First Mover Asia: We’re Still Missing Good Web3 Games; Bitcoin Swoons Below $29K

The TradGaming world has tentpole franchises that have drawn large audiences, but Web3 games have yet to connect meaningfully with gaming enthusiasts.Source

Trezor Model T Gets Bitcoin Privacy Upgrade With New CoinJoin Feature

CoinJoin increases privacy by combining multiple bitcoin payments from multiple spenders to produce a single transaction whose history and ownership are obfuscated.Source

Tesla Made No Changes to Bitcoin Holdings in First Quarter

The company booked a gain of $XX million on its bitcoin holdings.Source

Crypto Lender Maple Finance Opens U.S. Treasury Bill Pool for Cash Management

Maple’s new lending pool offers accredited investors, crypto firms and DAO treasuries a way to earn yield on their idle stablecoin holdings by investing in one-month U.S. Treasury bills.Source

Bitcoin Hovers Near $29.3K After Binance Sell Order, UK Inflation Data

BTC fell as low as $29,045 earlier Wednesday. ETH dropped below $2,000 for the first time in almost a week.Source

Starbucks Odyssey Brews Smoother Second Serving of NFTs With ‘First Store’ Collection

Members of Starbucks Odyssey who had two unique stamps (NFTs) in their wallet were able to access a pre-sale before it opened to the rest of the beta group.Source

Blockchain Meets Bonds: How Crypto Can Solve Long-Standing Issues in Capital Markets

The future of debt instruments is being built today, Arca’s Anthony Bufinsky writes.Source

Trump’s Second NFT Collection Sells Out While Prices on First Collection Plunge

The former president released his second series of Trump Trading Cards on Tuesday, though it appears that the hype surrounding his Web3 debut is cooling off.Source

SEC Chair Gensler Declines to Say if Ether Is a Security in Contentious Congressional Hearing

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler refused to say whether ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, was a security during a nearly five-hour hearing Tuesday.Source

MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Holding Doesn’t Necessarily Pose a Concentration Risk: Bernstein

Rising bitcoin prices mean a stronger balance sheet, higher stock prices and easier debt repayment, without the company needing to sell its holdings, the report said.Source