Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, DOT, XMR, APE, CAKE

Two large gatherings are planned this year that center on bitcoin and other aspects of alternative economies and societies.
Crypto Twitter has lit up with users excited to learn they will be eligible to claim Optimism’s OP tokens in an upcoming “season of airdrops.”

If CME doesn’t yield, ProShares’ options include shifting assets into later-dated contracts or potentially investing in crypto-related equities.
The fintech, which provides lending services for crypto holders wanting fiat currency, also closed a $6 million seed funding round led by Khosla Ventures and Kindred Ventures.
The online porn industry has been an early adopter of bitcoins, so it's no surprise that a key trade event has added a special panel discussion on the currency's business implications.

Choppy trading in broader markets failed to temper a gradual dip in major cryptocurrencies, with some sliding as much as 8% in the past 24 hours.
Here's a step-by-step guide on what you need to know to explore and play in The Sandbox metaverse. This piece is part of pages Metaverse Week.
The legislation was approved with modifications in the country’s Chamber of Deputies and will now return to the Senate, which had passed it in December.
IBM is giving its blockchain track-and-trace capabilities the social-impact treatment with a provenance application focused on coffee.
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Griffith, who pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to violate international sanctions against North Korea, faces up to 6 1/2 years in prison.
The mechanics behind crypto yield farming are eerily simple, but that simplicity should act as a warning label rather than an advertisement.
A deeper dive into liquidity pools, automated market makers, yield farming and other aspects of DEXs. This is the third part of a continuing series on understanding DeFi.
Developers of the fast-growing UST stablecoin say the coin's $1 value peg isn't "backed" by anything – just a blockchain-based algorithm. So why does it need a multibillion-dollar bitcoin reserve in case of an emergency? How would that work?
With NFTs taking off and the real real estate market buffeted by COVID-19, virtual worlds like Decentraland could be well placed to capitalize.
 
Can cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and CBDCs coexist as methods of payment? Industry leaders shine a light on the future of crypto payments. This piece is part of pages Payments Week.
Wharton said it will be the first Ivy League institution or U.S. business school to accept cryptocurrency from program participants.
Cryptocurrencies have taken a prominent role at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, despite the mainstream finance world’s apparent contempt for the sector.
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Bitcoin cash devs are fighting over what code changes to make next. If no one compromises, hard-forked coin could itself split into two.
By using Web 3’s building blocks to represent social identity, the ecosystem can overcome its current limitations and bring about a decentralized society.
Digital asset custodians have evolved significantly over the past decade to attract institutional participation at scale. It started with the pure safekeeping play during Custody 1.0 which evolved to Custody 2.0 when we built institutional-grade infrastructure to meet regulatory, operational, and compliance requirements, and now, we enter the Custody 3.0 era focused on monetizing custodied assets though various decentralized on-chain applications. The webinar will explore how institutional custodians provide access to on-chain services, enable interoperability across chains, and help organizations integrate digital assets into their business operations.
With ether hitting another all-time-high, leading the way for other alternative tokens, and a look at into an opinion piece on how to dismantle the post-9/11 security state, pages Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

Bitcoin launched as a purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash, inspiring the rise of other cryptocurrency payment options: Here is what the data shows. This piece is part of pages Payments Week.
With bitcoin sliding back below $30,000 in sync with U.S. stocks, plus a look at the early fallout from the collapse of UST, pages Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.
Smart contracts are programs that automatically execute transactions if certain conditions are met, without the need of an intermediary.


The former head of 3D design at Nike now makes mind-bending digital art. He's a speaker at pages Consensus festival this June.
After Jerome Powell’s press conference, all markets reacted aggressively and then swiftly retraced their moves as market sentiment shifted overnight.

The firm is building the infrastructure to offer crypto market access to end users, CFO André Milanez said on Monday.

Prince Charles promised laws on economic crime and financial services as he introduced the government's legislative agenda at the formal opening of a new session of Parliament.

Coca-Cola officially gets into NFTs for charity

The blockchain center at the University of Wyoming will feature a Plutus development facility, providing blockchain developers with an applied laboratory for writing code in cardano's smart-contract language.
The former CFTC chairman described the current rules for digital assets as anachronistic and unevenly enforced during his appearance TV.
“I have zero hope at a policy level,” says the whistleblower turned security consultant. “This is a cultural issue.” This interview is part of ruls Week.

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Bitcoin's inverse correlation with PAXG represents the leading cryptocurrency's recent behavior as a risk asset rather than a store of value.
April wasn't exactly a stellar month for crypto assets – that said there were strong gains to be had for those willing to wade into riskier waters.
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