Larry David Calls Himself an ‘Idiot’ for Doing Infamous FTX Super Bowl Ad

Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange infamously collapsed months after the commercial.Source

Crypto for Advisors: AI Tools for Advisors

Content creation and productivity are the main benefits of advisors utilizing AI tools.There are some helpful things that AI can do to help financial advisors.Source

Taproot Wizards Delays ‘Quantum Cats’ for 3rd Time as Mint Site Gets Fixed, Tested

Taproot Wizards struggled with technical issues during Monday’s initial attempt to sell about 3,000 of the “NFTs on Bitcoin.” The team says they underestimated demand, and says the minting site is now fixed but needs more time for testing.Source

Superstate Debuts Tokenized Short-Term Treasury Fund on Ethereum to Compete for Zero-Yield Stablecoins

Superstate’s USTB token aims to offer institutional investors an alternative to stablecoins to earn a yield on their on-chain cash holdings, Superstate founder and CEO Robert Leshner said.Source

Polygon Labs Cuts 19% of Staff, 60 Roles, for ‘Enhanced Performance’

The Ethereum-focused developer firm attributes the layoffs to working more effectively, rather than financial reasons.Source

Crypto Startup Velar Plans Perpetual Swaps Exchange for Bitcoin DeFi After Raising $3.5M

Crypto trading startup Velar raised $3.5 million to build a suite of DeFi tools for Bitcoin’s nascent DeFi sceneSource

Market Manipulation May Have Hit Majority of New Ethereum Tokens in 2023: Chainalysis

A new study by the on-chain sleuth found possible pump and dump patterns for 54% of tokens listed in 2023.Source

Celsius’ Bitcoin Mining Assets to Restart as New Firm Prepares to Go Public

The new company, Ionic Digital, expects to hit mining capacity of 12.7 exahash per second (EH/s).Source

Web3 Gaming Company Saltwater Raises $5.5M Seed Funding

Saltwater closed its seed round on the heels of acquiring gaming developers Maze Theory, Nexus Labs and Quantum Interactive.Source

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Regains $42K Following Wednesday’s Dip

The latest price moves in bitcoin [BTC] and crypto markets in context for Feb. 1, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.Source