Weekly Report (16-22 Jan 2023): BTC touched $23.3k this week, More room to move higher

• Top ApolloX Gainer: APTUSDT (+67.70%)
• Top ApolloX Loser: CHZUSDT (-3.41%)

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*Data cited from CoinMarketCap

Market Analysis

BTC price traded within the $20.5k and $21.5k range for most of the week. On Jan. 22, BTC saw its best 2023 price of $23.3k briefly, but closed the week below $23k. In the derivatives market, Bitcoin open interest increased by $834 million this week as compared to last week, on renewed optimism following positive price action. Aggregated funding rates remain positive as well. Over $642 million short positions and over $535 million long positions were liquidated this week. Around $235 million shorts were liquidated on Jan. 20 alone when BTC pumped.

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CryptoBytes

Investment Talk & Policy

• Crypto lending firm Genesis claims $5.1 billion in liabilities in the weeks following its freeze on withdrawals last November, according to bankruptcy court documents signed by interim CEO Derar Islim. (Learn more)
• Bitcoin miner 1Thash sent nearly 5,600 bitcoin (BTC), about $124 million worth, to the Binance crypto exchange. Usually, large BTC inflows from miners to exchanges like Binance is a bearish signal. (Learn more)
• The U.S. SEC has charged DeFi trader Avraham Eisenberg over his draining of $116 million from Mango Markets in October. However, the charges rest on their assertion that governance token MNGO is a security. (Learn more)
• United States prosecutors have seized nearly $700 million worth of assets linked to FTX or Sam Bankman-Fried, including more than 55 million shares in Robinhood. (Learn more)

Projects

• Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin proposed the concept of “stealth addresses” as  a privacy solution, as all information that goes onto a “public blockchain” is public. He said “stealth addresses” can potentially anonymize P2P transactions, NFT transfers, and ENS registrations, protecting users. (Learn more)
• A Hong Kong-based blockchain company has launched a digital payments system that would serve a purpose similar to what the SWIFT network does for banks, but aimed at bridging the gap between stablecoins and CBDCs. (Learn more)
• Virtual world platform Decentraland has three of its executives and founders listed among the 50 largest non-insider unsecured claims against Genesis Global. Genesis filed for bankruptcy protection on Thursday. (Learn more)

Digital Assets & Web3

• Yuga Labs released its Sewer Passes for minting on Wednesday, yielding over 4,000 ETH (over $6 million) in total sales volume within hours of release. (Learn more)
• NFT marketplace Rarible is expanding its white-label marketplace building tool for Polygon-based collections. (Learn more)

What’s New at ApolloX

• ApolloX Lite Mode - The new ApolloX Lite Mode is live! Users can now trade ALP-PERP contracts with zero slippage. (Learn more)
• ApolloX Community AMA - Join ApolloX’s first ever Telegram Community AMA with CaptainX on Jan. 30 to learn more about ALP and Lite Mode! (Learn more)
• Champs & Affiliates Appreciation - In conjunction with the festive period, all active champs and affiliates will receive lucky rewards ranging from 8 - 888 APX. (Learn more)
• APX Token Repurchase Update - The total number of cumulative APX tokens repurchased hit 10 million. (Learn more)
• New Twitter Handle - ApolloX has bid its old Twitter handle goodbye. @ApolloX_Finance is now the official new Twitter handle! (Learn more)

Trading & Competitions

• ALP Whitelist Benefit - Buy and hold at least 1,000 USDT worth of ALP for a minimum of 30 days to earn an additional 1,000 APX! Ends Feb. 28. (Buy now)
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