Crypto News Roundup for Feb. 25, 2022
With bitcoin recovering as the West's sanctions on Russia were softer than feared and a look at what makes a good blockchain game, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.
ABOUT
This episode is sponsored by Kava, Arculus and MELD.com.
Today's Stories:
Bitcoin's Implied Volatility Suggests Recovery Set to Continue
Short Positions See $143M in Liquidations as Bitcoin, Ether Gain 10%
Terra's LUNA Surges 27% to Regain $25B Market Capitalization
Oil climbs back above $100 a barrel following day of Wall Street volatility | Financial Times
US Stocks Poised to Fall as Russia Continues Ukraine Onslaught - WSJ
U.S. consumer spending beats expectations in January; inflation rises further
Fed’s Preferred Inflation Measure Reaches its Fastest Pace Since 1983
Ethereum Mining Pool Flexpool Halts All Services to Russia in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
European Parliament Postpones Vote on Crypto Regulations Indefinitely
Plenty of Money and No One to Pay: Crypto Teams at ETHDenver Face Hiring Crunch
Coinbase Hires Goldman Veteran to Lead Financial Operations
Pussy Riot Helps Newly Formed UkraineDAO Mobilize Support and Raise Funds Via NFTs - The Defiant
Featured Story: Skyweaver Is a Great Blockchain Game, and an OK Regular Game
This episode was edited & produced by Adrian Blust.
HOSTS
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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