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ConsenSys Acquires Ethereum Wallet MyCrypto, Plans to Merge It With MetaMask
Ethereum ecosystem titan ConsenSys said Tuesday it acquired Ethereum wallet MyCrypto, for undisclosed terms. MyCrypto will eventually merge with ConsenSys’ hugely popular MetaMask wallet. "The Hash" hosts discuss the implications for Metamask's acquisition in the latest move bringing the hot wallet service to more platforms and deepening its integrations.

Monero: The Privacy Coin Explained
Justin Ehrenhofer, VP of Operations at Cake Wallet, an open-source, noncustodial crypto wallet for bitcoin, litecoin, and privacy coin monero, explains monero and zero-knowledge proofs, and their benefits to preserving privacy on the blockchain. “Monero is the easiest way to transact privately,” Ehrenhofer said.

Is 2022 the Year of DAOs?
Ian Lee, co-founder of Syndicate, a decentralized investment platform tapping into the power of social networks, shares insights into the evolution and promises of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). “It is gonna be the year of DAOs,” Lee said. Plus, reactions to Wonderland DAO voting out QuadrigaCX co-founder Sifu as treasurer and considering shutting down.

Diem Confirms Shutdown as Silvergate Acquires the Project’s Assets
CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De weighs in on Silvergate Bank confirming Monday it’s purchasing the technology and other assets from Diem, the stablecoin project from Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) announced as Libra in June 2019.

WisdomTree Exec on Bitcoin: ‘It’s an Adoption Game’
Will Peck, head of digital assets at WisdomTree, discusses his optimistic and bullish outlook for bitcoin. “It’s an adoption game,” Peck said. “Long-term, if you’re talking about continued adoption of an asset class and a technology … you’d see continued growth in it going forward.”

Key Bitcoin Trends to Monitor as BTC Enters 15th Bear Market Since 2009
Clara Medalie, research director at crypto data provider Kaiko, shares insights into bitcoin's key technical indicators she's interested in: bid-ask spreads for BTC/ETH have widened in January amid high volatility and fragile risk sentiment; BTC's correlation with bonds and gold has been negative for months while its correlation with Nasdaq recently hit 17-month highs; BTC's January spot volume reached 6-month lows.

Bitcoin’s ‘MACD’ Indicator Threatens Long-Term Bullish Bias as Rate Hike Fears Linger
Bitcoin’s long-term bullish outlook is in danger of being invalidated on technical charts as BTC reels under selling pressure, stemming from adverse macro factors. Its monthly moving average convergence divergence (MACD) histogram has crossed below zero, a so-called sell signal, indicating a bullish-to-bearish trend change on the longer duration price chart.

Could Texas Be a World Leader in Crypto?
Texas Bitcoin Foundation launched last week to lead original research and educate the public about bitcoin’s social and economic impacts. Executive Director Natalie Smolenski shares insights into the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and what it’s found about bitcoin so far. Plus, the state of crypto in Texas.

US Treasury: Unhosted Crypto Wallet Rule Will Be Considered in 2022
The U.S. Treasury Department revealed a controversial rule enforcing know-your-customer (KYC) rules on unhosted or self-hosted crypto wallets might be considered in its semiannual agenda of regulations, set to be formally published in the Federal Register on Jan. 31. The rule was first proposed in late 2020 by U.S. money-laundering watchdog FinCEN. "The Hash" squad discusses the latest in crypto regulation threatening user privacy.

Crypto Exchange FTX Reaches $32B Valuation With $400M Fundraise
Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX raised $400 million in a Series C funding round, valuing the crypto exchange at a total $32 billion valuation. It now has about the same market cap as Germany’s Deutsche Börse and more than the Nasdaq exchange or Twitter. “The Hash” hosts discuss what’s next for FTX.
