Australia To Get First Bitcoin ETF, Side-Ways Crypto Markets, Regulation Heats Up & Moonbird Frenzy | Weekly Shift Newsletter (Apr.22)
Ben Simpson
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Welcome back to Collective Shift’s Weekly Crypto Round-Up for Friday, April 22.?
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???The Week In Crypto
It was a quiet week for crypto price action, with lots of sideways movement—BTC’s +1% and ETH -1% (as of writing). Both hovering around $40K and $3K price levels.?
The ETF would allow users to get Bitcoin exposure via the Purpose Bitcoin ETF without directly holding. Trading could begin as early as April 27.?
Crypto advocacy group Coin Centre called a new SEC proposal subjecting blockchain developers and publishers to exchange requirements “unconstitutional”. Crypto powerhouses A16z, ConsenSys and Delphi Digital, spoke out about the SEC proposal.?
The IMF also?called?for a coordinated effort to enforce greater checks and balances of increasing “cryptoization”.
The collection of 10,000 NFTs created by Kevin Rose’s PROOF Collective soared on debut, amassing $200M in sales. It did more volume in 7 hours than many top-tier collections combined over the last 7 days.
The US Treasury claims North Korean hackers known as the “Lazarus Group” were behind the $622M Axie Infinity Exploit.?
They’ve been linked to other NFT scams and phishing attacks.?
One of the biggest crypto VCs launched a half-billion-dollar fund targeted at gaming and web3 startups—claiming blockchain gaming could see “significant growth” over the next 5 years.
Coinbase’s VP of product Sanchan Saxena told The Block “full fiat on-ramps will be coming soon.”
????New Wave Of Bitcoin Retail Investors Coming As Australia Launches Bitcoin ETF
Big news in Australia as the new Bitcoin ETF has been announced, allowing retail exposure to the asset class.?
?? Bitcoin Miami 2022, Should You Attend?
Ben documented his travel from Australia to Miami to attend the Bitcoin Miami conference.
Curious about what it's like and whether should you attend next year??
?Follow along with Ben's journey below. ??
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???How To Buy Your First Bitcoin
A practical step by step guide to buying your first bitcoin. A must for any beginner!
?? MoonBirds NFT: Analysis & Update (+400% in 6 Hours)?
The team was extremely excited about this one! Ben dives into what happened with Moonbirds and why it soared following mint.?
?? Characterising Capitulation: Inside This Week’s Free Article
This week’s free Team Insight saw Checkmate analyse the possible idea of institutions slowly buying up sell pressure in the market. A dive into capitulation and the forces at play!
?Read the full Team Insight at the?link?via the Member Platform!
??Best From The Collective Shift Community
Diving into Solana Hackathon projects?
A long-time community member dived into another Solana Ignition Hackathon project in our Facebook community!?
#security: Security risks with iCloud
We love to see the community come together and share security issues. A member?shared?a security risk with MetaMask iClouds savings passwords.?
We recommend disabling iCloud MetaMask backups. See the full rundown by MetaMask for more?details.
???Announcements
Collective Shift lands a Moonbird!
The Team were very excited about the Moonbirds NFT mint! Luckily Collective Shift and Head of Research Matt won the raffle and minted a Moonbird!
??Wrap Up
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