Ecosystem - Environmental Sustainability

• If Bitcoin hits $500,000, mining it will spew more CO2 than Mexico or Brazil - Fortune
• Bitcoin And Gold Energy Debate - Bitcoin Magazine

Markets

• Bitcoin rises above $48,000 as crypto market tops $2 trillion - CNBC
• Small Traders Pile Back Into Cryptocurrencies - WSJ

Alt-coins

• Avalanche launches $180 million DeFi incentive scheme - The Block
• Altcoins are DINOs (Decentralized in Name Only) - Bitcoin Tech Talk #253, by Jimmy Song

Ecosystem - Argentina and El Salvador

• Argentina Open to Adopting Bitcoin, Says President Alberto Fernandez - Decrypt
• Bitcoin Implementation a Credit Negative for El Salvador Insurers - Fitch Ratings

Ecosystem - Walmart

• Walmart is looking for a crypto product lead - The Block
• Digital Currency and Cryptocurrency Product Lead (Walmart) - LinkedIn

Ecosystem - Bitpanda

• Crypto Exchange Bitpanda Valuation Spikes 242% to $4.1B in Five Months - Blockworks
• Peter Thiel-backed crypto broker Bitpanda triples valuation - CNBC
• Crypto Exchange Bitpanda Raises $263M at $4.1B Valuation - CoinDesk

Ecosystem - Binance

• Binance.US Taps CFO Joshua Sroge as Interim CEO - Blockworks
• Binance Hires Former US Federal Law Enforcement Investigator - Newswire
• Binance Hires Former US Treasury Criminal Investigator - Blockworks
• Binance Appoints Former US Treasury Enforcer to Anti-Money Laundering Role - CoinDesk
• Binance to Seek ‘Regular’ Meetings with Regulators, Says CEO - Bloomberg
• DNB warns against Binance - De Nederlandsche Bank
• BinanceUS wants to raise $100 million but investors are wary due to regulatory concerns - The Block
• Restricting of Derivatives Products Offerings in Australia - Binance Support
• Updates to Binance Services - Binance Support

Ecosystem - Coinbase

• Brian Armstrong - Twitter
• Coinbase to Add Over $500M in Crypto to Current Holdings - CoinDesk

Ecosystem - Japan

• Coinbase to launch exchange in Japan with financial giant Mitsubishi UFJ - The Block
• Japanese crypto exchange Liquid says it has been hacked - The Block
• Japan’s Liquid Global Exchange Hacked; $90M in Crypto Siphoned Off - CoinDesk

Ecosystem - NFT and Ethereum

• CryptoPunks, the NFT boom, and EIP-1559 - The Coinbase Blog
• Paris Hilton Schools Jimmy on NFTs - YouTube
• Ethereum Fees Highest Since May as NFT Craze Continues - Cryptonews
• Ethereum 2.0 Staking Tops $21 Billion With ‘Merge’ on the Horizon - Decrypt

Ecosystem - Poly Network Hack

• Poly Network Hack Not Over as Attacker Prolongs Return of Funds - CoinDesk
• Poly Network Offers Chief Security Officer Role to Hacker That Stole $600M - Blockworks

Ecosystem - Decentralized Finance

• What Investors Have to Say About DeFi’s Largest Hack to Date - Blockworks
• Galaxy Digital Launches DeFi Index Tracker Fund - CoinDesk

Regulation

• DeFi Not Immune to SEC Oversight, Gensler Says - CoinDesk
• DeFi projects could come under SEC’s oversight, says chairman Gensler - The Block
• Crypto’s ‘DeFi’ Projects Aren’t Immune to Regulation, SEC’s Gensler Says - WSJ
• The crypto ‘wild west’ needs a good sheriff - Financial Times
• Deputy Superintendent for Virtual Currency (NYDFS) - LinkedIn
• Former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton Joins Crypto Platform Fireblocks - Blockworks
• One River Digital Asset Management welcomes Jay Clayton to Advisory Council

Regulation - CBDC

• Bank of Korea to Pilot CBDC on Samsung Galaxy Phones - Decrypt
• Singapore’s Central Bank Is Building A Bitcoin Inspired Currency Using JP Morgan Technology

Tech - Bitcoin

• Jonas Nick on Security Of Schnorr Signatures - YouTube
• Jonas Nick on MuSig2: Simple Two-Round Schnorr Multi-Signatures - YouTube
• Newsletter #162 - Bitcoin Optech

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