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• Intervista a Ferdinando Ametrano - Bitcoin Italia Podcast

Tech - Ethereum

• Ethereum Merge No Longer Expected in June
• Ethereum Merge Pushed to Q3 as ‘Final Chapter’ of Proof of Work Looms - Decrypt
• What Is ‘The Merge’? Ethereum’s Move to Proof of Stake - Decrypt
• Ethereum Developer Sentenced to 5 Years in North Korean Sanctions Case

Ecosystem - Elon Musk and Twitter

• Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 billion, so it can be ‘transformed as private company’
• Elon Musk Offers to Buy Twitter to Take Company Private

Ecosystem - Bitcoin ETF

• Nasdaq survey indicates financial advisors are eager for a spot crypto ETF
• Grayscale CEO: Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval Is ‘Next Natural Step’ for SEC

Ecosystem - Blackrock

• Larry Fink Says BlackRock Is Studying Cryptocurrencies - WSJ
• BlackRock, Fidelity and others to invest $400M in USDC stablecoin issuer Circle - TechCrunch

Ecosystem - VC investments

• Ava Labs Raises $350M to Build Out Avalanche at $5.25B Valuation - Decrypt
• Ava Labs Set to Raise $350M at $5B Valuation: Report
• Avatar Platform Genies Now Worth $1B After $150M Series C Round - Decrypt
• Pantera Capital Set to Close $1.3B Blockchain Fund

Ecosystem - Mining

• Tesla, Block, Blockstream to mine bitcoin off solar power in Texas
• Blockstream and Block will launch a bitcoin mining center powered by Tesla batteries and solar tech

Ecosystem - NFT

• Researchers find security flaw in Rarible: Users could have lost all their NFTs
• NFL Teams Test the Waters of Crypto Fan Tokens

Ecosystem - Terra Luna

• Luna Foundation Guard Adds $100M in BTC to UST Reserves
• Cryptoverse: 10 billion reasons bitcoin could become a reserve currency - Reuters
• Terraform Labs ‘gifts’ $880 million in LUNA to Luna Foundation Guard

Ecosystem - Binance

• Binance CEO praises ‘pro-crypto’ France as it pursues base there - Reuters
• Binance reveals its Web.3 space in STATION F
• Binance announces 100 million euro investment in France

Ecosystem - Tether

• Tether to reduce commercial paper holdings in USDT reserves
• Tether’s USDT Stablecoin Enters Polkadot Ecosystem With Kusama Launch

Ecosystem - Russia and Ukraine

• EU Bans High Value Crypto Services to Russia Aimed at Closing Sanctions Loopholes - Decrypt
• If Crypto Can’t Be Used to Evade Russian Sanctions, What Is the Point? - WSJ
• Can crypto fill the gap left by Russian money in the UK? - Financial Times

Regulation - Bitcoinization

• Brazilian Senate announces incoming approval of the ‘Bitcoin law’
• Central Bank of Portugal Grants Country’s First Crypto License to a Bank

Regulation - CBDC

• Brazilian central bank president confirms CBDC pilot will launch in 2022
• Central banks in emerging economies look to CBDCs for payment efficiency, BIS report says

Tech - Bitcoin

• Newsletter #195 - Bitcoin Optech

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