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19th April: Crypto & Coffee at 8 🎙️
🚨 Coinbase to move away from the USA? 🔥Legislation to Fire U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gensler 🔴President Trump makes NFTs great again!

👀 Is Bitcoin Apolitical?
🔴 Republicans: In favour of Bitcoin, Open source, Cryptocurrency & freedom of speech & NOT in favour of CBDC
🔵 Democrats: In favour of more control over money, in favour of CBDC, in favour of being woke & NOT in favour of Bitcoin, Open source, Crypto & freedom of speech

💯 Regulations are needed as long as they don’t stifle innovation!
❗ Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong indicated that the crypto exchange would consider moving away from the U.S. if the regulatory environment for the industry does not become clearer. He hinted this after former U.K. Chancellor George Osbourne asked whether he could see Coinbase leaving the U.S. at Fintech Week London More info via CoinDesk here https://lnkd.in/eZyR9jdA The article also states Bittrex said it planned to exit the U.S. by the end of April, citing “the current U.S. regulatory and economic environment.” Info here https://lnkd.in/eUjN9ZK5

🔴 Gary Gensler: You’re Fired!
🟥 Representative Warren Davidson (Republican) is introducing legislation that removes the Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission & replaces the role with an Executive Director that reports to the Board (where authority resides). Former Chairs of the SEC are ineligible. He replied to a tweet by Paul Grewal https://lnkd.in/eTyz56JP

❓ Will this ever happen? Extremely unlikely

🔴 Representative Tom Emmer (Republican) attacked Gensler for not being clearer with his rulemaking & said, claiming that Gensler was pushing American firms into the “hands of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party.)” Full details here via YouTube https://lnkd.in/eKnF63KA

🔴 Make NFTs Great Again!
🟥 President Donald Trump drops more NFTs. The second collection of digital trading cards, with tens of thousands of new collectables now available for mint. Decrypt has reported that the second series of Trump Digital Trading Cards spans a total of 47,000 NFTs minted on Polygon, an Ethereum sidechain network, with 1,000 of the NFTs held back by the developer. Each sells for $99, as with the original December 2022 drop, with some cards featuring Trump’s digital signature. Article here https://lnkd.in/e3cC8Syj
 

👀 Sweat Economy
Oleg Fomenko, Co-founder of Sweat Economy has introduced a 1-Person, 1-Vote Governance System. The vote will take place directly in the dapp’s mobile app, and will decide how the protocol spends 100 million of its native sweatcoin (SWEAT) tokens. Info via Binance Labs news here https://lnkd.in/eiKbu7mA
 

🟠 Two UAE news: (See slides)
⚡ Crypto exchange Bybit opens global headquarters in Dubai.
⚡ UAE Securities Regulator to start accepting license applications from crypto firms.

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18th April: Crypto & Coffee at 8 🎙️
🚀US debt ceiling 🚀#BTC below $30k🔻, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges Bittrex👨🏼‍⚖️, 🚨Ripple’s product adopted by three Japanese banks🚨

💯 #Fact: All price predictions are 100% right, 50% of the time ❗
🚨Balaji S. former CTO of Coinbase has been silent on Twitter after his last take on ‘The Fiat Crisis’, would be interesting to see the status & dangers of Hyperbitcoinization, if that would ever happen.

🔥With the US debt ceiling the main agenda for politicians. Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy denounces US debt as a ‘time bomb’ in a major New York City speech. More info via Al Jazeera English here https://lnkd.in/duwNebZ4 He pledged on Monday to pass legislation to raise the nation’s debt ceiling — on the condition of capping future federal spending at one per cent.

🔷 The White House has strongly criticized the announcement. Biden and White House officials have called on Congress to approve a debt ceiling increase without conditions.

♦️ Peter Schiff has put an excellent blog on his website ‘Joe Biden Is Mucking Up the “Inflation Fight’ here https://lnkd.in/dw2S-vdQ & Q1 Gold Demand in China Hit Highest Level Since 2019 but are interesting to read as it states China ranks as the world’s biggest gold market. https://lnkd.in/dWFS649F

🎙️ Where does Bitcoin fit into this and in the world of De-dollarization? Check out Blockchain DXBs Crypto & Coffee at 8 podcasts where we share our opinions and thoughts on this. We discuss.
- Hyperbitcoinization & its dangers
- De-dollarization
- A new version of Bitcoin?

🔴 SBI Remit Co., Ltd., the remittance-focused arm of the Japanese financial services conglomerate SBI Digital Asset Holdings has added support of its mobile MoneyTap application to three local banks, including
Yamaguchi Bank, Momiji Bank and Kitakyushu Bank, SBI Remit was announced on April 17. Official news in the Japanese language here https://lnkd.in/db3BzBVS Cointelegraph has a brilliant summary in English here https://lnkd.in/drGyX2ev

🔵 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission mentioned via Twitter that they charged the crypto asset trading platform Bittrex. and its co-founder and former CEO William Shihara for operating an unregistered national securities exchange, broker, and clearing agency. Official article here https://lnkd.in/dcc3QjUg

🔹 Bittrex Global GmbH has also been charged for failing to register as a national securities exchange
 

🟦 Gurbir Grewal, Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement said that “We allege that Bittrex repeatedly chose profits over investor protection,”

🟠 Two UAE news: (See slides for more info)
⚡ ADIB — Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank becomes the first Islamic bank to go live on the KYC Blockchain Platform
⚡ LandVault teams up with Super League Gaming for the Metaverse

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17th April: Crypto & Coffee at 8
⚖️ Legal: Draft Stablecoin Bill 👀 Bitcoin below $30k 👹AI to destroy civilization🚨 President Donald Trump Earned Up To $1M From NFT Sales
 

🚨The U.S. House Financial Services Committee published a draft version of a potential bill with proposals including a moratorium on stablecoins backed by other cryptocurrencies and a request to study a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Official bill here https://lnkd.in/dSHY-5s2 A live hearing Entitled: Understanding Stablecoins’ Role in Payments and the Need for Legislation can be watched here https://lnkd.in/dfrfEwCY

🟥 It is essential to note that the hearing will come a day after the full Financial Services Committee meets to hear from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler. Jeremy Allaire Co-founder & CEO of Circle mentioned a series of Tweets https://lnkd.in/dtZGSW_M
 

👀 During Covid 19, Inflation & War has Stable coin been a safe haven to the global cryptocurrency market? #digital Check out Blockchain DXB Crypto & Coffee at 8 podcasts where we share our thoughts and opinions on this & also look at the global market. Some of the discussion would revolve around the following
- Bitcoin below $30k
- Defi 24hr volume $3.40B
- TVL discussion on top 5 & more
- Stablecoins $31.02B but still account for 88.02% of the total crypto market volume.
- Market Cap of stablecoins vs 24hr trading volume
 

🥶 Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter & Tesla, owner of Neuralink sits down with Tucker Carlson for an exclusive two-part interview event & Musk will address AI, the future of Twitter and more on the 17th and 18th in editions of ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight. In the preview clip, he mentioned AI is more dangerous than Mismanaged aircraft design & has the potential for civilization destruction.

❗ He also commented on a tweet “ Speaking about artificial intelligence’s potential for civilizational destruction, Musk said, “Anyone who thinks this risk is 0% is an idiot.” https://lnkd.in/dvPBQrdb

🚨 A filing from the U.S. Office of Government Ethics shows that former president Donald Trump has made anywhere from $100,001 to $1 million from sales of Trump-branded non-fungible tokens (NFTs) Official filings here https://lnkd.in/diRTji9g
 

🔸 CoinDesk article states that according to the filing, submitted on Friday, Trump holds the position of “manager, president, secretary and treasurer” at CIC Digital LLC and CIC Ventures LLC.

🔥 Two UAE news: (See slides)
⚡ FalconViz, a Saudi leading asset digitization company, announces its first metaverse lab in KSA
⚡ Dubai’s Museum of the Future to host annual ‘Machines Can See’ summit DUBAI FUTURE FOUNDATION

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14th April: Metaverse Everything! 🎙️
🔴 Are we Metaverse ready? Check out our podcast where we share our thoughts on opinions on this. People are ready but the technology is not yet ready Can a centralised metaverse offer a better experience than Decentraland & The Sandbox, if yes but at what cost? A few things to consider when thinking if we are Metaverse ready are ( see slides 3)
 

❗ Gartner had predicted that 30% of organizations will have products and services ready for Metaverse by 2026 https://lnkd.in/ddf3ZPs7
 

❗ Decrypt article stated We’re Ready for the Metaverse but the Technology Is Not.https://tinyurl.com/mvp6s6ds https://lnkd.in/dBrEeSXr
 

❗ INSEAD Knowledge article states In 2026, an estimated 25% of consumers will spend at least an hour a day in the metaverse
 

👀 In order for users to switch from the currently existing systems to Metaverse the user experience needs to be 10x better than what we are currently experiencing.
 

🔥 Facebook changing its name from Facebook to Meta has had a positive and negative impact on the Metaverse industry. See slide 5. A centralized & Woke Metaverse will definitely not be ideal
 

🔷 Extreme Left-leaning Forbes has provided a useful article discussing the challenges marketers can face in the Metaverse. Some useful points here https://lnkd.in/dzRKYC98 The stressed challenges such as
- Hyperspeed
- Limitless space
- Vast channel ecosystem
 

They also offer ways to overcome these challenges in the Metaverse it Consumer reach, Commerce Management & Product Data ecosystem
 

🟠 Top 5 Metaverse from the world
⚡ Changi Airport Group enters the metaverse with Changi Verse Source International Airport Review here https://lnkd.in/dsHvxr9v
 

⚡ Shiba Inu’s Metaverse will partially open by end of 2023 Source CoinDesk https://lnkd.in/dtV8Ha_y
 

⚡ Sopra Steria & NVIDIA leverage the power of industrial metaverse Press release here https://lnkd.in/drkuU54c
 

⚡ U-Topia Metaverse Online virtual social networking site IMVU and Pussy Riot band member Nadya Tolokonnikova announced the launching of a Web3 metaverse community space called Utopia Source VentureBeat
https://lnkd.in/deqCkHM8
 

⚡ Meta’s excellent blog explaining ‘How the Metaverse Can Transform Education’ a great blog here https://lnkd.in/d7BrwPFQ
 

🚨 Top 5 Metaverse from the Dubai

⚡ Dubai Customs introduces metaverse to revolutionise customs
leadership development Source Zawya https://lnkd.in/dPQR2XaS

⚡ Evometa, a new player in the metaverse in the UAE makes its entry https://lnkd.in/dBc5cDnT

⚡ Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) has launched its metaverse platform for dispute resolution. Gulf News https://lnkd.in/dy9qBr2M

⚡ Dubai Verse Cup: Horse Racing in the Metaverse Source Al Badia Magazine https://lnkd.in/derAQGi9

⚡ Dubai Customs recently organized the “Future Foresight Forum” during the UAE Innovation Month 2023. Article here https://lnkd.in/d55bDWgp

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13th April: Crypto & Coffee at 8 🎙️
🔴 CPI numbers: Inflation 5% 📊 Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade news ❗ TVL to the 🚀 ❌Canada: Paxos, dYdX & OKX leave Canada ❌
 

🔴 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.% in March on a seasonally adjusted basis, after increasing 0.4 % the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all-items index increased 5.0 per cent before seasonal adjustment. Official news here https://lnkd.in/dZBYUEsx How has this impacted the price of #BTC, #ETH & global #crypto market? See slides 1 & 2 below for a details breakdown
 

🗞️ Barron’s article states that Inflation data from March might be strong enough to push the Federal Reserve Board to raise interest rates again next month. The FOMC meeting is scheduled to take place on 3rd March.

👨🏼‍💼 Economist Harry Dent expects the biggest crash in our Lifetime to hit between now and mid-June. He said this in an interview with David Lin Interview via YouTube here https://lnkd.in/dE9YzkmC Some of his predictions are”
- S&P 500 to go down 86%
- Nasdaq to crash by 92%
- #Bitcoin will go down more like 95%, or 96%.
 

❗ Note: All price predictions are 100% right, 50% of the time
 

👀 Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade: The Shanghai upgrade was triggered at 22:27 UTC, and finalized at about 22:42 UTC. Roughly half an hour after the Shanghai upgrade was activated, some 285 withdrawals in epoch 194,408 had been processed, for about 5,413 ETH ($10 million worth), according to Beaconchain. CoinDesk has great summer on this here https://lnkd.in/dA2vdN9J

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❌ What is going on in Canada 🥶
🔥 Paxos, the company joins others that have decided to depart from the country in the face of increased regulatory requirements. Official information here https://lnkd.in/dkDQdd5M They have mentioned that Paxos will continue to assess its readiness to re-enter the Canadian market in cooperation with the OSC at a future date.
 

🔥 dYdX has also decided to shut down operations in Canada over unfavourable regulations Official https://lnkd.in/dWNdYAng
 

🔥 A few weeks ago OKX also decided to pull out of Canada citing “new regulations” OKX exchange notified its community via email that the platform would not allow opening new accounts and would cease its services in Canada by March 24, 2023

🔷 Blockchain.com and Deribit are widely touted to halt their services
 

🔴 Two UAE news ( See slides)
⚡ Dubai Customs introduces metaverse to revolutionize customs leadership development
⚡ World Metaverse Council is a strategic partner for the Riyadh event

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12th April: Crypto & Coffee at 8 🎙️
🔥 CPI / Inflation numbers 💡 Ethereum Shangai Upgrade 🌐World Regulators are looking at DeFi 🔻 Binance BUSD market cap: Less than 50%
 

📊 Inflation numbers will be out later today. The official link to track is via the Bureau of Labor Statistics here https://lnkd.in/dvszVTUw
🚨 Reuters article states Dollar dips ahead of inflation data due Wednesday the article states the Federal Reserve Board is seen as likely to hike rates by an additional 25 basis points at its May 2–3 meeting, before pausing in June. here https://lnkd.in/dP9DwSga
What impact will this have on the price of Bitcoin & crypto?
 

🟠 CoinShares weekly blog via Medium states last week saw Positive sentiment with inflows of US$57m. Bitcoin saw US$56m of inflows, representing 98% of all inflows. The blog also states Despite the Shapella upgrade occurring on the Ethereum network today ie 12th April, inflows have been relatively minor at US$0.6m.
 

❗ Ethereum Shangai Upgrade❗
The Shanghai upgrade is expected on Wednesday at 22:27 UTC (6:27 p.m. ET) Check out Blockchain DXBs Crypto & Coffee at 8 podcasts where we explore this in detail also discuss Binance BUSD market cap & more
 

🔴 Shapella upgrades for Ethereum will finally be implemented on the mainnet on April 12. This will enable those who staked their ETH to withdraw their coins for the first time. Marc-Thomas Arjoon, CFA has an excellent blog here https://lnkd.in/duj_Cc-2 explaining the details.

💻 CoinDesk has shared a list of Watch parties
 

- EthStakers live steam YouTube here https://lnkd.in/dd9EKeSu
- Nethermind live stream here https://lnkd.in/dzdPrEcf
- The Ethereum Cat Herders https://lnkd.in/dd9EKeSu

🟠 Glassnode weekly insights look at cohorts of stakers, and assess the potential sell-side pressure which may occur due to the unlock event. Article here https://lnkd.in/dxBn9zdH

👀Defi
👀 The U.S. Department of the Treasury and Banque de France both published reports assessing how well DeFi entities meet anti-money laundering regulations and how these entities and tools may be used in illicit finance.

🔹 U.S. Department of the Treasurys report: Illicit Finance Risk Assessment of Decentralized Finance here https://lnkd.in/dqUjBNSN which is 42pages discussing the market structure, and illicit finance threats, vulnerabilities & mitigation measures CoinDesk has a great summary here https://lnkd.in/d74ZCaN4

🔹 Banque de France report; “Decentralised” or “disintermediated” finance: what regulatory response? https://lnkd.in/dTpRAVQ5 52 page report here discusses the definition, use case, schematic structure, risks associated with Defi, risks of the application layer, and avenues of the regulatory framework.

🟠 Two UAE news: (See slides)
⚡ BlueWheel Gulf secures 5 MW bitcoin mining contract from private investors in Dubai
⚡ Republic Crypto establishes an office in UAE

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10th April: Crypto & Coffee at 8 🎙️
💊 Bitcoin Mining: 🔴Right Wing vs 🔵Left Wing states 🚨 Bank of England: BRITCOIN 🚀Bitcoin Mining Difficulty🚀
 

🔴 Arkansas:
The Arkansas State House has passed a bill to regulate the state’s Bitcoin mining industry. Already passed by the State Senate, the bill now heads to the governor’s office for approval. The Arkansas Data Centers Act of 2023 would create guidelines for Bitcoin miners
and would aim to prevent fraudulent business practices. Article here
https://lnkd.in/dywk4EBz Representative Rick McClure is the lead sponsor along with Senator Joshua Bryant Bitcoin Magazine article https://lnkd.in/dw9-N-wx
 

🔵 North Carolina:
Buncombe County commissioners are pushing forward with a plan to impose a one-year pause on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining in the North Carolina county, citing concerns about its impact on the environment and the community according to reporting by WLOS ABC 13 ABC13. Article here https://lnkd.in/djWARy_u Voters elected Democrat Brownie Newman to Chair the County Commission in 20 Bitcoin Magazines article on this here https://lnkd.in/dSj33DGF

❗ Is Bitcoin Apolitical? 
💡 Republicans/ Right wing states are in favour of Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Opensource, Innovation & Freedom of speech.
 

💡 Democrats/ Left-wing states are NOT in favour of Bitcoin but are in favour of CBDC, Cancel Culture, Being Woke, More Regulations & Control.
 

🎙️ Check out Blockchain DXB podcast where we discuss this in detail

❗ The Times UK article states Bank of England beefs up plans for digital ‘Bitcoin’ currency. Article here https://lnkd.in/dnDr4cih CoinDesk article states the Bank of England targets a 30-strong team for digital currency, Article here https://lnkd.in/dA76h2WK For opening see here https://lnkd.in/dvp2y9CA

🔸 Satoshi Nakamotos encrypted message “The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.” The text is a headline article in the London Times about the British government’s failure to stimulate the economy post-2007–08. The symbolic text was put in the creation of the genesis block on the same day as news of a bank bailout broke.
 

🔸 You can validate the message via Blockchain Explorer Jan 03, 2009, 10:15:05 PM here via Blockchain.com here https://lnkd.in/dZHiZze3
 

👀 Bitcoin mining difficult: ATH
👁️ Bitcoin Mining difficulty has reached a new all-time high after a fourth consecutive increase Bitcoin.com reported that On April 6, 2023, Bitcoin’s difficulty rose 2.23% higher at block height 784,224, touching another all-time high. It’s the fourth consecutive difficulty increase on the Bitcoin network since Feb. 24, and the protocol’s current difficulty is 47.89 trillion, which is only 2.11 trillion away from reaching the 50 trillion range.

🚨 2 UAE news: (See slides)
⚡ Zero Two digital assets infrastructure company launches in Abu Dhabi
⚡ NEOPIN partners with Tripbtoz to establish ‘Next Generation Web3.0 travel platform’

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🔴 India: One million CBDC users! ❌Peer to Peer Marketplace shut down 🟠 Japan’s role in Web 3.0! ⚡BUGATTI and Asprey NFT collection

India: 😡 Hate for Bitcoin & Crypto Love for CBDC ❤️
💢 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is aiming to increase the number of customers in the pilot project for retail Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) to half a million by July this year from 90,000 customers currently. Last year on November 1, and December 1, 2022, RBI launched the CBDC for wholesale and retail respectively. While the use case of the wholesale CBDC is limited to the settlement of secondary market transactions in government securities, the retail e-rupee-is being piloted within a closed user group (CUG) comprising participating customers and merchants. Article via The New Indian Express here https://lnkd.in/dH6rrmju

Japan 💓 Web3
❤️ CoinDesk has reported that Japan Approves Web3 White Paper to Promote Industry Growth in the Country The document proposes more tax reform, clearer accounting standards and a DAO law. Official info here https://lnkd.in/dfY6fjZm The article here https://lnkd.in/dVtCT7uA states that Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Web3 project team has published a white paper laying out recommendations for growing the country’s industry, which has become part of national strategy under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s administration.

🟦 Whereas in the USA the Extreme Left Leaning Democratic party is not a fan of Cryptocurrency, Opensource & Freedom of speech.

🔻 Peer to Peer Lending Marketplace shuts down
🔻 Ray Youssef announced the suspension of its marketplace the Paxful, one of the world’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency exchanges by volume. He cited key staff departures and regulatory challenges for the industry as the reasons behind the decision. Official info via the blog post. Bitcoin Magazine post states that The news of Paxful’s suspension comes amid growing regulatory scrutiny
 of the cryptocurrency industry, particularly in the U.S. Paxful’s move highlights the challenges facing the industry and the importance of self-custody for investors. https://lnkd.in/dAgjrDFj
 

💰 Most Expensive Bitcoin NFT Collection
🚘 Asprey and BUGATTI announce a limited edition collection of precious ‘objet eggs’ with generative art in Bitcoin. Official news here https://lnkd.in/dQ98XPVy. The Buggati NFT will come with a physical counterpart.
 — The eggs will cost a fortune, selling for $20k-50k a piece, depending on the item number. 
- Eggs 100 to 111 would be valued at over $200 thousand. 
 

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⚡ Dubai asks Binance & other crypto license applicants for more information: Article by Bloomberg Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority
⚡ Central Bank Digital Currency: The Basics, Threats to Freedom & role in the Metaverse- 04th May by Blockchain DXB

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💰 Ledger Raises $100M, ❌Fake news about Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao on red notice by INTERPOL. 📲Ralph Lauren to accept crypto 🥶 Extreme Left Leaning state of NY

❗ Not your keys. Not your Crypto:
💲 The cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has raised €100 million ($109 million) in funding, according to the company’s disclosure on Thursday. Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier says there has been significant demand for hardware wallets. 
Bloomberg article states The demise of crypto exchanges like FTX as well as numerous large-scale hacks last year made users jittery about leaving their funds and assets on online platforms, leading to an outflow from centralized venues https://lnkd.in/diXm7EJY Pascal Gauthier told Bloomberg’s Anna Irrera that the company will leverage the cash injection to expand distribution, production, and research and development.

❌FakeNews
❌ CZ Was Rumored to Be on Red Notice by INTERPOL. This was however #fakenews, there is currently no evidence of public notice. & CZ has denied the rumours. The fake news was propagated by Jordan Fish, also known as Cobie, on his UpOnly podcast. He initially posted an encrypted tweet that, when deciphered, stated “Interpol Red Notice for CZ.” 
 

- CZ also denied the allegations on Twitter, sharing a photoshopped image of the alleged Red Notice. https://lnkd.in/d2eYC-MU
 

- CoinDesk also has an article on this and an interesting message
from Binance Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Hillmann calling it BS here https://lnkd.in/dgBnuBpW
 

👕 Ralph Laurens Miami Store to Accept Crypto Payments
CoinDesk has reported that American fashion brand Ralph Lauren will begin accepting cryptocurrency payments at its newly-opened store in Miami’s Design District, becoming the retailer’s first location to do so. The brand is also partnering with the Web3 community Poolsuite to release a co-branded NFT collection.
 

According to a press release, the store is partnering with service provider BitPay to allow customers to purchase merchandise using #BTC, #ETH & #MATIC. Article here https://lnkd.in/dUKH5shP

🥶 Let’s Go, Brandon!
- The scary & extreme Left-Wing state of New York has caused Trump NFTs Sales Spike Following Ex-President’s Arraignment in New York. In the hour after the 45th President was arrested Tuesday afternoon, the collection saw 30 sales, a 462% increase after a long period of token-holder dormancy.
 

- Data from OpenSea here https://lnkd.in/dz7yVWMg states
Trump Digital Trading Card holders have collectively sold 30 tokens an hour after his court appearance — a 462% increase and 47 over six hours.
 

🟠 Two UAE news (See slides for more info)
⚡ Evometa: A new player in the business tech scene of the UAE’s metaverse
⚡ Sanabil Investments: Saudi Arabia’s $620B Wealth Fund Has Backed Crypto-friendly VCs

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