CrossTower’s Research Analyst, Martin Gaspar, talks latest and greatest crypto news and market trends with our Trader, Chad Steinglass, and Data Analyst, Katherine Webb. Tune in to learn more about:

• New malware named Mars Stealer, which is a powerful upgrade on the data stealing Oski trojan from 2019 is targeting crypto wallets.

• India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a 30% tax on any income generated from the transfer of digital assets.

• OpenSea revealed via a Twitter thread that more than 80% of the NFTs minted using its free minting feature were plagiarized, spam or fake. (

• 776 Management (VC firm owned by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian) has announced the news of a $500 million raise which will be used for two new funds where crypto "will be the majority of the portfolio by the end of this year."

• FTX is acquiring Liquid Group and its operating subsidiaries, including Quoine Corporation which runs a licensed crypto exchange in Japan.

• Amber Group, under its Japanese WhaleFin subsidiary, has announced the acquisition of DeCurret Inc, a Japanese-licensed crypto exchange.

• Solana Labs has launched a payments protocol called Solana Pay in partnership with Circle, checkout.com and Citcon, which allows merchants to accept USDC, SOL and other Solana tokens as crypto payments directly from their consumers.

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