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Changpeng Zhao, head of the Binance exchange, published a letter with the results of 2022.
The letter states that Binance currently has 7,500 employees and a user base of more than 120 million people on the platform.
In addition, the company has received 14 licenses from regulators on five continents.
Zhao said the exchange will continue to focus on development, innovation, users and leadership, and will raise industry standards for transparency, security and compliance.

According to Fortune, crypto startups raised just $2.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, but the figure was about $8.8 billion in the first quarter, $6.2 billion in the second, and $3.4 billion in the third.
Yuga Labs, $450 million; ConsenSys, $450 million; Polygon, $450 million; Circle, $400 million; FTX US, $400 million; FTX, $400 million; Animoca Brands, $358.8 million; NEAR Protocol, $350 million; Amber Group, $300 million and Mysten Labs, $300 million.

Car manufacturer BMW has partnered with Coinweb to integrate blockchain into its operations.
Coinweb will develop a Web3 application for BMW’s Thailand-based customer loyalty program.
Blockchain will also be integrated into BMW’s day-to-day operations to automate time-consuming manual processes and streamline the company’s car financing services.

The entire infrastructure will be built on the BNB Chain.

Michael Saylor said that MicroStrategy will sell several types of Lightning Network-based software in the first quarter of 2023.
In particular, the company will introduce solutions focused on corporate marketing and website security.
In the context of marketing, various companies can use Lightning Network to pay rewards for participating in activities.

Also, according to Saylor, Lightning Network can be used to build a security system for Web sites.
According to the concept, visitors to corporate sites can pay a BTC deposit, which would be refunded after the session ends.
He noted that such a service cannot be done with credit cards because of the time delays associated with refunds.

An anonymous user on Twitter accessed a database with API keys that belong to users of the 3Commas service.
The unknown person has already posted the first 10,000 APIs and said he will continue to post keys on different days.
3Commas CEO Yuri Sorokin confirmed the authenticity of the leak.
The company has asked Binance, Kucoin and other supported exchanges to recall all APIs that were connected to 3Commas.
Also, dozens of 3Commas users reported that their APIs were used to make transactions on exchanges without their consent.
Previously, 3Commas users lost about $6 million because their keys were hacked. However, at that time it was reported that they had left their data on a phishing site.

China will launch its own regulated NFT trading platform on January 1, 2023.
The platform was created by the State Technology Exchange of China, the State Art Exhibition of China and the private corporation Huban Digital Copyrights Ltd.

The marketplace will also be able to trade digital asset-related copyrights.
The main goal of the project is to “regulate and prevent excessive speculation in secondary NFT markets.”

On December 22, MicroStrategy sold bitcoins from its corporate balance sheet for the first time. The company sold 704 BTC worth $11.8 million in order to get a tax break.
However, two days later, the company purchased another 810 BTC.
Former CEO Michael Saylor said the company had purchased 2,500 BTC since November 1.
Today, MicroStrategy’s bitcoin holdings are valued at 132,500 BTC.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office has opened an investigation into an exploit that stole more than $372 million from FTX.
Authorities have already been able to freeze some of the stolen funds.
In particular, investigators are trying to determine whether the hack was linked to FTX employees.

Mining company Argo Blockchain will not file for bankruptcy as it sells its Helios mining center to Galaxy Digital for $65 million.
The company will also receive $35 million in financing from Galaxy Digital.
In addition, Argo has a two-year agreement with Galaxy and will become a hosting partner for Helios.