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Bitcoin: $42,595.65 | Dom: 41.3% | HR: 180.444 EH/s

BREAKING

• KPMG Canada Latest Firm to Add Bitcoin, Ether to Balance Sheet
• Nasdaq will list Valkyrie's ETF linked to Bitcoin mining firms on Feb. 8
• FTX to Give Away Bitcoin as Part of Super Bowl Ad Campaign; Coinbase as well
  
• NFT Home Sale Has 1,500 Bidders Lining Up

JUST IN

• Stop listening to celebrities for financial advice, says Binance Super Bowl campaign
• Cross-Chain Bridge Hack of Meter Sees $4.4M Stolen
• DriveWealth pushes into crypto trading
• US Federal deposit insurer lists “crypto-asset risks” among its top priorities for the year
• Tesla held $2B of Bitcoin as of late 2021, SEC filing reveals
• Crypto firm Wirex launches in the US, almost a year later than planned
• Japan's largest bank to float yen-pegged stablecoin for trading securities
• Protesters migrate to crypto fundraising platform following GoFundMe ban
• AssangeDAO raises $38M in donations to help free WikiLeaks founder
• Russia to introduce strategies for crypto regulation by February 11

MARKET WATCH

• Bitcoin bulls look to push price above $45K to validate bullish trend reversal
• Week in crypto: Bitcoin bounces following strong U.S. employment data
• BTC price returns to $43K — 5 things to watch in Bitcoin this week
• New BTC price targets emerge as Bitcoin sizes up Wall Street open ($44K Resistance | $38K $37K or $30K Support)
• Bitcoin (BTC) Wave Count Suggests a Bottom Has Been Reached
• Bitcoin Long-Term Holders Increase Their Share of Supply as BTC Surpasses $43,000
• Crypto derivatives data signals improving investor sentiment and a possible trend reversal
• Venezuelans reportedly hit by new Bitcoin tax of up to 20%
• P2P Bitcoin Trading in Nigeria Grows by 15% Since Crypto Ban

ALTCOINS

• Ethereum Whales Accumulating Polygon (MATIC), Loopring (LRC) and Two Low-Cap Altcoins, According to WhaleStats
• Luna Millionaire Expects Token to Reach $500
• SHIB surges 33% in a week as $3.5 billion infused into Shiba Inu’s market cap
• SHIB and DOGE Price Analysis for February 7
• Chainlink up 17% Over Weekend, Outperforming Ethereum by Daily Dev Activity
• Tezos (XTZ) Breaks Out Above $4 but Struggles to Sustain Upward Movement
• 1inch (1INCH) Breaks Out From Three Month Resistance Line, Looks to Reclaim $2.20

ANALYST'S CORNER

• Santiment: Analysts Expect Bitcoin to Rise Higher This Week
• Bloomberg: Bitcoin’s $40k rebound is more of ‘a floor than a ceiling’ with $100k in play
• Peter Brandt: Examines BTC After Strong Rally Above $40,000; Bitcoin Bottom In? 
• Raoul Pal: Former Goldman Exec Talks About Ethereum ($ETH), Polkadot($DOT), and Terra ($LUNA)
• Coin Bureau: 2022 Will Be Big Year for Cosmos (ATOM) & $LUNA Price Could Rally Nearly 2-3X

NOTABLE VOICES

• Paul Krugman: Nobel Laureate on ‘Disturbing’ Similarities Between Crypto and Subprime Mortgages
• Antoni Trenchev: Nexo founder says ‘Cheap money’ is here to stay and will be ‘good for crypto’
• Vladimir Potanin: CBDC Can Replace Bitcoin, Claims Russia’s Second-Richest Man
• Ray Dalio: Financial Markets Shifting, Crypto ‘Vulnerable’ to Government Crackdown
• Erik Voorhees: Central Bank Digital Currencies Are ‘Orwellian Spy Surveillance Nightmare’
• Hugo Philion: Flare Networks CEO Has Answer to the Question Many $XRP HODLers Have Been Asking

LATEST FROM PUTIN AND XI SUGGESTS GROWING POLITICAL INTEREST IN BITCOIN

TALKABOUTABLE

• Indian Digital Rupee to be Held in State-Backed Wallet
• Fed Designs Digital Dollar That Handles 1.7 Million Transactions Per Second
  
• US House Representatives Propose Tax Relief Bill for Small Crypto Transactions
• Phoenix Couple’s Metaverse Marriage Won’t Be Legally Binding
• BuzzFeed Dox Bored Ape Yacht Club Founders for No Good Reason
• Afghanistan: How Crypto is Keeping its Users From Starving
• Lost Bitcoin may be a ‘donation,’ but is it hindering adoption?
• UN Report Says North Korea Funding Missile Program With Stolen Crypto
• A New Bitcoin Education Center in El Salvador Aims to Bring About Next Wave of Adoption
• Swiss BSV to establish blockchain academy in the Middle East
• Google Cloud to detect crypto-mining malware on virtual machines

NFTs

• VC Paul Graham Comes in Support After Gaming Marketplace Called NFTs Scam
• Bud Light Super Bowl Ad Includes Nouns Ethereum NFT Imagery
  
• Are New York City’s Social Clubs the Next Target for NFTs?
• Chainalysis report finds most NFT wash traders unprofitable
• ‘Wave of litigation’ to hit NFT space as copyright issues abound
• A crypto project is using up whole Ethereum blocks and turning them into NFTs

BLOCKCHAINS

• Bitcoin Lightning Network Capacity Reaches All-Time High
• Cardano adds over 9,000 wallets on average daily in 2022
• Litecoin’s (LTC) Hash Rate and Difficulty Recover Despite Faltering Price
• What Is Solana? Everything You Need To Know About the Ethereum Rival
• What is Harmony (ONE) blockchain and why it is getting so much traction?

FOLLOW DAT MONEY

• Privacy-focused applications platform Aleo raises $200M
  
• Polygon raises $450 million from Sequoia, SoftBank, Tiger, and others in a token sale

LESSONS

• Crypto rug pulls: What is a rug pull in crypto and 6 ways to spot it