Top crypto tweets of the day – January 18th

[DB] DOJ Takes Enforcement Action Against Russian Exchange Bitzlato

— db (@tier10k) January 18, 2023

UPDATE: Not only is DOJ announcing at 12PM EST, but they will be joined by the FBI, US Treasury, OFAC, and the State of New York.

**whoa

— Andrew (@AP_Abacus) January 18, 2023

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— Andrew (@AP_Abacus) January 18, 2023

BREAKING: Genesis Global Capital rumored to file for Bankruptcy as soon as this week.

— whalechart.org (@WhaleChart) January 18, 2023

NEW: Genesis Global Capital creditors are negotiating a prepackaged bankruptcy plan with the firm, two sources familiar with the talks told The Block.

— Frank Chaparro (@fintechfrank) January 18, 2023

FTX US is solvent, as it always as been.https://t.co/XjcyYFsoU0 pic.twitter.com/kn9Wm9wxjl

— SBF (@SBF_FTX) January 18, 2023

TL;DR:

1) S&C files, claiming FTX US is insolvent
2) S&C forgot to include bank balances, ~$428m
3) Once you add those back in, you get in the neighborhood of my prior balance sheet (~+$350m)
4) Other slides in the same filing demonstrate (2)

— SBF (@SBF_FTX) January 18, 2023

Looks ready to dump. #Bitcoin

Maybe @CryptoCapo_ will be right after all. ?

I don't like these last two daily candles. They are bearish in my book.

What do you think? #BTC #BTCUSD pic.twitter.com/tnkbhHOiag

— Duo Nine | discord.gg/ycc (@DU09BTC) January 18, 2023

Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index is 52 — Neutral
Current price: $21,162 pic.twitter.com/Ai66Qae8LG

— Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index (@BitcoinFear) January 18, 2023

When I was working at McDonald's, I made $4.5/hr.

30 years ago, in Vancouver.

— CZ ? Binance (@cz_binance) January 18, 2023

ConsenSys confirmed that it will lay off 96 employees, which represents 11% of ConsenSys’ total workforce because "the uncertainty hasn’t been greater over the last few decades". https://t.co/0PvBiDfM2q https://t.co/3oXltMToHR

— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) January 18, 2023

#Binance Moves Forward With Local Development and Regulatory Compliance in Poland.https://t.co/AkqRpvovSc

— CZ ? Binance (@cz_binance) January 18, 2023

1/2 The Harmony Hacker withdrew at least 1225 BTC ($26.4m) from Huobi and began depositing to bitcoin mixers, chain-hopping stolen funds, and sending to exchanges. https://t.co/N7od7IJNOo pic.twitter.com/604m6T51Il

— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) January 18, 2023

2/2 Here is one of the examples of the hacker chain-hopping funds from Bitcoin -> Avalanche -> Ethereum -> Bittorrent ->Tron

List of relevant addresses: https://t.co/TN2bm2RMpb pic.twitter.com/JnTB960XGF

— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) January 18, 2023

We enjoying 2023 so far? pic.twitter.com/N6z2EWxhG2

— Binance (@binance) January 18, 2023

Electric Capital released a 2022 developer report, stating that there are 23,343 monthly active developers in the cryptocurrency field, Bitcoin’s monthly active developers have tripled to 946, and Ethereum’s monthly active developers have increased by 5x to 5,819.

— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) January 18, 2023

? The overall supply of #Bitcoin on exchanges has dropped from 11.85% to 6.65% over the past year, a historic drop that illustrates the rise in interest in self custody. #Binance, #Coinbase, #Kraken, #Kucoin, and #Bitstamp all reflect this $BTC exodus. https://t.co/4GSJs29fOK pic.twitter.com/aDLuAw3oiU

— Santiment (@santimentfeed) January 18, 2023

Coinbase officially announced that it will stop its business in Japan. The deposit function will be closed on January 20, 2023. Users must withdraw crypto assets or legal tender from Coinbase Japan before February 16. https://t.co/UDv1IzumbP

— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) January 18, 2023