Google Cloud announced on #Twitter that they are running a validator on #Solana to allow integration for blockchain developers and node runners. The company is also working on adding Blockchain Node Engine to the Solana chain in 2023.

Western Union has filed trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office that signal the company’s plans to launch a virtual currency exchange and cryptocurrency token.

America’s oldest bank, BNY Mellon, has now become the first large bank in the U.S. to safeguard digital assets. The digital custody service will only be available for select investment-fund firms, at least for now.

European parliament ratified the Markets in Crypto Asset Regulation. If passed in the next vote, the legislation will require stricter rules for #crypto companies.

Portugal is planning to tax #crypto gains on purchases help for less than a year at a rate of 28%. The proposed 2023 budget that contains the proposal still needs to be approved in parliament. Still, it promises a big shift for one of the most crypto-friendly countries in Europe.

Analytics notice a strengthening correlation between Bitcoin and gold. The biggest crypto was recently trading with a 3% growth over the past seven days, the same as gold for that period.

#Meta has announced the long-awaited arrival of #NFT sharing on Instagram and Facebook in the U.S. The feature has been in testing since May and will allow users to connect digital wallets to Instagram and cross-post their NFTs between platforms.

United States Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has called for appropriate DeFi regulation, noting “significant structural issues around the lack of transparency” in the ecosystem.

Circle, the issuer of the world’s second largest #stablecoin (USDC) is planning to expand to Arbitrum, Cosmos, NEAR, Optimism, and Polkadot by early 2023. The coin is already supported on Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, Polygon. TRON, Algorand, Flow, Hedera, and Stellar.

The Walt Disney Company is looking for a corporate lawyer for “emerging technologies”, specifically #NFTs and the #Metaverse. The entertainment conglomerate might be venturing into the crypto space!🚀