**36% of the top 1,000 crypto projects went silent on blogging this year**
A whopping 35.8% of the world’s largest crypto projects haven’t uploaded a single blog post in 2023.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/36-of-the-top-1-000-crypto-projects-went-silent-on-blogging-this-year
**Jury convicts former OpenSea manager in NFT-insider trading case**
Prosecutors claimed Nathaniel Chastain profited from inside information as to which NFTs would be featured on the marketplace.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/jury-convicts-former-opensea-manager-in-nft-insider-trading-case
**State regulators crack down on fraudulent cryptos promoted as 'Elon Musk AI Tokens' and 'TruthGPT Coin'**
According to the cease and desist order, investors are being given the impression that Elon Musk endorses "TruthGPT Coin".
**Robinhood returns to court to defend position in case brought by US state regulator**
The Massachusetts Securities Division filed a complaint against Robinhood in December 2020 alleging the platform was in violation of the state’s fiduciary duty standards.
**The Fed has little ammo left as $30K Bitcoin price becomes key battle-line**
BTC options and futures markets show no use of excessive leverage from buyers, a healthy indicator as the $28,000 support gets retested.
**Sotheby’s launches on-chain secondary NFT marketplace: Nifty Newsletter, April 26–May 2**
Sotheby’s marketplace will attempt to set itself apart by presenting a range of artists curated by experts from the auction house.
**Fuse blockchain pledges $10M for ecosystem development**
Grants valuing between $5,000 and $25,000 will be allocated to qualifying project teams.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/fuse-blockchain-pledges-10m-for-ecosystem-development
**Price analysis 5/3: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, SOL, DOT, LTC **
Bitcoin and select altcoins are showing a continuation pattern, indicating indecision among the bulls and the bears.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/price-analysis-5-3-btc-eth-bnb-xrp-ada-doge-matic-sol-dot-ltc
**Retail CBDCs bring unknown 'consequences' to financial system: IMF director**
The IMF's Kristalina Georgieva said wholesale CBDCs, on the other hand, have “fairly little space for undesirable surprises.”
**More crypto exchanges list Pepe following trading frenzy**
The price of the meme token has surged by over 2,000% in the past two weeks.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/more-crypto-exchanges-list-pepe-following-trading-frenzy
**More crypto exchanges list PEPE following trading frenzy**
The price of the memecoin has surged by over 2,000% in the past two weeks.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/more-crypto-exchanges-list-pepe-following-trading-frenzy
**More TPS, less gas: Ethereum layer 2 Starknet outlines performance upgrades**
Starknet makes performance improvements top priority in 2023, aiming to increase throughput, lower latency and reduce transaction costs.
**Tencent Cloud to reportedly offer deepfake creation tool at $145**
Tencent Cloud’s deepfake creation service can analyze and train itself on three-minute videos and 100 voice clips to produce a convincing deepfake video within 24 hours.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/tencent-cloud-to-reportedly-offer-deepfake-creation-tool-at-145
**US GDP misses goal as Bitcoin price seeks to erase 'ultra nasty' 7% dip**
A brisk slowdown in GDP fails to offer any direction for crypto markets, with Bitcoin slowly claws back lost ground below $30,000.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-gdp-misses-goal-as-bitcoin-price-seeks-to-erase-ultra-nasty-7-dip
**Bitcoin price jumps in the wake of First Republic Bank crash**
The price of Bitcoin has bounced upwards as First Republic Bank deposit slump sparks fresh banking crisis fears in the United States.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-jumps-in-the-wake-of-first-republic-bank-crash
**WEF’s promo video shows Bitcoin mining, but leaves out the B-word**
The video showed multiple scenes depicting rows of what appears to be Bitcoin mining rigs, but the cryptocurrency never got a mention.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/wef-s-promo-video-shows-bitcoin-mining-but-it-leaves-out-the-b-word
**US Treasury seeks to tighten nonbank rules following banking crisis**
Janet Yellen called for further regulation of nonbank institutions, claiming they pose a systemic risk to U.S. financial stability.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-treasury-seeks-to-tighten-nonbank-rules-following-banking-crisis
**SBF’s lawyers unable to tap his parent’s phones to meet bail conditions **
The new cell phones purchased for Bankman-Fried's parents cannot "automatically photograph the device's users every five minutes as required by the Order," according to a recent court filing.
**The game theory of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies**
The game theory of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies analyzes the behavior and strategies of participants in the market using concepts such as the prisoner’s dilemma.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-game-theory-of-bitcoin-and-cryptocurrencies
**The European Parliament adopts crypto-focused MiCA legislation**
After that the legislation, introduced for the first time in 2020, should grant approval from the European Council to be published as an effective regulation.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-european-parliament-adopts-crypto-focused-mica-legislation