StarkWare, the developer behind the Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Starknet, had come under heavy criticism for the unlocking schedule for its new STRK tokens. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/02/22/starknets-strk-jumps-after-developer-starkware-agrees-to-delay-token-unlocks/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Reddit has submitted a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “RDDT.” Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/02/22/reddit-discloses-holding-bitcoin-and-ether-in-ipo-filing/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The price of bitcoin (BTC) has not been moving as closely in relation to flows in and out of the spot ETFs as it previously did, according to JPMorgan. …

ECB Director General Ulrich Bindseil and advisor Jürgen Schaaf are definitely against bitcoin, but their reasons don’t make a lot of sense. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2024/02/22/the-european-central-bank-is-either-lying-about-bitcoin-or-lying-to-itself/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Institutional interest in digital assets means that crypto terms such as ‘Nakamoto Coefficient’ are now mainstream issues. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/02/22/sp-global-just-made-ethereums-centralization-risk-a-tradfi-concern/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Multiple outlets have reported other platforms such as Kraken and Binance have also been blocked under government orders. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/02/22/coinbase-pushes-back-on-reports-its-blocked-in-nigeria/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

“Bitcoin has failed on the promise to be a global decentralised digital currency and is still hardly used for legitimate transfers. The latest approval of an ETF doesn’t change …

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/02/22/defi-startup-euler-finance-bounces-back-with-revamped-lending-vaults/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The pioneering restaking project EigenLayer, led by Sreeram Kannan, isn’t even live but investors are piling in. A16z Crypto is affiliated with the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Source: …

Options dealers likely bought ETH in spot/futures market to hedge their short call exposure, adding to bullish momentum, BloFin’s Griffin Ardern said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/02/22/ethers-3k-breakout-partly-fueled-by-dealer-hedging-analyst-says/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines