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Cryptocurrency & Financial Markets News, Stats & Data for 10th Jan 2022
Today I talk about the following:
1. Market Stats, Trading models, Technical analysis, Sector performances & liquidity
2. Fiat markets, Economics, Central Banks, Regulators and Government news
3. Social media, & Greed and Fear index
4. Derivative Positions & Leverage & Risk Metrics
5. Goldman Sachs foresees the Fed raising interest rates four times this year versus the previous projection of three rate hikes and expects the central bank to begin downsizing its balance sheet from July.
6. https://ambcrypto.com/here-is-why-binance-and-ripple-might-focus-on-this-country-in-2022
7. Ripple has been eyeing the MENA markets due to the value of its remittance networks. Its partnership with Pyypl to deploy On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) in the Middle East was one such example, as well as its regional headquarters in Dubai.
Meanwhile, Binance is reportedly looking into its own Dubai headquarters. In fact, in late December, the crypto-exchange giant signed a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] with the Dubai World Trade Centre Authority to create an “industry hub.”
8.https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/at-96b-net-worth-binance-ceo-changpeng-zhao-is-reportedly-richer-than-mukesh-ambani-gautam-adani/2403034/
9. · Polygon Under Threat From A Blockchain Game Sending Gas Prices To New Highs. Polygon, a layer-two solution built on Ethereum and famous for its fast processing speeds and low rates, has been thrown off balance by an agriculture game built on the network called Sunflower Farmers.https://zycrypto.com/polygon-under-threat-from-a-blockchain-game-sending-gas-prices-to-new-highs/
10. · Coinbase officials dump millions worth of $COIN shares, $COIN stock price down by 11% Over MoM. Coinbase Co-Founder Fred Ehrsam Led Insider Sell-off with $91M Worth of COIN Shareshttps://coingape.com/why-cathie-wood-backed-coinbase-coin-stock-price-is-dumping-hard/
11. · The Ethereum layer-two network Arbitrum has suffered its second outage in less than five months following a hardware failure.https://cointelegraph.com/news/arbitrum-network-suffers-minor-outage-due-to-hardware-failure
12. · Over 200 crypto mining hardware devices were seized by police in the Serbian Majority North area of Kosovo. This is in light of the current cryptocurrency raids that started last Thursday as an answer to authorities in Pristina banning the use of high-powered digital currency minting during the country's current energy crisis.https://wccftech.com/several-hundreds-of-crypto-mining-machines-seized-in-latest-kosovo-crackdown/
13. · Andreessen Horowitz – a leading venture capital firm and a prominent investor in the cryptocurrency space – has raised a fresh $9 billion to further its involvement in the growing industry.Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is amongst the leading venture capital companies investing in all sorts of crypto and tech-related projects. According to a recent announcement, the firm has raised a fresh $ billion “to invest via our Venture, Growth, and Bio Funds.”. Out of the total number, $1.5 billion will go to the Bio fund, $5 billion to the Growth Fund, and $2.5 billion to the Venture fund.… coupled with the $2.2B Crypto Fund and $400M Seed Fund we raised in 2021, we will continue to invest across the entire spectrum of stages, writing checks as small as $25,000 and up to hundreds of millions of dollars. – Reads the announcement.https://cryptopotato.com/leading-vc-andreessen-horowitz-raises-another-9-billion/
14.· Disney has been approved for a patent that would create personalized interactive attractions for theme park visitors. The technology would facilitate headset-free augmented reality (AR) attractions at Disney theme parks.https://cointelegraph.com/news/disney-patents-technology-for-a-theme-park-metaverse
15· Drone Racing League To Develop Crypto-Based Video Game On Algorand.
Algorand and the Drone Racing League first teamed up back in September, and now just a few short months later, the two have shared some brief plans around ramping their partnership up substantially. The league will be working with partner Playground Labs to bring a new play-to-earn drone game, the first of it’s kind, to the metaverse – powered of course, by Algorandhttps://bitcoinist.com/crypto-corner-the-sports-slice-21/
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