U.S. Treasury Debunks Narrative That Hamas Relied on Crypto to Fund Terrorism

Just after Hamas’ terrorist attacks in Israel last year, crypto took blame for helping fund such brutal killing. While the prominent media reports were later bashed by cryptocurrency experts, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s top official on terrorism financing confirmed to lawmakers on Wednesday the situation was blown out of proportion.Source

Upcoming High-Level EU Financial Policy Talks Could Steer Crypto Oversight: Source

An informal document shared among EU officials shows digital finance, and thereby crypto, topping a list of priorities to be discussed.Source

Revolut to List Bonk, Distribute $1.2M of Meme Coin in ‘Learn’ Campaign

Solana’s biggest meme coin BONK will list on Revolut, which plans to run a $1.2 million “learn” campaign for users.Source

Tiger Global Exited Coinbase Stake Late Last Year, Filing Shows

Tiger sold 38,850 shares during the fourth quarter.Source

Coinbase to Report Strong Earnings, ETF Benefits May Surprise Wall Street, Analysts Say

Coinbase is expected to report strong revenue numbers, given an uptick in crypto trading volume towards the end of 2023.Source

The Protocol: Bitcoin’s OP_CAT, Fake Ethereum Tokens, Starknet’s Airdrop

CoinDesk’s Jamie Crawley takes a look at the suddenly-high-profile proposal to revive Bitcoin’s historic “OP_CAT” function as a way of enabling more development on the oldest blockchain. PLUS: the unofficial “ERC-404” tokens driving up fees on Ethereum and highlights from our Protocol Village column over the past week.Source

Craig Wright Cross Examination Ends as COPA Trial Closes for Day

Wright who has been battling it out against COPA counsel in a trial for the past couple of days is trying to prove he is Satoshi Nakamoto.Source

Citibank Tests Tokenization of Private Equity Funds on Avalanche

The firm tested a variety of use cases through Avalanche’s subnet with a focus on private markets.Source

Indonesia Picks Crypto-Friendly Team in Presidential Election

During the presidential campaign, vice-presidential candidate Gibran discussed crypto and blockchain as a means to expand job opportunities for the country’s younger generation.Source

EigenLayer’s Cap Lift Prompts $4B Inflow as ETH Restaking Heats Up

EigenLayer has become the fifth largest protocol in decentralized finance (DeFi) following more than $4 billion in inflows over the past two weeks.Source