Jan. 20, 2022, 9:30 p.m. Mostly Bitcoin for January 20, 2022 Mostly Bitcoin Fed opens debate over a U.S. central bank digital currency with long-awaited report. - 04:14 PM EST Fed opens debate over possible digital currency - 03:47 PM EST Bitcoin's Correlation With Tech Strengthens as Risk Appetite Returns - 03:47 PM EST Eric Adams Is Taking His First Paycheck in Crypto - 03:30 PM EST Twitter makes it possible to link NFTs to profile pics (for a price) - 03:27 PM EST Ethereum inventor wants to replace pregnant women with synthetic wombs - 03:26 PM EST Was the Viral Metaverse Rave Fun? An Investigation - 03:25 PM EST Fed Launches Review of Possible Central Bank Digital Currency - 03:20 PM EST NYC Mayor to get first paycheck in bitcoin | TheHill - 03:20 PM EST Fed Launches Review of Possible Central Bank Digital Currency - 03:03 PM EST Fed study on digital currency leans to role for banks - 02:43 PM EST NYC Mayor Adams to Convert First Paycheck to Bitcoin, Ethereum via Coinbase - 02:36 PM EST ‘Just imagine the climate’: Bitcoin in crosshairs as Democrats target crypto mining in... - 02:16 PM EST New York City's mayor really wants you to think he's getting paid in bitcoin - 02:05 PM EST New York City Mayor Eric Adams to Convert First Paycheck to Cryptocurrency - 01:58 PM EST Twitter Blue subscription users are first to gain access to a new NFT Profile Picture feat... - 01:50 PM EST 2FA compromise led to $34M Crypto.com hack - 01:23 PM EST People Can’t See Some NFTs on Twitter, Crypto Wallets After OpenSea Goes Down - 01:16 PM EST Russia Proposes Crypto Crackdown. Bitcoin's Reaction? No Problem - 01:15 PM EST White Nationalists Who Marched in Charlottesville Hit With Jan. 6 Subpoenas - 01:09 PM EST Turkey’s Erdogan Meets El Salvador’s Bitcoin-Boosting Leader Amid Economic Crisis - 01:04 PM EST NYC Mayor Eric Adams will get his first paycheck in crypto - 12:48 PM EST NYC Mayor Adams will convert his city paycheck to cryptocurrency via Coinbase - 12:45 PM EST Eric Adams converting first paycheck as NYC mayor to Bitcoin, Ethereum - 12:20 PM EST Many game developers hate NFTs, too - 12:18 PM EST Most Game Developers Are Not Interested in NFTs and Crypto - 12:15 PM EST Russia's central bank considering ban on cryptocurrency mining and transactions - 11:49 AM EST ‘White Hat’ Hacker Returns $1 Million Stolen In Crypto Theft Disaster - 11:28 AM EST Can DAOs Revive Civil Society? - 11:14 AM EST Twitter is rolling out its Communities feature to all Android users - 11:08 AM EST Cyber Criminals Steal Millions After Hacking Popular Crypto Exchange - 10:47 AM EST Facebook and Instagram are jumping on the NFT bandwagon, report claims - 10:30 AM EST Privacy is for paedophiles, UK government seems to be saying while spending £500k demonis... - 10:28 AM EST Crypto.com Says ‘Incident’ Was Actually $30 Million Hack - 10:01 AM EST Journalists Are Under Threat in El Salvador. I Know Because I Was Targeted - 09:27 AM EST Virtru raises $60M to bring zero trust security to data sharing - 09:11 AM EST Three Important Lessons From Successful Trader Crypto Face’s Career - 08:54 AM EST Crypto.com admits over $30 million stolen by hackers - 08:42 AM EST Cheap malware is behind a rise in attacks on cryptocurrency wallets - 08:40 AM EST Crypto.com Finally Acknowledges $34 Million Stolen by Hackers - 07:06 AM EST From Bitcoin to DeFi (in 12 Short Years) - 06:46 AM EST Scientific Funding Is Broken. Can Silicon Valley Fix It? - 06:29 AM EST Sedition Prosecution Of Oath Keepers Members Shows The FBI Can Still Work Around Encryptio... - 06:25 AM EST Crypto.com loses $34 million in hack that affected 483 accounts - 06:25 AM EST 5 weird things people have transformed into crypto miners - 05:59 AM EST When Did Crypto Become Republican? - 05:50 AM EST Investors Are Sinking Real Money Into Virtual Real Estate, With No Guarantees - 03:58 AM EST Terra Quantum raises $60M for its Quantum-as-a-Service platform - 03:11 AM EST Bitcoin sags in 2022 under weight of stock selloff and Fed policy - 02:33 AM EST Central Banks Face a Moment of Truth on Crypto - 02:19 AM EST Jan. 6 panel subpoenas far-right men who took part in rally "calling for Trump to rule for... - 01:00 AM EST Best app for buying cryptocurrencies - 10:11 PM EST Chinese shift $6bn in bitcoin trading - 09:08 PM EST MicroStrategy (MSTR) Will Never Sell Its Bitcoin (BTC) Says CEO - 07:44 PM EST Supreme Court allows release of Trump’s Jan. 6 documents to Congress - 07:37 PM EST Opera’s new ‘crypto browser’ makes wasting money on NFTs surprisingly easy - 06:37 PM EST Bitcoin Sags in 2022 Under Weight of Stock Selloff and Fed Policy - 06:23 PM EST Crypto.com CEO admits hundreds of customer accounts were hacked - 06:15 PM EST How France Is Becoming a Quantum Computing Power - 06:06 PM EST Elon Musk, Artificial Wombs, and the Impending Shortage of Mars Colonists - 05:39 PM EST Crypto Protocol Publicly Announces Flaw, Users Relentlessly Owned by Hackers - 05:34 PM EST Crypto.com CEO confirms hundreds of accounts were hacked, hedges on other details - 04:43 PM EST SEC Cryptocurrency Enforcement: Fraud and Unregistered Securities Offering Allegations - 04:31 PM EST SEC Cryptocurrency Enforcement: Litigation Venue and Litigation Allegations by Venue - 04:31 PM EST Crypto.com confirms 400 accounts were compromised in hack - 04:19 PM EST Google Pay cards will soon store bitcoin - 04:19 PM EST SEC Maintains Focus on Cryptocurrency Enforcement under Chair Gensler - 04:18 PM EST SEC Cryptocurrency Enforcement Activity in the New Administration’s First Year - 04:18 PM EST President Biden signs memo to help improve military cybersecurity - 02:59 PM EST Web3 ‘Proof of attendance’ startup raises $10M to mint shared memories as NFTs - 02:39 PM EST Opera goes full crypto with the Crypto Browser Project - 02:25 PM EST The UK Has A Voyeuristic New Propaganda Campaign Against Encryption - 01:47 PM EST EU regulator wants to ban energy-intensive bitcoin mining - 01:45 PM EST Crypto mortgage product allows borrowers to post bitcoin as collateral - 01:44 PM EST A Hacker Is Negotiating With Victims on the Blockchain After $1.4M Heist - 01:28 PM EST As its data flows woes grow, Google lobbies for quickie fix to EU-US transfers - 01:15 PM EST Can China contain omicron with QR codes, cute robots and surveillance tech? - 01:07 PM EST EU Regulator Wants to Ban Proof of Work Crypto Mining to Avoid Climate Disaster - 01:05 PM EST Cryptocurrency Titans Newly Obsessed With Artificial Wombs - 01:01 PM EST Ethereum Tests $3000 as Diminished Risk Appetite Hits Highfliers - 12:28 PM EST The berserk pace of fintech investing outshines the global VC boom - 12:20 PM EST Opera launches a dedicated crypto browser - 11:24 AM EST Grayscale Bitcoin Fund (BTC, GBTC) Is Big Casualty of Crypto Selloff - 11:15 AM EST Save 72% on this email management and backup tool - 11:11 AM EST a16z, Avenir and Google back South African mobile games publisher Carry1st in $20M round - 10:18 AM EST Student accidentally becomes a millionaire after turning selfies into NFT as a joke - 10:18 AM EST AMD’s $199 Radeon RX 6500 XT tested: 5 key things you need to know - 10:14 AM EST Filmhub, backed by $6.8M from a16z and others, helps filmmakers get their work streamed - 10:01 AM EST Lumber Prices Are off the Rails Again. Blame Climate Change. - 09:51 AM EST Jack Dorsey and Marc Andreessen's Crypto Feud Puts Web3 at Risk - 09:24 AM EST You just read issue #269 of Mostly Bitcoin. You can also browse the full archives of this newsletter. Email address (required) Subscribe