CryptoWeek #71

Di seguito i link alle news commentate.

Market – Crypto Winter

• Bitcoin tumble leaves the average buyer in the red – Financial Times
• Bitcoin Price (BTCUSD) Falls 10% to $20,824 in Deepening Crypto Sector Crash – Bloomberg
• A Drop in Bitcoin (BTC) Below $20,000 Could Trigger Large Liquidations – Bloomberg
• A crypto cliffhanger brought back from the brink – Financial Times
• Bitcoin miners stung as fallout from price collapse widens – Financial Times
• Why Bitcoin Is Down: Bitcoin’s Price Drops 60% Since Fall – Money

Ecosystem – Celsius

• Bitcoin tumbles after crypto lender Celsius blocks all redemptions – Financial Times
• Coin Metrics’ State of the Network: Issue 159
• Celsius rivals move to distance themselves from its staked ether woes
• Our partner Celsius Network paused withdrawals. This is what it means for Nuri.
• A Memo to the Celsius Community. We are writing with a very important… – Celsius
• – Celsius on Twitter
• Nexo Proposes Buyout of Celsius Assets as Crypto Lending Rival Halts Withdrawals – Decrypt
• Offer to acquire qualifying assets of Celsius – Nexo
• Crypto Lender Celsius’s Coin (CEL) Falls 53% as the Company Freezes Withdrawal – Bloomberg
• Nexo LOI to Acquire Celsius’ Assets.pdf – Google Drive
• Crypto Lending Service Celsius Pauses Withdrawals, Citing ‘Extreme Market Conditions’
• Celsius Is Crashing, and Crypto Investors Are Spooked – WSJ
• Why Celsius (CEL) Troubles May Spell Future Crypto Pain – Bloomberg
• Celsius bid to rival Wall St with crypto lending scuppered by risky bets – Financial Times
• EXCLUSIVE State securities regulators investigating Celsius accounts freeze – Reuters
• Texas, Other States Open Investigation Into Celsius Network Following Account Freeze
• Embattled Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky Breaks 3-Day Silence – Decrypt
• Crypto Lender Celsius Hires Restructuring Lawyers After Account Freeze
• Citigroup is advising Celsius on possible solutions after withdrawal freeze

Ecosystem – Three Arrows Capital

• Crypto fund Three Arrows Capital faces potential insolvency after lender liquidation
• FTX, Deribit and BitMEX liquidated Three Arrows Capital
• BlockFi Liquidated Three Arrows Capital: Report

Ecosystem – BlockFi

• BlockFi on Twitter
• BlockFi fined more than $900K by Iowa as part of broader US regulatory settlement

Ecosystem – Babel Finance

• Babel Finance Suspends Withdrawals, Citing ‘Unusual Liquidity Pressures’
• Babel Views

Ecosystem – MicroStrategy

• MicroStrategy Stock Falls 25% on Bitcoin Plunge – WSJ
• MicroStrategy Defended at BTIG; Saylor Not Expecting Imminent Margin Call
• MicroStrategy Now Down $1B on Its Bitcoin Bet

Regulation – SEC

• SEC’s Gensler says there’s a regulatory path forward for crypto lenders
• SEC Launches Inquiry Into Insider Trading at Crypto Exchanges

Ecosystem – Coinbase

• Coinbase Global’s Shares Succumb to Crypto Rout – WSJ
• ‘You Will Be Fired’: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Lambastes Anonymous ‘Operation Revive COIN’ Petitioner
• A message from Coinbase CEO and Cofounder, Brian Armstrong – The Coinbase Blog

Ecosystem – Downsizing

• BlockFi, Crypto.com Cut Jobs As Cryptocurrency Market Melts Down – Bloomberg
• Crypto lender BlockFi cuts staff by ‘roughly 20%’
• Binance, Kraken and Polygon Accelerate Hiring in Response to Industry-Wide Job Cuts
• Crypto giant Binance opens 2,000 positions for hiring – CEO – Reuters

Ecosystem – Binance

• Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Questions SEC Investigation Into BNB
• Binance US Sued Over Promoting, Selling UST and LUNA – Decrypt
• TerraUSD Stablecoin Meltdown Spurs Investor Suit Against Binance.US – Bloomberg
• Class action filed against Binance.US for sale of TerraUSD

Ecosystem – Terra/Luna

• The Trades That Triggered UST’s Collapse – Chainalysis
• SEC Investigating UST Stablecoin Blowup in Fresh Threat to Terra – Bloomberg

Ecosystem – Stablecoin

• Tron’s Stablecoin Peg to Dollar Wobbles; Justin Sun Swears to Deploy $2B to Prop Up
• USDC Issuer Circle to Introduce Euro-Backed Stablecoin in US
• Circle launches euro-backed stablecoin EUROC
• US Stablecoin Law Could Actually Pass This Year, Lawmakers Say

Regulation

• Column: Crypto crash exposes regulators’ complacency – Reuters
• BTC Crypto Common EU Law Pact Deal Seen by This Month To Regulate Sector – Bloomberg
• Regulation Lies in Bitcoin’s Future, Clouding Its Current Value – WSJ

Ecosystem – TradFi

• Goldman Sachs begins trading derivative product tied to ETH
• Goldman Sachs Executes Its First Trade of Ether-Linked Derivative

Ecosystem – Optimism

• Most hacked funds have been returned – Optimism

Ecosystem – NFT

• OpenSea Migrates to Seaport Protocol in Bid to Lower Transaction Costs
• Launching Seaport & Saving the Community Millions in Fees – OpenSea Blog