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

• Bitcoin, NFT, Ethereum, Web3, coinbase

• $10B Mystery: Is OKB Really the 7th Largest Crypto? from Blockworks

• Bitcoin leverage ramps up as BTC's margin long-to-shorts ratio hits a record $2.5B high from Cointelegraph

• NFT Trading Volumes Hit $2B in February, Highest Since LUNA Crash, Thanks to Blur from CoinDesk

• Core Scientific Bankruptcy Approves $70M Financing Deal From B. Riley from CoinDesk

• Hosts of Bankless Podcast Raising $35M Crypto Venture Fund: Sources from CoinDesk

• BitKeep remains on track to fully compensate victims of $8M APK exploit from Cointelegraph

• Arbitrum DEX ArbiSwap Rug Pulls Users for Over $100K from CoinDesk

• Can Bitcoin reach $25K again in March 2023? Watch Market Talks live from Cointelegraph

• Bitcoin Holds Strong Over $23.6K to Continue Recent Consolidation from CoinDesk

• First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Falls to Below $23.5K from CoinDesk

• Bitcoin price risks $23K rerun as Coinbase stock falls over Silvergate from Cointelegraph

• Bitcoin Price Holds Steady Above $23K as Silvergate Capital Crumbles from CoinDesk

• Binance’s AI-powered NFT generator hits 10K mints in 2.5 hours from Cointelegraph

• 3 BTC price hurdles Bitcoin bulls are failing to clear in 2023 from Cointelegraph

• These 5 Cointelegraph Markets Pro alerts generated a cumulative profit of over 223% from Cointelegraph

• Xmon Tokens Fall 80% After End of SudoSwap Lock Drop Program from CoinDesk

• Silvergate Stock Drops Over 50% as Crypto Clients Flee Beleaguered Bank from CoinDesk

• Investment Firm Ninepoint Proposes Switching Bitcoin ETF Strategy After Falling 45% in a Year from CoinDesk

• Crypto Bank Silvergate Stock Tumbles 45% After 'Going Concern' Filing from CoinDesk

• Ethereum eyes 25% correction in March, but ETH price bulls have a silver lining from Cointelegraph

• Ethereum Developers Target March 14 Date for Shanghai Upgrade on Goerli Testnet from CoinDesk

• Bitcoin Miner Riot Delayed 10-K Filing Due to Impairment Calculation Issues from CoinDesk

• IOST Network's Token Surges Over 8% on Deal With Amazon Web Services from CoinDesk

• 7 crypto leaders discuss ways to combat the stigma surrounding NFTs from Cointelegraph

• The Ultimate Guide to Synthetix Perps Arbitrage: Leveraging Funding Rate Discrepancies to generate a return from Synthetix Blog

• Why did Silvergate tank today? Stock hits record low on potential going concern risk from seekingalpha

• BitKeep remains on track to fully compensate victims of $8M APK exploit from Cointelegraph

• Bitcoin price risks $23K rerun as Coinbase stock falls over Silvergate from Cointelegraph

• These 5 Cointelegraph Markets Pro alerts generated a cumulative profit of over 223% from Cointelegraph

• Indian Crypto Exchange BitBNS Says Law Enforcement Advised Against Making Hack Public from CoinDesk

• Scam alert: Trezor warns users of new phishing attack from Cointelegraph

• Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital Sold Almost All Bitcoin Mined in February from CoinDesk

• Bitcoin Miners Are Starting to Emerge From Brutal Crypto Winter from CoinDesk

• Most blockchain advocates haven‘t even used Bitcoin from Cointelegraph

• Xapo Bank enables faster Bitcoin payments with Lightning Network from Cointelegraph

• First Mover Asia: ConsenSys Chief Cryptoeconomist Sees Little Drama Ahead for Bitcoin from CoinDesk

• Flare gets NFT platform to increase use cases for interoperability protocols from Cointelegraph

• Ethereum Developers Push Back Shanghai Upgrade to Early April from Blockworks

• Shanghai + Capella = 'Shapella': How Ethereum Devs Now Refer to Upcoming Upgrade from CoinDesk

• Near Protocol releases blockchain operating system for Web3 from Cointelegraph

• HyperPlay game aggregator alpha launched, features in-built Web3 wallet from Cointelegraph

• Circle, Paxos, Bitstamp and Galaxy join Coinbase in scaling back partnerships with Silvergate Bank from Cointelegraph

• Coinbase no longer accepts payments via Silvergate Bank from Cointelegraph

• Host of Crypto Firms, Including Coinbase, Paxos and Galaxy, Jump Ship From Silvergate Bank from CoinDesk

• ⚡Crypto Prices Spike As VC Funding In Web3 Continues To Plunge from Crypto Archives - Crunchbase News

• ⚡5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In February: AI Pollination, Seeing The Future And 3D-Printed Shoes from Crypto Archives - Crunchbase News

• Reddit from VeradiVerdict

• User Retention on Arbitrum and Optimism from Messari Crypto News Feed

• Decentralized L2 Sequencing w/ Native IBC Interoperability from Ethereum Research - Latest topics

• Benchmarking ZKP Development Frameworks: the Pantheon of ZKP from Ethereum Research - Latest topics

• Bitcoin and Ethereum Liquidity Falls Lower Than Post-FTX Levels from Unchained Podcast

• Crypto Investors Pulled $6B From BUSD Amid U.S. Crackdown from Unchained Podcast

• Kraken Ends Non-Corporate Transactions With Signature Bank: Report from Unchained Podcast

• Ethereum Implements Account Abstraction With ERC-4337 from Unchained Podcast

• Where to Buy USDC on Ethereum from Circle Blog

• The Ultimate Guide to Synthetix Perps Arbitrage: Leveraging Funding Rate Discrepancies to generate a return from Synthetix Blog

• An Open Letter to Iron Bank from Alpha Venture DAO

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• Kraken Steps Away from Signature Bank Due to Transfer Limitations from Blockworks

• Crypto Bank Silvergate Downgraded by JPMorgan, Canaccord Amid Doubts of Firm’s Solvency from CoinDesk

• Russian bank issues first on-chain bank guarantee in Chinese yuan from Cointelegraph

• Xapo Bank Integrates Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, Partners with Lightspark from CoinDesk

• GameFi analytics help blockchain gamers sift through crypto games from Cointelegraph

• Blockchain Game The Sandbox Warns of Phishing Email After Security Breach from CoinDesk

• SkyBridge, Al Maskari Holding Partner With Blockchain Firm Casper Labs from CoinDesk

• Polygon and Mercy Corps bring blockchain to underserved communities from Cointelegraph

• Near Protocol Starts ‘Blockchain Operating System’ to Focus on User Experience from CoinDesk

• Silvergate Shorts On Track: Stock Tanks On Delayed SEC Filing from Blockworks

• SEC Chair Gensler Says Crypto Exchanges May Not Be 'Qualified Custodians' from CoinDesk

• Voyager Bankruptcy Judge Says He Is ‘Absolutely Shocked’ by SEC Objection to Binance.US Deal from CoinDesk

• U.S. Lawmakers Argue SEC Accounting Policy Undermines Safe Crypto Custody from CoinDesk

• SEC chair implies crypto exchanges may not be ‘qualified custodians’ as new rule is drafted from Cointelegraph

• MicroStrategy Says It Doesn’t Have Any Assets Custodied With Silvergate from CoinDesk

• Silvergate, Signature Bet Big on Crypto: What Do They Actually Do? from Blockworks

• Before Silvergate and After Silvergate from CoinDesk

• Decentralized finance to be examined at inaugural CFTC tech advisory meeting from Cointelegraph

• Will DeFi Emerge From Crypto Winter Stronger? from CoinDesk

• Binance's Custody Arm Ceffu Will Apply for Singapore License: Report from CoinDesk

• Binance Bid for Singapore License is Back On from Blockworks

• Binance a 'Hotbed of Illegal Financial Activity,' U.S. Senators Claim from CoinDesk

• Binance custody partner clarifies Singapore licensing plans from Cointelegraph

• Sen. Elizabeth Warren and colleagues demand to see Binance’s balance sheets from Cointelegraph

• Polygon launches decentralized ID product powered by ZK proofs from Cointelegraph

• Decentralized storage platform introduces perpetual storage and community satellites from Cointelegraph

• Ripple Counsel’s Advice to Crypto Firms? Get Out of the US from Blockworks

• US lawmaker behind crypto mining legislation urges Zuck not to offer metaverse to teenagers from Cointelegraph

• US Treasury-led CBDC working group looking at technical issues, national interest from Cointelegraph

• US Treasury Weighs Prospects For CBDC Adoption from Blockworks

• Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade Will Not Crash Ether Price, Analysts Say from CoinDesk