“Staying positive doesn't mean you have to be happy all the time.
It means that even on the hard days you know better ones are coming.”
-Unknown
Due to the volume of news that is being covered multiple publications, I am limiting the things I highlight here. To see all the news visit previous weeks blogs.
CRYPTO MARKET
- Bitcoin Pizza Day (Cointelegraph | UTB | CryptoPotato | BM | Cryptoglobe)
- Federal Reserve reveals 12% of U.S. adults own crypto (Finbold | TB | Blockworks | Cointelegraph)
TERRA SAGA
- Do Kwon's plan to rebirth the Terra blockchain gets approved (TB | BIC | EWN | Coindesk | Decrypt | Finbold | ZyCrypto | Bitcoinist | Blockworks)
- Do Kwon shares LUNA burn address but warns ‘LUNAtics’ against using it (Cointelegraph | Bitcoinist | ZyCrypto | Cryptoglobe)
BITCOIN
- BTC Reclaims $30,000 (ZyCrypto | NewsBTC | CryptoPotato | Finbold | Decrypt | EWN | Bitcoinist)
ALTCOINS
- Litecoin Could Be Delisted from Large Cryptocurrency Exchanges Because of This Update (UToday | TB | Cointelegraph | BIC)
CBDCs/STABLECOINS
- So Long TerraUSD ($UST), Hello Ethereum-Powered Iced Tea Backed Stablecoin ‘USDTea’ (Cryptoglobe | Finbold | BIC | Bitcoinist)
- Stablecoins could be a ‘meaningful’ payments system risk (Finbold | BIC | CryptoPotato | Cointelegraph | TB)
ANALYST'S CORNER
- Scott Minerd: Guggenheim CIO: Bitcoin Price Could Fall to $8,000 (Cryptoglobe | ZyCrypto | UToday | TDH | BIC | Cointelegraph)
- JPMorgan: Bitcoin and crypto is now its preferred ‘alternative asset class’ (Finbold | Forbes | Cointelegraph | Blockworks | Cryptoglobe | TDH)
NOTABLE VOICES
- Ray Dalio: Billionaire acknowledges his portfolio includes a ‘tiny percentage’ of Bitcoin (Finbold | UToday | Decrypt | CryptoPotato | Bitcoinist | Cryptoglobe | BIC)
- Francis Suarez: Bitcoin should be seen from an innovation perspective, says Miami mayor (Cointelegraph | Finbold | BIC | CryptoPotato)
- Christine Lagarde: ECB says while crypto has no worth, she would back digital euro: Politico (TB | Finbold | Bitcoinist | EWN)
- Brad Garlinghouse: Ripple CEO Says That Transparency Is “Critical” in Crypto Industry (UToday | Cryptoglobe | UToday | Cryptoglobe)
ACCEPTANCE/ADOPTION
- Central African Republic teases 'Project Sango' crypto hub (TB | Blockworks | CryptoPotato | BIC)
- MasterCard Executive Remains Bullish on Crypto Mass Adoption (BIC | Bitcoinist | UToday | CryptoPotato)
WEB 3
- eBay Launches ‘Genesis’ NFT Collection Amid Declining Market Interest (Blockworks | TB | Decrypt | Cointelegraph | CryptoPotato)
- Can Seth Green Still Make His NFT Show if His Bored Ape Was Stolen? (Decrypt | TB | Bitconist | Cointelegraph)
ACQUISITION/PARTNERSHIP
- Why Mercado Bitcoin and Stellar Will Explore A Brazilian CBDC (Bitcoinist | Cointelegraph | CryptoPotato | UToday | Cryptoglobe)
LEGISLATION/REGULATION/TAXATION
- Sam Bankman-Fried could spend up to $1B in 2024 to thwart Trump comeback (Cointelegraph | TB | CryptoPotato | BIC | Coindesk | Bitcoinist | TDH)
- Senators Draft Bill to Ban Use of Digital Yuan in US-Based Mobile Apps (Blockworks | Cointelegraph | Bitcoinist | BIC)
- Congress launches ethics investigation into Rep. Madison Cawthorn's crypto activities (TB | BIC | Blockworks | Coindesk)
- Portugal's Parliament rejects crypto tax proposals amidst budget negotiations (TB | Finbold | Cointelegraph | BIC)
THE BAD
- BEEPLE Twitter account hacked to share Louis Vuitton phishing link (TB | Decrypt | Cointelegraph | Bitcoinist | BIC)
- Deepfake Video of Elon Musk Promoting Crypto Scam Goes Viral (Decrypt | UToday | Cointelegraph | Bitcoinist)
EXCHANGES/WALLETS
- Coinbase becomes the first crypto company to enter the Fortune 500 (TB | Coindesk | Cointelegraph | Decrypt | TDH)
- GameStop launches self-custodial crypto wallet (TB | EWN | UToday | Cointelegraph | Blockworks | BIC)
FOLLOW DAT MONEY
- a16z announces $4.5 billion fund for crypto and blockchain startups (TB | CryptoPotato | Coindesk | Blockworks | Finbold | BIC | Cryptoglobe)
- WeWork founder reinvents himself with $70M crypto carbon credit platform (Coindesk | TB | Cointelegraph | Bitcoinist | CryptoPotato)
- Babel Finance hits $2 billion valuation in new $80MM funding round (TB | Forbes | Coindesk | Blockworks)
