FTX FTX US Buys Stake in Stock Exchange IEX FTX US bought a "significant" stake in IEX Group, operator of US stock exchange Investors' Exchange (IEX).
Regulation The European Union Votes to Crack Down on “Unhosted Wallets” Last week, European Union lawmakers voted in favor of passing a bill which would outlaw anonymous cryptocurrency transactions of over 1,000 EUR.
Crypto.com Crypto.com and Bybit are Moving to Dubai Crypto.com and Bybit are setting up offices in Dubai as the emirate moves to regulate cryptocurrencies in a more friendly manner.
Bitcoin (BTC) Why You Might Want to Buy BTC and ETH on Other Blockchains Investors are buying wrapped BTC and ETH with crypto on blockchains like BNB, SOL, and AVAX to avoid fees and possibly taxes.
Bitcoin (BTC) Russians Are Trying to Liquidate their Crypto in UAE to Buy Real Estate Due to the UAEs lack of a strong position in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russians are moving crypto to the UAE to buy real estate.
Russia Russians Buying BTC at $20k Premium, BTC Passes Ruble Russia citizens are fleeing to Bitcoin as a cash safehaven, buying BTC at $20k above market value, while BTC has passed the Ruble.
Bitcoin (BTC) Ukraine Raises $18M in 24 hours with Crypto After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian government requested direct donations in the form on cryptocurrencies and so far have raised ~$18M.
Coinbase Why Super Bowl LVI is Being Called the "Crypto Bowl" Super Bowl LVI has been dubbed the "Crypto Bowl." Centralized exchanges expected to run ads include Coinbase, FTX, and Crypto.com, among others.
Bitcoin (BTC) Bitfinex Hackers Found, Bitcoin Recovered Federal investigators have found the individuals holding all of the hacked Bitfinex Bitcoin--worth $3.6B. This is the largest seizure of funds in US history.
Bitcoin (BTC) Russia Adopts Bitcoin, Will Tax Crypto The Russia government has changed their stance on cryptocurrencies over the past 2 weeks, moving from full bans to regulation and taxation.
Weekly Newsletter 🎪 Wonderland: DAO It All Went Down This week: Hackers stole $322M from Wormhole Bridge, we dig into El Salvadors "whale" status, big organizations are doing NFT tickets, and we do a full breakdown of the TIME Wonderland saga.
Bitcoin (BTC) How Much Bitcoin Does El Salvador Really Have? El Salvador holds $70M in Bitcoin. President Nayib Bukele is a famous Bitcoin bull, but El Salvador's Bitcoin holdings only account for 2% of the nation's $3B reserves.
Russia Russia Gets in on the FUD Rumors in the Western world suggested Russia's Central Bank had called for a blanket Russian ban on crypto. This was mostly not true.
Market Due Diligence on Blockchains How to do due diligence on cryptocurrencies like they were companies.
Bitcoin (BTC) The Bitcoin Network has Recovered from the China Mining Ban Following months of recovery, the Bitcoin network's total hash rate has once again reached its all-time high
Terra (LUNA) 🕺The Billionaire Shuffle This week, FTX raises money and launched an NFT marketplace, Badger DAO was hacked, we intro Terra (LUNA), and Jack Dorsey made all sorts of changes.
Company Highlight Jack Dorsey leaves Twitter, rebrands Square to Block Jack Dorsey has left Twitter, leaving its crypto ambitions in question. Dorsey is now full time at Square, which has rebranded to Block.
Ronin (RON) Crypto This Week: Feuds & Funding This week in crypto is all about funding and feuds---China v Media and Crypto, Winklevoss twins v Zuckerberg, StarkWare raising $2B, and Ronin Bridge moving $7.5B.
China China Censors Crypto Media and Restricts Domestic Mining China is censoring crypto media. CoinMarketCap, CoinGecko, and Chinese crypto news outlets are being censored.
Bitcoin (BTC) El Salvador to Create Bitcoin City The president, Nayib Bukele, announced at a crypto conference that the country will be building a “Bitcoin City” with no taxes.
Adoption This Week In Crypto Last weeks crypto news including new DeFi ecosystems, GameStop's rumored partnership with Loopring, and Reddit bringing web3 to 500M users.
Ethereum (ETH) Ethereum Leads All Blockchains in Block Sales Ethereum blocks are worth the most. Low-fee networks like Solana struggle to generate significant fee income.
Bitcoin (BTC) First US Bitcoin Futures ETF Launches The first US approved Bitcoin futures ETF was launched on the New York Stock Exchange.
Mining US Takes the Lead In Mining, China at 0% According to a recent report, the US is now the top Bitcoin mining country in the world. China has 0% of the mining share.
Bitcoin (BTC) Bitcoin's Taproot Upgrade Will Unlock Security and DeFi The Bitcoin Taproot update is coming in November, 2021. Taproot will improve encryption and data storage on Bitcoin.