Markets - Tesla

• Tesla Sells 75% of Its Bitcoin Purchases - WSJ
• Tesla Sold $936M Worth of Bitcoin in Second Quarter - Coindesk
• 2022 Q2 Tesla Quarterly Update
• Elon Musk - Twitter
• Tesla’s Musk Remains Open to Buying More Bitcoin After Selling in Q2 to Raise Cash - Coindesk

Regulation - SEC

• Watch SEC Seeing ‘Lots’ of Crypto Non-Compliance, Says Gensler - Bloomberg
• SEC’s Gary Gensler Sees Plenty of ‘Noncompliance’ Across Crypto Industry - Coindesk

Regulation - SEC vs Coinbase

• SEC Charges Former Coinbase Manager, Two Others in Crypto Asset Insider Trading Action - SEC.gov
• Coinbase does not list securities. End of story. - by Coinbase - Jul, 2022 - The Coinbase Blog
• Statement of Commissioner Caroline D. Pham on SEC v. Wahi - CFTC

Regulation - Dutch central bank vs Binance

• Dutch central bank fines Binance in blow to exchange’s European push - Financial Times
• Binance Fined $3.4M by Dutch Central Bank - Coindesk
• Dutch central bank fines Binance €3.3 million for operating without registration - The Block

Regulation - Stablecoins

• UK Regulators to Introduce Rules for Stablecoins in New Markets Bill - Coindesk
• UK To Regulate Stablecoins as a Form of Payment Via New Bill - Blockworks
• Circle’s Cautious USDC Approach Has Paid Off, Despite Missteps - Coindesk

Regulation - Russia

• Vladimir Putin signs bill banning digital assets as payments into law - cointelegraph
• Vladimir Putin Bans Digital Payments in Russia - Coindesk

Ecosystem - Crypto Contagion & Crypto Winter

• Citi Says Crypto Contagion Appears to Have Ceased - Coindesk
• Contagion Report - BitMex
• Bankman-Fried Says Crypto Winter Shifts Investor Focus to Profit - Bloomberg
• Billionaire Mike Novogratz Says He Was ‘Darn Wrong’ on Risks of Crypto Leverage - Bloomberg
• Crypto Layoffs Hit Risk and Compliance Staff at Big Exchanges - WSJ

Ecosystem - Lending crisis: Three Arrows Capital

• Singapore’s Three Arrows Founders, En Route to Dubai, Describe ‘LTCM Moment’ - Bloomberg

Ecosystem - Mining

• Sustainable Bitcoin mining power mix hits 59.5%: BTC Mining Council - cointelegraph
• Bitcoin mining electricity mix increased to 59.5% sustainable in Q2 2022 - Bitcoin Mining Council

Markets - Ethereum

• Ethereum’s Merge Projected for September According to ‘Soft’ Timeline - Coindesk
• The ‘Merge Trade’ Has Begun, Experts Say, as Ether Surges and stETH Discount Narrows - Coindesk
• Is the Ethereum ‘Merge’ Driving This Rally? - Coindesk
• Ethereum - FRNT Financial

Tech - Ethereum

• The Sudden Rise of EVM-Compatible ZK Rollups - Coindesk
• The Future is Now for Ethereum Scaling Introducing Polygon zkEVM

Tech - Bitcoin

• Newsletter #209 - Bitcoin Optech

Reports

• 2002Q2 Report - DGI