https://decrypt.co/204370/this-week-in-coins-bitcoin-rally-cools-and-solana-explodes

Bitcoin’s ETF hype-inspired rally may have run out of steam, but several leading altcoins still surged.

https://decrypt.co/203570/this-week-on-crypto-twitter-etf-speculation-whistleblowers

Crypto winter casualty BlockFi also announced that it’s fighting fit again.

https://decrypt.co/203515/this-week-in-coins-bitcoin-ethereum-chainlink-price

Bitcoin and other leading coins have now been rallying for a fortnight. 

https://decrypt.co/202616/this-week-crypto-twitter-fake-etf-news-pumps-bitcoin

One mistaken tweet on Monday pumped the price of Bitcoin by 10% in 24 hours—but it’s not the only buzz from a busy week on Crypto Twitter.

https://decrypt.co/202554/week-in-coins-solana-bitcoin-xrp-ripple

Bitcoin, usually the market pace-setter, was far outpaced by Solana, Bitcoin Cash and XRP.

https://decrypt.co/201697/this-week-on-crypto-twitter-war-israel-hamas-ftx-gary-wang-tether

Reports of a new withdrawal freeze by collapsed crypto lender Genesis were met with jokes and memes. 

https://decrypt.co/201660/this-week-in-coins-israel-palestine-war-cpi-inflation

The Israel–Palestine war and persistent inflation readings contributed to the downward price pressure.

https://decrypt.co/200588/this-week-on-crypto-twitter-ethereum-futures-etf-ftx-saga-beeple

Two of the industry’s favorite ongoing stories ignited a lot of discussion on Twitter this week.

https://decrypt.co/200532/this-week-in-coins-bitcoin-ethereum-avalanche-solana

Ethereum and XRP both saw depreciation despite many positive developments.

https://decrypt.co/200269/hong-kong-police-sfc-launch-task-force-monitor-exchanges

Hong Kong’s police force and leading securities regulator are integrating their efforts to monitor illegal exchange activities after the JPEX incident.

https://decrypt.co/200129/ex-blackrock-director-says-sec-will-approve-bitcoin-etf-3-6-months

Two former managing directors at BlackRock say that U.S. approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF is basically a done deal.

https://decrypt.co/200103/jp-morgan-crypto-lead-99-9-of-conversations-are-about-tokenized-assets-not-crypto

JP Morgan’s blockchain and crypto lead also went in-depth into the banking giant’s private on-chain activity.

https://decrypt.co/199900/uk-financial-watchdog-hints-new-crypto-sandbox-next-year

Once it is given its powers by the Treasury, the FCA will use the UK’s upcoming crypto sandbox to draft comprehensive legislation.

https://decrypt.co/199658/this-week-on-crypto-twitter-binances-cz-and-the-secs-gary-gensler-face-stiff-criticism

Meanwhile, Justin Sun offered a job and $400,000 to the hacker that purloined $8 million from HTX.

https://decrypt.co/199613/this-week-in-coins-etf-hype-ethereum-bitcoin-chainlink-bitcoin-cash

Even though prices have mostly felt static this year, markets have come a long way since New Year.

https://decrypt.co/198536/this-week-on-crypto-twitter-11000-venezuelan-soldiers-bring-down-jailhouse-bitcoin-mining-operation

An earlier raid of a suspected drug running operation in Santiago also turned up Bitcoin hardware, but the Venezuela operation was magnitudes larger.

https://decrypt.co/198447/this-week-in-coins-no-news-good-news-bitcoin-ethereum-chainlink-paypal

Also, no rate hike from the Federal Reserves may stem risk-averse crypto outflows.

https://decrypt.co/198150/bitcoin-pioneer-hal-finney-explains-zk-proofs-in-rediscovered-footage

A video has resurfaced showing the late software developer and Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney explaining zero-knowledge protocols in the 1990s.

https://decrypt.co/197965/ex-fca-chair-uk-regulator-faced-political-pressure-to-welcome-crypto-firms

Charles Randell said that some crypto firms that the FCA was pressured to approve now face criminal investigations in the U.S.

https://decrypt.co/197480/this-week-on-crypto-twitter-idris-elba-stellar-binance-executive-turnover

Several crypto Twitter heads remarked on the shifty personnel changes over at Binance this week.

https://decrypt.co/197429/this-week-in-coins-bitcoin-steady-ethereum-invlationary-toncoin-rises

Not even a big-budget Idris Elba commercial could save Stellar’s XLM from taking a nose dive.

https://decrypt.co/197291/sam-bankman-fried-theres-nothing-i-can-do-to-make-my-lifetime-impact-net-positive

In 250 pages of leaked writings about the collapse of FTX, its co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried laments that he feels “broke” and “hated.”

https://decrypt.co/156666/3acs-zhu-su-kyle-davies-slapped-with-9-year-finance-ban-by-singapore-monetary-authority

The company hired a hedge fund manager without notifying authorities and then traded crypto with no risk framework in place.

https://decrypt.co/155705/this-week-on-crypto-twitter-bankman-fried-roughs-it-in-brooklyn-jail

According to a prison informant, the former billionaire linked up with a gang from Manhattan.

https://decrypt.co/155665/this-week-in-coins-green-candles-but-barely-for-bitcoin-and-ethereum-as-global-adoption-grows

Also, a member of the European Central Bank’s executive board criticized PayPal USD and shilled the digital euro.

https://decrypt.co/154848/gala-games-co-founders-sue-each-other-alleging-corporate-waste-130-million-theft

The co-founders of Gala Games are at loggerheads, with rival lawsuits accusing each other of theft or corporate waste that cost the company a nine-digit sum.

https://decrypt.co/154747/this-week-on-crypto-twitter-grayscale-wins-against-sec-sec-delays-6-etf-applications

A Federal court dealt a major blow to the SEC, which subsequently pushed back its decision on six Bitcoin ETF applications.

https://decrypt.co/154695/this-week-in-coins-bitcoin-ethereum-toncoin-ton-polygon-matic

Also, the SEC was ordered to review its denial of crypto asset manager Grayscale’s ETF proposal. 

https://decrypt.co/153919/this-week-on-crypto-twitter-xrp-seychelles-kyc-circle-pepe

Twitter was the place to watch and speculate about curious moves by the PepeCoin team as the token’s price continued plummeting.

https://decrypt.co/153878/this-week-in-coins-bitcoin-ethereum-recover-pepecoin-pepe-squeezed

While most leading cryptocurrencies spent the week recovering, shady transactions from PepeCoin’s team kept the meme coin in free fall.