Russia's central bank calls for ban on crypto, Microsoft’s metaverse move | The Crypto Minute

A short YouTube news segment (The Crypto Minute) in which two hosts rapidly cover a series of crypto headlines from Jan 2022: Google reportedly considering crypto/digital card storage; Russia's central bank calling for a total ban on Bitcoin mining, trading and payments; record OpenSea volume; Rio de Janeiro proposing to allocate 1% of its treasury to Bitcoin and offer a 10% tax payment discount in BTC; Visa reporting 24% of small businesses plan to accept Bitcoin in 2022; Tesla accepting Dogecoin for merchants; Microsoft acquiring Blizzard (reported $69 billion) to build metaverse gaming; a crypto.com breach potentially worth up to $33 million; Jack Dorsey creating a legal fund for Bitcoin developers; Mastercard partnering with Coinbase to simplify NFT purchases; and Twitter enabling verified NFT profile pictures. The tone is informal, conversational, and promotional of crypto adoption.










