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Bitcoin is down slightly at $36,688 
Ethereum is down slightly at $2,455 
and Binance Coin is up slightly at $372

Theta fuel up 24% 

Putin wants a regulated crypto mining industry. 

DeFi Protocol Wonderland dealing with the nature of a Decentralized, sometimes anonymous community. 

Once-shiny Diem indeed selling — to Silvergate capital for $200M

FTX.US closes round with $8B valuation Links:<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-27/putin-backs-crypto-mining-despite-bank-of-russia-s-hard-line">Putin Backs Bitcoin (BTC), Crypto Mining Despite Bank of Russia’s Ban Plans - Bloomberg</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/131931/avalanche-defi-wonderland-time-0xsifu-quadrigacx-patryn">DeFi protocol Wonderland is allegedly run by QuadrigaCX co-founder</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-cryptocurrency-venture-to-wind-down-sell-assets-11643248799?st=ulxuxbbm1sqb0yj&amp;reflink=article_copyURL_share">Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Venture to Wind Down, Sell Assets - WSJ</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/future-of-money/crypto-exchange-ftx-us-valued-8-bln-first-fundraise-draws-softbank-temasek-2022-01-26/">Crypto exchange FTX US valued at $8 bln as first fundraise draws SoftBank, Temasek | Reuters</a></li>
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