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<p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c06e70d-77d4-4ef1-8b18-d85d6343b032_208x208.png"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c06e70d-77d4-4ef1-8b18-d85d6343b032_208x208.png 424w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c06e70d-77d4-4ef1-8b18-d85d6343b032_208x208.png 848w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c06e70d-77d4-4ef1-8b18-d85d6343b032_208x208.png 1272w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c06e70d-77d4-4ef1-8b18-d85d6343b032_208x208.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1c06e70d-77d4-4ef1-8b18-d85d6343b032_208x208.png" width="200" height="200" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1c06e70d-77d4-4ef1-8b18-d85d6343b032_208x208.png&quot;,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:208,&quot;width&quot;:208,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:200,&quot;bytes&quot;:13504,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c06e70d-77d4-4ef1-8b18-d85d6343b032_208x208.png 424w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c06e70d-77d4-4ef1-8b18-d85d6343b032_208x208.png 848w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c06e70d-77d4-4ef1-8b18-d85d6343b032_208x208.png 1272w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c06e70d-77d4-4ef1-8b18-d85d6343b032_208x208.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture></a></figure></div><h1>News</h1><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc806e80a-0f2c-4aef-9818-4754edde4aba_370x438.png"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc806e80a-0f2c-4aef-9818-4754edde4aba_370x438.png 424w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc806e80a-0f2c-4aef-9818-4754edde4aba_370x438.png 848w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc806e80a-0f2c-4aef-9818-4754edde4aba_370x438.png 1272w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc806e80a-0f2c-4aef-9818-4754edde4aba_370x438.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c806e80a-0f2c-4aef-9818-4754edde4aba_370x438.png" width="270" height="319.6216216216216" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c806e80a-0f2c-4aef-9818-4754edde4aba_370x438.png&quot;,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:438,&quot;width&quot;:370,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:270,&quot;bytes&quot;:206565,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc806e80a-0f2c-4aef-9818-4754edde4aba_370x438.png 424w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc806e80a-0f2c-4aef-9818-4754edde4aba_370x438.png 848w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc806e80a-0f2c-4aef-9818-4754edde4aba_370x438.png 1272w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc806e80a-0f2c-4aef-9818-4754edde4aba_370x438.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture></a></figure></div><p><strong>Microstrategy Software acquires 1,914 BTC at an average price of $49,229 &amp; now hold a total of 124,391 BTC valued at $5.9 billion (<a href="https://www.microstrategy.com/content/dam/website-assets/collateral/financial-documents/financial-document-archive/form-8-k-12-30-2021.pdf">Link</a>)</strong></p><p></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F524911e5-9e33-4d7d-b7c7-5cca7d7f15ef_1748x1066.png"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F524911e5-9e33-4d7d-b7c7-5cca7d7f15ef_1748x1066.png 424w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F524911e5-9e33-4d7d-b7c7-5cca7d7f15ef_1748x1066.png 848w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F524911e5-9e33-4d7d-b7c7-5cca7d7f15ef_1748x1066.png 1272w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F524911e5-9e33-4d7d-b7c7-5cca7d7f15ef_1748x1066.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/524911e5-9e33-4d7d-b7c7-5cca7d7f15ef_1748x1066.png" width="390" height="237.9" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/524911e5-9e33-4d7d-b7c7-5cca7d7f15ef_1748x1066.png&quot;,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:671,&quot;width&quot;:1100,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:390,&quot;bytes&quot;:295023,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F524911e5-9e33-4d7d-b7c7-5cca7d7f15ef_1748x1066.png 424w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F524911e5-9e33-4d7d-b7c7-5cca7d7f15ef_1748x1066.png 848w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F524911e5-9e33-4d7d-b7c7-5cca7d7f15ef_1748x1066.png 1272w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F524911e5-9e33-4d7d-b7c7-5cca7d7f15ef_1748x1066.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture></a></figure></div><p><strong>The Bitcoin mining hash-rate recovers to an all time high after the Chinese government ban (<a href="https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1477673129380126721">Link</a>)</strong></p><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Genesis Global Capital issues a $6 million loan backed by NFTs (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/genesis-issues-6m-nft-backed-loan-to-meta4-capital">Link</a>)</strong></p><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Publicly traded Bitcoin miner, Marathon Digital ($MARA) orders 78,000 new Antminer S19 SX Bitcoin miners from Bitmain China for $879 million (<a href="https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/29/marathon-digitals-record-purchase-of-bitcoin-miners-will-cost-879m/#:~:text=Marathon%20Digital%20(Nasdaq%3A%20MARA),from%20July%20to%20December%202022.">Link</a>)</strong>  </p><div><hr></div><p></p><h2>Decentralized Finance &amp; Crypto News</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21c61616-9585-4b73-b2b8-36f170d85b37_1226x828.png"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21c61616-9585-4b73-b2b8-36f170d85b37_1226x828.png 424w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21c61616-9585-4b73-b2b8-36f170d85b37_1226x828.png 848w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21c61616-9585-4b73-b2b8-36f170d85b37_1226x828.png 1272w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21c61616-9585-4b73-b2b8-36f170d85b37_1226x828.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/21c61616-9585-4b73-b2b8-36f170d85b37_1226x828.png" width="320" height="216.14545454545456" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/21c61616-9585-4b73-b2b8-36f170d85b37_1226x828.png&quot;,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:743,&quot;width&quot;:1100,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:320,&quot;bytes&quot;:695479,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21c61616-9585-4b73-b2b8-36f170d85b37_1226x828.png 424w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21c61616-9585-4b73-b2b8-36f170d85b37_1226x828.png 848w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21c61616-9585-4b73-b2b8-36f170d85b37_1226x828.png 1272w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21c61616-9585-4b73-b2b8-36f170d85b37_1226x828.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture></a></figure></div><p><strong>Members of Rari Capital DAO &amp; Fei Stablecoin DAO vote to merge becoming one of the largest mergers in DAO history (<a href="https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/12/21/rari-capital-fei-protocol-token-holders-approve-multibillion-dollar-defi-merger/#:~:text=On%20Tuesday%2C%20at%20Ethereum%20block,among%20those%20with%20Fei's%20TRIBE.">Link</a>)</strong></p><p></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbe9eaa4b-eee0-43fe-9911-17ec2acf9415_1810x998.png"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbe9eaa4b-eee0-43fe-9911-17ec2acf9415_1810x998.png 424w, 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https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbe9eaa4b-eee0-43fe-9911-17ec2acf9415_1810x998.png 1272w, https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbe9eaa4b-eee0-43fe-9911-17ec2acf9415_1810x998.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture></a></figure></div><p><strong>Legitimate crypto-asset exchange volume in 2021 reached record levels with the month of April/2021 transacting over $2 trillion in volume (<a href="https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1475543933627383815">Link</a>)</strong></p><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>OpenDAO ($SOS) reaches over 215,000 addresses who own or claimed the SOS Token airdrop (<a href="https://etherscan.io/token/0x3b484b82567a09e2588a13d54d032153f0c0aee0#balances">Link</a>)</strong> </p><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>A deep dive on one of the largest DeFi protocols by total locked value, Curve.Finance - Messari Research (<a href="https://twitter.com/MessariCrypto/status/1475855880038010881">Link</a>)</strong></p><ul><li><p>$6 billion in monthly volume </p></li></ul><p></p><p></p>