Adoption
Wallets
Robinhood launches self-custody wallet
The wallet currently supports Ethereum and Polygon but is set to expand by adding new networks in the future.
Tokenization
Token Unlocks estimates $102B worth in locked up assets
XRP, FIL and OP have the largest estimated locked value with $17.9 billion, $4.9 billion, and $3.7 billion, respectively.
Wallets
1inch launches multi-coin hardware wallet
The sales of the wallet are expected to start later this year.
Bear Market
KuCoin reports growth in volume, user count through crypto winter
KuCoin's user count surpassed 27 million, while the spot and futures markets' combined transaction volume surpassed $3.6 trillion.
Trading
Mysterious investor bought RPL 10 minutes before Binance listing
The investor sold his RPL 10 minutes after the listing announcement and scooped $55,397 in profit.
Adoption
Deployed ETH smart contracts surge 453% in Q4 2022
The year-over-year growth of deployed smart contracts also emerges as 293%.
Research
Research: A review of bitcoin mining company holdings in 2022
Marathon, Hut8, and Riot collected the largest amount of Bitcoin while Bit Digital emerged as the one that increased its mining capability the most.
Mining
Bitcoin mining emissions down 10% as Kazakhstan’s hash rate share decreases
Zero-emission energy resources account for 52.2% of the network's energy usage. Meanwhile, Kazakhstan now represents only 6.4% of the global hash rate.
Featured
Ric Burton received 10k ETH from Buterin for a month of work in 2014
Burton spent one month in 2014 helping with the Ethereum design and got compensated for it two years later.
Web3
Immutable X games collected largest Web3 funding of 2022 – over $900M
Immutable X exclusive games raised around $300 million, while Immutable X-based multichain games collected over $600 million in 2022.
Exchanges
Research: Gemini, GUSD start losing followers as metrics hit all time lows
The number of active addresses holding GUSD returned to 2020 levels, while BUSD volume on exchanges shrank by 96% in the last seven months.
Bear Market
Coinbase to wind down Japanese operations amid global staff cuts
The full closure will come after Coinbase finalizes discussions with Japanese regulators.