Russian defence ministry warns of ‘high-precision strikes’ in Kyiv

Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba said a “barbaric” air strike hit directly in front of a government building in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, killing an estimated 10 people, according to Ukrainian emergency services. Meanwhile, a large convoy of Russian troops was seen near Kyiv and Russian forces have reportedly entered the southern city of Kherson.

Digital Currency Group authorizes $250M buyback for its Grayscale Trusts Grayscale’s parent company has authorized a share repurchase program of up to $250M across its 9 publicly traded cryptocurrency trusts.

Bitcoin activity soars as SWIFT bans Russian banks. The supply of active BTC—as measured by movement in the past <24H—has soared to around 565k BTC.

This is the highest level seen in over a year. In fact, only 2 events have seen higher activity: Black Thursday in March 2020 and in May 2020 — link

Flexport’s CEO reveals it holds Bitcoin on its balance sheet.
Founded in 2013, Flexport was recently valued at $8 billion after a $935 million funding round earlier this month. The San Francisco-based company reported $3.3 billion in revenue last year.

⁠3 reasons why Bitcoin can rally back to $60K despite erasing last week's gains

Several technical and on-chain indicators are flashing bullish despite the BTC price pullback below $40,000.—Link

⁠Ethereum risks crashing under $2K as ETH paints bearish 'symmetrical triangle' — analyst

The downside outlook appears as Ethereum billionaire addresses continue accumulating ETH supply.—link

Biden to sign crypto order as industry faces sanctions pressure — link

ETH 2.0 deposit contract hits 10m Ethereum

⁠$40K Bitcoin price is in reach, but analysts warn that a sweep of recent lows is likely

Sky high inflation, fear over the Fed’s expected rate hike and exploding commodity prices are all possible reasons for BTC’s recent dip below $40,000.—link

⁠Buying big? Nearly 30K BTC leaves Coinbase Pro in 3 transactions

If confirmed, someone could have made a serious commitment to BTC worth over $1 billion.—link

On Monday, Instagram will be blocked in Russia (Moscow has already limited access to Twitter and blocked Facebook which is also owned by Meta).
This decision will cut 80 million in Russia off from one another, and from the rest of the world as ~80% of people in Russia follow an Instagram account outside their country. This is wrong.

Netmarble is about to release their first p2e game. This is the first AAA gaming company entering the space so we expect it to be a hit.
Join their discord server if you are interested to get your hands on the limited NFTs.

https://discord.gg/uEGENQEXkw

The ETH 2.0 deposit contract has hit 10M $ETH staked.

According to our data, at least 66% of these funds were deposited by exchanges and staking services, rather than individual stakers.

The largest deposited volume comes from Lido (22%), Coinbase is runner up with 15%

Ukrainian crypto trading rose by 107% since the conflict began. Furthermore, the collapse of the Ruble and the increasingly dysfunctional banking system in Russia has prompted a 231% rise over the same period — link

Currently over 99% of all Bitcoin volume comes from transactions of over $100k — link

Ukraine turns crypto donations into 5,550 bulletproof vests, 500 helmets and more.— link