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Bitcoin: $38,623.43 | Support: $29K - Resistance: $40K | Dom: 41.1% | HR: 197.342 EH/s

THE 'MAKE BITCOIN LEGAL TENDER' MOMENTUM GROWS

BREAKING

• Crypto Ads Set to Invade Super Bowl 56
• Binance Joins FTX, Coinbase and Crypto.com With Athlete Endorsements Ahead of Super Bowl
• SEC Delaying Decision on Bitwise Spot Bitcoin ETF
• Nearly $2.3 Billion Worth of Bitcoin Moved Out of Wallet Involved in 2016 Bitfinex Hack: Whale Alert
• Ethereum's Pure Revenue Reaches $1.2 Billion as More Use Cases Appear on Chain

JUST IN 

• $5 wrench attacks appear to be on the rise in the crypto community
• House and Senate hearings on stablecoins will spotlight official behind Treasury report: sources
• Cryptocurrencies are the “new frontier” says financial researcher
• Realux Estate: Crypto Combined With Real Estate for Rug Pull
• Over 1,000 new cryptocurrencies emerged in January, 30 on average daily
• ‘Significant’ Wash Trading, Money Laundering in NFT Market: Chainalysis
• Crypto tax doesn't legalize trading, says Indian tax department chief JB Mohapatra
  
• Russian region struggles to keep up with Bitcoin mining energy demands

MARKET CONDITIONS

• BTC price dives with stocks as fresh sell-off sees PayPal shed nearly 25%
• Bitcoin Lacks Momentum Above $38.5K, But Dips Likely To Be Limited
• Bitcoin Maintains $38K, Polkadot Pushed Dogecoin Out of the Top 10 Cryptocurrencies
• BTC price faces crucial trend battle as Bitcoin RSI confirms breakout
• Bitcoin Has Been Trading South Of $40,000—Where's It Headed Next?
• Bitcoin Options Traders Turn Bearish: Report
• Bitcoin Volatility Drops To 15 Month Low; What This Could Mean
• Bitcoin price closes in on $40K, but pro traders are still skeptical
• This Indicator Marks Top of Currency Recovery Rally: Here's How
• Bullish Signal for Bitcoin Appears on Santiment NVT Model: Details
• Bitcoin ($BTC) Share of Assets Held in Crypto Investment Products Increased to 69.5% in January

ALTCOINS

• Ethereum Fees Drop Below $5 as L2s Take Off
• Bloody Altcoin January Shows Why Bitcoin Remains The Crypto Safe Haven
  
• Cardano Millionaire Whales Have Increased Holdings by 40% in January: Details
• Shiba Inu Listed on Turkish Exchange: Details
• Why did WazirX token (WRX) jump 30% after India announced its big crypto tax?
• DeFi Tokens Tumble but Adoption Continues Increasing: ConsenSys Research
• The Sandbox (SAND) Increased by 55% After January Lows: Multi Coin Analysis
• Swipe (SXP) Sees Crucial Bullish Divergences Building up

TALKABOUTABLE

• All the world's Bitcoin can only pay 2.43% of $30T US national debt
• Crypto start-ups are still raising serious cash despite a slump in prices
  
• El Salvador Taps AlphaPoint to Fix State-Sponsored Bitcoin Wallet Chivo
• Colombia clamps down on crypto tax evasion as adoption thrives
• MicroStrategy lost $146M to Bitcoin impairment charges in Q4 2021
• Bitcoin Mining Carbon Emissions at 'Inconsequential' Levels: CoinShares
  
• Alphabet exploring blockchain technology for flagship services
• Hodlers beware! New malware targets MetaMask and 40 other crypto wallets
• Progressive group adopts Bitcoin as ING and PayPal block donations

ANALYST'S CORNER

• Willy Woo: 'Peak fear' but on-chain metrics say it’s not a bear market
• Morgan Stanley on Bitcoin ‘Crash’: Keep Calm and Carry On
• Benjamin Cowen: Bitcoin Will Need Help From the Stock Market To Kick Off Reversal & How Soon Ethereum (ETH) Can Rally to Its All-Time High
• Glassnode: Bitcoin On-Chain Environment Suggesting Bullish Undertones
• Santiment: Over $1,570,000,000 Worth of Bitcoin Moved off Crypto Exchanges in Just Seven Days
• InvestAnswers: Here’s What’s Coming for Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Algorand (ALGO) in 2022
• Fidelity: Names Two Bullish Catalysts That Can Push Bitcoin (BTC) to Greater Heights
• Nicholas Merten: Traders Sleeping on Ethereum (ETH)

NOTABLE VOICES

• Jack Dorsey: Diem was a waste of time, Meta should’ve focused on BTC
• Michael Saylor: MicroStrategy Exploring Options to Use Its Bitcoin and says clear crypto regulation would speed institutional adoption
• Sundar Pichai: Alphabet CEO Says Company ‘Definitely’ Looking at Blockchain
• Johnny Quinn: US bobsledder feels the Bitcoin rhythm and orange pills his fans
• Charlie Lee: Litecoin Creator Says Dogecoin Is Great, Praises Elon Musk
• T.V. Somanathan: Bitcoin and Ethereum Will Never Become Legal Tender in India, Says Finance Secretary
• Michael Sonnenshein: Bitcoin Would Benefit from Digital USD Launch, Grayscale CEO Says, Here's How
• Senator Toomey: Admits crypto is ‘here to stay’ and a ‘diversified portfolio should have some’
• Hester Peirce: New SEC Plan Threatens DeFi
• Wendy Rogers: State Senator Praises Shiba Inu Community 
• Mike Novogratz: Expects NFTs to Outperform Crypto in 2022

ACQUISITIONS

• FTX acquires Japan's FCA-licensed crypto exchange Liquid
  

BLOCKCHAINS

• Cardano's Most Crucial Update in 2022 Goes Live: What Does This Mean for Cardano?
• Cardano’s TVL Jumps Over 9000% in January Thanks Mostly to SundaeSwap’s Launch
• Cardano adds over 100 smart contracts in just two days, highest-ever jump
• Cardano ($ADA) Developer IOG Proposes 11% Block Size Increase After Network Load Surges
• Litecoin (LTC) Announces Completion of Privacy Upgrade Following Years of Development
• WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty unveils new blockchain project Shardeum

ETFs/FUNDS

• First Grayscale ETF Begins Trading With Aim of Tracking Digital Economy
• Crypto and Digital Asset Investments See Second Week of Inflows
• DeFi Technologies Subsidiary Gets Nod to List Solana ETP on Frankfurt Exchange

FOLLOW DAT MONEY

• Dune Analytics raised $69.42 million in Series B, now valued at $1 billion
• Kyoko Decentralized Lending Platform Raises $3 Million, Animoca Brands Led Round
• Solana Labs Riptide Hackathon to Dole Out $5M in Prizes, Seed Funding
• Stablecoin-as-a-Service Project ICHI Raised $3.5M for Continued DeFi Expansion

• Pixel Vault raises $100M for NFT development platform