Daily | Jan 14, 2022
The Last One 🔥🚀
FTX Sets Up $2B Venture Fund Led by Lightspeed’s Amy Wu
DeFi Alliance Goes Full DAO After Raising $50M
NEAR raises $150M as it looks to become a hub of web3 development
Crypto Exchanges Eye Taking on Robinhood With Expansion Into Stock Trading
Tether Freezes $160M of USDT Stablecoin on Ethereum Blockchain
DeFi API startup Conduit raises $17M from Portage Ventures
Gemini acquires crypto portfolio management platform BITRIA
North Korean Hackers Stole $400M in 2021, Mostly in Ether
North Korean hackers said to target crypto startups in cybercrime campaign
Moody’s Sounds Alarm on El Salvador’s Bitcoin Policy
Crypto Options Market Starting to Have Material Impact on Spot Market: QCP
CoinFund Taps Ex-Wall Street Regulator CryptoDad as an Adviser
ConsenSys AG Sues Former Investment Head, Alleging Resume Fraud
Arkansas Tries a New Strategy to Lure Tech Workers: Free Bitcoin
Candy Digital launches marketplace for Major League Baseball NFTs
German Fintech Naga to Start Crypto-Focused Social Trading Platform
Jack Dorsey’s Block Confirms Plans for Bitcoin Mining System
Bitcoin Miner Rhodium’s Planned IPO Values It at Up to $1.7B
Rio de Janeiro mayor plans to invest 1% of the city's treasury in bitcoin
Food for thought
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Crypto and the Future of Money (Azeem Azhar & Do Kwon)
Where the Multi-Billion Dollar Crypto Derivatives Market is Headed Next
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Teenage Wunderkinds Build School Project to Predict Crypto Gains With AI
A simple guide to the Web3 stack
‘Crypto colonizers’ in Puerto Rico try to sell locals on the dream
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