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⁠Crypto-focused PAC has used $9M to support Democratic candidates since January The Protect Our Future PAC used more than $9 million toward mainly digital, television, and radio ad buys for U.S. House of Representatives…

⁠Is Bitcoin 'cheap' below $40,000? BTC derivative metrics are mixed Bitcoin options markets are pricing further downside while margin traders are going increasingly long.

⁠Monero community reaches consensus for July hard fork Monero hard forks are meant to improve the base protocol and will not result in the splitting and creation of a new coin.

⁠Kevin O’Leary-backed WonderFi to acquire Canadian crypto exchange Coinberry for $38.5M WonderFi plans to expand its operations in Canada by acquiring digital asset trading platform Coinberry after its recent Bitbuy acqu…

⁠Move-to-earn: An active play-to-earn offshoot Does it look like the move-to-earn games are the next big thing in the gaming sector? Genopets and Dustland Runner, STEPN and others are making moves to make it happen.

⁠What is driving institutions to invest in crypto? BlockFi's David Olsson explains “Out of the 80% of Top 50 hedge funds in the world we’ve spoken to, they all are embarking on some sort of crypto journey,” says Olsson.

⁠Gulf Energy pursues joint venture with Binance, invests in BNB The Bangkok-based holding company has identified digital infrastructure and “digital-asset related initiatives” as priority areas.

⁠Decred price soars 45% in one day three weeks before a major hard fork The upcoming Decred hard fork also plans to increase DCR rewards for PoS validators from 30% to 80%.

⁠How Web3 is redefining storytelling for creators and fans through NFTs Web3 has given rise to generative NFTs that allow both fans and creators to tell stories across different mediums.

​​Leader in cross-chain releases tool to easily call contracts between any network Leading cross-chain router releases protocol to send any smart contract, including messages, NFTs and tokens from blockchain A to blockch…

⁠BTC could drop to $30K in 2 weeks, trader warns as gold goes for $2K high The precious metal is stealing the limelight as Bitcoin languishes under $40,000 after the Easter weekend.

⁠Finance Redefined: MetaMask institutional offering, Polygon to go carbon neutral, and more In this week's DeFi newsletter we look at the growing market of Metamask, Polygon's pledge to go carbon neutral and more.

⁠Is asymmetric information driving crypto’s wild price swings? Will Coinbase’s latest efforts help to level the user playing field? Perhaps, but more adoption, liquidity and regulation will also be needed.

⁠Crypto firm Exmo exits Russia and Belarus by selling part of its business Russia-linked crypto exchange Exmo will no longer provide services to users from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

⁠Myspace founder predicts blockchain gaming to be ‘dominant place’ for socializing Former Myspace CEO and founder Chris DeWolfe believes that “play-to-earn represents the future of gaming.”

⁠Github suspends accounts of Russian developers linked to sanctioned firms Despite its promise to cater to the needs of individual developers, the latest wave of sanctions has forced the open-source platform to even bloc…

⁠Iran to stiffen penalties for illegal use of subsidized energy in crypto mining The fines will reportedly triple compared to current rates, while repeated violations will lead to jail time.

⁠Russian bankers reportedly want to outlaw noncustodial crypto wallets The Association of Banks of Russia has previously collaborated with Binance as part of its expert center focused on crypto regulation.

⁠NFTs offer astronauts 'new outlet' to share experiences, says spaceman Scott Kelly American astronaut Scott Kelly recognizes that blockchain has a lot of potential and believes that it will someday contribute to space d…

⁠Bitcoin average transaction fees lowest in two years at $1.04 The average BTC transaction fee saw a steady decline from an all-time high of $62.788 in April 2021 before coming down.

⁠US dollar strength mimics 2020 Coronavirus crash — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week USD runs the show behind the scenes as the Easter weekend sparks pain for Bitcoin bulls.

⁠Nifty News: Hyundai partners with Meta Kongz, Activision surveys on NFTs, and more Hyundai also gave cryptic clues to a possible Metaverse in line with its earlier concept for robots to bridge the real and virtual world…

⁠Terra's UST flips BUSD to become third-largest stablecoin UST market cap has surged to flip BUSD, however, its trading volumes are still only around one-fifth worth of the Binance digital dollar.

⁠Beanstalk Farms loses $182M in DeFi governance exploit The stablecoin protocol saw its own governance proposal system exploited enabling the malicious actors to extract all of its $182 million in collateral.

⁠MetaMask warns Apple users over iCloud phishing attacks The firm warned that If an Apple user has enabled automatic iCloud backups of their MetaMask wallet data, their seed phrase is being stored online.

⁠What are wash trading and money laundering in NFTs? Wash trading is regularly cited when it comes to criticizing the NFT space, but what exactly is this process and how is it used to launder money?

⁠Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, XRP, LINK, BCH, FIL Technical charts indicate that Bitcoin, XRP, LINK, BCH and FIL may be on the verge of a sharp breakout, but traders are unsure of the direction.

⁠DOGE price analysis hints at 30% drop despite Elon Musk's Twitter bid The head and shoulders pattern emerging on Dogecoin charts suggests a lack of upside conviction among DOGE traders.

⁠An open invitation for women to join the Web3 movement Traditional investing is overwhelmingly dominated by men, but Web3 is a blank slate. With more women coming into the fold, we can break the narrative of exclusivity…