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This weekend roundup coverages news that multiple publications reported on. IF you'd like to see all the news from the past week, check out previous blog post. My focus has shifted from trying to curate "all" news about the "Crypto" space to making an attempt to keep you up to speed on the news that encompasses the top 10 Crypto Assets; primarily Bitcoin. 

BITCOIN

• Bitcoin Reclaims $30,000 Level as Crypto Market Turns Green (Decrypt | Cryptoglobe | Blockworks | Bitcoinist)
• Bitcoin Shows Signs of Bottoming Out After 9 Weeks of Losses (Coindesk | Cointelegraph | CryptoPotato | BIC)

ALTCOINS

• Cardano climbs 29% in a day becoming the 2nd biggest gainer among top 100 cryptos (Finbold | Decrypt | Cryptoglobe | Coindesk)
• Solana falls 77% in 2022 as blockchain outages deter investors (Finbold | ZyCrypto | Decrypt | EWN | Cointelegraph)

STABLECOINS

• MoneyGram CEO Confident in USDC Stablecoin for Cross-Border Payments (BIC | Bitcoinist | CryptoPotato | Finbold | TDH)

ANALYST'S CORNER

• Arthur Hayes: Ethereum at $10,000 by End of 2022 Still Possible, Reiterates Arthur Hayes (CryptoPotato | Bitcoinist | TDH)

NOTABLE VOICES

• Dawn Fitzpatrick: Soros Fund Management CEO Is More Bullish on Ethereum Than Bitcoin (CryptoPotato | UToday | Cryptoglobe | TDH)

ACCEPTANCE

• Chipotle will now accept cryptocurrency in US stores (TB | Cointelegraph | TDH)
• El Salvador still not ready to launch bitcoin bond, finance minister says (TB | Cointelegraph | CryptoPotato | NewsBTC)

BLOCKCHAINS

• Ropsten Ethereum testnet ready for Merge ‘first dress rehearsal’ (Cointelegraph | Decrypt | CryptoPotato)

LEGISLATION/REGULATION

• 401(k) provider ForUsAll sues US Labor Dept over anti-crypto compliance release (Cointelegraph | Blockworks | TDH)
• Financial planning body urges investors to take tests before buying crypto (Finbold | Bitcoinist | TDH)

MINING

• Oman's Oil Companies to Mine Bitcoin with Excessive Gas (UToday | Cointelegraph | ZyCrypto)
• Bitcoin Hashrate Falls Down As Miner Revenues Stay Low (Bitcoinist | TB | BIC | Cointelegraph)
• Kenya’s energy company is offering geothermal power to bitcoin miners (QZ | Finbold | BM | Cointelegraph | Blockworks)
• New York State Bitcoin Mining Ban (Bitcoinist | Finbold | TB | Coindesk | Blockworks | UToday | BIC | TDH)

TOP PODCASTS

• Bitcon Fundamentals: Macro and Bitcoin Education w/ Greg Foss, James Lavish, Jason Sansone, & Sebastian Bunney 
• The Wolf Of All Streets: Bitcoin, Regulation & Finance 2.0 | Jeff Horrowitz, BitGo
• The Pomp Podcast: #984 Alex Kruger On Identifying The Macro Bottom
• The Breakdown: Bitcoin Isn't Apolitical, but It Is Nonpartisan
• Empire: Is Crypto an Investable Asset Class? | Roundup