Ethereum
Ethereum testnet Sepolia has successfully implemented the Shapella upgrade, enabling validator withdrawals from the Beacon Chain.
Bitcoin
In an unexpected pivot from its Ethereum-based roots, Yuga Labs plans to launch a limited edition collection of 300 NFTs on the Bitcoin blockchain.
Business
Digital Currency Group reported losing over $1 billion last year, citing the negative impact of crypto asset prices and Three Arrows Capital’s default upon Genesis.
Regulation
Robinhood said it was served with subpoenas from the SEC and California Attorney General’s Office after several crypto companies went bankrupt in 2022.
Coinbase plans to suspend BUSD trading on all its platforms next month amid an SEC investigation into the Paxos-issued stablecoin.
A 150,000 ETH deposit from Tron founder Justin Sun triggered an unlikely safety measure on liquid staking protocol Lido Finance.
Bankrupt crypto lender Voyager appears to have sold 23 different crypto tokens through crypto exchange Coinbase this month.
Developers have criticized LayerZero’s marketplace for testnet ETH tokens, calling it harmful for those building on Goerli.
DeFi
lana is back online after two chain restart attempts and several hours of downtime this weekend, the root cause of which remains unknown.
Prosecutors allege that Sam Bankman-Fried directed employees to use Signal and deleted Slack messages and tweets that could work against him in court.