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Bitcoin: $44,741.73 | Dom: 41.5% | HR: 199.019 EH/s

Major Support: $42,800/42,500 | Major Resistance: $44,000/$45,500

Just Get Started Hosted by Brian Ondrako with Alex Mashinsky: Celsius Network

WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL BITCOIN ADOPTION?

BREAKING

• Binance, led by the world’s richest crypto billionaire, is taking a $200 million stake in Forbes
  
• ​​Bitcoin makes over 1,300 new millionaires in the last 30 days
• UBS Asset Management Vetting Crypto Hedge Fund Managers

JUST IN

• Ransomware Payments in Bitcoin and Other Crypto Hit at Least $600M in 2021: Chainalysis
• Crypto Startup That Trades Virtual Versions of Real World Assets Aims to Subvert Banks
• 'One currency change every generation,' how monetary skepticism spearheaded cryptocurrency adoption in Czechia
• The Bitfinex Hack Arrests and $3.6B in Recovered Bitcoin: What We Still Don’t Know
• Digital yuan transactions beat out Visa at Winter Olympics venue: report
• Ethereum Beats Out Walmart, Mastercard To Be 25th Largest Asset In The World
• EOS Network Foundation reveals plans to pursue a $4.1B lawsuit against Block.one
• Bringing Crypto Infrastructure Tech to Wall Street
• Billionaires: A New Generation Will Rise Thanks to Crypto
• Eric Adams: New York Mayor Opposes Bitcoin Mining
• Bill Ackman: Billionaire calls for crypto clarity in New York
• Bitcoin set to help communities — Latinx nonprofit now accepts crypto donations
• El Salvador plans to issue first bitcoin bond next month
• Fitch lowers El Salvador’s rating due to Bitcoin adoption
• Jeff Bezos-Backed La Haus Property Startup Sells Its First Home in Colombia for Bitcoin
• Top Japanese bank MUFG introduces new stablecoin platform “Progmat Coin”
• Central Bank of Ireland nixes crypto funds: Too difficult 'for a retail investor'
• Russia’s Move to Regulate Cryptocurrency Puts Other Countries on Notice
• Kristalina Georgieva: IMF Chief - CBDCs Could be Safer and Cheaper Than Cryptocurrencies
• Ethereum scaling startup Optimism discloses ‘critical bug’ fix
• Surveillance Firm Launches Launches Push Towards Crypto Market Safety With 16 Other Industry Leaders
• How to create an ERC token without coding, explained
• Top Latin American exchange Bitso officially expands to Colombia
• The 69-Year Old Israeli Lady Who Turned a $3K Bitcoin Investment in $320K: The Bank Now Calls for Claim Denial

AGAINST THE INEVITABILITY OF BITCOIN

MARKET WATCH

• $BTC: Historical Data Suggests Bitcoin Could Soon Go on a Winning Streak
• Analysts say Bitcoin’s range-bound trading at a key support level reflects a trend reversal
• Strong Bitcoin and stocks rally position bulls for victory in Friday’s $860M options expiry
• Bitcoin rejects sell-off as 7.5% US inflation fails to keep BTC down for long
• Bitcoin ‘Mega Whales’ Accumulating BTC Aggressively Over Last Seven Weeks: Santiment
• Bitcoin Briefly Breaks Above $45,000 Second Time This Week: Possible Reason
• Exchange stablecoin reserve hits $27B as Bitcoin rises toward $50K 'fair value'
• Bitcoin Whales Wreck Bears, This Is What Happened Last Time They Were Active

REGULATION

• Despite Stringent Crypto Regulation, Crypto Investments In Singapore Jumped 13x In 2021
• IRS Reveals Guidelines On How Crypto Investors Can Report Their Purchases On Tax Forms
• As Congress weighs stablecoins, Tether emerges as a regulatory boogeyman
• New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu establishes new commission to study crypto
• CFTC Chair Asks Congress for Greater Oversight on Crypto Market
• Crypto firms face cliff-edge in UK as time ticks down for AML approval
• Who Gets the Bitcoin Fortune? Everyone Lays Claims on Bitfinex’s Recovered $3.6M BTC
• Bitcoin business in France: Regulation, education and cash buy frustration
• Canadian MP introduces bill aimed at encouraging growth in crypto sector
• Digital euro legislation planned for next year, EU official says

ALTCOINS

• Cardano’s at its most undervalued price in almost 2 years, data shows
• Cardano (ADA) Price Touches $1.20 Aims To Regain Previous Losses
• Cardano (ADA) Now Available for Trading on Japanese Crypto Exchange for Pro Traders
• XRP Ignites Ultra-Bullish Trajectory — Ripple Predicts 2022 Is Going To Be A ‘Big Year
• Shiba Inu Leads Weekly Altcoin Rally with 57% Growth as Matic and Ethereum Follow
• Top dogs: Newbie Shiba Inu bites back, gains 25% vs. Dogecoin in February
• Crypto.com Coin (CRO) Completes Correction with Significant Bounce
• Flare Networks Enters New Partnership to Expand DeFi Offering With $XRP, $DOGE, and Others
• Crypto Whales Are Focusing on Two Gaming Altcoins As Bitcoin and Ethereum Move to the Upside
• XLM Takes Off With 20% Gain, SDF CEO Outlines Drivers Which Could Fuel Rally
• The Graph (GRT) Approaches 363 Day Resistance Line

ANALYST'S CORNER

• Cred: Crypto Analyst Says Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) Look Bullish, but Pullbacks Now in Play
• Justin Bennett: Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) Breakouts on the Horizon, According to Top Crypto Analyst
• Bank of America: Bitcoin Trades More Like Risk Asset Than Inflation Hedge
• InvestAnswers: Says ATOM is Primed To Skyrocket, Gives Update on Ethereum (ETH), Terra (LUNA) and Avalanche (AVAX)
  
• Fundstrat: Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) Could Surge by at Least 300% in 2022, According to Fundstrat’s Research Arm
• Bloomberg Analysts Envision Ethereum Crashing To $1,700 In The Short-Term
• CoinShares: Market Sentiment Improves As Bitcoin (BTC), Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA) See Institutional Inflows
• Kraken: Bitcoin Whales Exploited January Weakness As Ethereum’s Large Investors Took Profit

WEB3

• Internet Guru Tim O’Reilly: Crypto and NFTs Are 'Pretty Serious Speculative Bubble'
• Dogecoin (DOGE) Competitor Shiba Inu (SHIB) Announces New Metaverse Project
• OnlyFans offers NFT profile picture feature
• Creator of Vine and Loot raises $12 million for NFT-powered sci-fi project
• Words With Friends Creator Zynga to Launch NFT-based Games
• YouTube sees ‘incredible potential’ in Web3 and NFTs
• Satoshibles Is First NFT Collection to Bridge Between Ethereum and Bitcoin via Stacks
• Wealthy NFT Owners Are Taking Out Loans Backed by Bored Apes, CryptoPunks
• McDonald’s plans Metaverse move by filing 12 trademarks for ‘Virtual Restaurant’
• Gucci Opens Shop in the Metaverse via Sandbox, Here's What It Sells: Details
• Metaverse Real Estate: Investment Hits Millions of Dollars
• Is the Future of Real Estate in the Metaverse?
• Tech troubles as Samsung debuts Galaxy S22 phones at Metaverse event
• UN approves NFT standards initiative led by Tencent
• Data Shows Melania Trump NFT Sale Was a Wash Trade
• TimeChain Launches Crypto Cups NFT Drop: Details

FOLLOW DAT MONEY

• Meet the top 5 busiest crypto funders of 2021, according to PwC
• Investment firm KKR to up Animoca Brands’ newest funding to $500 million: report
• Luna Foundation Proposes $450M Cash Injection to Boost Anchor DeFi Protocol Reserves
• Aperture Raises $5.3M to Build A Cross-chain DeFi Investment Ecosystem with A Marketplace for Strategies
• Ethernity Raises $20M for Ethereum Celebrity NFT and Gaming Push
• Philippine Digital Asset Exchange (Crypto) Snags $50 Million In Funding Round Led By Tiger Global
• Australia Grants Kovo tax $277K for Crypto Tax Reporting Software in Country First

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

• Kory Spiroff: Former Domino's Pizza President Joined FriesDAO Advisory Board
• Staci Warden: Former JPMorgan Exec Named Algorand Foundation CEO

CRAPPY STUFF

• AssangeDAO Turns Out to Be Scam, But Only BSC One
• DeFi Project Dego Finance Hacked: Exploiters Reportedly Drain Over $10M

MINING

• Living on a volcano: The outlook of El Salvador’s crypto mining industry