Mastercard NFT leader steps down and tokenizes resignation letter

Mastercard NFT product lead Satvik Sethi said in a series of tweets on Feb. 2 that he has resigned from that position, which he has held for the past year. Sethi said... Read more »

Charlie Munger calls on US to join China in banning crypto

Warren Buffett’s business partner Charlie Munger has proposed that the United States should follow in the steps of China to ban cryptocurrencies- which he considers a gambling contract. In a WSJ opinion... Read more »

AllianceBlock hacked for $12M; Nostr launches Damus app

The biggest news in the cryptoverse for Feb. 1 saw DeFi platform AllianceBlock fall victim to a $12 million exploit. Meanwhile, the decentralized social media project Nostr has launched a mobile app... Read more »

M31 Capital bullish on BTC price, adoption in 2023 predictions

Crypto investment firm M31 Capital shared its 2023 predictions and said it expects Bitcoin (BTC) to skyrocket. The firm said in its 2022 recap report that it expects adoption to increase further.... Read more »

Ethereum staking withdrawal testnet ‘Zhejiang’ set to launch Wednesday

A testnet that will demonstrate Ethereum staking withdrawals is set to go live on Wednesday, according to statements from developers on Jan. 30. Ethereum Foundation members Parithosh Jayanthi and Barnabas Busa said... Read more »

Bitcoin futures open interest grows ahead of FOMC meeting

Futures open interest (OI) is the total number of open futures contracts for an asset held by market participants. Open interest on futures contracts for any given asset varies daily, representing the... Read more »

SBF’s bail bond co-signers may soon be named

The judge overseeing Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal case has decided that the names of two bail bond signers can be revealed, as determined in a Jan. 30 filing. Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of... Read more »

Polygon surpasses BNB Chain in daily transactions as MATIC pumps 20% over weekend

Polygon, the Ethereum scaling solution, has surpassed BNB Chain in the number of daily transactions, according to on-chain data analyzed by CryptoSlate.  On Jan. 29, BNB Chain recorded 3,007,245 transactions, while Polygon... Read more »

Validators shut down as Secret Network struggles with leadership

SmartStake, a major validator in the Cosmos ecosystem, has announced that it will shut down its nodes following revelations around the Secret Foundation’s founder, Tor Bair, personally taking profits. Validator exodus The... Read more »

Justin Sun aims to get TRON adopted as legal tender in 5 nations by 2023

Tron founder Justin Sun aims to get TRON (TRX) accepted as legal tender in 5 countries this year. In a Twitter thread, Sun said that while the goal is “ambitious,” he is... Read more »