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Security is obviously one of the biggest issues in crypto and blockchain. In fact, it is the number 1 reason for adoption issues, followed by regulatory concerns & reasons. Our ‘Cybersecurity’ section takes over today with a handful of hacks, scams, and exploits occurring in the last 7 days ⛓ Keep on Scrolling

• Cboe exchange withdrawals spot Bitcoin ETF application (CT)

• Coinbase’s Base acquired 2M users last year after 6 months (BW)

• Swan Bitcoin launched a new mining business globally (TB)

• FTX announces they expect to repay crypto customers in full (WG)

• OpenSea subtly suggests they are open to potential acquisition offers (@thedropnft)

• Tesla owns over 9K BTC ($385M) (TB)

• Crypto whales boost holdings by $3B (U)

• Uncorrelated Ventures unveils $315M Fund II with 20% allocation for crypto startups ($60M+) (CTI)

• Wilson Sonsini advises Hyperline on $5.2M seed financing for web3 Data Lakehouse (WSGR)

• Paypal Ventures invests $5M PYUSD into Mesh, a Plaid-for-crypto startup (FTNC)

• Infrared closes $2.5M seed round from Tribe Capial, Shima Capital and others for proof-of-liquidity staking (NFTG)

• Pantera Capital and Sequoia Capital back EDX Markets in undisclosed Series B for international expansion (BW)

• Animoca Brands’ Darewise and DFZ Labs partner for the web3 creator world (N.B)

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• US files notice to sell $130M of BTC linked to Silk Road (BW)

• Proposed IRS Broker Reporting could potentially kill DeFi (TD)

• Figure aims to offer regulated interest bearing stablecoin (P)

• German police seize $2.1B in BTC in piracy sting (CD)

• Billion dollar Harvest Global Investments applies for spot Bitcoin ETF in Hong Kong (CD)

• Google (and the U.S.) has now allowed for Bitcoin ETF advertisements

• XRP reportedly hacked for $112M (@thedropnft)

• International law enforcement seized 50k BTC ($2.1B) from German piracy websites (DT)

• SEC and DOJ charged two individuals in $1.9B HyperFund crypto scheme (CNBC)

• Concentric had a $1.7M exploit on Arbitrum (M)

• MIM protocol hacked for millions and tracked by Chainalysis (@MIM_Spell)

• The X account belonging to Algorand Foundation’s president was still considered compromised over 24 hours after initially hacked (@AlgoFoundation)

• A Colombian Drug Kingpin agrees to surrender millions in crypto (D)

• Former NBA all-star Dwight Howard rug pulls on NFT project (@ZachXBT)

• Celsius moves $1B in ETH to CEXs (M)

• ETH Devs confirm Dencun Upgrade test dates on Jan 30 and Feb 7 (MR)

• Transaction fees on ETH Layer 2s surged 400% last year (TD)

• Vitalik Buterin takes stance on AI’s impact for crypto and Ethereum (DT)

• ARK bought $6.2M of its own BTC ETF last week (M)

• OnChain crypto users grew by 63M in 2023 (TD)

• Music artists have mixed views on blockchain use (BW)

• Sui reaches top 10 status of blockchains in less than one year (CD)

• Binance rebounds after $4.3B settlement deal (M)

• Bitcoin sees $250M inflow and spiking price above $44k (CN)

• 75% of the crypto market sees a 5%+ bounce back this week to end January 2024

• What crypto can learn from the fate of unicorpses (F)

• Where can ETH reach in the next 5 Years (N)

• How BTC price has effected BTC ETF gains for major companies (TB)

• Blockchain is the future of the internet - Chris Dixon (CNBCT)

• Ripple and EasyA work together for educational content on deploying smart contracts on XRP Ledger (TCB)

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