Ecosystem - Markets

• Cryptoverse: Bleeding bitcoin’s holding out for a hero - Reuters
• Crypto.com Ditches $495 Million Sponsorship Deal With Champions League Soccer: Report - Decrypt
• Ether Price Could Drop to $1,000 or Below, Chart Shows - Bloomberg
• Ether Futures See Unusually High Liquidations as Funding Rates Point to Bearish Sentiment
• Ether, Bitcoin Could See Turbulence as Open Interest Leverage Ratio Soars to Record High
• Crypto Fans Gear Up for Possible Tough September With Bitcoin’s Latest Drop - Bloomberg

Ecosystem - ETH Merge

• Ethereum Merge: What to Expect - Bloomberg
• The Merge: Everything you need to know about Ethereum’s big upgrade

Ecosystem - Ava Labs scandal

• Crypto Leaks - Ava Labs (Avalanche) attacks Solana & cons regulators in evil conspiracy with bought law firm, Roche Freedman
• Attorney files to withdraw from Tether, Bitfinex, Tron and Binance suits
• Crypto Lawyer Kyle Roche Withdraws From Tether, Bitfinex, TRON and BitMEX Lawsuits After CryptoLeaks Scandal

Ecosystem - Babylon Finance

• Babylon Finance is shutting down - Medium
• Crypto Asset Manager Babylon Finance Will Shut Down After Failing to Recover From Rari Hack

Ecosystem - DeFi

• Market for Compound Ether Token ‘Frozen’ After Code Bug Kills Price Feed

Ecosystem - NFT

• Facebook Joins Meta’s Instagram in Supporting NFTs

Ecosystem - FTX

• FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried: Crypto Bailouts Had ‘Mixed Results,’ - Bloomberg

Ecosystem - Binance

• Binance Froze Russian Gun Maker’s Crypto Assets, Amid Ukrainian Pressure
• Exclusive: U.S. sought records on Binance CEO for crypto money laundering probe - Reuters
• Binance Under Investigation Over Bank Secrecy Act
• Cryptocurrency exchange Binance faces proposed $1-billion class-action lawsuit - The Globe and Mail

Ecosystem - Tether

• Tether Says Audit Is Still Months Away as Crypto Market Falters - WSJ
• Stablecoin Issuer Tether Dismisses Wall Street Journal’s Claim of Inadequate Reserves

Regulation

• EU Lawmakers Vote Down Green Crypto Mining Study
• EU’s MiCA Crypto Law Text Ready Within 6 Weeks, Lead Lawmaker Says
• Singapore to tighten retail access to cryptocurrencies - Financial Times

Regulation - ETF

• Delayed decision on VanEck Bitcoin Trust - SEC

Ecosystem - TradFi

• CME Group Announces Launch of Euro-denominated Bitcoin and Ether Futures - CME Group
• Derivatives marketplace CME goes live with euro-denominated bitcoin, ether futures
• Perpetual Futures Are the Crypto Innovation Finance Needs to Manage Inflation - Bloomberg

Ecosystem - Censorship Resistance

• OFAC Sanctions & Ethereum PoS - Some Technical Nuances - BitMEX Blog
• Protecting Bitcoin’s Censorship Resistance - BitMEX Blog

Ecosystem - Arrested Tornado Cash Developer

• Wife of Arrested Tornado Cash Developer Denies Russia Secret Service Links - Coindesk
• Pre-trial detention suspect Tornado Cash extended by 90 days - om.nl

Ecosystem - Bitcoin Mining

• Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Poised to Spike by Most Since January Amid Colder Weather