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⁠Senator Ted Cruz invokes Canadian unrest to advocate for Bitcoin again Cruz has joined the growing list of American politicians who have been advocating for Bitcoin adoption in the United States.

⁠Ukraine Bitcoin exchange volume spikes 200% as Russia war sparks currency concerns Kuna, a long-running native crypto exchange, sees a swift change in client activity amid currency controls and the hryvnia at all-time l…

⁠Block nets $1.18B Q4 gross profit marking a 47% YoY increase In total, Block generated $4.42 billion worth of gross profit in 2021 marking a total YoY growth of 62%, however, net profit totaled just $77 million.

⁠Snow Crash's Metaverse was filled with ads in 1992, and the real one will be too “Just making sh*t up” — Neal Stevenson’s science fiction novel, Snow Crash, long foretold the rise of a techno-marketing dystopia.

⁠BitMEX founders plead guilty to Bank Secrecy Act violations Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo will each have to pay a fine for their part in flouting the Bank Secrecy Act and operating what the DOJ called a “money launderi…

⁠BitsCrunch raises $3.6M in funding for NFT analytics tools Several high-profile investment firms contributed to the funding round, suggesting interest in the space is far from waning any time soon.

⁠Gemini joins Coinbase and Block at the Crypto Council for Innovation The crypto exchange declared it spent $120,000 on lobbying activities in the U.S. in the third and fourth quarters of 2021.

⁠Russian miners keep running, may see pivot to Bitcoin in response to sanctions With sanctions coming from the U.S. and allied NATO nations, it is unclear how the local BTC sector and the broader market will be impacted,…

⁠Coinbase made $2.2 billion in revenue from transaction fees in Q4 The largest crypto trading platform in the U.S. has beaten analysts’ expectations by 27% in its Q4 earnings despite a broader slump in the crypto market.

⁠US Bitcoin miners expanding operations despite price volatility Some BTC miners in the U.S. expect to double their capacity through 2022 while other global operations have been selling BTC to secure cash reserves.