Crypto News Roundup for Feb. 16, 2022
With this week's rally in crypto markets appearing to be cooling, and a look how CBDCs might be more disappointing than we think, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.
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Today's Stories:
Bitcoin Traders Preparing for Tumultuous March, Glassnode Says
Avalanche’s AVAX Surges as Bitcoin Rally Stalls
Oil Rises, Stock Futures Edge Down as Investors Seek Clarity on Ukraine - WSJ
European stocks waver after sharp rise in prior session | Financial Times
U.S. retail sales beat expectations in January; December figures revised lower
Farmers Are beginning to Feel the Squeeze of Inflation - WSJ
Factbox: UK inflation at 30-year high - what's changed since 1992? | Reuters
Berkshire Hathaway has Invested $1B in the Brazilian Digital Bank Nubank
Bank of Russia Proceeds With Digital Ruble, Renews Push for Crypto Ban
Morgan Stanley Says Ethereum Less Decentralized, Ether More Volatile Compared to Bitcoin
Crypto Could Derail Financial Stability, Global Financial Watchdog Says
US Rep. Josh Gottheimer Introduces Bill for Government-Backed Stablecoin Insurance
NYSE Files Trademark Application for Its Own NFT Marketplace
NFT-Linked House Sells for $650K in Propy's First US Sale
AssangeDAO Raises $38M to Aid WikiLeaks Founder's Court Battle
Featured Story: CBDCs Are Going to Disappoint
This episode was edited & produced by Adrian Blust.
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Associate Producer for CoinDesk, Adrian 'Doc' Blust, is an experienced Composer, Musician/DJ, fintech nerd, and Educator, with practice both in the field and in the studio. He currently is dedicated to the editing & production of the Markets Daily Crypto News Roundups with Adam B. Levine, focused on quick news feeds to help people get up to speed with the fast pace of crypto every morning. He also offers support in the production of other shows on CoinDesk’s diverse Podcast Network.
He holds BTC, ETH, and ADA above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

Adam B. Levine joined CoinDesk in 2019 as the editor of its new audio and podcasts division. Previously, Adam founded the long-running Let's Talk Bitcoin! talk show with co-hosts Stephanie Murphy and Andreas M. Antonopoulos.
Finding early success with the show, Adam transformed the podcast's homepage into a full newsdesk and publishing platform, founding the LTB Network in January of 2014 to help broaden the conversation with new and different perspectives. In the Spring of that year, he would go on to launch the first and largest tokenized rewards program for creators and their audience. In what many have called an early influential version of "Steemit"; LTBCOIN, which was awarded to both content creators and members of the audience for participation was distributed until the LTBN was acquired by BTC, Inc. in January of 2017.
With the network launched and growing, in late 2014 Adam turned his attention to the practical challenges of administering the tokenized program and founded Tokenly, Inc. There, he led the development of early tokenized vending machines with Swapbot, tokenized identity solution Tokenpass, e-commerce with TokenMarkets.com and media with Token.fm. Adam owns some BTC, ETH and small positions in a number of other tokens.

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