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Hump Dayyyyyyy! Lots of events and news this week in the world of crypto and web3, so let's hop right into it 👇🏼

• Gemini has reached a $100MM agreement with Genesis and Digital Currency Group (GMNI)

• Binance is suspending all USD bank deposits and withdrawals indefinitely, beginning today, February 8, 2023 (@thecryptoscroll)

• 49% of BTC holders have not moved their BTC for over 2 years (@glassnodealerts)

• FTX is asking politicians to return their donations (CD)

• Dell Technologies joins Hedera's Governing Council for exploring enterprise applications (CD)

• There will be no crypto ads in this years SuperBowl (BN)

• Pantera Capital's CIO Joey Krug leaves $3.8B crypto venture firm after resignation letter to LPs (BBG)

• A16Z votes to block Uniswap from releasing V3 decentralized exchange on BNB Chain, rather than Ethereum (BW)

• Former SoFi CEO struggles to raise venture dollars for his blockchain startup, Figure, after $3.2B valuation in most recent funding (BBG)

• Fractal Web3 Startup Accelerator launches 13 week blockchain program (CPED)

• Some of the most notable blockchain startups that raised millions in January (BW)

• Recap of web3 startup founder and investor gathering at Davos 2023 (CT)

• Addressable bags $7.5MM funding round from Viola and Fabric Ventures for web3 marketing solution (ADRSBL)

• Crypto wallet security layer Webacy raises $4M (CD)

• Washington D.C. is on bad terms with crypto and crypto-related bills (AX)

• UK warns crypto firms of jail time for unauthorized ads (CD)

• Filecoin labs cuts 21% of staff (CD)

• Russias biggest bank, Sberbank, to launch DeFi platform in May (CT)

• The White House has concerns about crypto (CD)

• Dubai mandates licensing for crypto companies (CD)

• Independent blockchain investigator ZachXBT exposes scammer for NFTs, crypto, and assets now owned by FBI (@zachxbt)

• Chainalysis strategists says banks need to learn crypto fundamentals (Pymnts)

• Crypto wallet security layer Webacy secures $4MM for cyber software build out (CD)

• Coffeezilla exposes MMA fighter Dillon Danis for promoting scam NFTs (@coffeebreak_YT)

• Starkware partners with Chainlink (TB)

• MakerDAO defies bear market with $19M in profit (Defiant)

• Arbitrum wants to let devs work in traditional programming languages (Defiant)

• Aave allows Lido rewards on 3 networks (Defiant)

• Ethereum Testnet processed first staking withdrawals (CD)

• Hut 8 Mining Corp. and U.S. Bitcoin Corp merge into singular company, 'Hut 8 Corp.' for operating 835 MegaWatt operation valued near $1B (BBG)

• Binance introduces tool for calculating taxes (CD)

• Google, Qualcomm and Samsung partner to create metaverse hardware (Bitcoin)

• India tests contactless digital ruppee payments (Pymnts)

• Bankruptcy FTX CEO John Ray III was payed $690,000 in first month of taking over (UW)

• One of crypto's newest slang words, Yunt, created by Yunt Capital founders mixing 'Yeet' and 'Shunt' regarding web3 investments (UD)

• Gambling as an incentive model in DeFi (@adamscochran)

• What is Nouns Dao? (@0xNader)

• Hedera's decentralized approach through an international Governing Council explained (HED)

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