Shining Bitcoin Towers, Waking ETH Whales, Commingled Customer Funds and 20 Crypto Jokes
This week in the cryptoverse: Berlin's TV Tower lit up with a giant Bitcoin logo, Arthur Hayes warned that Bitcoin might lose all of its recent gains, a long-dormant ethereum whale suddenly staked 49K ETH, and Vitalik Buterin proposed a new “stealth address” system for Ethereum to enhance blockchain privacy. Crypto analysts argued certain altcoins would explode in value in 2023, traders gave their predictions on the solana price for this year, and it was revealed that Tesla did not sell any of the bitcoin it holds on its balance sheet during the bear market. Meanwhile, Brazil and Argentina were mulling the co-creation of a common currency, crypto adoption in Argentina continued to rise with stablecoins leading the charge, and Mercado Libre said it would pay its customers to refer friends to the crypto trading service on its e-pay app. While New York’s chief financial regulator planned new guidance to mandate companies to separate their own cry...