A featured crypto industry brief, with a focus on DeFi and MEV.

• Bitcoin, NFT, sec, ftx, Web3

• Cosmos Interchain Foundation allocates $40M for ecosystem development in 2023 from Cointelegraph

• US regulatory crackdown leads to $32M digital asset outflows: CoinShares from Cointelegraph

• CoinShares ‘Unsure’ It Can Recover Any of $31M FTX Exposure from Blockworks

• Galaxy Digital, PayPal Lead $20M Fundraise for Chaos Labs from CoinDesk

• Polyhedra Network Raises $10M for Zero-Knowledge Infrastructure from CoinDesk

• Sequoia, Multicoin Lead $6M Round for Crypto Startup TipLink from CoinDesk

• Superchain Network Raises $4M to Build Decentralized Data Indexing Protocol from CoinDesk

• Arbitrum-Based Factor Raises $4M on First Day of Token Offering from CoinDesk

• CoinShares Sees 2022 Income Plunge 97% to $3.6M from CoinDesk

• Hope Finance exploit results in $2M stolen from users’ funds from Cointelegraph

• Nifty News: PROOF cancels NFT conference, Bitcoin meme creator cashes in $150K and more from Cointelegraph

• Bitcoin can hit $40K before BTC price sees ‘harsh correction’ — Analyst from Cointelegraph

• First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Edges Toward $25K During Slow Economic Day from CoinDesk

• Bitcoin sees fresh $25K rejection as pre-Wall Street volatility returns from Cointelegraph

• Crypto Analysts Scramble to Explain Bitcoin's Pause Near $25K from CoinDesk

• Cointelegraph 2023 Top 100: Diving into the top 10 from Cointelegraph

• Bosch partners in $100-million Web3 development foundation from Cointelegraph

• Polygon Labs Cuts 20% Workforce, Almost 100 Jobs from CoinDesk

• The Open Network Releases On-Chain Governance Platform, TON Token Volume Surges 98% from CoinDesk

• Bitcoin active addresses ‘concern’ analyst despite 50% BTC price gains from Cointelegraph

• NFT aggregator Blur eyes 30% price pump by March amid airdrop euphoria from Cointelegraph

• TON Governance Votes To Freeze 20% of TON Supply from Blockworks

• Coinbase Q4 Revenue and Earnings Beat Expectations, but Transaction Volume Falls 12% From Q3 from CoinDesk

• Hut 8 CEO weighs in on the bull and bear markets from a mining perspective from Cointelegraph

• Ethereum derivatives data suggests $1,700 might not remain a resistance level for long from Cointelegraph

• What is a grid trading bot, and how do you use it? from Cointelegraph

• Hope Finance exploit results in $2M stolen from users’ funds from Cointelegraph

• Filecoin, Storj Tokens Outperform Bitcoin Amid Increased Use of Decentralized Storage Protocols from CoinDesk

• Litecoin Network Gets Its First NFTs After Developer Forks Bitcoin Ordinals from CoinDesk

• Bitcoin Price Doesn’t Care About Macro News: NY Fed Economists from Blockworks

• Bitcoin ‘fixes democracy’ and fights corruption: Human Rights Foundation from Cointelegraph

• Crypto and Bitcoin Miners Rebrand and Diversify to Survive: A Look at Their New Strategies from CoinDesk

• NFTs will act as high-end property during boom cycles: Real Vision CEO from Cointelegraph

• Blur Still Sees Record NFT Volumes Even After Crypto Airdrop from Blockworks

• Friendsies NFT Collection Deletes Twitter After 'Pause' Announcement Spurs Rug Pull Accusations from CoinDesk

• SEC’s Shadow Crypto Rule Taking Shape as Enforcement Cases Mount from CoinDesk

• Paxos Is Holding 'Constructive Discussions' With SEC from CoinDesk

• Paxos is engaged in ‘constructive discussions’ with SEC: Report from Cointelegraph

• CoinShares remains afloat despite heavy FTX losses: Q4 report from Cointelegraph

• What Are VCs Funding After FTX? More Decentralized Infrastructure from CoinDesk

• FTX poked the bear and the bear is pissed — O’Leary on the crypto crackdown from Cointelegraph

• FTX Japan Becomes First in Group To Resume Withdrawals from Blockworks

• Web3 Builders Need Better Funding Programs, Not Just Funds from CoinDesk

• Crypto Protocol Fetch.ai Partners With Bosch to Develop Web3 and AI Tech from CoinDesk

• Carbon market gets a much-needed boost from blockchain technology — Web3 exec from Cointelegraph

• We're Responsible for Web3 User Journeys; It’s Time to Make Them Completely Self-Custodial from CoinDesk

• Mastercard to allow crypto payments in Web3 via USDC settlements from Cointelegraph

• ConsenSys Acquires Easy-to-Use Blockchain Notification Tool 'Hal' to Strengthen Web3 Development from CoinDesk

• ConsenSys eyes Web3 notification service refinement with Hal acquisition from Cointelegraph

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• Ideas to Explore: February 2023 from Kerman Kohli

• State of Polygon Q4 2022 from Messari Crypto News Feed

• Analyzing the Market Potential of Fully On-Chain Games from Messari Crypto News Feed

• No title from Multicoin Capital

• DEBRIEF - We're All Gonna Die from Bankless

• Huobi Applies For Crypto Trading License in Hong Kong from Unchained Podcast

• Galois Capital Shuts Down After Losing Half Its Assets in ‘FTX Disaster’ from Unchained Podcast

• FTX Japan Users Can Withdraw Assets on Feb. 21 from Unchained Podcast

• Just a Coincidence? Coinbase and Polygon Lawyers See Bad Omens in SEC Crackdown – Ep. 458 from Unchained Podcast

• Stablecoins for Ecommerce and the Digital Economy from Circle Blog

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• Ethereum price rally hit crucial resistance as institutional investors are in ‘wait and see’ mode from Cointelegraph

• Crypto Miner Hive Blockchain Posts Q3 Loss as Ethereum Merge Cuts Revenue, Mining Margin from CoinDesk

• Binance Stablecoin Flipped By Cardano, Polygon As Billions Burn from Blockworks

• Gamers made up nearly half of all blockchain activity in January: DappRadar Report from Cointelegraph

• 16 ways blockchain and crypto leaders can better educate prospective users from Cointelegraph

• Green consumers want supply chain transparency via blockchain from Cointelegraph

• Deutsche Bank Completes Asset Management Test With Memento Blockchain, Putting Domani's DEXTF Tokens Into Focus from CoinDesk

• Nigeria's Central Bank in Talks With Blockchain Platform R3 for CBDC Revamp: Bloomberg from CoinDesk

• A Teenager Enlisted for US’ Iraq Invasion: Now He’s a Crypto CIO from Blockworks

• India expands national payment network to Singapore: What’s in it for crypto? from Cointelegraph

• Traders Still Prefer Centralized, Trading Volume Suggests from Blockworks

• How to build a crypto portfolio without spending any money or time trading from Cointelegraph

• Trading Platform eToro Gains New York BitLicense to Provide Crypto Services from CoinDesk

• What is a grid trading bot, and how do you use it? from Cointelegraph

• Polkadot, Solana Top Crypto For Weekly Price Gains from Blockworks