Here are the top web3 stories from this week.
Year in Review and Predictions
Market Leaders Share Thoughts
🔮 Ryan Selkis leads Messari, a Crypto data and analysis firm. He publishes an annual prediction report that is 100+ pages covering every major sector of the market. TCG Crypto (Chernin Group) is a top consumer investor, and they shared a 2022 year in review post, with a look to the future. Decrypt named their list of the most impressive NFT projects in 2022. Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, penned an article on how he believes the U.S. should regulate the industry going forward.
Legal Challenges
Crypto Markets See More Legal Actions
⚖️ For the first week in a while, things were quiet on the FTX front. The U.S. brought charges against the man that hacked the Mango network for over $100MM. His initial defense seems to be that he just did what the broken code allowed him to do, so it can’t be a crime. 🤷 Investors sued DeFi lender Gemini and their partners the Winklevoss twins over losses and possible securities law violations.
Crazy Crypto Stories
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A16Z’s Chris Dixon on State of Crypto
🎙️ Chris Dixon leads the A16Z Crypto practice, and he was a guest on The Scoop podcast to discuss the state of the industry. They cover a wide variety of topics and subsectors, and Chris shares what he sees coming from startups in 2023.
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