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

• Bitcoin, Ethereum, silvergate, NFT, coinbase

• Bitcoin price faces ‘last stand’ as weekly close threatens $22K retest from Cointelegraph

• Binance tried to hire Gary Gensler in 2018 for closer ties with U.S. regulators: Report from Cointelegraph

• Lido’s LDO Token Sinks 10% Following Rumors Crypto Staking Service Received SEC Notice from CoinDesk

• MEV in Traditional Finance from BanklessDAO - Medium

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• EOS, STX, IMX and MKR show bullish signs as Bitcoin searches for direction from Cointelegraph

• BNB Chain hackathon winner accuses Binance of stealing AI-powered NFTs idea from Cointelegraph

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• Third Open Letter to Iron Bank from Alpha Venture DAO

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• Binance recommends P2P as Ukraine suspends hryvnia use on crypto exchanges from Cointelegraph

• Can blockchain help combat climate change? from Cointelegraph

• The crypto industry has ‘already started’ moving outside US, says Ripple CEO from Cointelegraph

• Crypto Funding: DeFi replaces CeFi as VC Favorite from Blockworks