Bitcoin’s price may rise if central banks worldwide continue tightening monetary policies, according to the BitMEX co-founder. Source: https://decrypt.co/156139/rising-interest-rates-could-actually-pump-bitcoin-arthur-hayes

David Marcus says Bitcoin’s lightning network will be a universal money protocol for transacting multiple currencies. Source: https://decrypt.co/155961/bitcoin-payments-david-marcus-lightning-network

The Department of Justice accused the teenager and his accomplices of stealing money from crypto executives in the Silicon Valley area. Source: https://decrypt.co/155747/doj-demands-5-million-in-bitcoin-and-bmw-sports-car-from-teen-hacker

Appearing on Fox News Radio, the Texas senator said Bitcoin mining is good for his state’s stressed power grid. Source: https://decrypt.co/155694/ted-cruz-texas-senator-bitcoin-mining-dennis-porter-satoshi-act-fund

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus and Anthropic’s Claude Pro come at similar price points, but they have very different strengths and weaknesses. Source: https://decrypt.co/155600/chatgpt-plus-vs-claude-pro-choose-the-best-paid-ai-chatbot-ally-for-you

Ghostwriter created “Heart on My Sleeve” with help from AI. It was pulled from streaming services—but is eligible for music’s biggest awards. Source: https://decrypt.co/155479/drake-weeknd-ai-song-went-viral-now-could-win-grammy

The new rules on how digital assets are reflected in business financial reporting will not include NFTs or wrapped tokens. Source: https://decrypt.co/155244/bitcoin-digital-assets-accounting-standards-gaap-fasb-sec

The outage prompted dozens of comparisons to other blockchain solutions and their relative stability. Source: https://decrypt.co/155083/coinbase-incubated-base-suffers-outage-team-says-no-funds-are-at-risk

The G-Shock watch brand is coming to the metaverse via Polygon NFTs—and Casio wants to cultivate a community of collaborators. Source: https://decrypt.co/154905/casio-dropping-free-nfts-co-create-virtual-g-shock-watches

Community members are warning that the staking protocol is at risk of becoming too centralized, and could undermine Ethereum as a whole. Source: https://decrypt.co/154804/lido-lsd-liquid-staking-decentralization