
Crypto Miner CleanSpark Extends Bear-Market Strategy, Buying 20K of Bitmain's Newest Rigs
The Bitmain Antminer S19j Pro+ machines will increase CleanSpark's computing power by 37%. #cleanspark

Quarter of Crypto Tokens Linked to Pump-and-Dump
Scammers made an estimated $30m in profits in 2022

AI Dooms Humanity But Not In The Way You Think
Doom is popular. If you want to get people to read your material there is no better way than to highlight the negativity.

Hong Kong Successfully Offered Inaugural $100M Tokenized Green Bond
Hong Kong's central bank had been exploring tokenization of green bonds since at least 2021.

Tornado Cash Dev’s Criminal Case in Europe May Hinge on Laptop Access
Dutch prosecutors now have access to Alexey Pertsev’s computer, and are using it to probe key details, like governance and profit-making at the privacy service.

Groceries to luxury cars: The state of crypto adoption in Dubai
Cointelegraph visited a grocery store and a luxury car club to check out how crypto has been adopted in Dubai.

Sam Bankman-Fried Slapped With New Restrictions After Using VPN To Watch Super Bowl
Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of crypto trading platform FTX, has been slapped with new bail restrictions after using a virtual private network (VPN).

Startup Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol Completes First Transaction of Clean Mining Tokens
Bitcoin miner CleanSpark sold clean-bitcoin tokens to alternative investment firm Melanion Capital.

Luxury Swiss Watches Still Beat Stocks and Crypto...
Prices for the most coveted Rolex, Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet watches are still falling but have outperformed returns from stocks and cryptocurrencies, according to Morgan Stanley.
Celsius customer received $67,000 tax bill for funds lost in crypto lender's bankruptcy, report says
Celsius Network customers like Doug Stringer are receiving massive tax bills because of the high-interest returns promised by the bankrupt lender.

Visa and Mastercard Have Embraced Blockchain Technology. It's a Smart Long-Term Strategy
Visa and Mastercard are the two largest payment rails in the world.

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Soars to Highest Level Since August
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Feb. 16, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.