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
No issue with crypto in India if laws are followed – minister
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/no-issue-with-crypto-india-if-laws-are-followed-minister-2023-01-19/
DAVOS 2023 Crypto collapse brings focus to digital assets’ ‘true value’ – ex-India central bank governor
https://www.reuters.com/technology/davos-2023-crypto-collapse-brings-focus-digital-assets-true-value-ex-india-2023-01-18/
Crypto exchange Coinbase to halt Japan operations
https://www.reuters.com/technology/crypto-exchange-coinbase-says-halt-operations-japan-2023-01-18/
Sam Bankman-Fried’s favored tokens, `Sam Coins’, have doubled in price as crypto market stages a comeback
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sam-bankman-frieds-favored-tokens-123448190.html
NFT Gaming Heads to Miami for the GAM3RS’ Choice Awards
https://nftplazas.com/gam3rs-choice-awards/
Everything You Need to Know About NFT Rentals
https://nftplazas.com/nft-rentals-everything/
City of Busan to establish digital assets exchange: Report
https://cointelegraph.com/news/city-of-busan-to-establish-digital-assets-exchange-report
DeFi, DAOs and NFTs: Crypto is redefining how charities raise funds
https://cointelegraph.com/news/defi-daos-and-nfts-crypto-is-redefining-how-charities-raise-funds
Crypto
U.S. Supreme Court spurns attorney-client privilege fight in crypto tax probe
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-spurns-attorney-client-privilege-fight-crypto-tax-probe-2023-01-23/
Factbox: The many companies in Digital Currency Group’s crypto empire
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/many-companies-digital-currency-groups-crypto-empire-2023-01-20/
India’s CoinDCX exchange says crypto tax rules are reducing government revenue
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/india-coindcx-exchange-says-crypto-160526459.html
Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Builds 50MW Additional Mining Capacity at Georgia Site
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-miner-cleanspark-builds-50mw-140000360.html
Crypto firm Nexo Capital agrees to pay $45 mln to settle U.S. SEC, state charges
https://www.reuters.com/technology/crypto-firm-nexo-capital-agrees-pay-45-mln-settle-us-sec-state-charges-2023-01-19/
New FTX chief says bankrupt crypto exchange could restart – WSJ
https://www.reuters.com/technology/new-ftx-chief-says-bankrupt-crypto-exchange-could-restart-wsj-2023-01-19/
Vitalik Buterin divulges the ‘largest remaining challenge’ for Ethereum
https://cointelegraph.com/news/vitalik-buterin-divulges-the-largest-remaining-challenge-in-ethereum
U.S. to announce international cryptocurrency action –statement
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-announce-international-cryptocurrency-action-statement-2023-01-18/
JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon says bitcoin is a ‘waste of time’ and a fraud, and warns Russia-Ukraine war is threat to the global economy
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jpmorgan-boss-jamie-dimon-says-143841580.html
NFT
Nifty News: Trump NFTs surge 800%, Yuga Labs blacklists NFT exchanges and more
https://cointelegraph.com/news/nifty-news-trump-nfts-surge-800-yuga-labs-blacklists-nft-exchanges-and-more
An NFT Whale Just bought 69 DeGods NFTs on Magic Eden!
https://nftplazas.com/69-degods-nfts/
Blur Delays Highly Anticipated Token Launch
https://nftplazas.com/blur-token-launch/
Google Ads-delivered malware drains NFT influencer’s entire crypto wallet
https://cointelegraph.com/news/google-ads-delivered-malware-drains-nft-influencer-s-entire-crypto-wallet
Yuga Labs Sewer Pass NFTs Arrive with a $20m bang!
https://nftplazas.com/yuga-labs-sewer-pass/
Binance Takes a Hard Line Against Low Volume NFT Collections
https://nftplazas.com/binance-low-volume/
This animal racing game opens new utility for NFT collectors
https://cointelegraph.com/news/this-animal-racing-game-opens-new-utility-for-nft-collectors
NFT sales topped 101 million in 2022: DappRadar report
https://cointelegraph.com/news/nft-sales-topped-101-million-in-2022-dappradar-report
Cyber Crimes
Massive Credential Stuffing Campaign Hits 35,000 PayPal Users
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/credential-stuffing-campaign-35000/
Two Vulnerabilities Found in Galaxy App Store
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/vulnerabilities-found-galaxy-app/
Elusive NFT Hacker Taken Down By the Binance Security Team
https://nftplazas.com/binance-security-team/
Harmony Hackers Cover Tracks by Bridging Portion of $100M Loot to Avalanche, Ethereum and Tron
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/harmony-hackers-cover-tracks-bridging-154135252.html
New Government Cyber Advice for £100bn UK Charity Sector
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/government-cyber-advice-100bn-uk/
API Attacker Steals Data on 37 Million T-Mobile Customers
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/api-attacker-steals-data-37/
Metaverse
OneLand Metaverse Market Analysis: Jan 16-22
https://nftplazas.com/oneland-market-analysis/
Decentraland Sets Out Gameplan for 2023 with All-New Manifesto
https://nftplazas.com/decentraland-year-of-creators/
69% users bet metaverse entertainment will reshape social lifestyle: Data
https://cointelegraph.com/news/69-users-bet-metaverse-entertainment-will-reshape-social-lifestyle-data
Davos 2023: Thirty years on, author Neal Stephenson discusses his metaverse vision with Meta
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/davos-2023-thirty-years-on-author-neal-stephenson-discusses-his-metaverse-vision-with-meta/articleshow/97120577.cms
Decentraland Gears up for Grand Lunar New Year Celebration
https://nftplazas.com/decentraland-new-year/
Web3 News
Headlines of the Week:
- Weekly Market Wrap: Bitcoin up over 21% in best weekly performance
since Feb. 2021. Bull run or bull trap? (YahooFinance) - Blockchain Brawlers Storms into 2023 with Latest Tournament (NFTPlazas)
- Bitcoin Miner 1Thash Sent Almost All Its BTC to Binance (YahooFinance)
- How one Web3 company is creating the ultimate crypto ecosystem
(CoinTelegraph) - Binance Charity to provide over 30K Web3 scholarships in 2023
(CoinTelegraph) - Why Nasdaq’s CEO Still Sees Opportunity in Crypto (YahooFinance)
- Nouriel Roubini says ‘literally 99% of crypto is a scam’ (YahooFinance)
This Week in the Market: (coinmarketcap)
- The global crypto market cap is $1.05T, a 0.45% Decrease over the last
Day - Bitcoin is at $22,909.65 and is UP 8.80% over the last 7 days
- Ethereum is at $1,620.06 and is UP 4.35% over the last 7 days
- BNB is at $304.20 and is Up 2.16% 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 Superrare, This is the first decentralized Cryptocurrency art gallery in the world. Only collectors, curators and artists can add works to Supperrare. Artists upload their works onto the Supperrare platform. Collectors are people who own unique crypto arts in the form of digital files on Supperrare platform.
