ICYMI from the @TheBlock__ US session:
🇪🇺 The European Union is considering banning crypto transactions with Russia to tighten sanctions evasion, according to the FT.
💰 Tether has made a strategic investment in LayerZero Labs, the team behind the tech powering USDT0.
📈 Canaan’s revenue more than doubled in Q4 as the bitcoin miner expanded its treasury to record levels.
📊 Interactive Brokers added nano Bitcoin and Ether futures via Coinbase Derivatives.
🗣️ Michael Saylor said bitcoin will “double or triple” the performance of the S&P in the coming years and vowed Strategy won’t be selling.
🏦 MoonPay said it wants to help 40,000 businesses across the UK and EU pay workers in stablecoins.
🔥 Hyperliquid’s permissionless perpetuals hit $5 billion in daily volume, as a metals trading frenzy fueled record activity.
⚖️ Jailed FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has filed a motion seeking a new trial.
🤝 Citadel and Ark Invest backed LayerZero as it launched a new blockchain and partnered with Google Cloud and DTCC.
🏎️ The former SafeMoon CEO was sentenced to eight years in prison for a crypto scheme.
📉 Robinhood shares fell after earnings, as crypto revenue slid 38% in Q4.
🧪 Robinhood has launched a public testnet for its new blockchain built on Arbitrum.
