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<p><em>Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.</em></p><h2 id="header-0">DeFi news</h2><ul><li>Crypto-native <strong><a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/brave/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Brave</a></strong> browser announced <a href="https://cryptonews.com/coins/sol-solana/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Solana (SOL)</a> decentralized app (<a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/dapp/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">dapp</a>) support on <strong>Android</strong> and <strong>iOS</strong>. “In addition to storing, sending, and buying SPL tokens in the wallet, you can now also connect and interact with apps like <strong>MagicEden</strong>, <strong>Orca_so</strong>, and <strong>JupiterExchange</strong>, right in your browser app,” it <a href="https://twitter.com/brave/status/1623007061486317608" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">said</a>.</li></ul><h2 id="header-1">Banking news</h2><ul><li>UK-based neo-banking platform <strong><a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/revolut/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Revolut</a></strong> announced the launch of its crypto staking service for proof-of-stake (<a href="https://cryptonews.com/coins/proof-of-stake/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">PoS</a>) tokens <a href="https://cryptonews.com/coins/ethereum/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ethereum (ETH)</a>, <a href="https://cryptonews.com/coins/cardano/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">cardano (ADA)</a>, <a href="https://cryptonews.com/coins/dot-polkadot/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">polkadot (DOT)</a>, and <a href="https://cryptonews.com/coins/tezos/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">tezos (XTZ)</a>. <a href="https://www.altfi.com/article/10372_revolut-is-launching-crypto-staking-for-25-million-users-for-dot-xtz-ada-eth" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">According</a> to AltFi, yields will range from 11.65% to 2.99%. The service is available for customers in the <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">UK</a> and the <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/eu/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">European Economic Area</a>.</li></ul><h2 id="header-2">Exchange news</h2><ul><li>A full audit of <strong><a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/binance/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Binance</a></strong>&#39;s assets and liabilities is unlikely to happen soon, the crypto exchange&#39;s head of Asia-Pacific Leon Foong <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-08/binance-signals-full-audit-for-crypto-s-biggest-exchange-remains-some-way-off?utm_source&#61;website&amp;utm_medium&#61;share&amp;utm_campaign&#61;twitter&amp;sref&#61;3REHEaVI" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">said</a> for Bloomberg amid calls for more transparency following the collapse of rival <strong><a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/ftx/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">FTX</a></strong>. It is difficult to find an auditor to go over the whole balance sheet given the complexities of auditing cryptoassets. “It shows you the limitations of the more traditional industries because there is a learning curve,&#34; he said. &#34;Number one, it’s not their core competence. And number two, obviously there’s a lot of scrutiny if they get it wrong.”</li></ul><h2 id="header-3">CBDC news</h2><ul><li><strong>Gazprombank</strong>, a subsidiary of the leading <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/russia/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Russian</a> government-owned gas company <strong>Gazprom</strong>, proposed giving banks more time before implementing the <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/cbdc/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">digital ruble</a> to adapt and to minimize losses, <a href="https://www.rbc.ru/crypto/news/63e21d769a7947207006bd43" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">according</a> to a local report. “It is imperative that banks take measures to mitigate potential losses. Hence, it is crucial to recognize the potential risks associated with the transition to a digital ruble and approach its implementation with caution, allowing the financial system sufficient time to adjust,” the bank reportedly said.</li></ul><h2 id="header-4">Mining news</h2><ul><li><strong><a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/argo/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Argo Blockchain</a></strong>&#39;s <a href="https://cryptonews.com/coins/bitcoin/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">bitcoin</a> mining production increased 14% in January, producing BTC 168, compared to BTC 147 in December 2022. Argo&#39;s mining revenue increased to $3.42 million in January compared to $2.49 million in December 2022. “The increase in BTC mined was primarily due to fewer curtailment hours in January compared to December, when a severe winter storm impacted much of the United States,” <a href="https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/ARB/january-operational-update/15828326" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">said</a> a filing to the <strong>London Stock Exchange</strong>. As of January 31, the company held BTC 115 or bitcoin equivalents, it added.</li><li><strong>TeraWulf </strong><a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230207006055/en/TeraWulf-Announces-January-2023-Production-and-Operations-Updates" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">published</a> an unaudited monthly production and operations update for January 2023, reporting: self-mined BTC 157, an increase of more than 25% from December 2022; a fleet of 18,000 miners deployed; an average cost of power of approximately $0.035/kWh; and a power cost decrease to approximately $0.052/kWh, compared to approximately $0.060/kWh in December 2022 following the return to more normalized weather.</li></ul><h2 id="header-5">Career news</h2><ul><li><strong>Metaco</strong>, a provider of digital asset custody and orchestration technology, appointed a number of key new executives to its leadership team, to address the increased demand for institutional digital asset services, while expanding its addressable market within and beyond the banking industry, <a href="https://www.metaco.com/press-release/metaco-executive-team-scale-growth-mpc/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">said</a> the announcement. This includes the former global Head of Digital Asset Infrastructure at <strong>IBM</strong>, Peter DeMeo, who joined the company as Chief Product Officer, and the former IBM lead architect Angel Nunez Mencias, who joined as Chief Customer Officer. Metaco said that, over the past 12 months, it has trebled its headcount.</li></ul><h2 id="header-6">NFT news</h2><ul><li><strong>PLAY! POP! GO!</strong>, a direct-to-consumer <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/art/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">art</a>, <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/fashion/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">fashion</a>, and lifestyle omniverse created by visual artist Amber Park, has integrated <strong>Chainlink Verifiable Random Function</strong> (VRF) on the <strong><a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/ethereum/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Ethereum</a></strong> mainnet. <a href="https://medium.com/&#64;PLAYPOPGO/play-pop-go-x-chainlink-c52208506d13" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">According</a> to the announcement, leveraging <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/chainlink/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Chainlink</a>’s decentralized oracle network helps ensure that the traits for each non-fungible token (<a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/non-fungible-tokens/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">NFT</a>) are generated in a provably fair manner, which ultimately “creates a more exciting and transparent user experience, as users can verify that everyone in the community has an equal chance of minting the rarest NFTs,” it said.</li></ul><h2 id="header-7">Blockchain news</h2><ul><li>Climate tech <strong>Thallo</strong> announced a technical integration with carbon removal registry <strong>Puro.earth</strong>, expanding the range of credits that can be brought onto the Thallo platform to include Puro Standard-issued credits for engineered carbon removal processes, <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230208005168/en/Thallo-Announces-Two-Way-Bridge-Integration-with-Puro.earth-Registry" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">said</a> the press release. Puro.earth is the second registry that will be connected to Thallo’s two-way carbon bridge, a piece of technical infrastructure that allows for the tokenization of carbon credits from a registry onto a public <a href="https://cryptonews.com/tags/blockchain/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">blockchain</a>. It complements Thallo’s existing registry integration with <strong>BioCarbon Registry</strong>, which primarily issues nature-based carbon avoidance credits.</li></ul>

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