Crypto Trends Weekly – Dec. 10–16
    19 Dec 2022
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    Breaking crypto news from the last week (Dec. 10–16, 2022): Dec. 12: The Royal Bahamas Police Force arrested FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, following the US authorities filed criminal charges against him. The Bahamas intends to extradite Bankman-Fried after US officials request it. Meanwhile, the “surprising” arrest comes just a day before a scheduled hearing before…

    a16z Omnibus: Big Ideas in Crypto for 2023
    19 Dec 2022
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    Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) just released an omnibus list of “big ideas” tech builders may tackle in the year ahead, according to various a16z domain partners spotlighting a big idea that startups in their fields may tackle in 2023. The list spans everything from consumer tech and games to enterprise and AI to fintech and of…

    Crypto Investments Weekly – Dec. 10–16
    18 Dec 2022
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    Top investment deals across the crypto sector over the last week (Dec. 10–16, 2022): Bitcoin miner TeraWulf raises $10 million TeraWulf restructured a deal with Bitmain that will allow it to expand hashrate further by early 2023. The company also announced that it raised $10 million in fresh capital to repay a convertible promissory note….

    Microsoft bans crypto mining on its cloud platform Azure
    18 Dec 2022
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    Microsoft updated its policy terms to specify it will not allow cryptocurrency mining on its online services without prior written approval. The updated rule came into effect back on Dec. 1 and applies to all Microsoft’s users, including paid customers. The update prohibits users from mining on Microsoft’s online services, largely relating to its cloud…

    The FTX meltdown calls for higher standards in crypto journalism
    18 Dec 2022
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    Revelations that Bankman-Fried secretly funded crypto news publisher The Block deepened mistrust of the crypto industry, notes Christopher Robbins on CoinDesk. The law is catching up with Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), co-founder and former CEO of collapsed crypto exchange FTX. The whole situation has led to a loss of trust in the cryptocurrency industry, which needs…

    Solana development continues despite the FTX collapse
    17 Dec 2022
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    Solana has been tangled in FUD since the Solana ecosystem was affected by the FTX collapse, and this has drastically lowered the price of the SOL token. However, this did not deter the Solana team from working on new developments for the network. One example of an upcoming Solana update scheduled to rollout, The Firedancer,…