Weekly roundups

Last week in crypto: price actions trigger a rise in whole coiners, tech giants create metaverse standards forum and Cardano co-founder calls for congress to leave compliance to the developers.

New research offers a new take on the Bitcoin energy use debate, Elon Musk outlined his Twitter plans to include crypto payments and the metaverse gets its first digital bank.

Last week in crypto: South African crypto investors are positive about the future of Bitcoin, Google Cloud set to develop business use cases for blockchain devs, over 85% of US retailers aim to accept crypto payments over the next two years and celebrities launch Bitcoin Academy at in the US.

Last week in crypto: Singapore’s Monetary Authority partners with JPMorgan Chase to explore DeFi’s effectiveness, Argentines turn to Bitcoin amid continued hyperinflation, and Chipotle accepts cryptocurrency payments in the US

Last week in crypto: Sony announces its investment in the metaverse amid praise for the technology, Fed survey results reveal state of US crypto adoption and Mastercard exec outlines steps for crypto to become mainstream.

Last week in crypto: Spotify adopts NFTs, China tops Bitcoin mining charts despite its ban, Goldman CEO praises blockchain’s potential and the UK’s FCA investigates Terra’s collapse.

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.

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.

Last week in crypto: Australia launches its first Bitcoin ETF, Elon Musk buys Twitter,CAR adopts Bitcoin as legal currency and Fort Worth, Texas becomes the first US city to mine Bitcoin.

Last week in crypto: crypto firms challenge EU legislation, Germany becomes the crypto capital, the University of Johannesburg issues its first blockchain-based certifications and US, crypto ownership is predicted to reach 20% by 2023.

As the markets saw little movement, the news was anything but still. Here are our top picks to come from last week.

While the markets remain relatively still, the news was anything but. It all happened last week. Here are our top picks to come from it.