Key Takeaways

• Bitcoin (BTC) topped USD 40,000 for the first time in two weeks on Friday. The world's biggest cryptocurrency jumped to a two-week high of $40,219 as traders grew more confident in the market following a recent slump.

• The International Olympic Committee is collaborating with game developer nWay to launch Olympic Games Jam: Beijing 2022, a play-to-earn multiplayer game, allowing the players to compete in winter sports to earn Olympic NFT digital pins.

• Crypto.com launched Polkadot deposits and withdrawals on its exchange and application, after announcing a multi-year partnership with the LeBron James Foundation to offer crypto and blockchain education to underserved communities.

• The general price index was positive at +10.77%, while the volume and volatility indices were negative at -21.15% and -1.84%, respectively.

Highlights

• Bitcoin returns to $40K, liquidating over $50M of shorts in hours

• Global blockchain funding grows by 700% YoY surpassing $25 billion

• Bitcoin transfer volumes see a massive uptrend in institutional dominance

• Crypto advertisements set to invade Super Bowl 56

• Japan's leading general trading company to issue country's first gold-linked crypto

• Russians hold over $200B in crypto assets, local government estimates

• Canadian Bitcoin ETF sees its third-biggest daily inflow ever

• Bitcoin network transaction volume surpasses American Express: Research

• Financial disclosures show Ted Cruz made a January 25 Bitcoin purchase

• Youtuber and alleged thief publicly refuses to return investors' funds after $750K rug pull

• Google is looking to help build web3, blockchain products: Alphabet CEO

• China sets certain conditions for blockchain use within the country

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Notable Events

• Tezos (XTZ), one of the leading proof-of-stake blockchain platforms, has scored a training kit deal with professional English soccer club Manchester United, The Athletic reports. (ref)

• Ethereum's native token Ether (ETH) looks poised to hit $3,500 in the coming sessions as it reclaimed a historically strong support level on Saturday. (ref)

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