Google Play has updated its policy to allow for the integration of digital assets such as NFTs into gaming applications

  • Google Play has updated its policy to allow for the integration of digital assets such as NFTs into gaming applications on the platform.
  • Circle has announced that it has reduced its workforce to strengthen its balance sheet and to focus “on core business activities and execution”.
  • For the first time in almost a year, Ark Investment Management has trimmed its position in Coinbase Global with its Innovation ETF selling 135,152 shares.
  • Convenient store giant 7-Eleven has launched Slurpee NFTs on the Polygon network for its “Slurpee Day” where customers are able to claim their own digital collectible.
  •  South Korea’s Financial Services Commission is looking at draft rules that could force companies to disclose their cryptocurrency holdings from next year onwards. Information such as quantity, volume, market value etc. of the company’s crypto holdings will need to be provided.
  • Crypto exchange BitOasis has had their Dubai operating license suspended by the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). The regulator has said the firm failed to meet “key conditions over 30-60 day timeframes”.
  • Vitalik Buterin noted in a Twitter space talk that for Bitcoin to be more than payments it would require scaling solutions, similar to that of what Arbitrum and Optimism have done for Ethereum.
  • Grayscale has updated its weighting in its DeFi Fund with Uniswap making up 45.46%, Lido at 19.04%, and Aave at 11.53%. Other alts include MakerDao, Curve, and Synthetix.