Ecosystem – Silvergate

• Silvergate Had a Crypto Bank Run – Bloomberg
• Silvergate – Coinbase Prime
• Coinbase, Galaxy, Paxos Stop Accepting Transfers Via Silvergate – Bloomberg
• Host of Crypto Firms, Including Coinbase, Paxos and Galaxy, Jump Ship From Silvergate Bank – CoinDesk
• Silvergate Stock Plunges as Bank Says It May Face DOJ, Congressional and Bank Regulator Inquiries – CoinDesk
• Crypto Clients Flee Silvergate Bank, Stock Falls 50% – CoinDesk
• Silvergate Stock Sinks to Record Low on Review of Going Concern Status (NYSE:SI) – Bloomberg
• Crypto Bank Silvergate Downgraded by JPMorgan, Canaccord Amid Doubts of Firm’s Solvency – CoinDesk
• Was Silvergate on Borrowed Time as Regulators Backed Banks Away From Crypto? – CoinDesk
• FTX Crypto Derivatives Unit LedgerX to Use Signature Not Silvergate – Bloomberg
• Crypto Exchange Kraken Ends Some Transactions With Signature – Bloomberg

Ecosystem – FTX

• FTX’s Singh pleads guilty as pressure mounts on Bankman-Fried – Reuters
• How FTX’s Nishad Singh, Once an Honors Student, Turned to Crypto Crime – WSJ

Ecosystem – DCG

• Crypto Conglomerate Digital Currency Group Reports Loss of $1.1B in ‘Challenging’ 2022 – CoinDesk

Ecosystem – TradFi

• UK Banks Nationwide, HSBC Ramp Up Crypto Restrictions With New Limits – Bloomberg
• Cuy Sheffield (VISA) – Twitter

Regulation – Binance

• Binance bites back against Forbes report claiming transfer of $1.8 billion in client collateral – The Block
• Binance Can’t Keep Its Story Straight on Misplaced $1.8B USDC – CoinDesk
• SEC objections to Voyager-Binance deal criticized by U.S. judge – Reuters

Regulation – SEC / Paxos / Binance USD

• Binance-branded crypto token hit by $6bn outflow after US crackdown – Financial Times
• Binance Accused of Illegal Activity by US Senators Warren, Van Hollen, Marshall – Bloomberg
• Coinbase – Twitter

Ecosystem – Coinbase

• Coinbase CEO Armstrong Talks Staking, US Regulation and Stablecoins – Bloomberg
• Coinbase CEO defends staking, calls for US to create ‘clear rule book’ – The Block

Regulation

• SEC’s Gensler: Crypto and Securities Laws Can Be Compatible – YouTube
• World Should Regulate Private Cryptocurrencies More: IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva – Bloomberg

Regulation – CDBC

• The digital pound: A new form of money for households and businesses? – GOV.UK

Ecosystem – Ethereum

• Ether Withdrawals Will Not Crash ETH Price After Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade, Crypto Analysts Say – CoinDesk
• What Is the Ethereum Blockchain’s Shanghai Hard Fork, and Why Does It Matter? – CoinDesk

Ecosystem – DeFi

• DeFi Ideals Go Down Jump Crypto’s Wormhole – Bloomberg

Ecosystem – Polygon

• Polygon – Twitter
• Polygon – Twitter

Ecosystem – Solana

• Solana Developers Say Reason for Network Outage Still Unclear – CoinDesk
• Solana Status: Cluster Instability – Solana

Ecosystem – Bitcoin NFT / Ordinals

• Bored Ape Creator Yuga Labs to Debut Bitcoin Ordinals NFT Collection – Bloomberg

Tech – Bitcoin

• Newsletter #240 – Bitcoin Optech

– Digital Gold institute

• Workshop Bitcoin and Blockchain – DGI