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Another Friday is another day to Scroll! Biggest headlines over the last few days: Ledger wallet sees a major vulnerability with Connect Kit; Spot Bitcoin ETFs are being revisited by courts according to Gensler; Venture Capital investments are on the rise in Q4; and much more to be bullish about, all in one quick scroll 👇🏼🖤

  • Coinbase introduces spot crypto trading for international institutions (M)

  • Safemoon files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, causing coin to collapse ~ 40% (CT)

  • Hedera announces new President, Charles Adkins (@hedera)

  • Ordinals NFT release at the infamous Sotheby’s House drew in $450k, 5x original estimates (CD)

  • Invesco and Galaxy file 3rd amended spot Bitcoin ETF application (@BitcoinMagazine)

  • BitWise Spot Bitcion ETF listed on DTCC as $BITB (WG)

  • BTC and ETH see slow down this week, with other inconsistencies in the market 📉

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  • Heartcore Capital closes €15M crypto native VC Fund (FSME)

  • South Korea’s LINE raises $140M for web3 ecosystem in biggest Asian web3 funding of 2023 (TN)

  • Andalusia Labs hits unicorn status with new $48M Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners (NFTG)

  • Dynamic secures $13.5M Series A from A16Zcrypto and Founders Fund (@dynamic_xyz)

  • Lolli raises an $8M Series B from BitKraft to provide Bitcoin & cash-back rewards (NFTG)

  • Mawari, a web3 XR streaming provider, raises oversubscribed $6.5M seed round from Blockchange and Decasonic (NFTG)

  • Bitcoin Ordinals marketplace startup Metagood secures $5M backing from Sora Ventures and others (NFTG)

  • Dora Factory closes strategic funding round with dao5 (SIO)

  • VC Fund C1 is in talks with Australian investment firms and others to buy private holdings using $500M fund (CD)

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  • FTX and IRS battle over $24B tax claim (P)

  • Presidential candidates talk about crypto (CD)

  • Brazil’s President approves overseas 15% crypto tax law (WG)

  • Montenegro President met with JAN3 to learn about Bitcoin Hydro Bonds (@BitcoinMagazine)

  • Elizabeth Warren’s bill considered unconstitutional and unlikely to pass (CD)

  • Dubai awards crypto license to climate-friendly web3 firm (CT)

  • The FASB published rules for crypto accounting (MR)

  • A16Z to lobby for pro-crypto and tech politicians (CT)

  • Gary Gensler says courts are taking another look at Bitcoin ETFs

  • OKX defi exchange falls victim to $2.7M hack (CNBTC)

  • Nirvana Finance hacker comes clean and to return the $12M stolen (BLOCK)

  • DeFi urged not to interact with Dapps after exploit (M)

  • Ledger updates about Connect Kit attack, leading to compromised funds (@Ledger)

  • JP Morgan predicts ETH to outperform BTC in 2024 (WG)

  • $2.5B worth of ETH burned since merge (WG)

  • Rainbow wallet teases airdrop on Ethereum (M)

  • Ethereum may take some L2 functions back on-chain (CD)

  • Ethereum-based dApps impacted by hack against Ledger (DROP)

  • Jimmy.eth’s story of minting 420 Bored Apes and a $150M NFT collection (CTM)

  • Goldman Sachs expects growing interest in blockchain-based assets (P)

  • Swiss crypto exchange for banks goes live (M)

  • Gary Gensler does not want to talk about crypto securities (TB)

  • $BONK traders cause surge in Solana phone sales for arbitrage opportunity (CD)

  • Worldcoin integrates with Minecraft, Telegram, Reddit, and Shopify (BLOCK)

  • FIFA to release digital collectibles on Polygon, with first 100 owners to get a chance at free 2026 World Cup tickets (BLOCK)

  • How long can a BTC bullrun last (CD)

  • The synergies between AI and crypto (B)

  • How companies can use pre-generated wallets for new users (Dynamic)

  • Real World Asset tokenization could possibly democratize the bond market (CT)

  • A16Zcrypto team release their predictions and trends for 2024 (@a16zcrypto)

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