Ecosystem - Reports

• 2022Q4 Report - DGI

Ecosystem - Crypto Jobs

• Crypto job ads surged by nearly 400% in 2021, says LinkedIn - theblockcrypto
• Crypto job - LinkedIn

Regulation - International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)

• Developing Contractual Standards for Crypto Derivatives – ISDA

Ecosystem - BitMEX

• BitMEX Execs Plan to Acquire One of Germany’s Oldest Banks - Blockworks
• BitMEX CEO, CFO to Buy One of Germany’s Oldest Banks - coindesk

Ecosystem - Crypto.com hack

• Crypto.com Says Hackers Stole Nearly $34M From Users - coindesk
• Crypto.com Confirms Exchange Lost Nearly $34M to Hackers - Decrypt
• Crypto.com Security Report & Next Steps - crypto.com

Altcoins - Stablecoins

• USDC’s supply on Ethereum surpasses that of USDT’s for the first time - theblockcrypto

Regulation - Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)

• Swiss Central Bank, BIS, SIX Complete Test of Wholesale CBDC Trial - Blockworks
• Fed Board releases discussion paper on pros and cons of a potential U.S. CBDC - FED
• New Fed paper hints that a US CBDC could compete with ‘private digital money’ - theblockcrypto

Regulation - EU, UK, Russia, and US

• EU Markets Regulator Calls for Ban on Proof-of-Work Crypto Mining - coindesk
• New laws to tackle misleading crypto-asset adverts - BBC News
• The cracks in the UK’s crypto crackdown - Financial Times
• SEC’s Gensler Wants Greater Scrutiny for Crypto Exchanges - coindesk
• Congress Treats Bitcoin Like Stacks of Cash - WSJ
• Bank of Russia Calls for Full Ban on Crypto - coindesk
• Russia proposes ban on use and mining of cryptocurrencies - Reuters

Ecosystem - Mining

• Panic as Kosovo pulls the plug on its energy-guzzling bitcoin miners - The Guardian
• Bitcoin network difficulty jumps more than 9% to new all-time high - theblockcrypto
• Intel To Share New Bitcoin Mining ASIC - Bitcoin Magazine

Ecosystem - NFT

• Walmart Files 7 US Patents Examining Potential Monetization of NFTs, Metaverse - Blockworks
• Walmart is quietly preparing to enter the metaverse - CNBC
• Meta is looking to launch NFT marketplace - theblockcrypto

Ecosystem - Web3

• My first impressions of web3 - Moxie Marlinspike
• “My first impressions of web3” : ethereum - Vitalik Buterin on Twitter
• “My first impressions of web3” : ethereum - Vitalik Buterin on Reddit

Tech

• How is the 21 Million Bitcoin Cap Defined and Enforced? - jameson Lopp
• MuSig2: Multisig with Schnorr - Popeller
• meshcollider/musig2-py: Experimental musig2 python code - GitHub

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