have made 2022 a stormy year for Bitcoin miners. Since January 2023, revenue from bitcoin miners has increased by nearly 50%, from $13.6 million to $23 million.
- 1 BTC on the Nigerian exchange NairaEX is worth over $40,000, this is due to the fact that the Central Bank of Nigeria continues to impose restrictions on cash withdrawals from ATMs (the maximum amount is $44 per day.
- Ethereum saw its number of public addresses increase by 130,000 per day in January.
- A Finnish company has launched an EU-regulated stablecoin EUROe on the Ethereum blockchain.
- Aave deploys its v3 on the Ethereum network.
- BNB Chain developers presented the whitepaper of the new BNB Greenfield network and launches into decentralized storage.
- Binance announces a partnership with the airline Air Astana which will allow members of the Nomad Club loyalty program to convert their accumulated points into Bitcoin and cryptos.
- Ledger announced a partnership with Samsung.
- Twitter is preparing to integrate a fiat payment system with a crypto option, Elon Musk is aiming for a super app that could compete with his former company PayPal.
- The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued its first sterling digital bond on a private blockchain, in partnership with BNP Paribas, HSBC and RBC Capital Markets.
