Tech - Ethereum Beacon Chain

• Ethereum Beacon Chain Suffers Longest Blockchain ‘Reorg’ in Years - Decrypt
• Vitalik Buterin - Twitter

Ecosystem - Terra/Luna

• TerraUSD Crash Led to Vanished Savings, Shattered Dreams - WSJ
• New Terra Blockchain Launch Expected Saturday, With LUNA Airdrop to Follow - Coindesk
• $40bn crypto collapse turns South Korea against the ‘Lunatic’ leader - Financial Times
• What Happened to TerraUSD’s Bitcoin Reserves - WSJ

Ecosystem - Stablecoins

• Crypto Whales Ditched Tether for USDC After Stablecoin Panic - Coindesk

Ecosystem - Venture Capital

• $100 million fund founded by ex-Binance execs comes out of stealth - theblockcrypto
• Andreessen Horowitz Raises Biggest-Ever $4.5 Billion Fund - Bloomberg

Regulation - Clarity required

• Crypto Might Have an Insider Trading Problem - WSJ
• Crypto Security Debate Goes to Court - WSJ

Markets

• JPMorgan Sees Bitcoin Price Rising 28% - Business Insider

Regulation - ETF

• Ark 21Shares Backers Take Another Shot at Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval - Coindesk

Regulation - Portugal

• Portuguese Congress Rejects Two Bills Seeking to Tax Crypto - Coindesk
• Portugal’s Assembleia da Republica says no to two crypto tax bills - cointelegraph

Regulation - CBDC

• Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard Says CBDC Could Coexist With Stablecoins - Coindesk

Regulation - G7

• G7 countries urge swift regulation of crypto assets - Reuters

Regulation - Travel Rule

• US Crypto Giants Build First Version of FATF-Compliant ‘Travel Rule’ Tool - Coindesk

Regulation - ECB

• ECB chief Christine Lagarde: Crypto is ‘worth nothing’
• Lagarde Says Crypto Is ‘Worth Nothing’ - Bloomberg
• Decrypting financial stability risks in crypto-asset markets - ECB
• The ECB Warns that Crypto Risks Could Spillover into the Economy - Coindesk

Tech - Bitcoin

• Newsletter #201 - Bitcoin Optech