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Sources: Nasdaq is exploring an institutional crypto custody service, pending regulatory approval, and a crypto-focused division called Nasdaq Digital Assets (www.theblock.co)
2022-9-20 Asset

Court filing: Alameda Research plans to repay ~$128M in bitcoin and ~$70M in ether to bankrupt crypto lender Voyager and will reclaim ~$160M in collateral (www.theblock.co)
2022-9-20 Bitcoin

Crypto market maker Wintermute says hackers stole $160M from its DeFi operations but the firm remains solvent; in total, 90 assets were stolen, most worth <$1M (www.theblock.co)
2022-9-20 Asset

Crypto market maker Portofino, founded by former Citadel Securities executives, emerges from stealth with $50M from Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures and others (www.theblock.co)
2022-9-15

Ethereum activates The Merge as it shifts to proof of stake (www.theblock.co)
2022-9-15 Ethereum

SEC to recommend 'flexible' pathway for token registration: Gensler. WDYT???👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 (www.theblock.co)
2022-9-15

CEO Brian Armstrong says the Coinbase app will let US users see a new scorecard evaluating lawmakers on crypto policy issues, register to vote, and find events (www.theblock.co)
2022-9-15 Coinbase

"Non-enforcement of the most fundamental rules underlying our regulatory structure – that would be a betrayal of trust.” - SEC's enforcement chief Gurbir Grewal. WDYT? (www.theblock.co)
2022-9-12

A White House report proposes possible restrictions on proof-of-work mechanisms if US crypto mining companies fail to reduce the industry's environmental impact (www.theblock.co)
2022-9-9

Web3 gaming and VC firm Animoca Brands raised $110M via convertible notes led by Temasek, Boyu Capital, and GGV, after raising $434M in 2022 (www.theblock.co)
2022-9-8

Mysten Labs, which is developing the Sui blockchain, raised a $300M Series B led by FTX at a $2B+ valuation; all five founders worked at Meta's crypto unit (www.theblock.co)
2022-9-8 Blockchain

London-based Tesseract, which plans to tokenize renewable energy purchase agreements, raised $78M via an equity and token sale from Balderton, Accel, and others (www.theblock.co)
2022-9-7 Energy Renewable Equity London

Faruk Fatih Özer, CEO of defunct Turkish crypto exchange Thodex who is accused of a rug pull, was arrested in Albania; Thodex's losses may be as high as $2.52B (www.theblock.co)
2022-9-1

Kevin Rose's NFT startup Proof announces a $50M Series A led by a16z, upcoming NFT project Moonbirds Mythics, and a DAO to handle licensing of Moonbirds' name (www.theblock.co)
2022-8-31 Startup

Thailand's Siam Commercial Bank abandons its $500M acquisition of Thai crypto exchange Bitkub, announced in 2021, saying Bitkub needs to fix regulatory issues (www.theblock.co)
2022-8-28 Thailand

The Ethereum Foundation says it will begin the Merge on September 6, split into two parts, the second running between September 10-20 (www.theblock.co)
2022-8-25 Ethereum

Tornado Cash developer arrested in Amsterdam (www.theblock.co)
2022-8-21 Programmer

FDIC issues cease-and-desist letters to FTX US and four other crypto firms over making “false representations” that their crypto products might be FDIC-insured (www.theblock.co)
2022-8-20

Tether partners with “top five” accountancy firm BDO Italia to issue monthly assurance and attestation reports of its reserves “very soon” (www.theblock.co)
2022-8-18

Collective NFT ownership service Fractional raised a $20M Series A led by Paradigm and is rebranding to Tessera (www.theblock.co)
2022-8-18

Genesis Trading CEO Michael Moro steps down after six years and the company will cut 20% of its staff, following huge losses from a loan to Three Arrows Capital (www.theblock.co)
2022-8-18

Galaxy Digital terminates its $1.2B acquisition of crypto custodian BitGo, announced in May 2021, after the service failed to provide audited statements (www.theblock.co)
2022-8-15

Dutch authorities arrest a Tornado Cash developer suspected of financial crimes through the crypto mixer, two days after the US sanctioned the service (www.theblock.co)
2022-8-13 Netherlands

Dutch authorities arrest a suspected Tornado Cash developer in Amsterdam, two days after the US sanctioned the crypto mixing service (www.theblock.co)
2022-8-12 Netherlands

Ethereum's third and final proof-of-stake test merge goes live on the Goerli test network, a dress rehearsal for the eventual mainnet merge planned in September (www.theblock.co)
2022-8-11 Ethereum

Layer 1 blockchain Injective, which focuses on DeFi, raised $40M in a private token sale led by Jump Crypto (www.theblock.co)
2022-8-11 Blockchain

Reddit partners with Ethereum Layer 2 platform Arbitrum to bring its Community Points system onto the Arbitrum Nova blockchain (www.theblock.co)
2022-8-9 Blockchain Reddit Ethereum

The US Treasury sanctions crypto mixing service Tornado Cash and 44 associated ether and USDC wallets, citing its use in high profile hacks (www.theblock.co)
2022-8-9

Voyager will begin processing customer cash withdrawals on August 11 after getting court approval on August 4; customers can withdraw up to $100K each 24 hours (www.theblock.co)
2022-8-6

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor steps down and takes executive chairman role “to focus more on our bitcoin acquisition strategy”; president Phong Le named CEO (www.theblock.co)
2022-8-3 Bitcoin

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