Blueprint: $200MM for Asian Fintech Akulaku; China’s digital asset marketplace; Lido leads in TVL
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Top Stories
⭐ Jakarta-based fintech Akulaku raises $200M from Japan’s largest bank - TechCrunch
⭐ China to Launch First National ‘Digital Asset’ Marketplace - CoinDesk
⭐ Lido Overtakes MakerDAO And Now Has The Highest TVL In DeFi - Cointelegraph
DeFi Protocols And Digital Assets
⭐ Crypto Thieves Made Off With $4.3B In 2022: Top Hacks Of The Year - Blockworks
SushiSwap CEO Proposes New Tokenomics For Liquidity, Decentralization - Cointelegraph
Anonymous Twitter User Leaks Alleged 3Commas API Database - CoinDesk
Alameda Wallets Become Active Days After SBF Bail, Community Mulls Foul Play - Cointelegraph
Solana DeFi Project Mercurial To Relaunch As 'Meteora,' Replace MER Token - CoinDesk
Japan Mulls Reversing Ban On Foreign-Issued Stablecoins - Decrypt
1inch Upgrades To Offer Gasless Custom Swaps With Fusion - The Block
Cryptoeconomics And Blockchain Protocols
⭐ Blockchain Analytics Unable To Prevent FTX-Level Illicit Schemes
Proof Of Reserves Is Becoming More Effective, But Not All Its Challenges Are Technical - Cointelegraph
DEX Trader Joe Is Live On Arbitrum Amid Trend To Move To Multiple Chains - The Block
DAOs, NFTs And The Metaverse
⭐ Fidelity Plans NFT Marketplace And Financial Services In The Metaverse - Cointelegraph
Crypto Sleuth ZachXBT Exposed Chicanery For A Grateful DeFi Community - The Defiant
North Korea-Linked NFT Phishing Campaign Targets OpenSea, X2Y2, Rarible Users - Decrypt
UkraineDAO Showed Power Of Web3 In War Zone - The Defiant
Manchester United Accused Of Copying Work Of NFT Artist DesLucrece - The Block
Yuga Labs Lawsuit Receives Counterclaim From NFT Artist - The Block
ARPost’s 22 Most-Read XR and Metaverse Articles of 2022 - AR Post
OpenSea chief seeks to distance NFTs from crypto crisis - Financial Times
Fintech And Institutional Adoption
⭐ CeFi Rekt Was The Main Event In Crypto’s Annus Horribilis - The Defiant
Turkey’s Central Bank Completes First CBDC Test With More To Come In 2023 - Cointelegraph
FTX Users Sue For Priority Repayment And Damages In Bankruptcy Proceedings - CoinDesk
MicroStrategy Sold Bitcoin Worth $11.8MM For Tax Benefits - The Block
North Korea-Linked Lazarus Group Poses As VC Firms To Spread Malware - CoinDesk
Investors Sue Gemini, Winklevoss Twins Over High-Yield Earn Products - Decrypt
M1, a personal finance management company, will soon offer crypto portfolios to its investors - 360CHOF
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Rest of the Best in Fintech
⭐ Finextra's top research reports of 2022 - Finextra
Fintech startup Quantit launches asset management robo-advisor Olly - KoreaTechDesk
Barclays and Maven invest in Manchester-based fintech startup Nivo - Finextra
Futu and UP Fintech (Tiger Brokers) Face Regulatory Action in China - Finance Magnates
Walnut Insurance raises $4m to power embedded insurance for enterprise brands - IBS Intelligence
2022 in Review: Our top learnings in Web3, market volatility, and industry insights (link here)
Today we are looking at our 2022 coverage in the Long Takes, and pulling out the core themes and lessons that have shone through.
You can definitely say that 2022 was all doom and gloom, but it still matters where you look to draw the conclusion. Where you focus your attention will shape the problems that you notice, and the solutions you will find fruitful.
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