• Interpol working out how to police the metaverse. (BBC)
• Controversial internet personality Logan Paul got hit with a class action for allegedly rugging participants in an NFT project called CryptoZoo. (Decrypt)
• Binance suspends bank transfers of U.S. dollars. (Bloomberg)
• FTX sends confidential letters to politicians, tells them to pay back $93M in donations from Sam Bankman-Fried and others. (PYMNTS)
• Marathon Digital sold 1500 Bitcoins in January, suggesting it and other companies in the embattled crypto mining section will get some much-needed cash as prices perk up. (CoinDesk)
• The offshore entity that holds $590 million worth of Robinhood stock purchased for SBF filed for Chapter 11; the Justice Department, BlockFi, and SBF are all claiming the shares are theirs. (Bloomberg)
• The overseers of bankrupt FTX are sending confidential letters to politicians demanding they return $93 million worth of political donations. (Fortune)
• The Lightning Network, a Layer 2 network that facilitates cheap and rapid transfers of Bitcoin, has grown by 63% since the beginning of last year. (The Block)
• WeTransfer turns to NFTs in tie up with blockchain firm Minima. (Decrypt)

Yuga Labs, the creator of the notable Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, reached a settlement with Thomas Lehman, a developer who created websites and smart contracts for a lookalike NFT collection.

The project, RR/BAYC, was created by Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen, with whom the company is embroiled in a separate lawsuit that Ripps has described as a “righteous fight against Yuga Labs.”

RR/BAYC uses the same initials and images used in the original Bored Ape collection, although Ripps claimed in an October anti-SLAPP motion that the suit against him should be dismissed on grounds that the project is protected as a form of satire and free speech. The motion was denied by a judge and later appealed by Ripps.

The RR/BAYC project has reportedly brought in more than $1 million in sales.

Hublot and Takashi Murakami will unveil 13 unique watches sold with unique NFTs. 

At the event, Hublot and Murakami released just one of the pieces: the unique Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami Black Ceramic Rainbow watch. The other 12 will make their official debut during the upcoming Watches & Wonders Geneva 2023 exhibition in late March.

Read more on Forbes

Unlike last year’s “Crypto Bowl,” which included ads from four crypto companies, Coinbase, eToro, Crypto.com, and FTX, next Sunday’s matchup will not have any crypto representation, the Associated Press reported.

Partly to blame for the lack of crypto ads in Super Bowl LVII is one of the crypto companies that advertised last year: FTX 🙄.

Mark Evans, the executive vice president of ad sales for Fox Sports, which will stream the game, told the AP that two crypto companies already had ads secured and another two were “on the one-yard line,” when news of FTX’s implosion broke. Those deals were subsequently scrapped.

The only company in the crypto industry to return to the Super Bowl this year will not be in the United States, but in Canada. Crypto exchange Bitbuy is set to air a 60-second spot during the Canadian broadcast.

While Bitbuy’s Super Bowl ad last year centered on “missed opportunities,” the company’s focus this year will be on the theme of “trust,” after a tumultuous year for the industry. The spot will feature NBA 2022 Rookie of the Year Scottie Barnes.

The comic book series will build a narrative around the Nouns NFTs, further expanding the project's intellectual property.

Titled “Nouns: Nountown,” the comics will feature a storyline about the tokens within the Nouns ecosystem. The series will be authored by David Leach, senior editor at Titan, and illustrated by Danny Schlitz, who has previously worked with brands such as Disney, Marvel, Netflix and Warner Brothers.

The comic books, which will be minted as NFTs in April, will be securely vaulted by Web3 security provider 4K Protocol. Post-mint, buyers can redeem their digital tokens for a physical copy or purchase the physical book in stores.

Adam Fortier, comic industry veteran and founder of ComicsDAO, told CoinDesk that he’s enthusiastic about Web3 technologies bringing a new life to classic categories of content.

We're VERY excited 🤗 to introduce our upcoming event for creators in the Web3 space. 

The Web3 Creator Summit brings together leading innovators who are redefining art, design and entertainment in the next generation of the creative economy.

On June 7th 2023, creative innovation will be the centre of the conversation. Hear candid insight from some of the biggest minds who have revolutionised the likes of NFTs and the metaverse. Take away key lessons learnt and new ways for creatives, businesses and marketers to leverage the Web3 space. 

Get your Super Early Bird tickets 👉 here