Markets

• Cryptocurrency markets slide as Yellen leads mounting regulatory scrutiny - Financial Times
• Bitcoin falls below $30,000 for first time in a month - The Globe and Mail
• Bitcoin Prices Surge as Elon Musk Says ‘I Might Pump, But I Don’t Dump’ - Barron’s
• Musk says SpaceX holds bitcoin, Tesla ‘likely’ to resume accepting it - Financial Times
• Elon Musk Says SpaceX Holds Bitcoin at ‘B Word’ Conference - CoinDesk

Ecosystem - The B Word Conference

• The B Word
• The B Word Track 1 Demystifying Bitcoin
• The B Word Track 2 Bitcoin As A Tool For Economic Empowerment
• The B Word Track 3 Supporting the Developer Ecosystem
• The B Word Track 4 Securing The Bitcoin Network
• The B Word Track 5 Regulating Bitcoin
• The B Word Track 6 Preserving The Bitcoin Ethos

Ecosystem - Crypto Firms

• FTX Closes $900M Series B Round Valuing Exchange at $18B - Blockworks
• FTX Crypto Exchange Valued at $18B in $900M Funding Round - Coindesk
• Crypto exchange FTX secures backing from venture capital and hedge funds - Financial Times
• Crypto Exchange FTX Valued at $18 Billion in Funding Round - WSJ
• VCs Pumped $4B Into Crypto Firms in Q2: CB Insights - CoinDesk

Regulation - Binance

• Crypto exchange Binance unauthorised, says Italian regulator, as crackdown widens - Reuters
• Hong Kong watchdog says Binance not licensed to sell stock tokens in city - Reuters
• Binance says it will no longer offer trading of stock tokens - The Block
• Ceasing Support for Stock Tokens on Binance.com - Binance Support
• Gensler says stock tokens still need to report to the SEC - The Block

Regulation - BlockFi

• Zac Prince: “BlockFi received an order from the New Jersey Bureau of Securities” - Twitter
• BlockFi ordered to stop opening new interest accounts in New Jersey - The Block
• BlockFi Receives Cease and Desist Order From New Jersey Attorney General - Coindesk
• New Jersey Attorney General Issues Cease And Desist Order Against Multi-Billion Dollar Bitcoin Financial Services Platform - Forbes
• BlockFi: “We are aware of the show cause order issued by the Alabama Securities Commission” - Twitter
• BlockFi Faces Crackdown by a Third US State, Texas - CoinDesk

Regulation - FAFT-GAFI and EU

• EU to tighten rules on cryptoasset transfers - Reuters
• EU Wants To Tighten Rules Around Crypto Exchanges - Decrypt
• EU officials unveil draft legislation for applying FATF’s ‘travel rule’ to crypto transactions - The Block
• Not All Blockchain Analysis Providers Are the Same and Other Insights from FATF’s Second 12-Month Review - Chainalysis

Regulation - CBDC and Stablecoins

• Fed’s Powell ‘legitimately undecided’ on central bank digital currency - Reuters
• Yellen urges quick U.S. adoption of stablecoin rules - Reuters
• Stablecoins Risky Like ‘Wildcat’ Bank Practices of 19th Century, Gorton and Zhang Write - Nasdaq
• Circle reveals majority of USDC reserves are in cash and cash equivalents - The Block
• El Salvador May Issue Its Own Stablecoin - CoinDesk

Ecosystem - Asset Managers and Investment Banks

• Fidelity survey shows institutional bullishness on #crypto - CNBC The Exchange
• Most institutional investors expect to buy digital assets, study finds - Reuters
• Fidelity: 71% of Institutional Investors Plan to Buy Crypto - Blockworks
• Bank of America Approves Bitcoin Futures Trading for Some Clients - Coindesk
• Bank of America Is Clearing Crypto ETPs for Hedge Funds in Europe - CoinDesk
• BNY Mellon joins State Street in crypto trading push - Financial Times
• Goldman Sachs reports nearly half of its rich family office clients want to get into crypto - The Block
• Bitcoin About-Face: JPMorgan Opens Crypto Trading To All Clients - Forbes
• JPMorgan to give all wealth clients access to crypto funds - Reuters
• JPMorgan Reportedly to Allow Clients to Access Crypto Funds - Blockworks
• JPMorgan greenlights wealth management advisors for crypto fund orders - The Block
• JPMorgan is on a blockchain hiring spree - The Block

Miscellanea

• PayPal Increases Crypto Payment Limits for US Customers - CoinDesk
• The Gold-Bitcoin Correlation (Or Lack Thereof) - Institutional Investor
• Bitcoin & crypto price, news, charts, and research - Messari

Ecosystem - Mining Sustainability

• Bitcoin mining isn’t as bad for the environment as it used to be - CNBC
• CO2 emissions after China’s bitcoin crackdown may increase - Fortune

Ecosystem - Square and Jack Dorsey

• Jack Dorsey Announces Bitcoin-Focused Business Division at Square - Decrypt
• Jack Dorsey Announces Bitcoin-Focused Business Division at Square - Twitter
• Jack Dorsey says Square will launch bitcoin DeFi platform - Financial Times

Tech

• Newsletter #158 - Bitcoin Optech
• Taproot Workshop
• Thorchain Attack Drains Protocol of Estimated $7.6 Million - Decrypt
• Erik Voorhees, ThorChain and Pride - Bitcoin Tech Talk #249 by Jimmy Song

Digital Gold Institute

• News from DGI
• Events
• Crypto Asset Lab – CAL Conference