TLDR: Fair Value Accounting for Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs Delayed, Flipkart & Polygon Partners Up, Synthetix Token Inflation Ends, Namada Launch on Cosmos Interchain, Trump Launches NTFs.

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Bitcoin Highlights of the Week

El Salvador Secure Bitcoin Bonds Approval

El Salvador's move towards integrating BTC into its financial landscape has reached a pivotal milestone. The eagerly anticipated "Volcano Bonds", have received regulatory approval for issuance in early 2024.

Unveiling The Bitcoin Project Babylon

The BTC project Babylon emerges as a beacon of DeFi. With an ambitious goal of transforming all 21 million BTC into a staking asset through PoS mechanisms, Babylon has secured a significant stride forward.

River Introduces River Link

River introduces River Link which is a platform that allow easy Bitcoin transfers via text message to anyone and anywhere, regardless of their wallet or location.

Fair Value Accounting for Bitcoin

For fiscal years beginning after Dec 15 2024, the FASB will adopt Fair Value Accounting for Bitcoin. This essentially means, that the adoption of $BTC as a treasury reserve asset by corporations worldwide will begin. 

Crusoe Energy Commission Bitcoin Mining in Argentina

Crusoe Energy has launched its new project in Argentina's Vaca Muerta oilfield where it will be converting 2 million cubic feet of wasted gas daily to power 12MW worth of Bitcoin miners.

Ethereum Highlights of the Week

Ethereum ETFs Delayed

The SEC has decided to push back approvals of a number of Ethereum spot ETFs to May 2024. Among the applicants affected are ARK Invest and 21Shares.

Flipkart and Polygon Form Partnership

E-commerce giant Flipkart has revealed its strategic collaboration with blockchain scaling startup Polygon to leverage the chain development kit (CDK) for scaling its FireDrops Web3 loyalty program.

Synthetix Token Inflation Ends

As SIP 2043 passes by a governance and subsequent implementation, Synthetix has ended the SNX token inflation. This will impact token-holders and liquidity providers as this pivotal point is reached for the protocol.

Polygon Launch Safer Foundry Contracts

Polygon has released 3 new beta libraries aimed at making smart contract development in Foundry safer and more streamlined.

Coinbase Launch ETH-USDC Expansion

Coinbase launches ETH-USDC expansion of spot trading on Coinbase International Exchange by pairing via API access for non-US institutional clients only.

Cosmos Highlights of the Week

Deep Dive on Talis Protocol

In the dynamic NFT and cryptocurrency landscape, Talis emerges as a platform with innovative solutions, focusing on its marketplace, tools, fee accrual mechanism, and governance.

Polymer Building Interoperability Ecosystem

Polymer is building a Cosmos-Ethereum interoperability ecosystem where connectivity among all Ethereum rollups through innovative IBC technology is utilized on the Cosmos ecosystem.

Namada Launch on Cosmos Interchain

Namada, a privacy IBC, launches on the Cosmos interchain to bring privacy to Cosmos. Namada's architecture harnesses the power of IBC's to establish a unified and interoperable privacy.

Fetch AI and Singularity Team Up

Fetch AI and Singularity announced this week that they have teamed up and formed a partnership. This partnership will push the AI agenda in Cosmos to new levels!

Other Highlights of the Week

Ledger Security Threat

Hardware wallet company Ledger faced a massive security threat this week. The attack, originating from a compromised software library within Ledger's ConnectKit, led to malicious code injection in the frontends of numerous apps.

Trump Launches NFTs

Former President Donald Trump has launched his latest NFT series called the “Mugshot Edition” collection. These NFTs are a special number of trading cards with a total of 47 editions with asking price of $5k each.

Rainbow Wallet Goes Live

The crypto wallet, Rainbow Wallet, goes live by unveiling a points program aimed at rewarding Ethereum users for their on-chain actions. By signing up, users get Rainbow Points which seem like an airdrop, but no one is quite certain hereof.

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