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1) Crypto weekend šŸ§µ ( Feb. 25 and Feb. 26. ).

The offering of Dapper Labsā€™ NBA-branded ā€œTop Shotā€
non-fungible tokens might be securities ā€”-a fed judge
ruled Wednesday.

2) Major gaffe for Solana.

Infrastructure operators on the Solana network rushed to right the struggling blockchain early Saturday.

This arose after a tech issue throttled usersā€™ ability to trade crypto, transfer assets, or do anything on-chain.

3) As per data from Nansen, NFT whale Jeffrey Hwang (aka Machi Big Brother), dumped 1,010 tokens for 11,680 Ether or $18.6M, in the space of 48 hours.

4) Key points :

*Inca Digital report calls out Huobi, KuCoin crypto exchanges;

*They allow customers with debit cards from sanctioned banks.

5) FT to point 4. šŸ‘‡šŸ¾

6) Related to points 4 and 5.

7) From the IMFā€¦.

8) For tweeps following the FTX political contributions story, note applicable deadline previously set by present FTX management.

9) Oasis's response: What occurred on 21st was only possible due to a previously unknown vulnerability in the design of the admin multisig access, with the sole intention to protect user assets in the event of any potential attack. Readmore blog.oasis.app/statement-regaā€¦

10) Platypus update belowā€¦

11) FT:

The address marked as Justin Sun pledged about 150,000 ETH (about 240 million U.S. dollars) to Lido to exchange for stETH. According to @lookonchain
debank.com/profile/0x176fā€¦

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13) FT:

$COIN earnings report shows that Q4 institutional investors contributed 86% of transaction value ($125B).

But they only contributed 4% of revenue ($13.4M).

Retail investors contributed 14% of transaction value ($20B)
but contributed 96% of the revenue ($308.8M).

14) Regarding Sarson Fundsā€¦

15) $SI = Sergeant Schultz ā€¦

16) Circle announced the Atlanta-based Citizens Trust Bank would hold $65 million in USDC reserves as part of a broader collaboration between the two companies. The bankā€™s USDC reserves will provide small businesses with access to capital.

17) An odd tidingā€¦

18) On the sidelines of the G20 meeting, Treasury Secretary Yellen said US isnā€™t pushing for an outright banning of crypto activities.

19) ā€œStablecoinsā€ are much less stable, than many may believe.

20) Regarding #KinesisMoney ā€¦..

21) More on #KinesisMoney ā€¦..

22) The Solana networkā€™s deep freeze continued Saturday.

Validators were preparing a second restart attempt that they hoped would restore service to users of the blockchain.

Itā€™s still unclear what caused the service outage.

23) FTX Japan users are in a much better place than FTX US usersā€¦

24) Crypto weekend šŸ§µ - Sunday additions.

More on #KinesisMoney ā€¦.

25) #ABX , #KinesisMoney in focusā€¦

26) Something to keep an eye onā€¦.

27) ā€œAround the Hornā€ , with Asia's Weekly TOP10 Crypto News.

28) For any US user on CoinEx, take noteā€¦

29) FT:

This comes after SEC filed a 73-page brief
w/U.S. Court of Appeals for DC in December 2022.

Brief outlined its reasons for denying Grayscaleā€™s request to convert its $12B GBTC to spot based Bitcoin ETF in June 2022.

30) QUICK TAKE:

ā€¢The Solana blockchain is back working again after two attempts to fix it;

ā€¢Engineers are monitoring its performance.

31) Just sadā€¦.

32) Sec'y Yellen and the Fed recently announced policy guidance for crypto.

InformativešŸ§µ to consider todayā€¦.

33) JUST IN: #Solana launches investigation to determine the root cause of its network outage yesterday.

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35) When Terra ecosystem collapsed last year & again as FTX
fell apart, retail investors rushed to buy big crypto dip.

Meanwhile, ā€œwhalesā€ were selling en masse, all at expense
of those smaller mom-and-pop traders.

In stormy seas, ā€˜the whales eat the krill,ā€™ BIS report says.

36) Texas claims that Binance.US's terms of service & restructuring plan contain inadequate disclosures and
discriminate against Texas creditors.

37) SEC Gensler responds to the commentary from the crypto industryā€¦.

38) ICYMI previouslyā€¦.

39) Imagine that ? šŸ˜‰

40) Highlights:
A) Superseding indictment on Feb. 23 for SBF;
B) NYAG sues CoinEx exchange;
C) Coinbaseā€™s Q4 ā€œEarningsā€ report;
D) FTX Japan users vs FTX users elsewhere;
E) ā€œRegulatorsā€ in focus
( šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø/ šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦/ HK, IMF );
F) Voyager deal updates;
G) Celsius & CDPQ;
H) Odds & Ends.

41) More on the Gary Gensler interviewā€¦

42) Gensler addendum.

43) ā€œButā€ā€¦..

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