Daily Crypto NewsEDITION #387, 17 January 2022

Simple Dimple, Simp DAO

Hey Moni Maker 🖤

Today, in 1773, James Cook crossed the Arctic Circle. Human nature is the nature of the explorer. Once, people knew nothing about the planet they lived on, so they actively explored it - now we have a general idea of the Earth, so what do we do then? Space is complicated, and far away; oceans are complicated and deep... 

Well, we have found somewhere to apply our exploratory talents. Crypto! Let's go!

Yesterday the Twitter streets were discussing the NFT collection on OpenSea by Irene Zhao. Yes, Irene is selling her collection with launchpad invites and pics of her. 

Hm…ugh…And we can add that the floor of the collection is almost 4 ETH. We won't comment on it, except to say that crypto is still the most unpredictable and predictable at the same time. 

Simps here? 

Rumours were flying around; savants were looking at the page code, here you go. Tesla has added DOGE to its list of payment methods!  

Btw, you can only buy a souvenir toy car with DOGE. Interesting metaphor, isn't it?

Tether has added three more Ethereum addresses, holding more $150 million worth of the USDT stablecoin between them, to its blacklist.

As a centralized company, Tether is able to blacklist addresses it believes are involved in crime, money laundering — or for any other reason, it chooses.

Good airdrop…

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has successfully tested the integration of a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) settlement with commercial banks.

According to an announcement by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) on Thursday, the successful trial was a major part of the second phase of Project Helvetia that aims to integrate tokenized financial assets with mainstream markets.

On January 14, Bitfinex announced that it will close user accounts in Ontario at the beginning of March. In its announcement, the exchange wrote:

"Starting on March 1, 2022, Ontario customers will no longer have access to any Services. Any Ontario customers who have open positions in our peer-to-peer financing markets are advised to immediately start exiting those positions in preparation for March 1, 2022."

Canadian securities regulators have been increasing oversight of custodial cryptocurrency exchanges, requiring them to register as securities exchanges or exit those respective provincial markets. As home to the largest equities market in the country, 

*sad vibe*

Continuing to fill our portfolio with coins for the long term! Took $FXS this time. 

What would you like to buy in the long term in 2 weeks? To become millionaires, eh? Suggestions are here! 

Fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) — is the spread of deliberately false, or simply negative news and facts, in order to tarnish the reputation of the project.

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And you...buy Bitcoin! (it's a good time!)