With a new week comes more news! From Britain PM election to Metaverse surge line up, check out what happened Last Week in Blockchain space!
Technology
Factbox: The many companies in Digital Currency Group’s crypto empire
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/many-companies-digital-currency-groups-crypto-empire-2023-01-12/
Why Blockchains Are as Important as ERP for the Future of Companies
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-blockchains-important-erp-future-185000256.html
Binance admits its stablecoin sometimes lost the full backing it needed to keep
its price fixed at $1
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/binance-admits-stablecoin-sometimes-lost-111537082.html
Yuga Lab Traverses the U-Bend for Fantastical Gaming Mint
https://nftplazas.com/yuga-lab-gaming/
One of the largest US colleges has begun teaching students about Bitcoin
https://cointelegraph.com/news/one-of-the-largest-us-colleges-has-begun-teaching-students-about-bitcoin
Swoops Slam Dunks into 2023 with Season Zero Launch
https://nftplazas.com/swoops-season-zero/
Death and self-custody: How to pass on your crypto when you die
https://cointelegraph.com/news/death-and-self-custody-how-to-pass-on-your-crypto-when-you-die
Crypto
Bitcoin rises 5.6% to $21,044
https://www.reuters.com/technology/bitcoin-rises-56-21044-2023-01-14/
Crypto investor Justin Sun says willing to spend up to $1 bln on DCG assets
https://www.reuters.com/technology/crypto-investor-justin-sun-says-willing-spend-up-1-bln-dcg-assets-2023-01-13/
U.S. securities regulator charges Genesis, Gemini with unregistered offerings
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-securities-regulator-charges-genesis-gemini-with-unregistered-offerings-2023-01-12/
You Can Now Stake Ethereum on MetaMask—Should You?
https://decrypt.co/119213/stake-ethereum-metamask-should-you
Crypto crime hits record $20 bln in 2022, report says
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/crypto-crime-hits-record-20-bln-2022-report-says-2023-01-12/
DCG’s crypto broker Genesis owes creditors more than $3 bln – source
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/dcgs-crypto-broker-genesis-owes-creditors-more-than-3-bln-ft-2023-01-12/
Bitcoin Mining Companies Need to Better Manage Risk
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-mining-companies-better-manage-164712191.html
El Salvador passes law for bitcoin-backed ‘volcano bonds’ and eyes expanding to other cryptocurrencies
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/el-salvador-passes-law-bitcoin-191338465.html
Sam Bankman-Fried repeats his claim that he ‘didn’t steal funds’ as he resurfaces on Substack
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sam-bankman-fried-repeats-claim-145418806.html
NFT
Justin Sun Transforms the World’s Finest Art into NFTs
https://nftplazas.com/justin-sun-nfts/
Shopify Rocks up with New Avalanche NFT Upgrade
https://nftplazas.com/shopify-avalanche-nft/
Art Blocks NFT Faithful Partied in Marfa as FTX Collapsed
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/art-blocks-nft-faithful-partied-140102788.html
Why a ‘Tiny’ NFT Game Is Ditching Solana for Ethereum’s Immutable X
https://decrypt.co/118993/why-tiny-nft-game-leaving-solana-ethereum-immutable-x
Top NFT Artists Flock to Instagram to Launch CryptoArt
https://nftplazas.com/artists-flock-to-instagram/
Art Blocks Friendship Bracelets Make Waves on Opensea
https://nftplazas.com/art-blocks-opensea/
NFT index grades the trading performance of collectors’ wallets
https://cointelegraph.com/news/nft-index-grades-the-trading-performance-of-collectors-wallets
What are Dynamic NFTs? Everything You Need to Know
https://nftplazas.com/what-are-dynamic-nfts/
Cyber Crimes
Euro Police Bust Multimillion-Dollar Crypto Fraud Gang
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/police-bust-multimilliondollar/
Telegram Bot Abuse For Phishing Increased By 800% in 2022
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/telegram-bots-phishing-grow-800-in/
Here’s how to quickly spot a deepfake crypto scam — cybersecurity execs
https://cointelegraph.com/news/here-s-how-to-quickly-spot-a-deepfake-crypto-scam-cybersecurity-execs
Pro-Russian Hacktivist Group Targets Czech Presidential Election
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/pro-russian-hacktivist-target/
Russian Hackers Try to Bypass ChatGPT’s Restrictions For Malicious Purposes
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/russian-hackers-to-bypass-chatgpt/
Metaverse
Metaverse Market Analysis: January 2-8
https://nftplazas.com/metaverse-market-analysis-january/
Centralized vs Decentralized Metaverses: What’s the Difference?
https://decrypt.co/resources/centralized-vs-decentralized-metaverses-whats-the-difference
Decentraland Leads Metaverse Token Rally After Optimistic CPI Report
https://decrypt.co/119108/decentraland-leads-metaverse-token-rally-optimistic-cpi-report
Web3 Giants Converge as Sound.xyz Drifts into the Voxels Metaverse
https://nftplazas.com/sound-voxels-metaverse/
The Sandbox Celebrates Sustainability via the MetaGreen Experience
https://nftplazas.com/the-sandbox-metagreen/
Web3 News
Headlines of the Week:
- Hong Kong set to shortlist crypto tokens for retail trading (Reuters)
- Dungeons & Dragons Wants Nothing to Do With Web3 or NFTs (Decrypt)
- Avalanche Partners with AWS as Launchpad for NFTs and Web3 Gaming
(NFTPlazas) - Samsung and LG Double Down with Key Web3 Updates (NFTPlazas)
- Logan Paul unveils $1.5M CryptoZoo recovery plan (CoinTelegraph)
- Samsung investment arm considering spot-Bitcoin ETF in Hong Kong
(CoinTelegraph) - Learn how modular Layer-2 blockchains are helping developers build
secure dApps for the Web3 future (CoinTelegraph)
This Week in the Market: (coinmarketcap)
- The global crypto market cap is $973.84B, a 1.24% Decrease over the last
Day - Bitcoin is at $20,760.56 and is UP 22.53% over the last 7 days
- Ethereum is at $1,528.18 and is UP 20.97% over the last 7 days
- BNB is at $298.61 and is Up 14.29% over the last 7 days
Key Dates/Events
- 14 February – 17 February – The Blockchain Event
- 15 February – 17 February – European Blockchain Convention
- 27 February – 28 February – Blockchain Economy London Summit
Accounts to Follow
This week we have OpenSea, OpenSea is a place to discover new and interesting non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Here you can: Mint new NFTs, Purchase NFTs using ETH, Buy & sell your NFTs for ETH or with each other, Trade your tokens for other ERC721 compatible tokens or items.
