A featured crypto industry brief, with a focus on DeFi and MEV.
Bitcoin, NFT, ftx, 2023, Ethereum

Facebook Parent Meta’s Metaverse Division Lost $13.7B in 2022 from CoinDesk
Meta Metaverse Division Posts $4.3B Net Loss in Q4 2022 from Blockworks
First Mover Americas: Bankrupt With $1.4B Cash from CoinDesk
Bankrupt Crypto Exchange FTX Had Around $1.4B Cash at End of 2022 from CoinDesk
Bitcoin bulls plan to flip $23K to support by aiming to win this week’s $1B options expiry from Cointelegraph
Voyager Creditors Reject Alameda’s Attempt to Recover $446M from CoinDesk
Ripple Sold $226M of XRP in Q4; Sees Strong Growth in On-Demand Liquidity Product from CoinDesk
US Air Force Pumps $30M Into Blockchain for Supply Chains from Blockworks
Blockchain Company SIimba Chain Received $30M Funding Increase From US Air Force from CoinDesk
Cardano-Based Djed Stablecoin Has Attracted 27M ADA Tokens as Reserve Backing from CoinDesk
ENS DAO’s $16M ETH Sale Would Cover up to 2 Years Runway from Blockworks
Founder of $7.5M ‘brazen fraud scheme’ gets 8 years behind bars from Cointelegraph
MakerDAO launches $5M legal defense fund from Cointelegraph
AllianceBlock Token Plunges 51% After $5M Exploit of Bonq DAO from CoinDesk
DeFi Marketplace Archimedes Raises $4.9M in Seed Round Led by Hack VC from CoinDesk
ARK Invest Maintains Prediction Bitcoin Price Will Hit $1M by 2030 from CoinDesk
Bitcoin Price Could Reach $45K by Christmas: Matrixport from CoinDesk
Bitcoin awaits Fed Powell speech as sellers cement $23.5K resistance from Cointelegraph
Bitcoin Blasts Through $23.5K as Powell Speaks Following Fed Rate Hike from CoinDesk
Here’s why India held on to older crypto reforms in national budget 2023 from Cointelegraph
Retail giant Pick n Pay to accept Bitcoin in 1,628 stores across South Africa from Cointelegraph
Crypto exploit losses in January see nearly 93% year-on-year decline from Cointelegraph
Bitcoin meets FOMC after 39% January gains with Fed path ‘uncertain’ from Cointelegraph
Federal Reserve Lifts Interest Rates Another 25 Basis Points from CoinDesk
Gangsters, cats and Bitcoin: 9-year-old Henry takes BTC to the classroom from Cointelegraph
My Big Coin Founder Gets 8-Year Jail Sentence for Fraud from CoinDesk
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AllianceBlock Token Plunges 51% After $5M Exploit of Bonq DAO from CoinDesk
Stargate to Reissue STG Tokens Following Alameda Wallet Hack from CoinDesk
DeFi Marketplace Archimedes Raises $4.9M in Seed Round Led by Hack VC from CoinDesk
2022 Biggest Year Ever For Crypto Hacking with $3.8 Billion Stolen, Primarily from DeFi Protocols and by North Korea-linked Attackers from Chainalysis
US Senators: Silvergate 'Further Introduced' Crypto Risk Into Traditional Banking from decrypt
Crypto exploit losses in January see nearly 93% year-on-year decline from Cointelegraph
First Mover Asia: Lido DAO Governance Token Down, Staked Ether Stable as Withdrawal Proposal Comes Into Focus; Bitcoin Rises as Fed Rate Decision Nears from CoinDesk
Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain's CFO Alex Appleton Quits from CoinDesk
US Treasury lists BTC, ETH addresses tied to Russian sanctions evasion group from Cointelegraph
US Blacklists Bitcoin, Ether Addresses Tied to Russian Sanctions-Evasion Efforts from CoinDesk
Bitcoin and Hang Seng's Stalled Rally Might Mean Wider De-Risking Ahead, TradFi Firm Says from CoinDesk
Bitcoin advocate Najah Roberts explains why BTC is a tool for empowerment from Cointelegraph
Bitcoin Little Changed on Soft Economic Data Ahead of Fed Meeting from CoinDesk
Bitcoin Open Interest at Month-Long High Ahead of FOMC Decision from Blockworks
Bitcoin Could Be in the Later Stages of the Bear Market, On-Chain Data Suggests from CoinDesk
Luxor Starts First-of-Its-Kind Bitcoin Mining Rig Marketplace for Large-Scale Orders from CoinDesk
Coinbase NFT Pauses New Collection Drops, Denies Shuttering Marketplace from CoinDesk
Doodles 2 NFT Mint Opens, Dooplicators Price Soars on OpenSea from CoinDesk
Rally Leaves Social Token NFTs in Limbo After Abrupt Exit from Blockworks
Why Venture Capitalists Won’t Be Held Accountable for Investing in FTX from CoinDesk
Tiffany Fong flames Celsius, FTX and NY Post: Hall of Flame from Cointelegraph
Judge Bans Sam Bankman-Fried From Contacting FTX Employees and Using Signal from CoinDesk
Federal judge bars SBF from contacting FTX and Alameda employees via Signal from Cointelegraph
New FTX documentary to spotlight SBF-CZ relationship from Cointelegraph
FTX debtors seek subpoenas for inner circle of Sam Bankman-Fried from Cointelegraph
What Is the Ethereum Blockchain’s Shanghai Hard Fork, and Why Does It Matter? from CoinDesk
Market Maker B2C2 Teams With Blockdaemon, Stakewise to Provide Ethereum Staking Liquidity from CoinDesk
Ethereum's Shanghai fork is coming — but it doesn't mean investors should dump ETH from Cointelegraph
📌Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #236 from Bitcoin Optech
⚡Investors Are Sitting on $5 Trillion from Trustnodes
⚡UK Announces Plans to Regulate Crypto from Trustnodes
⚡Celsius Sold Bitcoin and ETH to Buy Own Token Says Examiner from Trustnodes
⚡Central Banks Now Need a Bailout from Trustnodes
Understanding Retention in Crypto from Kerman Kohli
State of USDD Q4 2022 from Messari Crypto News Feed
State of dYdX Q4 2022 from Messari Crypto News Feed
Analyzing DYDX Tokenomics from Messari Crypto News Feed
Episode 262: Ethereum’s KZG Ceremony with Trent & Carl from ZK Podcast
7 Revelations From Celsius’ Examiner Report from Unchained Podcast
The Power to Mint Money from Bankless
SNXweave Weekly Recap 74 from Synthetix Blog
1inch Monthly Digest: January from 1inch
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Toyota to Experiment With Blockchain Use Cases by Sponsoring Astar Network's Hackathon from CoinDesk
Toyota to explore blockchain use cases via DAO hackathon from Cointelegraph
Bitcoin's Blockchain Data Offers Evidence of Continued Investor HODLing During Bear Market from CoinDesk
Toyota Tests Developer Skills on Popular Japanese Blockchain from Blockworks
Blockchain IM apps to reach over half-billion dollar valuation by 2030 from Cointelegraph
Aptos Labs Issues Grant to Blockchain Lab at Cornell University from CoinDesk
Cool Cats Claws at Mainstream Strategy, Rebrands to Expand Audience Beyond Web3 from CoinDesk
Web3 could seize on the decades-old software-as-a-service business model from Cointelegraph
Binance delves into decentralized Web3 storage with BNB Greenfield from Cointelegraph
Decentralized Exchange Dexalot Starts a Hybrid DeFi Subnet from CoinDesk
Fed Opts for Lower Rate Increase, Crypto, Equities Shimmy from Blockworks
UK Crypto Firms to Get Broad Laws, May Need New Authorization from CoinDesk
UK Crypto Proposal Would Tighten Screws on Crypto Even Harder from Blockworks
UK Treasury publishes crypto framework paper: Here’s what’s inside from Cointelegraph
Crypto scammers abuse ‘lax’ UK company laws to fool victims: Report from Cointelegraph
Bankrupt Crypto Lending Platform Celsius Names Users Eligible to Withdraw Assets from CoinDesk
Celsius publishes list of users eligible to withdraw majority of assets from Cointelegraph
‘Categorically false’ — Attorney denies bids for Celsius assets were rejected from Cointelegraph
Tether CTO denies borrowing from bankrupt lender Celsius from Cointelegraph

