Weekly Report (28 Nov-4 Dec 2022): BTC hovers around $17k, Traders remain bearish

• Top ApolloX Gainer: FTMUSDT (+30.79%)
• Top ApolloX Loser: BNXUSDT (-53.31%)

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*Data cited from CoinMarketCap

Market Analysis

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CryptoBytes

Investment Talk & Policy

• Over 8% of Bitcoin supply was bought between $15.5K and $17K, according to data analyzed by CryptoSlate. (Learn more)
• Alibaba’s cloud computing subsidiary Alibaba Cloud announced an integration with the Avalanche blockchain to power the company’s Node-as-a-Service initiatives. (Learn more)
• Genesis and its parent company Digital Currency Group (DCG) reportedly owe users of Gemini’s lending product Gemini Earn $900 million. (Learn more)
• Liquidators for Three Arrows Capital have seized $35.6 million from the collapsed crypto hedge fund’s bank accounts in Singapore, which left a $3.5 billion debt in its wake. (Learn more)

Projects

• DeFi protocol Ankr will buy US$5 million worth of BNB to compensate liquidity providers affected by its Friday’s mint bug exploit. (Learn more)
• Nigerian users of crypto exchange AAX stormed the company’s Lagos office and harassed its employees after the exchange halted withdrawals. (Learn more)
• Centralized crypto exchange Bybit has announced a second round of mass layoffs. No details were given on what percentage of the company’s workforce will be reduced. (Learn more)
• FTX US’s ex-president Brett Harrison is reportedly seeking US$6 million funding to launch a start-up that would build crypto trading software for big investors. He stepped down in September, a month before FTX’s collapse. (Learn more)
• Chief strategy officer of Binance, Patrick Hillman, said the company's centralized exchange may not exist in 10 years as the crypto market moves toward DeFi. (Learn more)

Digital Assets & Web3

• OpenSea’s Ethereum NFTs trading volume has declined to almost zero for five consecutive months, according to Dune Analytics. (Learn more)
• Luxury watchmaker TIMEX has launched 500 timepieces that will display an owner’s Bored Ape or Mutant Ape on the watch’s face. Each physical watch will be accompanied by an identical NFT version. (Learn more)
• MetaMask co-founder and ex-Apple employee Dan Finlay criticized Apple’s 30% in-app purchase tax as “an abuse of monopoly” and said he’s in favour of the crypto industry ditching Apple’s App Store altogether. (Learn more)
• Payments firm Stripe has debuted a customizable widget to facilitate fiat-to-crypto payments for companies in dozens of countries around the world. (Learn more)

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