Goldman Sachs Ranks Bitcoin #1

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• Goldman Sachs ranks Bitcoin best performing asset (@DocumentingBTC)

• Gemini lays off 10% of workforce (BusinessInsider)

• Crypto & Web3 layoffs nearing 30,000 since Q2 2022 (CD)

• Coinbase CPO is stepping down (DLNews)

• Kraken hires Blockchain.com's former CCO (TB)

• Blockchain venture investments continue to nosedive as Q4 finishes with only $2.3B of funding (CT)

• Modulo Capital received $400M of dirty money from FTX for venture investments (CT)

• Injective launches $150M ecosystem fund for DeFi adoption (TC)Maple Finance comes back with $100M liquidity pool with 10% yield (CD)

• QuickNode nears Unicorn status with $60M raise from Tiger Global, Seven Seven Six, and others (BC)

• House of Blueberry is bringing digital fashion to the metaverse with fresh $6M in seed funding led by Makers Fund (VB)

• Asset Reality raises $5M for DeRec (Decentralized Recovery) solution (CD)

• HatchFi secures $1.2M pre-seed for engineer hires to develop complete crypto integration platform (FINS)

• OKX Ventures is predicting crypto startup resurgence in 2023 (GNW)

• France gives crypto more time to comply as EU ruling is still in process (Decrypt)

• SEC scrutiny blocks crypto firms from going public (WSJ)

• Arrest requested for owners of crypto exchange Bithumb by South Korea (CD)

• Circle blames SEC for collapse of $9B SPAC (Pymnts)

• Coinbase fined $3.6M by Dutch regulator for failure to register (CD)

• Three venture opportunities stand out in cybersecurity for web3 (Forbes)

• Mango Markets sues exploiter for $47M in damages (CD)

• Moon Bird's founder Kevin Rose wallet hacked (CD)

• Crypto's role in national security (CB)

• Pudgy Penguins move with Soulbound Tokens (SBTs) (TD)

• Vitalik proposes 'stealth addresses' (CD)

• ETH whale wakes up and stakes 49K ETH (CN)

• Nike's web3 project .SWOOSH launches this week (@jgao)

• California DMV is partnering with Tezos chain to digitize car titles (FTN)

• Crypto exchange Luno cuts 35% of staff (CNBC)

• Celsius to store 20,000 mining machines (TB)

• BlockFi reports $1.2B tie to FTX (Pymnts)

• Polkadot has seen most developer activity over the last month (@santimentfeed)

• Layer-1 application Aptos ($APT) up 350%+ in 2023 (DT)

• Tesla records $34M impairment loss on Bitcoin holdings from Q4 (DT)

• Why Uniswap is converting to Binance (Youtube)

• What is unit protocol (TD)

• Litecoin's next 'halving' is 7 months away (LCH)

• Crypto's role in national security (CB)

• How crypto impairments are affecting companies' balance sheets (VP.PWC)

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