January 19, 2023 Samsung’s Bitcoin ETF, $700M bust, Coinbase exits Japan: Asia Express Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industrys most important developments. Samsungs new Bitcoin ETF On Jan. 13, Samsung Asset Management,…
January 19, 2023 FTX-linked Moonstone Bank is closing its clients’ cryptocurrency accounts A rural Washington-based bank with extensive ties to FTX is closing its clients’ crypto accounts, Forbes reported Jan. 19. Forbes stated that, based on…
January 19, 2023 Nexo agrees to $45M settlement with SEC and NASAA over earn product The crypto lender didn’t categorically admit or deny the findings from the SEC’s investigation despite agreeing to the settlement. Crypto lender Nexo Capital has…
January 19, 2023 Instagram’s Quiet Mode Lets Users Politely Tell Their Followers to Shut the Hell Up Instagram launched a new “Quiet Mode” this week to help users spend less time on the company’s totally, absolutely not addictive platform.Though any user…
January 19, 2023 FTX-linked Moonstone bank to exit the crypto space Following the collapse of FTX, the company has decided to rebrand and exit the crypto space. Moonstone Bank, a rural Washington state bank that…
January 19, 2023 New Hampshire gov releases report on blockchain following executive order According to the commission, New Hampshire should work towards building a legal framework “for sound development of blockchain technologies and its applications.” Chris Sununu,…
January 19, 2023 Will Optimism’s [OP] upgrades be enough to sustain the L2 race? Analyzing… Optimism’s TVL lagged behind Arbitrum despite upgrades to protocol. Synthetix adoption drove transaction growth on Optimism, but daily active address suggested a decline in…
January 19, 2023 Epic and Match antitrust case against Google goes to trial November 6th Epic Games and Match Group now have a court date for their antitrust case against Google. A Northern District of California judge has set…
January 19, 2023 All the Sci-Fi, Superhero, Horror, and Fantasy TV Coming in 2023 (So Far) Some of 2023’s genre series have already premiered or picked back up after a holiday hiatus—see: Quantum Leap on NBC and Peacock; Ghosts on…
January 19, 2023 Adding Ads Didn’t Help Netflix’s Year-End Revenue Very Much, but People Are Still Subscribing Last year, amid increasing competition and production costs, reduced consumer spending, and years of accused financial mismanagement, Netflix had struggled with and focused most…