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JUST IN: Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says he’s building a decentralized exchange to create onramps from fiat to #Bitcoin

Russians own more than $214B worth of cryptocurrencies, according to an estimate by Kremlin and government officials: Bloomberg

Coachella Music Festival to Launch Solana NFTs in Deal With FTX: Coindesk

“We are definitely looking at blockchain ... It’s such an interesting and powerful technology with broad applications.” – Google CEO, Sundar Pichai

Grayscale today announced the launch of its first ETF that will track the Bloomberg Grayscale Future of Finance Index, providing investors with exposure to PayPal, Coinbase, Robinhood, Bitfarms, and more

Wormhole has been exploited for 80K ETH, around $220M at current prices etherscan.io/tx/0x24c7d855a…

BlackRock Planning to Offer Crypto Trading, Sources Say: Coindesk

Mobile gaming powerhouse Zynga plans to release its first NFT game this year: Axios

JUST IN: McDonald's has filed 10 trademark applications related to the Metaverse with plans to offer "a virtual restaurant featuring actual and virtual goods" h/t Josh Gerben

Salesforce tells employees it's working on NFT cloud service: CNBC

Treasury Signals Crypto Miners Won’t Face IRS Reporting Rules news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/tr…

Ouch. BlockFi to pay $100 million in fines to SEC.

Stripe has partnered with FTX, FTX US, Blockchain com, Nifty Gateway and Just Mining to launch a crypto business suite. buff.ly/3hUP4SO

Banking giant HSBC partners with metaverse firm The Sandbox theblockcrypto.com/linked/138003/…

Ukraine has legalized the crypto sector — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський signed a law. From now on foreign and Ukrainian cryptocurrencies exchanges will operate legally and banks will open accounts for crypto companies. It is an important step towards the development of the VA market in Ukraine.

.vitalik.eth co-founded Ethereum. Now he's fighting for crypto's future ti.me/3webW8d

BREAKING: The ECON & LIBE committees of the EU Parliament voted in favor of the FTR compromises D & E that crack down on “unhosted” wallets. Entire regulation draft to be voted on later today, but will certainly go through. Breakdown of the vote & more updates in this thread.

We have set out new legislation to see stablecoins recognised as a valid form of payment in the UK. By recognising the potential of this technology and regulating it, we can ensure financial stability and provide wider consumer payment choice. gov.uk/government/new…

And we finalized! Happy merge all. This is a big moment for the Ethereum ecosystem. Everyone who helped make the merge happen should feel very proud today.