This month: Bitcoin reaches historic high amid ETF inflows, as Swiss banks dive deeper into crypto trading. Meanwhile, three Web3 companies have launched a new platform for tokenized shares on Polygon, some former FTX employees have made a venture capital comeback, and Telefónica and Coachella announce new, very different Web3 initiatives. Finally, in the seemingly never-ending election season of 2024, we take a look at how crypto advocacy is gaining momentum.

This month: Visa and Transak are making crypto-fiat conversions quicker for millions of clients, while Swiss startup Taurus gains regulatory approval to sell tokenized shares in private companies to retail clients. We also take a look at spot Bitcoin ETF inflows, amid indications that an Ether ETF is likely to be next, and take stock of the Web3 funding rounds that have closed recently.

This week, all eyes have been on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as financial industry titans race to launch spot Bitcoin exchange traded funds (ETF) for the first time. And late on Wednesday, it was finally confirmed: the SEC was approving 11 ETF applications that would begin trading on Thursday. Buzz around the approval had driven Bitcoin to a 12-month high of $47,500 this week, while prospective ETF providers jostled for position by competing on fees.

This week: FTX asset sell off, SEBA partners with SGKB and receives Hong Kong license, new retail and wholesale CBDC pilots get the green light, and asset holders left out of pocket due to a rogue app and hack at Microsoft and LastPass.

This week: Three important considerations for Web3 founders going into the next market phase; the potential return of FTX; Uniswap and Ledger come under fire from privacy advocates.

This week: MiCA paves the way for expansion of the European digital asset sector; Meta’s metaverse gets some legs; JP Morgan fires the starting pistol on institutional asset tokenization.

This week: How 2023’s regulatory whirlwind has created three distinct faces of Brand Crypto globally; why the real value in NFTs is about so much more than numbers go up; NASA will enshrine moon landing data on the blockchain.

This week: THE RELEVANCE HOUSE publishes first-of-its-kind quantified research into Web3 branding; Coinbase finds its feet again after recent messaging wobble; facepalms all around as Huobi rebrands to HTX.

This week: A predictable end for Friend.Tech; Grayscale wins key battle in crypto’s fightback against the SEC; Binance loses support of payment giants, but does it even matter?

This week: We’re preparing to publish our inaugural report into the state of branding in Web3; Coinbase sets the context with an inadvertent branding gaffe; and fintech moves to the frontier of adoption.

This week: Worldcoin’s basic branding blunder; NFTs give new value to legacy artists and work; the ghost of SBF looms large over Conspiracy Crypto Twitter. 

This week: Threads’ success shows that decentralization doesn’t sell; Ripple makes waves for the SEC; UK regulators get the knives out for crypto memes.

This week: The good, bad, and ugly of Bitcoin ETFs; OKX splashes $70m on sponsorship; ape investors get rekt.

This week: The SEC’s ire for altcoins; Ethereum devs mull a dramatic raise to the minimum ETH stake; Blackrock’s ETF application provides some much-needed relief.

This week: Staking cements Ethereum’s slow-and-steady brand, Binance and Coinbase hit by SEC action, and Apple releases its first new product in years.

This week: Are Bitcoin and Ethereum trying to enact a full-on “flippening”? Crypto infrastructure projects continue to shine, and Jack Dorsey is back with yet another launch.

This week: Memecoins are back – this time with frogs; resulting spike of activity causes stakers to flock to ETH and rifts in the Bitcoin community; Coindesk’s annual Consensus event demonstrates ongoing appetite for Web3 developments.

This week: Ethereum’s Shapella upgrade sails through without a hitch, Elon doubles down on crypto by teaming up with eToro to offer Twitter-enabled trading, and a16z’s second “State of Crypto” report shines a light on some encouraging trends after a deeply turbulent year for the sector.

This week: Credit Suisse coverage is ahead of the curve, there’s plenty of good news on the crypto project funding front, and an influential tech entrepreneur sets heads scratching with an expensive $2 million bet.