The Daily Spin. Melange Monday Edition. Crypto sentiment for BTC and ETH turn bullish. 3-month annualized returns suggest “calm before the storm.” Ethereum network says validators will be able to withdraw staked ETH in March. Whales move over half the entire crypto market cap over the weekend. DOJ investigating DCG. Hackers are getting armed with ChatGPT. EVMOS spikes 58% over weekend amidst new upgrade and integration. SHIB rises 40% but gets dwarfed by Solana’s new dog on the block, BONK. SEC bars Binance.US’s bid for Voyager, meanwhile FTX desperately clawing back donations made to charities in the past year. Wyre cuts withdrawal limits. 65% of USDC is revealed as US T-Bills. Crypto markets are starting the year with a bang, most sectors showing green across the board.
Thailand introduces new COVID measures for inbound travelers. Brazil has it’s Jan 6th day with protestors storming the capital over the presidential election results. Mexico has a public war between the cartels and the federales, and then also announces its delay for CBDC launch to 2024 or later. A couple forward-looking thoughts from a couple billionaires, a review of TRON’s year and a SlateCast on ETH censorship and more… here is our round-up of curated news and opinions (surely biased) from the world of Blockchain, keeping you informed now after the holiday season with the most trending, in-the-know, and controversial topics. In the name of transparent, dissemination of information to keep you curious, inspired, and clinically sane…
Ongoings at Coinweb
Coinweb Labs is proud to unveil LinkMint ⛓️🍃, our groundbreaking Cross-Chain Tokenisation Platform
https://twitter.com/CoinwebOfficial/status/1610610603412041728?s=20&t=ujtXi4IDhi6jFT7zbOZ8DA
Coinweb to Deliver Cross-Chain Smart Contract Architecture and Blockchain Loyalty Programme to BMW
https://cryptoslate.com/bmw-to-bring-blockchain-loyalty-program-through-coinweb-and-bnb-chain/
Block Tides' exclusive interview with Coinweb at the London Digital Asset Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmPk_74nNlw
Toby’s Presentation at CryptoExpo Thailand, Oct 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfUdcHFMXHg
Toby quoted in “Decoding cryptocurrency market: Can cryptos finally bounce back in 2023 after 2022 devastation”
https://www.ibtimes.co.in/decoding-cryptocurrency-market-can-cryptos-finally-bounce-back-2023-after-2022-devastation-855336
Latest Video Release: Liquidity Pools Explained (Part I) (4mins)
https://youtu.be/Z5byW7OOMP8
KuCoin Labs launches incubation program to accelerate builders (Coinweb, DoraHacks, Ava Labs)
https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/kucoin-labs-launches-incubation-program-to-accelerate-builders
“Coinweb’s Cross-chain Routing System and Eliminating Platform Risk” a Thread by Anton on Twitter
https://twitter.com/coinwebofficial/status/1602615630879985664?s=46&t=yj1lrGctwO-5NBlfjKPvUg
Toby Interviewed at the Benzinga Future of Crypto Conference, Dec 7 (New York)
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/22/12/30022360/coinweb-is-making-a-splash-as-a-leading-layer-two-platform
World Blockchain Summit, Dec 8-9 (Bangkok)
https://coinweb.io/events/its-a-wrap-for-2022-world-blockchain-summit/
Crypto AM Summit and Awards, Nov 23-24 (London)
https://twitter.com/tobycoinweb/status/1595909263263662081?s=46&t=V-EQfqnAOG7fXAWZ3sMk1Q
“Understanding the Great Crypto Tradeoff” by Toby Gilbert
https://dailyhodl.com/2022/11/16/understanding-the-great-crypto-tradeoff/
“The Time is Now for Blockchain” article on Times of Malta
https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/time-now-blockchain-a2.994854
Toby’s full presentation at Token2049-London
https://youtu.be/pdtKx3vAs9c
On the Radar
World Crypto Conference, Jan 13-15 (Zurich)
https://worldcryptoconference.org/
Coinweb’s 1st Event in Collaboration with Offchain Sydney, Jan 18 (Sydney)
https://coinweb.io/events/the-1st-event-of-23-coinweb-x-offchain/
https://offchain.social/events/january-18-2023-sydney/
European Blockchain Convention, Feb 15-17 (Barcelona)
Interop Summit, Feb 27-28 (Denver)
Blockchain Life 2023, Feb 27-28 (Dubai)
On the Block(chain)
Crypto Whales Move Over $670,000,000 in Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Polygon and Curve – Here’s Where It’s All Going
https://dailyhodl.com/2023/01/06/crypto-whales-move-over-670000000-in-bitcoin-ethereum-xrp-polygon-and-curve-heres-where-its-all-going/
Research: Sentiment among Bitcoin and Ethereum options traders flips bullish
https://cryptoslate.com/research-8th-january-sentiment-among-bitcoin-and-ethereum-options-traders-flips-bullish/
Bitcoin’s annualized 3-month futures basis show a calm before the storm
https://cryptoslate.com/bitcoins-annualized-3-month-futures-basis-show-calm-before-the-storm/
Silbert’s DCG is being investigated by DOJ, SEC over internal transactions
https://cryptoslate.com/silberts-dcg-is-being-investigated-by-doj-and-sec-over-internal-transactions/
Validators will be able to withdraw staked ETH from March
https://cryptoslate.com/validators-will-be-able-to-withdraw-staked-eth-from-march/
Chinese criminal steals $4.1M in crypto from victim’s car
https://cryptoslate.com/chinese-criminal-steals-4-1m-in-crypto-from-victims-car/
Armed With ChatGPT, Cybercriminals Build Malware And Plot Fake Girl Bots
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2023/01/06/chatgpt-cybercriminal-malware-female-chatbots/?utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=2591994&sh=4f8cfea05534
Competitive Landscape
Binance Listings Cause Crypto Assets To Spike an Average of 41%: New Research
https://dailyhodl.com/2023/01/07/binance-listings-cause-crypto-assets-to-spike-an-average-of-41-new-research/
Cosmos-Based Altcoin Skyrockets by More Than 58% in One Week Amid New Upgrade and Oracle Integration
https://dailyhodl.com/2023/01/07/cosmos-based-altcoin-skyrockets-by-more-than-58-in-one-week-amid-new-upgrade-and-oracle-integration/
Crypto payments firm Wyre cuts withdrawal limits to 90% of funds
https://cryptoslate.com/crypto-payments-firm-wyre-cuts-withdrawal-limits-to-90-of-funds/
Nearly 65% of USDC reserves are held as US Treasury Bills
https://cryptoslate.com/nearly-75-of-usdc-reserves-are-held-as-us-treasury-bills/
FTX attempting to recover millions donated to charities
https://cryptoslate.com/ftx-attempting-to-recover-millions-donated-to-charities/
Shiba Inu (SHIB) Ecosystem Altcoin Rises Over 40% in One Week Amid Selection As the Network’s Sole Utility Token
https://dailyhodl.com/2023/01/06/shiba-inu-shib-ecosystem-altcoin-rises-over-40-in-one-week-amid-selection-as-the-networks-sole-utility-token/
Solana-Based Meme Coin Massively Outperforms Shiba Inu and Dogecoin in a Week Amid 5,000,000,000,000 Token Burn
https://dailyhodl.com/2023/01/08/solana-based-meme-coin-massively-outperforms-shiba-inu-and-dogecoin-in-a-week-amid-5000000000000-token-burn/
SEC Objects to the $1,000,000,000 Binance.US Bid To Acquire the Assets of Bankrupt Crypto Platform Voyager
https://dailyhodl.com/2023/01/06/sec-objects-to-the-1000000000-binance-us-bid-to-acquire-the-assets-of-bankrupt-crypto-platform-voyager/
World
Thailand Brings Back Covid Entry Rules as China’s Borders Reopen https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-07/thailand-brings-back-covid-entry-rules-as-china-s-borders-reopen
Romania Carries Out Raids as Part of Crypto Tax Evasion Probe
https://news.bitcoin.com/romania-carries-out-raids-as-part-of-crypto-tax-evasion-probe/
Singapore Arbitrator Rules Against Mining Software Firm Poolin’s IOU Model, But the Firm Hasn't Paid Yet
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/singapore-arbitrator-rules-against-mining-153906881.html
Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Brazilian Congress
https://cnn.it/3GOxixz
Mexico CBDC likely delayed beyond 2024
https://cryptoslate.com/mexicos-cbdc-has-likely-been-delayed-past-2024/
US prosecutors subpoenaed hedge funds for records of Binance dealings
https://cryptoslate.com/us-prosecutors-subpoenaed-hedge-funds-for-records-of-binance-dealings/
Thought Leadership
Billionaire Mark Cuban Warns of Next Crypto Implosion Coming From Wash Trades
https://news.bitcoin.com/billionaire-mark-cuban-warns-of-next-crypto-implosion-coming-from-wash-trades/
Billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya Predicts Biggest Loser in 2023 Amid Rise of Artificial Intelligence
https://dailyhodl.com/2023/01/08/billionaire-chamath-palihapitiya-predicts-biggest-loser-in-2023-amid-rise-of-artificial-intelligence/
How the GBTC premium trade ruined Barry Silbert, his DCG empire and took crypto lending platforms with them
https://cryptoslate.com/market-reports/how-the-gbtc-premium-trade-ruined-barry-silbert-his-dcg-empire-and-took-crypto-lending-platforms-with-them/
The Layer 2 Token Endgame
https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/the-layer-2-token-endgame?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2
Twenty-Two Highlights from TRON’s Historic 2022
https://cryptoslate.com/press-releases/twenty-two-highlights-from-trons-historic-2022/
SlateCast #43: Exploring the Issue of Censorship on the Ethereum Network (60 mins)
https://cryptoslate.com/videos/exploring-the-issue-of-censorship-on-the-ethereum-network-a-conversation-with-laybrys-slatecast-43/
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