- The first week of 2022 is deteriorating with the price of BTC dropping sharply below $ 42,000, dragging the rest of the market with it. 13 years ago the genesis block of bitcoin was mined and BTC hashrate hit a record high 208 million TH / s, four times higher than in July 2021

- The NFT market topped $ 40 billion in 2021, according to an estimate by blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. (Bloomberg)

- Opensea raises $ 300 million to now be valued at $ 13.3 billion and records a record number of visits. (Opensea)

- Paypal is considering launching its own stablecoin. (Bloomberg)

- Airbnb CEO announced that the new feature his subscribers craved the most was crypto payment and that he is already working on it.

- Samsung has announced the release of 3 new TV models in 2022 that will buy and sell NFTs (CoinDesk) and Samsung is entering the metaverse by partnering with Decentraland (MANA) to open its first virtual store (837X store) . (The Block)

- Banca Generali, one of Italy's largest banks, will allow its customers to buy, sell and hold Bitcoin through their bank accounts during the first quarter of 2022. (Cointurk)

- Goldman Sachs said in a recent memo that bitcoin is a direct competitor to gold, and has considered a hike to $ 100,000 per unit.