Weekly Roundup 01/28/22 (Putin warms to Bitcoin mining, Wonderland’s Quadriga connection, Libra/Diem shutters) (EP.279)

Matt and Nic return for deals and news of the week. In this episode: 

  • Fidelity’s Wise Origin spot Bitcoin ETF is denied
  • Putin walks back the central bank ban on mining
  • NY isn’t processing BitLicense applications
  • Facebook is selling their IP being Diem/Libra to Silvergate
  • Ripple buys out their Series C Investors
  • Google’s cloud division makes a blockchain push
  • A DeFi protocol founder is revealed to be a former Quadriga executive
  • Are anonymous developers the future?
  • Ark comes out with their Big Ideas for 2022

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