The TCB Weekly News Roundup, ending 4 December 2022

SBF went on an apology tour, we see more debris from the FTX fallout, and bitcoin miners are shutting off.
The World Cup has been fun to watch this year- it’s almost been a reflection of the change in the world order, in a way.

Bitcoin is boring and predictable. That is part of its strength. A feature, and not a bug.


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Articles on Medium this week

Articles


Podcasts
The Cost of Crypto Podcast


It’s good to see what people outside the space are saying


This Week In Twitter

Good response thread

Reports:


Headlines


Adoption
–The Blockchain Promise is Always Around the Corner, IBM and Maersk Scrap Efforts
–Fidelity Begins Opening Retail Bitcoin Trading Accounts
–Brazil approves cryptocurrency bill recognizing Bitcoin as a payment method


CBDC (are just Surveillance Tokens)
–Huobi announces launch of world’s first national token, DMC
–CBDCs: India’s digital rupee falls flat as low volumes blight trial run


COMPANIES AND PROTOCOLS
–Avalanche to power Alibaba Cloud’s infrastructure services in Asia


CRIMES AND SCAMS
–Ankr Suffers Exploit, Binance CEO Clarifies What’s Happening
–FTX Hacker Transfers $4.1 Million in Bitcoin to OKX


DAO


DeFi and Lending
–This Week In DeFi – November 25
–Genesis Owes Gemini Earn Users $900M: Report
–DeFi Giants Aave, Compound Freeze Markets and Cap Loans to Mitigate Risks
–CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam snubs Ethereum, claims only Bitcoin is a commodity
–Silvergate Capital Reveals its Exposure to Bankrupt Crypto Lender BlockFi
–Galaxy Digital wins bid for GK8 in Celsius bankruptcy asset auction


Exchanges
–DOJ Watchdog Seeks Independent Examiner of FTX Collapse
–A Grand Unified Theory of the FTX Disaster
–Gemini reveals $601M GUSD backing, 45+ licenses amid global exchange turmoil
–BitGo to take custody of FTX assets in bankruptcy procedure
–SBF had detailed info on Alameda’s finances as recently as March, Forbes reveals
–FTX Japan to unfreeze withdrawals of client funds


Fundraising and Sponsorships


GOSSIP
–Crypto community weighs in on SBF’s ‘apology tour’
–Mike Novogratz: Bankman-Fried is ‘delusional’ and headed to jail
–Takeaways From FTX’s Bankman-Fried’s Showing At NYTimes Dealbook Summit
–BlockFi bankruptcy filing triggers a wide range of community reactions


Implementation and Infrastructure
–Bitcoin Security Firm Casa Embraces Ethereum


Metaverse / Web3


Mining
–New York governor signs PoW mining moratorium into law
–Hash Ribbon Reversal Confirms Bitcoin Miner Capitulation Phase
–Bitcoin records biggest negative hash rate adjustment in a year
–Bitcoin records the largest miner outflow to wallets in 2 years


Nation States (and other political jurisdictions)


NFTs
–Opera Crypto Browser to enable instant NFT minting through launchpad
–Coinbase Wallet says Apple requested 30% of all NFT transfer gas fees
–OpenSea’s Ethereum gas usage has declined to almost zero


Regulation, Legislation & Legal Matters


STABLECOINS
–Tether Founder Responds To Concerns Over Not Publishing USDT Reserves


Taxation
–Italy to Start Taxing Crypto Trading Gains From 2023


The Wall Street
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Time Capsule


Outside News
–Chicago PMI Collapses To COVID-Lockdown Lows, Screams ‘Recession’


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