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Last week in crypto: Instagram announced its support for NFTs, the President of El Salvador shared his vision for the country’s Bitcoin City and an ex-Facebook executive launched a company dedicated to improving the Bitcoin Lightning Network.

Former Facebook Messenger lead David Marcus has announced the creation of Lightspark, a company focused on building and extending the capabilities and utility of Bitcoin.

Three crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were listed today, and have managed to generate over $1.3 million in total, despite market volatility

Bitcoin Ekasi and Bitcoin Beach, are real-world examples of what Bitcoin technology and investments can do.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele unveils plans and scale model for the “crypto utopia” Bitcoin City.

During an annual testimony in front of the Senate Banking Committee, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called for greater regulation of stablecoins.

New research conducted by MarketsandMarkets predicts that the existing $3 billion NFT market will reach $13.6 billion by the end of 2027.

Instagram plans to support non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on its platform from four different blockchains.

Last week in crypto: Argentinian banks back crypto trading, Goldman Sachs issues its first Bitcoin-backed loan, California creates a comprehensive framework to advance cryptocurrencies and luxury fashion brand Gucci announced its plan to trial cryptocurrency payments.

Gucci plans to expand the roll-out of crypto payments for its US stores by the Summer.

California has become the first US state to begin creating a framework to advance cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.

US investment bank Goldman Sachs has made Wall Street history as the first to make a collateralised Bitcoin loan to a cryptocurrency exchange.