🙋‍♂️ Laser Digital (Nomura) plans to launch its dedicated institutional trading platform in the first quarter.
theblock.com

🚀 Today's leaders.

🇺🇸👀 The US Congress will not increase the national debt without a "reform" of government spending - McCarthy

🙅‍♂️ Kraken closes Abu Dhabi office 12 months after receiving license.
protos.com

🏴‍☠️ Orion Protocol loses $3 million due to trading pool hack.
coindesk.com

👀 #ETH 1700$

🐳 #IMX Whale addresses containing between 1 and 100 million IMX have increased their holdings by over 58% since November 2022.

📊 #ETH Since the beginning of February, ETH has seen the highest profitable transaction rate in 2 years. The supply of ETH on exchanges fell below 11.25% for the first time since June 2018. Traders do not appear to believe that this rise will continue.

🇬🇧 The Bank of Russia has included Alfa-Bank in the register of information system operators in which the issue of DFA is carried out. In addition to her, the registry includes Atomize, Sberbank and Lighthouse. The Moscow Exchange also submitted an application for inclusion in the register.

🙋‍♂️ #XRP #CBDC Ripple is looking for a Blockchain Engineer for CBDC related projects.
ripple.com

👀 According to a filing filed by the SEC, State Street disclosed a 9.3% stake in crypto lender Silvergate Capital, as of Dec. 31.
coindesk.com

🇯🇵🙌 Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan, has spoken out in support of blockchain as a potential solution to the technological challenges facing the country.
cointelegraph.com

👀 #USDT 86% of Tether's stablecoin issuer was controlled by 4 people as of 2018.
coindesk.com

📆 Digest and events for tomorrow:

🔓 Unlock: Aluna Social (#ALN), My Neighbor Alice (#ALICE), Wonderman Nation (#WNDR)

📝 Voting Ending: Shapeshift (#FOX) - Add Thorchain swap fees
- Аave (#ААVE) - Add rETH to the Ethereum V3 market as a collateral asset
- Olympus DAO (#OHM) - Deposit $33M in USDC/Frax (FraxBP) and use it on Convex (TAP 20)

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👀 MicroStrategy had a net loss of $249.7 million in the fourth quarter of last year, while the cost of depreciating Bitcoin was $197.6 million. theblock.com

👀 The person in charge of Mastercard's NFT products has resigned and sent a letter of resignation to NFT. theblock.com

👀 BNY Mellon appoints Caroline Butler as CEO of Digital Assets coindesk.com

👀 State Street increases its stake in Silvergate to 9.3% coindesk.com

👀 Laser digital, a digital asset company managed by Nomura Securities, may launch an institutional trading platform in the first quarter. theblock.com

👀 WSJ: As of 2018, 86% of Tether shares are owned by four people. wsj.com