This week’s Crypto Biz explores Canada’s new crypto conglomerate, the recent premature passing of the Cash App creator in San Francisco, as well as DOGE news, and U.K. crypto …

Bitcoin’s strong start to 2023 is persisting despite numerous headwinds, and is currently outperforming the S&P 500 Index by nearly 60 percentage points. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/scaramucci-we-re-through-the-bear-market-as-bitcoin-notches-up-70-ytd

One member of the cryptocurrency subreddit pointed out that “EVM equivalent” compilers like zkSync Era does not necessarily mean it is fully “EVM compatible.” Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/zksync-era-denies-921-eth-stuck-forever-in-smart-contract

Apple’s Mac devices have apparently been hiding Bitcoin’s whitepaper for up to five years. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-s-whitepaper-is-apparently-hiding-in-apple-s-modern-macos

With a new quarterly production record, Marathon Digital is now on track to meet its mid-year target of 23 exahashes. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/marathon-digital-posts-quarterly-record-of-2-195-bitcoin-mined-in-q1

The token protocol can be used for a wide variety of applications, including membership badges, loyalty programs, decentralized captcha bots, and credit underwriting. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/masa-announces-soulbound-id-tokens-for-coinbase-s-base-network

Almost half of surveyed fund managers plan to “add” crypto ETFs to their portfolio in 2023, while only a quarter will be increasing digital asset exposures. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/institutions-extremely-interested-in-crypto-etfs-but-buying-has-cooled-survey

INX security tokens exist on Ethereum and use the ERC-1404 standard. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/inx-security-token-platform-gets-its-first-token-from-a-public-company-greenbriar

BTC, ETH, MATIC, HBAR and EOS are likely to pick up momentum if they cross above their respective overhead resistance levels. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-turns-28k-to-support-opening-the-door-for-eth-matic-hbar-and-eos-to-breakout

FTX Europe opens withdrawal for European customers, a petition seeks to halt AI development, and Binance is sued by U.S. authorities. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/ftx-opens-withdrawal-elon-musk-calls-ai-halt-binance-news-hodlers-digest-march-26-april-1/