"You are the master of your destiny.
You can influence, direct, and control your own environment. 
You can make your life what you want it to be."
-Napoleon Hill

Bitcoin: $42,413.55 | Dom: 42.4% | HR: 204.326 EH/s

Major Support: 42,500 (Broken) $40,000 new Support | Major Resistance: $44,000/$45,500

NATION-STATE BITCOIN STRATEGIES ENVISIONED

BREAKING

• BlockFi to Pay $100M Penalty, Stop Opening New High-Yield Bitcoin Accounts
• Can you HODL for 7 years? 

JUST IN

• Son Spike Father’s Tea With a Tranquilizer in Order To Access $400K Bitcoin Wallet
• Netflix to produce a docu-series on couple behind $3.6 billion laundered Bitcoin
• Uber Plans to Accept Crypto Payments, CEO Says
• A California Congressman Brad Sherman Says Crypto Hurts People of Color. Huh?
• Redditor stashes away BTC worth $100 for 100 years in public library
• Super Rare Black Diamond With Possible Outer Space Origin Sold for $4.5 Million in Crypto
• Propy Sets Wave in U.S. for First Real Estate-Backed NFT for $650,000
• FBI Warns of Increased Crypto Romance Scams Leading up to Valentine’s Day
• Elderly Woman Arrested in Ireland in Connection With €1 Million Crypto Scam
• P2P payments spurred crypto adoption across Venezuela in 2021

MARKET WATCH

• Bitcoin on-chain data hints at institutions 'deploying capital' at expense of 'hodlers'
• Short-Term Holder SOPR Gives Bullish Signal: BTC On-Chain Analysis
• Bitcoin Supply on Exchanges Hits Lowest in 3 Years After Series of BTC Drops
• Bitcoin Correction Continues Amid Market Collapse, ETH Below $3K (Weekend Watch)
• Bitcoin dips below $42K as crypto sentiment returns to 'fear'

ALTCOINS

• How Polkadot’s parachain auctions make a decentralized Web3 possible

ANALYST'S CORNER

• Chris Kuiper: Investors underestimate Bitcoin's "huge upside potential", Fidelity researcher says
• Analysts say Bitcoin price is in the ‘profit-taking’ zone with a ceiling at $45K
• Benjamin Cowen: Here’s the Ideal Scenario for Chainlink (LINK)
• Smart Contracter: Top Crypto Trader Says Ethereum (ETH) Dip Is an Opportunity, Predicts Explosive Move for AVAX

Bitcoin’s last security challenge: Simplicity

REGULATION/LEGISLATION

• US Treasury reiterates that the IRS won't consider crypto miners, stakers or coders to be brokers
• New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu Launches Crypto Commission via Executive Order

MINING

• State of Georgia Is Becoming a Hot Spot for Bitcoin Mining
• Hungary's central bank chief wants EU-wide crypto trading and mining ban
• Hashrate Distribution Among the Countries at the Beginning of 2022

LESSON

• Caitlin Long: What if a Crypto Exchange/Custodian goes Bankrupt

• What is Avalanche Network (AVAX) and how does it work?