CryptoWeek
The crypto-news of the week, updated every Friday evening.
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Markets - China
- China’s Latest Crypto Ban Is Its Most Severe, Insiders Say - CoinDesk
- Major crypto exchanges stop letting Chinese users sign up after Beijing’s renewed crackdown - CNBC
- Cryptocurrency exchanges start cutting off Chinese users - Financial Times
- Bitcoin exchanges Binance and Huobi stop taking mainland Chinese users - South China Morning Post
- Huobi to Gradually Expel Its China Users in Wake of Ban; Token Slides to 8-Month Low - CoinDesk
- Crypto exchange Huobi to cease all mainland China user accounts - The Block Crypto
- Huobi Global to Gradually Retire Existing Mainland China Users-Huobi Global-Official Huobi Website
- $50M in BTC Liquidated Following China Regulatory News - Blockworks
- This is why China finally killed its bitcoin boom - Wired
- Many Exchanges in China Continue to Operate OTC Desks Despite ‘Ban’ - Blockworks
- No, China Didn’t Ban Crypto. It’s Just Pushing Exchanges Offshore - Blockworks
- The world’s largest Ethereum mining pool says it will no longer serve Chinese miners - The Block Crypto
- Chinese Ethereum Mining Pool SparkPool to Halt All Services Due to Crackdown - CoinDesk
Markets
- Cryptocurrencies see sixth straight week of inflows, led by bitcoin (CoinShares data) - Reuters
- Europe becomes largest crypto economy with over $1T in transactions - Cointelegraph
- Morgan Stanley Europe Opportunity Fund Reports Doubling Bitcoin Holdings - Blockworks
- BlackRock SEC filings show company gained $369K from Bitcoin futures - Cointelegraph
- Direct exposure to crypto might be better than ETFs, executives say - Financial Times
Markets - ETF
- SEC chief Gary Gensler reiterates support for bitcoin futures ETFs - Markets Insider
- Gensler Reiterates Support for Futures-Based Bitcoin ETFs - CoinDesk
- A Futures-based Bitcoin ETF Could Be Suboptimal. Here’s Why - Blockworks
Ecosystem - Swiss fund
- Approval of first Swiss crypto fund - Finma
- SEBA Bank secures the first institutional licence to custody Collective Investment Schemes for Digital Assets in Switzerland - SEBA
- Switzerland’s SEBA Bank Snags First FINMA License for Liquid Crypto Funds - CoinDesk
Regulation
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk says U.S. government should avoid regulating crypto - CNBC
- Deloitte, Credit Unions Call for Digital Asset Regulatory Clarity - Blockworks
- Fed Chair Powell Says He Has ‘No Intention’ of Banning Crypto - CoinDesk
Regulation - CBDC
- Fed chairman Powell says it would be ‘ideal’ to work with Congress on digital dollar - The Block Crypto
- Boston Fed’s first look at digital U.S. dollar nearly done, official says - Reuters
- Analysis: U.S. Fed navigates policy minefield with impending digital dollar report - Reuters
- Bank of England announces members of CBDC working groups including PayPal, Monzo and more - The Block Crypto
- Visa outlines interoperability concept for CBDC payments - The Block Crypto
Ecosystem - El Salvador
- “Mining with volcano energy” - Nayib Bukele on Twitter
- “2.1 million Salvadorans are ACTIVELY USING @chivowallet (not downloads)” - Nayib Bukele on Twitter
- Almost a Third of Salvadorans Are Using the Bitcoin Wallet, Bukele Says - CoinDesk
Ecosystem - Fat fingers overpay fees
- Bitfinex just spent $23.7 million in fees to make a single Ethereum payment - The Block Crypto
- Bitfinex paid a colossal $23M fee to send $100K of USDT - Cointelegraph
- An Update on the ‘Erroneously High’ Gas Fee That Temporarily Cost DeversiFi $23.7M - CoinDesk
- A 23.7 million dollar Ethereum transaction fee post mortem… - DeversiFi
- DeFi Money Market Compound Overpays Millions in COMP Rewards in Possible Exploit; Founder Says $80M at Risk - CoinDesk
Ecosystem - Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
- DeFi Whales Turned Central, Northern & Western Europe into the World’s Biggest Cryptocurrency Economy - Chainalysis
- SEC Investigates UniSwap: What’s Next For DeFi Regulation? - Sygna
- R3, Once Banking’s Blockchain Bet, Is Spinning Up a DeFi Token - CoinDesk
- Cardano’s Commercial Arm to Invest $100M in DeFi, NFTs and Blockchain Education - CoinDesk
Ecosystem - NFT
- Calling All Creators: Ripple Launches $250M Creator Fund - Ripple
- NFT News: Ripple Launches $250M Creator Fund, Christie’s Sells $12M of NFTs - Blockworks
- Twitter reveals beta test of verification tools for NFT profile pictures - The Block Crypto
- Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs): Redefining Digital Scarcity - Kraken Intelligence
Ecosystem - Binance
Tech - Bitcoin
- Newsletter #168 - Bitcoin Optech
- Bitcoin.org goes offline after suffering scam attack - Cointelegraph
Tech - Ethereum
- ETH 2.0 moves closer to fruition as devs set Altair upgrade for October - Cointelegraph
- Taurus collaborates with the Ethereum Foundation to review Ethereum 2.0 security - Taurus
Tech - Opinion
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