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⁠Trade group accuses SEC of ‘stealthy’ overreach in Coinbase insider trading case The Chamber of Digital Commerce has accused the SEC of trying to impose securities regulations via the “back door” of an insider trading l…

⁠Frax Finance to retire algorithmic backing amid stablecoin crackdown The vote was passed to fully collateralize Frax Finance's native stablecoin, thus phasing out its algorithmic backing.

⁠Only 0.04% of Ethereum validators have been slashed since 2020, says core dev Only 226 validators have been slashed since Ethereum staking began, with 75 of those coming from one single event in Feb. 2021.

⁠Gate.io to enter Hong Kong following city’s $6.4M budget allocation to Web3 Gate’s founder called Hong Kong a “hub,” meanwhile, the city’s financial secretary said the region “must keep up” with the “huge potential” of…

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Market Update 📊 The crypto market is experiencing turbulence as the SEC cracks down and the Fed hints at more interest rate hikes. Get the details on what's moving the markets and how to deal with it here:

⁠Tencent Cloud signs multiple collaboration agreements with blockchain firms The Chinese internet giant is launching new Web 3.0 solutions including a Metaverse-in-a-Box product and blockchain API services.

⁠Price analysis 2/22: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, SOL, DOT, SHIB BTC and altcoins are pulling back sharply, but is today’s correction a simple lower support retest, or a sign of worse things to come?

⁠FTC announces investigation into Voyager's 'deceptive and unfair marketing' of crypto In an objection to Voyager's proposed restructuring plan, the commission argued some of the involved parties should not be exempt fro…

⁠Bitcoin Lightning Network growth is organic, coming from real-world adoption Bitcoin Lightning Network adoption receives a boost with the launch of USD payments and decentralized social media platform, Nostr.

⁠Bitcoin must leverage $1T central bank liquidity to beat sellers — research BTC price action is all but guaranteed to benefit from extra central bank liquidity, but the journey higher is fraught with difficulty, says QC…

⁠TON blockchain freezes $2.6B worth of inactive tokens Miners' wallets were suspended for four years if they have been inactive with no outgoing transactions.

⁠How to trade bull and bear flag patterns? Flags are among the most-referred patterns in technical analysis that can provide clues to the price trend and potential next move.

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⁠IoT project turns smartphones into blockchain nodes to broaden connectivity A new project aims to use the Internet of Things to let smartphone users establish nodes, providing connectivity to IoT smart devices.

⁠11 tech jobs that do not require coding skills Discover 11 essential tech jobs that don’t require coding skills, including UX designer, technical editor, digital marketer and data analyst.

⁠BIS head claims fiat won battle with crypto, Bitcoin community disagrees BIS General Manager Agustín Carstens reckons the war between fiat and crypto has been won by fiat. The community would tend to disagree.

⁠Titanic artifacts to be tokenized as NFT with new partnership Real-world artifacts from the famous Titanic wreckage are set to be tokenized as NFTs through a new partnership using blockchain technology.

⁠Reddit co-founder bought 50,000 Ether during pre-sale, for $15K Alexis Ohanian is extremely bullish on cryptocurrency, even using the proceeds from his early Ether investment to found a crypto-focused venture capitalist…

⁠LinksDAO likely to put in ‘compelling offer’ to buy Scottish golf course If the final tally remains in favor of the purchase, the LinksDAO acquisition committee will officially put out a “compelling offer” to purchase t…

⁠Coinbase staking 'fundamentally different’ to Kraken's — chief lawyer After the SEC’s crack-down on Kraken, Coinbase’s legal head outlined the differences between Kraken’s staking product and its own.

⁠Friendsies NFT creators deny 'abandoning' project amid rug pull allegations The Friendsies NFT collection responded to accusations it was behind a $5 million rug pull after announcing a “pause” of the project.

⁠Coinbase beats Q4 earnings estimates amid falling transaction volume Transaction volume on the exchange fell 12% in 2022's fourth quarter, but the firm still beat forecast earnings despite a 57% year-on-year revenue dro…

⁠New York state announces another upgrade to its virtual currency monitoring capacity The New York State Department of Financial Services did not describe its new capacities, but said they will contribute to the detectio…

📰In Case You Missed It 📰 📞 Paxos is engaged in ‘constructive discussions’ with SEC 👥 Interview with CEO of crypto miner Hut 8 🎮 Gamers made up nearly half of all blockchain activity in Jan 🦊 ConsenSys acquired Web3…

⁠Proof of Stake Alliance publishes white papers on legal aspects of liquidity staking Experts from 10 industry organizations contributed to this pioneering examination of legal questions surrounding proof of stake.

⁠Cosmos Interchain Foundation allocates $40M for ecosystem development in 2023 The ICF is also funding projects to drive Cosmos's adoption and use cases, including programs like the Interchain Developer Academy and Inter…

⁠Mastercard to allow crypto payments in Web3 via USDC settlements The Mastercard-Immersve partnership uses decentralized protocols to settle real-time cryptocurrency transactions on outlets accepting Mastercard payments…