The Weekly News Roundup, ending 24 July 2022 – Ethereum Pumps, Merge Date Set

It’s a bear market, so news is thin. This week, token prices rose as the date for ethereum’s merge gets set for September 19th. Ethereum’s price increased 50% and other projects followed as well. (Just keep in mind that we’re still in a psychological bear market, so prices will eventually pull back. That aside, the drama on the CeFi platforms are tapering off and we can focus more of our attention on education.


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Articles


Podcasts
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Reports:
Board urges Bank of Central African States to introduce common digital currency: Report


Headlines


Adoption
Taiwan Bans Crypto Purchases Using Credit Cards
CryptoCom App Launches Google Pay Purchase Feature


CBDC (are just Surveillance Tokens)
CBDCs Are Worse Than Bank Accounts, Says Blockstream CEO Adam Back


Company / Product / Project News
Blockchain.com Slashes 25% of Workforce, Cuts Exec Compensation
BlockFi Initiates ‘Voluntary Separation Program’ To Further Trim Headcount


CRIMES AND SCAMS


DAO


DeFi and Lending
-Bankruptcy lawyers believe Celsius customers may have to wait years for settlement
3AC Co-Founders Headed to Dubai, Want Orderly Liquidation: Report
Former Celsius director exposes alleged price manipulation of CEL token
BlockFi had $1.8B in outstanding loans in Q2: Report
Breaking: Zipmex suspends withdrawals as CEO denies financial trouble rumors
Celsius lawyers claim users relinquished their crypto when they signed up
Ethereum Backed Staking Service Lido Finance Plans Its Expansion Across Layer 2 [keep an eye on them for the following bear cycle]
By The Numbers: Breaking Down The $3.5B 3AC Owes To Creditors
FTX Offers to Bail Out Voyager Customers in Joint Liquidity Proposal
The Same Law Firm Is Representing Celsius, Voyager and Babel Finance


Exchanges
FTX Reportedly in Talks to Buy South Korean Exchange Bithumb


Fundraising and Sponsorships


Gossip
Fed Vice Chair Warns Bank Involvement in Crypto of Sparking Financial Instability
Ethereum’s centralized dApps may overshadow the decentralization of proof-of-stake
Employees Want To Be Paid in Crypto, Report Shows
Half of South Africans Will Invest in Crypto If Banks Provided Such Services: Survey


Implementation and Infrastructure


Metaverse / Web3


Mining
After Dismissing Staff, Compass Mining Deploys 25,000 Additional ASIC Miners


Nation States (and other political jurisdictions)


NFTs
Minecraft Creators Will Stop Supporting In-Game NFTs


Regulation, Legislation & Legal Matters
Senator Emmer says SEC is ‘politicizing enforcement, baiting companies’
Bill Giving CFTC Crypto Powers Could Go to Vote This Year
Coinbase to SEC: ‘Rules for Securities Just Do Not Work for Digital Assets’
For First Time, CFTC Cracks Down on Crypto’s ‘Pump-and-dump’ Schemes


Stablecoins
Stablecoin Firms Face Tough Reserve, Capital Demands in US Bill, Source Says
Stablecoins To Become A Payment Tool In UK, With Regulation Being Worked Out


Taxation
South Korea Proposes to Defer Planned Crypto Tax Until 2025 


The Wall Street
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Tesla Sold $936M Worth of Bitcoin in Second Quarter


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