Cardano Rumor Rundown January 13, 2023

Hey Everyone!

Let’s go….

Newly Covered Today:

1. Great article from cexplorer.io explaining why Cardano is much more decentralized than Bitcoin or Ethereum. https://cexplorer.io/article/cardano-has-the-most-independent-block-producers
2. IOG is launching the Cardano EVM Sidechain toolkit this month. https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1613566266488328193
3. Looks like MELD is clarifying that the token movements in the TapTools thread are “private sale token holder [sic] getting their $MELD tokens from the vesting contract and they have decided to sell.” https://twitter.com/MELD_Defi/status/1613459175245504513
4. Looks like FutureFest has a collaboration with Skullcandy. It’s good to see a Cardano project partnering with a hardware manufacturer like this. https://twitter.com/futurefestxr/status/1613249369951862784
5. The SEC has charged Gemini and Genesis (a subsidiary of DCG) with unregistered securities offerings and sales. https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-7
6. The CFTC has laid down the blue print for regulators to go after DAOs. They have now requested default judgment against Ooki Dao. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.400807/gov.uscourts.cand.400807.64.0.pdf

Previously covered, but still interesting:

1. If you’re in Cardano, you should really take the time to sit down and have a nice read of CIP-1694 which lays out the framework to bootstrap Cardano’s Voltaire community governance era. https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/pull/380/commits/f3594d836418e4a3f6ebb1cb310e8f023cbfa760
2. Turns out the run-of-the-mill thieves are still kings of the Robbery Forest even when compared to the combined victims of FTX, BlockFi, & Voyager. https://twitter.com/Solidus_Labs/status/1604873128404193281
3. The beta for cardanospot.io is now live. https://cardanospot.io/
4. MELD has announced that it is becoming an Electronic Money Institution (EMI). They explained what that will mean in this earlier thread from September. https://defiknowledge.medium.com/meld-becomes-an-emi-to-bring-fiat-and-crypto-to-the-masses-c9f05ffc7ecf https://twitter.com/MELD_Defi/status/1570188453224005632
5. Visa has some ideas about automated payments from self-custodied wallets. https://twitter.com/conraddit/status/1604959097186668569
6. The U.S. District Court in the Ooki Dao case has decided that the DAO IS an unincorporated association that can be sued by the CFTC. I’ve been saying it as loud as I could for over a year: a DAO is probably not a shield that allows you to violate US statutes and regs. https://twitter.com/UTAMore/status/1605324069590949889
7. At least one poster has already pointed out that this ruling kills the go-to game advised by many crypto law firms. https://twitter.com/TheDanDraper1/status/1605327296033865729
8. Pavia has dropped a new video on the progress with their builder tool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOgBh7D5gCo
9. It turns out that Lace can read your chrome browsing history. But, don’t worry that’s a Google requirement. It’s not coming from IOG. https://twitter.com/lace_io/status/1605276853341601792
10. We have now had the first Cardano Music Awards. https://twitter.com/OfficialNID0/status/1605307057183330306
11. SEC Charges Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang with defrauding investors. https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-234
12. Reports coming out that Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang have pled guilty to federal charges and are cooperating with prosecutors. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/22/ftxs-gary-wang-alamedas-caroline-ellison-plead-guilty-to-federal-charges-cooperating-with-prosecutors.html
13. You can now use ETH and SOL to buy Cardano NFTs on jpg.store. https://twitter.com/jpgstoreNFT/status/1605327761798991873
14. ADA Whale once again exposes the extreme bias against Cardano at some crypto media outlets. https://twitter.com/cardano_whale/status/1605635616435163140
15. The New York Fed may actually have some appreciation for DeFi. https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2022/12/can-decentralized-finance-provide-more-protection-for-crypto-investors/
16. IOG just dropped a video where Charles and Aggelos talk about IOG’s First Principles based approach to research over the last 6 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVuweooiXPI
17. Wow. Even Coinbase refused to mention Cardano in their 2023 outlook paper. https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1605383102376816641
18. The GC for Ripple asks whether FTX customer money was used to pay the BlockFi settlement with the SEC. https://twitter.com/s_alderoty/status/1605977875932336130
19. There is a portfolio analytics app for Cardano NFTs available for both Android and IOS. https://www.getpoki.com/
20. Virtua is delaying its mint of Cardano Plots in their Monster Zone due to market conditions. https://twitter.com/VirtuaMetaverse/status/1605954712666112000
21. Gary Gensler says he will use “all our available tools” to bring crypto into compliance. https://twitter.com/GaryGensler/status/1605753564994871297
22. LBRY responded by offering Gary Gensler $20 million to explain how to legally launch a blockchain in the U.S. https://twitter.com/LBRYcom/status/1605778541966249988
23. Gary Gensler says the runway is getting shorter for non-compliant securities intermediaries in crypto. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-22/sec-s-crypto-crackdown-is-just-getting-started-after-ftx-blowup
24. Now is your chance if you wanna talk to the Cardano Foundation about the DeFi or NFT project you are building. https://twitter.com/John_CF/status/1607546234088361984
25. Mango Markets DeFi protocol exploiter, Avraham Eisenberg, has been arrested for market manipulation. Turns out code really, really is not law. https://twitter.com/SummersThings/status/1607861933322952709
26. Here’s an article explaining the circumstances around the Mango Markets exploit. https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16921-114m-crypto-hacker-outs-himself-returns-most-of-the-money
27. This article explains the Mango Markets exploit itself. https://www.soliduslabs.com/post/mango-hack
28. Ethereum core devs are very worried about the possibility of a “$10 Billion” future hack of ETH zk-rollups. https://twitter.com/StakeWithPride/status/1607511445549514752
29. Coinbase may try to get you to use Plaid to connect a fiat account these days. You should probably be aware of the $58 million settlement Plaid had to pay over its approach to user banking privacy. https://www.investopedia.com/what-is-plaid-5207625
30. Here’s a very good point about why Gensler doesn’t want new rules for crypto. https://twitter.com/biancoresearch/status/1607371492039311366
31. The Virtua Cardano Island Crib Claim Event is now live for plot owners including those of us in Spy Village. https://twitter.com/VirtuaMetaverse/status/1608154361686900737
32. They’re working on the Eternl connection for the crib event and they’re hoping to have it up soon. https://twitter.com/VirtuaMetaverse/status/1608210936615018496
33. Here’s a really interesting read of US Crypto Law predictions for 2023. https://twitter.com/lex_node/status/1608221862076583937
34. Here’s a little footage of the AOS Spy Village Crib if you wanna see size/layout of a large crib. https://twitter.com/ArmySpies/status/1608231658091864066
35. There is now a SouthPark depiction of the SBF saga to date. https://twitter.com/WSBChairman/status/1608187710782554114
36. Interesting take by an Attorney/NFT artist who thinks that it’s fine if NFTs are deemed securities since the SEC won’t want to regulate them just like they don’t want to regulate trad. art markets. https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2022/12/28/nfts-are-securities-and-its-great
37. The SEC is taking no prisoners in the LBRY case. https://twitter.com/JohnEDeaton1/status/1608130670089347072
38. Don’t give up your citizenship in a favorable country to save a few tens of percent in crypto taxes. https://twitter.com/coinfessions/status/1608115789902520320
39. IOG just released a year-end review of Cardano Community developments in 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUMeVQhqsk0
40. Binance.US decided to push a Cardano article today. https://twitter.com/BinanceUS/status/1608235218057437184
41. Ben Goertzel makes some interesting observations about OpenAI and ChatGPT. https://twitter.com/bengoertzel/status/1608548419135758337
42. Here are reports of multiple additional alleged ties between Gensler and FTX. https://twitter.com/scott_lew_is/status/1608526979799867393
43. Charles points out again that sidechains are the computation layer of Cardano. https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1608288782297571330
44. The 2022 Essential Cardano Guide from IOG is now out. https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1608482982183960579
45. The Head of Product for Atala says that Prism 2.0 will be online in Q1. https://twitter.com/tonyrose023/status/1609695701440811010
46. You think crypto was bad last year? 2022 was the worst year for stocks and bonds since 1871. https://twitter.com/GRDecter/status/1608476482719961089
47. Will 2023 be a similar story for housing? https://twitter.com/skistrongryan/status/1608849368412741632
48. Here’s an interesting thought about those points in time whenever Coinbase is the top app. https://twitter.com/Pentosh1/status/1609999581730725892
49. Crypto twitter is (sometimes) giving us previously unthinkable transparency into the dealings of some projects. https://twitter.com/StephOFRNT/status/1609949056876290049
50. It sounds like Yoroi has a lot planned for 2023. https://twitter.com/YoroiWallet/status/1610032960736043010
51. Did anyone know that Meld was going to be multi-chain and also on Avalanche? https://twitter.com/MELD_Defi/status/1606341364005965825
52. A viewpoint: crypto synthetics will never be allowed to reach any kind of scale. https://twitter.com/lex_node/status/1609651328652906499
53. Charles made some good points in a recent video on NFTs and intellectual property. https://youtu.be/RKAcgM_q4XQ
54. SBF pleads not guilty! https://twitter.com/ArmySpies/status/1610370877501370369
55. Some in crypto question his being out on bond. But, it seems not to be out of the ordinary for a financial crime where he probably negotiated it with Feds when he waived extradition. https://twitter.com/ArmySpies/status/1610379376125939715
56. The White House addresses their four meetings with SBF saying they related to pandemic prevention (lmfao), crypto, and crypto exchanges. https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1610371539417067521
57. Looks like Meld provided some additional details on their multi-chain future. https://twitter.com/TheMeldGuy/status/1610403502886621184
58. A good indication we are well past peak celebrity NFT season for this cycle: https://youtu.be/M1buyQRWw8M
59. The Judge in the Celsius bankruptcy case has ruled that Celsius owns the $4.2 billion deposited in its interest bearing accounts. GIVE ME CUSTODY OR GIVE ME DEATH! https://cases.stretto.com/public/x191/11749/PLEADINGS/1174901042380000000067.pdf
60. Even worse, some are asking whether this might mean the original deposits at Celsius were taxable dispositions of those assets in exchange for Celsius debt (obviously now bad debt). https://twitter.com/lex_node/status/1610721367988600833
61. People were quick to point out past statements from Alex Mashinsky that seemed to indicate the opposite. https://twitter.com/astrojoe001/status/1598412824505913344
62. Subcritical is bringing you a detailed look at a new upcoming Stableswap on Cardano. https://twitter.com/SubcriticalTV/status/1610823273482448897
63. The December meeting of the Fed indicates they aren’t planning any rate cuts for 2023. https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/files/fomcminutes20221214.pdf
64. Allegations fly that FTX was buying NFTs on Cardano competitor chain, Solana, to boost floor prices. https://twitter.com/jconorgrogan/status/1610017999968141319
65. Charles was on a Google Web3 Fireside Chat today. https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1611094007995838464
66. Looks like Googlers also like Charles. https://twitter.com/ItsAdrianHunter/status/1611114251992850432
67. Apparently, Cardano NFT volume is up significantly. https://twitter.com/ponziratti/status/1611061551087382528
68. Cardano NFT Rug-pullers Beware. The DOJ doesn’t care if you are not a US Citizen or even if you are not residing in the US. https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/non-fungible-token-nft-developer-charged-multi-million-dollar-international-fraud
69. Cardano Project CEOs Beware: turns out you can’t mislead retail. The New York Attorney General has now sued Alex Mashinsky for making allegedly false and misleading statements about the safety of Celsius. https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2023/attorney-general-james-sues-former-ceo-celsius-cryptocurrency-platform-defrauding
70. Cardano Projects Beware: you might not be able to use non-competes soon. The FTC is proposing a rule to ban non-competes. https://www.ftc.gov/ne
71. Singaporean Courts are serving court orders to the 3 Arrows Capital boys via twitter now. https://twitter.com/3ACLiq/status/1610999697983815686
72. The US Bankruptcy Court is also using twitter to serve them with subpoenas. https://twitter.com/3ACLiq/status/1610999697983815686
73. Big rumors afoot that the DOJ is squeezing SBF, Caroline, and Gary for info to go after other entities. https://twitter.com/AP_Abacus/status/1611117789372186624
74. That may include DCG and Genesis. https://twitter.com/AP_Abacus/status/1610706188093607937
75. The lead product designer of Lace has given us a nice graphical representation of all the functionality in that new wallet. https://twitter.com/MathieuHJ/status/1611382433684881409
76. Charles dropped an AMA over the weekend. https://youtu.be/djhKk-3rYhU
77. The feds are issuing subpoenas to hedge funds regarding Binance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/07/binance-subpoenas-crypto-trading/
78. Here’s a thread from Cardano Spot breaking down all the staking parameters. https://twitter.com/CardanoSpot/status/1612209625667088384
79. Here’s a thread from Adam Dean with some background info on the minPoolFee (the minimum fee paid to stakepools per epoch that is baked into the system) . https://twitter.com/adamKDean/status/1612118333603860480
80. Lots of nice green plus numbers in terms of Cardano dApp usage. https://dappsoncardano.com/
81. Djed is getting close. https://twitter.com/shahafbg/status/1612463246715359232
82. There are reports that the malfeasance in the FTX case is so broad that it’s overwhelming the resources of the SDNY. https://twitter.com/CGasparino/status/1612449174225551361
83. The CFTC is quoting the infamous Mango Markets tweets of Avi Eisenberg in their case against him as admissions of guilt. https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1612515709384536068
84. Whale makes a great point here. Not all criticism is well-intentioned. https://twitter.com/cardano_whale/status/1612585581854478337
85. Some small SPOs are questioning whether they could continue if the minPoolFee were removed. https://twitter.com/ArmySpies/status/1612931853601894402
86. Even Forbes is talking about how much money has fled Binance. https://www.forbes.com/sites/javierpaz/2023/01/10/binance-is-bleeding-assets-12-billion-gone-in-less-than-60-days
87. World Bank 2023 Global Economics Prospects report forecasts “sharp, long-lasting slowdown” for world economy. https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/global-economic-prospects
88. Is this right? Are we at the lowest savings rate on record other than ‘06-’07 right before the Global Financial Crisis? https://twitter.com/nickgerli1/status/1612924280886394887
89. There are reports that Binance’s stablecoin was massively unbacked at certain times in the recent past. https://twitter.com/emilyjnicolle/status/1612851578620223488
90. TapTools created an interesting thread regarding some large reported movements of MELD tokens. https://twitter.com/TapTools/status/1613310642550611969
91. Here’s a brand new IOHK blog on Mithril. https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2023/01/11/advancing-node-syncing-time-with-mithril/
92. Virtua just released some updates and improvements to Cardano Island Cribs. https://twitter.com/VirtuaMetaverse/status/1613189112759992320
93. The DOJ is going after the two brothers who allegedly faked the TVL in Solana. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/11/doj-said-to-probe-saber-labs-founders-over-solana-based-defi-stablecoin-projects/
94. Even Blackrock is laying people off right now. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/black-rock-plans-to-cut-500-workers-after-last-years-market-downturn-180004390.html
95. Goldman is axing far more. https://www.barrons.com/articles/goldman-sachs-job-cuts-layoffs-51673264101?mod=bol-social-tw
96. While others are firing, Binance says it’s going on a hiring spree! https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/11/binance-plans-15-30percent-hiring-spree-in-2023-even-as-rivals-cut-jobs.html

~Army of Spies

Cardano Daily Discussion - January 13, 2023

Hello everyone,

Welcome to the Cardano Daily Discussion!

The standard sub rules apply here (see sidebar), with the exception that price discussion is allowed in this thread, though we encourage you to try not to make this the focus and talk about the project itself. Please ask questions, help others and be civil - be sure to get involved in Project Catalyst too!

If you're new, please make sure you're read through the newbies guide and share it with others (use the ?newbies comment command to reference it).

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⚠️ Scam Warning ⚠️

Please read the Cybersecurity guidelines for Cardano Users.

There are ongoing giveaway scams on youtube and many scammers lurking in Cardano's social channels impersonating ambassadors/moderators/official staff contacting users via direct messages.

For example, searching 'cardano' on youtube and sorting by most recent upload date shows several giveaway scams running (all videos in screenshot are scams):

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Ongoing 'giveaway' scams on Youtube

The youtube scams are automated; use stolen footage usually of Charles Hoskinson and are restreamed so to appear to be 'live'; appear to have many watchers (which are bots); use bought hacked channels and are edited to appear like official channels.

Do not be fooled!

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To be clear:

• ⚠️ There is no such thing as a Cardano giveaway
• ⚠️ Never share your seed phrase with ANYONE
• ⚠️ Never send ADA to someone promising to send you more ADA back
• ⚠️ You will never be contacted by ambassadors/moderators/staff

Please report scams on the Cardano Fraud Detection Bureau.

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Midnight Subreddit

In anticipation of Input Output's new data protection blockchain 'Midnight', I've managed to acquire r/Midnight through some negotiation and repurpose it for the Cardano Community (the sub was created for a card game back in 2011 but was mostly unused).

I decided to do this as I thought the project will eventually need a home on reddit and best to setup now before any scammers do. Obviously there's not much to post about on there right now as it's early days as the project is yet to be released, but if you'd like to be kept up to date on the project please feel free to join the new subreddit if the project interests you and I'll be sure to post updates as and when they become available.

Right now the sub is mostly a carbon copy of r/cardano, I've copied most of the automod and rules over, so certain aspects may seem a little incongruent atm, but I'll tailor and tweak the sub as we go. Feel free to send me or post any input if you want stuff to change.

Cheers all

Friday, 13th January 2022

The Daily Spin. FED CPI Friday Edition. CPI has been released to the expectation of economists, down to 6.5% YoY. Markets rally as a result, with Bitcoin almost breaking the $19k mark over the day. Nexo’s Bulgaria office gets raided by police and prosecutors amid allegations of dealings with Ruja Ignatova, the infamous “cryptoqueen” of the OneCoin scam and still currently on the FBI’s top 10 most wanted list. Nexo rebuffs the allegations, while SBF still can’t keep his mouth shut. The Winklevoss twins are getting charged by the SEC over their Earn program, and DCG is scrambling to find $3bn to fill the hole it has on Genesis. Meanwhile, FTX “finds” $5bn in liquid assets and makes an impact on market prices, and Bitconnect victims will receive $17m back in a statement given by the Department of Justice (some DailySpin alpha: x-claim.com is where you can buy and sell frozen accounts at a discount). FET token is declared the reserve asset for Binance, and Ripple’s CTO is called out for manipulation of FLR token prices. Orange Financial launches an innovative platform for treasury yield management, and Yearn Finance unveils its permissionless vault factory. Gitcoin is to test their decentralized funding protocol beginning next week. And the FAA’s database infrastructure became a prime example of legacy information systems failing when a corrupt file caused over 10,000 delays and a large number of flights canceled, amounting to millions of dollars in damages to the entire airline industry not including untracked knock-on effects.

Coinweb Labs launched LinkMint and DeconX with a livestream demonstration last night, led by Toby, Knut, and Alexander – a must see if you’re even reading this sentence and haven’t already …here is our round-up of curated news and opinions (surely biased) from the world of Blockchain, keeping you informed into the new year 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…

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Ongoings at Coinweb

Coinweb Labs is proud to unveil LinkMint ⛓️🍃, our groundbreaking Cross-Chain Tokenisation Platform and DeconX, our integrated native DEX! Live Walkthrough Demonstration for the Community by Toby, Knut, and Alexander.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSKA3cAB15U

Coinweb presents How Blockchain Technology Will Affect Tourism and Hospitality Industry with Royal Coast Riviera Club, Hua-Hin
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid028ZZTaqC3BKYLeUsKptGMjGbuesuYz55qnP9LubZc52KmhLCBQiHLr84orNft24a7l&id=100079478362053&notif_id=1673577843809478&notif_t=mention&ref=notif

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

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On the Radar

Introducing PleasrHouse, Episode 01; Going LIVE with u/DanielEllsberg u/snowden u/FreedomofPress – Thursday 3pm EST
https://twitter.com/PleasrDAO/status/1612858383681589248

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)

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On the Block(chain)

Consumer prices fell 0.1% in December, in line with expectations from economists
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/12/consumer-prices-fell-0point1percent-in-december-in-line-with-economists-expectations.html

Bitcoin approaches $19,000 price mark
https://cryptoslate.com/bitcoin-approaches-19000-price-mark/

Over $320,000,000 in Bitcoin and Crypto Liquidated in Last 24 Hours As Inflation Data Triggers Market Bounce
https://dailyhodl.com/2023/01/12/over-320000000-in-bitcoin-and-crypto-liquidated-in-last-24-hours-as-inflation-data-triggers-market-bounce/

Grayscale says recent events will not affect GBTC conversion case against SEC
https://cryptoslate.com/grayscale-says-recent-events-will-not-affect-gbtc-conversion-case-against-sec/

NEXO Headquarters Raided by Police (Updated)
https://smnweekly.com/2023/01/12/prosecutors-and-police-storm-nexos-office-in-bulgaria/

Nexo co-founder calls financial crimes allegations ‘absurd’
https://cryptoslate.com/nexo-co-founder-calls-financial-crimes-allegations-absurd/

Nexo-linked addresses see outflows of nearly $9M amid rising FUD
https://cryptoslate.com/nexo-linked-addresses-see-outflows-of-nearly-9m-amid-rising-fud/

SBF reveals his side of the FTX story, blames CZ, targeted attack against FTX
https://cryptoslate.com/sbf-claims-no-funds-were-stolen-blames-cz-for-collapse-in-detailed-report-on-ftx-collapse/

MetaMask warns of ‘address poisoning’ wallet scam
https://cryptoslate.com/metamask-warns-of-address-poisoning-wallet-scam/

Staked Ethereum surpasses 16M, over 70% stakers at a loss
https://cryptoslate.com/staked-ethereum-surpasses-16m-over-70-stakers-at-a-loss/

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Competitive Landscape

Molecular Group announce the establishment of its new investment company XMG Capital in Singapore
https://cryptoslate.com/press-releases/molecular-group-announce-the-establishment-of-its-new-investment-company-xmg-capital-in-singapore/

Orange Financial To Launch Innovative Yield Farming Treasury – Stablecoin Rewards for NFT Holders
https://cryptoslate.com/press-releases/orange-financial-to-launch-innovative-yield-farming-treasury-stablecoin-rewards-for-nft-holders/

FET becomes reserve asset for Binance as AI token popularity rises
https://cryptoslate.com/fet-becomes-reserve-asset-for-binance-as-ai-token-popularity-rises/

HEX founder Richard Heart teases coming PulseChain launch
https://cryptoslate.com/hex-founder-richard-heart-teases-coming-pulsechain-launch/

Ripple CTO called out by Twitter for market manipulation of FLR token
https://cryptoslate.com/ripple-cto-called-out-for-market-manipulation-of-flr-token/

Metropoly Beta version is now live, and it is your chance to view the best NFT project of 2023
https://cryptoslate.com/metropoly-beta-version-is-now-live-and-it-is-your-chance-to-view-the-best-nft-project-of-2023/

Crypto trading app Tap Global among London’s first public listings in 2023
https://www.standard.co.uk/business/crypto-trading-app-tap-global-among-london-s-first-public-listings-in-2023-b1051734.html

Binance Admits Lapse In Maintaining Stablecoin Reserves
https://thedefiant.io/binance-lapse-busd-reserves/

Yearn Finance Releases Permissionless Vault Factory
https://thedefiant.io/yearn-permissionless-vaults

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World

DCG scrambling to raise funds to cover Genesis’ $3B debt burden
https://cryptoslate.com/dcg-scrambling-to-raise-funds-to-cover-genesis-3b-debt-burden/

SEC charges Gemini, Genesis over Earn program; Winklevoss responds
https://cryptoslate.com/sec-charges-gemini-genesis-over-earn-program/

Samsung Asset Management to list Bitcoin ETF on Hong Kong Stock Exchange
https://cryptoslate.com/samsung-asset-management-to-list-bitcoin-etf-in-hong-kong-stock-exchange/

A corrupt database file led to the FAA ground stoppage and millions of dollars in realized losses. It was also found in the backup system.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/faa-ground-stop-causes

BitConnect victims will receive $17 million: DOJ
https://cryptoslate.com/bitconnect-victims-will-receive-17-million-doj/

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Thought Leadership

6 Best Books On Artificial Intelligence - How To Educate Yourself In The Hottest New Tech Sector
https://www.forbes.com/sites/qai/2023/01/04/6-best-books-on-artificial-intelligencehow-to-educate-yourself-in-the-hottest-new-tech-sector/?sh=16030761480c

The FDA Approved The New Anti-Alzheimer’s Drug Leqembi. What You Need To Know
https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2023/01/09/the-fda-approved-the-new-anti-alzheimers-drug-leqembi-what-you-need-to-know/?utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=2598717&sh=41ccf948458b

Sanctions caused cybercriminals to lose $15M in potential revenue in 2 months
https://cryptoslate.com/sanctions-caused-cybercriminals-to-lose-15m-in-potential-revenue-in-2-months/

Gitcoin To Test Decentralized Funding Protocol
https://thedefiant.io/gitcoin-alpha-round

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Digitra users can swap DGTA tokens for several services

Digitra users can swap DGTA tokens for several services. Since the DGTA issues tokens, they are not securities. Digitra requires DGTA tokens. DGTA tokens do not confer Digitra administrative or voting capabilities. If unanticipated events occur, the DGTA project and token properties described in this whitepaper may change or disappear. DGTA tokens cannot be sold in the US by Digitra. US residents—including businesses and workers—cannot use DGTA tokens. DGTA tokens and services are prohibited in some jurisdictions.

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Exciting year for cryptocurrencies with many more developments expected!!

The crypto world news of 2023 is an exciting one. In the past few years, the cryptocurrency market has seen tremendous growth and adoption. This year, the crypto world is set to reach new heights as more people become aware of its potential and use it for their financial needs.

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The most significant news in the crypto world this year is the launch of a new digital currency called Libra. This digital currency was created by Facebook and is backed by a basket of major currencies, including the US dollar, Euro, British pound, Japanese yen, and Swiss franc. The goal of Libra is to provide a stable and secure digital currency that can be used for global payments. It has already gained support from some major companies such as Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Uber, and Spotify.

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Another major development in the crypto world this year is the launch of Ethereum 2.0. This upgrade to Ethereum will bring several improvements to its blockchain technology including increased scalability and security. It will also enable users to create their own decentralized applications (DApps) on top of Ethereum's blockchain network. This will open up new opportunities for developers to create innovative applications that can be used by anyone around the world.

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In addition to these two major developments in the crypto world this year, there have been several other important news stories related to cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin's halving event which took place in May 2020 and Ethereum's Istanbul hard fork which took place in December 2020. These events have had a significant impact on the price of cryptocurrencies as well as their overall acceptance among mainstream investors and consumers alike.

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Overall, 2023 looks like it will be an exciting year for cryptocurrencies with many more developments expected throughout the year. With more people becoming aware of its potential and using it for their financial needs, we can expect even greater growth in adoption over time.

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Bittensor - reason for launch on Polkadot

Earlier I wrote about why I think Bittsensor is one of the most exciting coming to DOT in February. Below is their rationale for joining Polkadot network:

Subtensor, our network blockchain, is the foundational structure for our network - aligning incentives and streamlining the creation of machine intelligence. As the network has expanded, we have decided to integrate with an external system to support a smooth process of evolution and scaling. We chose to integrate with the Polkadot ecosystem.

Why?

Substrate-based, simple, secure, and cost-efficient

Polkadot uses Substrate, a modular language used on multiple other blockchains. A language like this gives us fine control over our blockchain and consensus mechanism. The fully-shared blockchain ecosystem is also simple to integrate with, low-cost and energy efficient, allowing us more resources to devote to the critical network activity: creating machine intelligence.

Fit for a next-generation governance protocol

Polkadot offers an advanced set of governance tools so that we can automatically deploy fork-less upgrades and custom-create our developing governance system. Developing a governance structure that works efficiently in practice will be an iterative, continuously evolving process, and we need to integrate with a system that promotes this.

Synchronicity of Values

Integrating with Polkadot will be the beginning of what we hope will be a long-term, fruitful partnership, so it helps that they share many of our foundational values. Polkadot was founded on principles of transparency, fairness and decentralization while also displaying a commitment to axiomatic evolution and change. We are in alignment with all of this.

This next step is as crucial as it is daunting. We will be losing a lot of control over the system and opening it up to the world. But that is where this was always going.

For those not familiar with Bittensor - resources below:

https://github.com/cetiny/awesome-bittensor

My quick take:

Bitcoin uses more computing power than top 500 supercomputers combined for one purpose only, to verify the transactions and provide security.

Being on DOT allows Bittensor to use 100% of compute power toward an open-source, scalable, globally distributed, decentralized neural network. The idea is that several thousand machine learning models work together on different tasks, while helping and learning from each other. This may also restructure the way in which we are incentivizing the creation of intelligence itself, replacing the standard academic competition with markets.

The project is still in an “incognito” phase, as they are still pre-mining. For now, it is possible to get tokens from pre-miners (OTC) on Discord or dedicated OTC / BTC exchange. DEX timing q1/q2 after DOT onboarding. Early backers include Polychain Capital, Digital Currency Group and Firstmark Capital.

The Founders:

Jacob Steeves (enterprise machine learning at Google) and Ala Shaabana (IBM AI division)

Problems addressed:

Bittensor hopes to scale resources available towards AI while lowering the cost of AI development significantly. And in process making it a lot more decentralized and open to miners (in this case AI modelers with sufficient GPU power) who can earn tokens by providing most optimal AI solutions on the network.

Tokenomic and Token Utility:

The value of TAO is connected to the value of the intelligence that it is produced by the network. Ownership of the network comes with holding TAO. So, if someone holds a fair amount of TAO, he gets to decide, on what the network will be trained on. The Tokenomics are inspired by Bitcoin: The max supply of TAO is 21 Million tokens and every four years there is a halving event (the first one in 2025). The current issued supply is around 3.7 Million TAO. Current price around 42 (up 420% since August) implied market cap at around $150/160m.