A featured crypto industry brief, with a focus on DeFi and MEV.
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Rocket Pool’s Ethereum staking service reaches $1B in TVL from Cointelegraph
Stablecoin Issuer Tether Reports $700M Profit, Complete Exit From Commercial Paper from CoinDesk
Robinhood board gives nod to buy Sam Bankman-Fried’s $578M stake from Cointelegraph
China’s 180M digital yuan airdrop, Devastation in Turkey, Laos’ CBDC: Asia Express from Cointelegraph
Cardano Upgrade Aims to Improve Cross-Chain Features as On-Chain DeFi Crosses $100M TVL from CoinDesk
Tron Blockchain Commits $100M in Grants to AI-Focused Projects from CoinDesk
Crypto lender Salt makes comeback with $64.4 million funding from Cointelegraph
Kraken reaches $30M settlement with SEC over staking as IRS seeks user information from Cointelegraph
Crypto Protection Firm Coincover Raises $30M from CoinDesk
Kraken to Shut US Crypto-Staking Service, Pay $30M Fine in SEC Settlement from CoinDesk
Coincover secures $30M in funding to strengthen digital asset security from Cointelegraph
Bitfarms settles outstanding loan with BlockFi for $7.75M from Cointelegraph
FanDuel Co-Founders Raise $4M for Digital Music Collectible Startup Vault from CoinDesk
As Bitcoin nears $25K, questions about rally’s sustainability remain from Cointelegraph
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Hovers Near $23K; Why AI Tokens Are on a Months-Long Tear from CoinDesk
Bitcoin price hits 2-week low amid warning $22.5K loss means fresh dip from Cointelegraph
Bitcoin Drops Below $22K as Kraken Agreement to Close Crypto Staking Operations Spooks Investors from CoinDesk
Cointelegraph Top 100 of 2023: Heroes and villains from 81–90 out now from Cointelegraph
Arthur Hayes bets on Bitcoin, altcoin surge in H1 2023 as he buys BTC from Cointelegraph
Analysts Warn Investors to Taper Expectations for 2023 Returns from Blockworks
Ethereum NFT collections lost nearly 60% of their market cap in 2022: Report from Cointelegraph
Payments provider Affirm to sunset crypto program after 19% staff cut from Cointelegraph
LocalBitcoins To Shut Down After 10 Years from Blockworks
Hut 8 merger would’ve happened even without FTX or crypto turmoil, says CEO from Cointelegraph
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6/ It turns out that one wouldn't have to hedge for too long.
Right at the top of next block, MEV bots 0xA69 and 0xa57 backrun all the pools moved by 1inch. The first tx alone, a $7M Uni v3 backrun, earns 0xA69 about $35K, roughly half of which is... https://t.co/cNJWH8vdnZ
Blockchain Privacy Is at Risk in the EU from CoinDesk
Richard Hanania on AGI risk from Marginal Revolution
Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Plans to Continue Pursuing Acquisitions Amid Bear Market from CoinDesk
Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain's CEO Resigns from CoinDesk
Bitcoin Punks: Ordinal NFT Collection Soars in Value from CoinDesk
Bitcoin Miners Surface for Air as Sliding Natural Gas Price Provides Cost Relief from CoinDesk
Bitcoin Exchange LocalBitcoins to Close, Citing Market Conditions from CoinDesk
Bankrupt Crypto Lender BlockFi Takes Two-Thirds Loss to Settle Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms' Debt from CoinDesk
Marc Andreessen: Ethereum and Web3 Lead Bitcoin on Tech Innovation from Blockworks
Bitcoin Network Activity Spikes to Two-Year High Thanks to NFTs, CryptoQuant Says from CoinDesk
(These) NFTs Are Not Art: Judge Sides With Fashion Giant Hermès in MetaBirkins Case from Blockworks
Crypto Payments Firm MoonPay and NFT Marketplace LooksRare Ink Partnership from CoinDesk
Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin says no chance ETH is classed as security from Cointelegraph
Aave’s New Stablecoin Is GHO for Launch on Ethereum Testnet from Blockworks
Aave Deploys Native Stablecoin GHO on Ethereum Testnet from CoinDesk
How to Avoid the Death of DeFi in the Wake of FTX from CoinDesk
Celsius’ Proposed Extension for Restructuring Opposed by Creditors, US Government from CoinDesk
Crypto and securities: New interpretation of US Howey test gaining ground from Cointelegraph
Kraken Agreed to Shutter US Crypto-Staking Operations to Settle SEC Charges: Source from CoinDesk
Russian Cybercrime Gang Trickbot Sanctioned by US, UK from CoinDesk
US banking giant BNY Mellon exec says digital assets ‘here to stay’ from Cointelegraph
Getting rid of crypto staking would be a ‘terrible path’ for the US — Coinbase CEO from Cointelegraph
⚡Kraken Stops Ethereum Staking, Fined $30 Million from Trustnodes
⚡Lido Jumps on Rumors SEC to Ban Ethereum Staking from Trustnodes
Going beyond SBTs & ERC721 for Verifiable Credentials from Ethereum Research - Latest topics
Blockchain Lifecycle from VeradiVerdict
State of Bitcoin Q4 2022 from Messari Crypto News Feed
Bitcoin Ordinals and Artificial Intelligence from Messari Crypto News Feed
State of Synthetix Q4 2022 from Messari Crypto News Feed
DeFi Business Models: The Convergence from Messari Crypto News Feed
Anomaly detection through Temporal Graph Neural Networks (thoughts?) from Ethereum Research - Latest topics
StarkWare Sessions #1 | The StarkNet Fathers Uri Kolodny & Eli Ben-Sasson from Bankless
StarkWare Sessions #2 | Braavos & Smart Contract Wallets with Motty Lavie from Bankless
StarkWare Sessions #3 | Account Abstraction & EIP 4337 with Yoav Weiss from Bankless
StarkWare Sessions #4 | Briq and StarkNet Governance with Sylve Chevet from Bankless
What's going on with Canto? from Bankless
1inch partners with Burrito Wallet from 1inch
Backtesting Carbon’s Automated Trading Strategies from CarbonDefi
OP Drop #2 from Optimism
22 New Synthetix Perps Markets are now live from Synthetix Blog
Sending and Receiving USDC when Disaster Strikes from Circle Blog
Meet your BOY in the ‘BOYS PLANET’ metaverse in The Sandbox! from The Sandbox - Medium
INTRODUCING MORE WAYS TO PLAY AND EARN IN THE SANDBOX FEBRUARY FESTIVAL! from The Sandbox - Medium
Supercharge Your Creativity With The Latest VoxEdit Update from The Sandbox - Medium
Advancing Financial Inclusion and Humanitarian Relief from Circle Blog
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3AC and CoinFLEX launch website, waitlist for crypto claims exchange from Cointelegraph
Three Arrows Capital Founders Launch Exchange Where You Can Trade 3AC Bankruptcy Claims from CoinDesk
Crypto exchange Kraken faces probe over possible securities violations: Report from Cointelegraph
LocalBitcoins closes down P2P crypto exchange service from Cointelegraph
SEC Commissioner Blasts ‘Paternalistic and Lazy’ SEC from Blockworks
Liquid Staking Tokens Rally as Kraken Shuts Staking Service to Settle With SEC from CoinDesk
Kraken Settles With SEC Over Crypto Staking Program from Blockworks
Crypto Would Survive an SEC Crackdown on Staking from CoinDesk
Lido DAO Governance Token Surges on Coinbase CEO's Comments About SEC Staking Ban from CoinDesk
First Mover Americas: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Suggests SEC Could Ban Staking from CoinDesk
Ether Liquid Staking Tokens Jump on Rumors of SEC Ban for Staking Providers from CoinDesk
JPMorgan Says Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade to Raise Staking Toward Proof-of-Stake Blockchain Average from CoinDesk
Matching Crypto Wallets to Twitter Accounts: Web3 Marketing Takes Off from Blockworks
Umami Finance CEO Dumps All Tokens After Week-Long Drama, Leaving Crypto Hopefuls Stranded from CoinDesk
Argo CEO follows resignation trend after company acquisition by Galaxy Digital from Cointelegraph
AI to feature prominently in the crypto user experience — Nansen CEO from Cointelegraph
Binance Seeks Lobbyist as EU Finalizes Crypto Rules from CoinDesk
Bank of America: Innovation to Expand Decentralized Finance Functionality Over Time from CoinDesk
DeFi Giant MakerDAO Integrates Blockchain Data Provider Chainlink for DAI Stablecoin from CoinDesk
DeFi Giant MakerDAO to Introduce Aave Rival Dubbed Spark Protocol from CoinDesk
Metaverse Crypto Sector Bounces Hard, Outperforms DeFi from Blockworks