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Is crypto finally going mainstream??? MetaMask x Robinhood plus ENS x GoDaddy - some major partnerships happening to introduce users to web3 and defi! In other news: Solana saw another network outage, the first in nearly a year; BlackRock, Fidelity, and MicroStrategy continue to lead the charge in BTC purchases; The Saudi government bets $250M on web3 & blockchain initiatives; and even Janet Yellen wants crypto legislation! All of this and so much more, Keep on Scrolling 🖤🔥

• Solana goes down for the first time since Feb 2023 (MR)

• Solana recovers after 5 hour outage, and token $SOL rebounds (YF)

• BlackRock and Fidelity hold $5.5B in BTC (DLN)

• BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF is attracting more capital than 99.98% of other ETF options (@BitcoinMagazine)

• Genesis files to offload $1.4B of GBTC (A)

• Bluesky, a decentralized Twitter/X rival, launches public app Farcaster (DT)

• MetaMask inks partnership with Robinhood to combine DeFi with TradFi experiences (CD)

• Hedera secures $250M, 5-year investment from Saudi Arabia government for DeepTech Fund / Studio (CG)

• Crypto app Oobit raises $25M in Series A funding from Tether, Global Titan Fund, and a Solana co-founder (M)

• Union Square Ventures and M13 co-led a $6.5M round for micropayments startup, Code (AX)

• Saltwater closes $5.5M seed round for web3 gaming (CD)

• Filecoin liquid leasing protocol Gilf raises $4.5M offers reward points (M)

• Polychain Capital leads $4M round in Squid for cross-chain expansion efforts (SQUD)

• Startale Labs hits $63.5M valuation following $3.5M raise (SN)

• AgileGTM Accelerator launches 12-week program for B2B institutional blockchain startups (CS)

• Web3 startups see $9B invested in 2023 alongside declining failure rate (DC)

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• SEC voted in favor of a 2022 proposal to redefine “dealer” increasing oversight on entities with more than $50M to report to SEC, impacting defi (BLOCK)

• 3 South Korean crypto exchange executives arrested for $826M embezzlement (DT)

• Terraforms lab CFO extradited to South Korea (M)

• Hawaii launches crypto pilot making crypto legal in the state (D)

• Craig Wright, a mathematician and computer scientist that claims to be Satoishi Nakamoto, to be tried in court over identity (G)

• Secretary Yellen is now seeking crypto legislation 👀

• Belarus citizen facing 25+ years in prison for $4B crypto-laundering scheme on shut-down exchange BTC-e (THN)

• Identity Theft indictments include conspirators in $400M FTX hack (P)

• Crypto hacks total $126M in January, but AMLBot CEO says security is improving (C.N)

• Binance reportedly froze XRP transactions during recent exploit (CFI)

• Cybera and Chainalysis partner to fight cybercrime (P)

• OnlyFake, a website utilizing AI to create fake IDs, has been used to bypass KYC requirements on crypto exchanges (@BitcoinNewsCom)

• ENS partners with GoDaddy to link web domains with blockchain names (M)

• Universal Page is a gasless NFT platform (U)

• MetaMask partners with Robinhood (M)

• New ERC-404 token created to allow native liquidity and fractionalization of NFTs (BL)

• Vitalik’s solution to Ethereum’s increasing block size (CN)

• Prometheum, the only U.S.-registered crypto broker, chooses Ether as first product (CD)

• January saw BTCs highest month in volume since 2022 (M)

• Epic Games to list web3 first person shooter game Shrapnel (FY)

• DCG is opposing its subsidiary Genesis payback plan with increase in crypto value (DT)

• MicroStrategy scoops up 850 $BTC, with total portfolio reaching 190k (@WatcherGuru)

• MicroStrategy is reforming as a ‘Bitcoin Development Company’ (@BitcoinNewsCom)

• Net inflows for Spot Bitcoin ETFs slow down with lowest inflow to date (CS)

• Joe Rogan still holds 5.2 BTC (~ $230k) in a wallet he showcased in 2014 (@WatcherGuru)

• Solana Chapter 2 crypto phone reaches 60K preorders (TB)

• Crypto wallet Phantom surpasses Coinbase for daily app downloads (@kropts)

• Hot takes on the dangers of CBDCs and AI (CD)

• DyDx unveils 2024 roadmap (TD)

• China never completely banned crypto (M)

• Real use cases for the new Solana phone (CD)

• ‘The Everything Token’ - A book on everything NFTs & Web3; by Steve Kaczynski and Scott Duke Kominers (DT)

• Consensus 2024 set to kick off 10th year of event in May (CCD)

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