CoinGecko: the Aptos token fell 40.5% on its first day of trading; Aptos’ Layer 1 blockchain was panned for opaque tokenomics and a low transaction throughput (Tim Hakki/Decrypt)

Stacy Elliott / Decrypt:
CoinGecko: normalized exchange volume for Crypto.com has dropped 91% over the past year, 90% for Huobi, 77% for FTX, 75% for Coinbase, and 57% for Binance  —  Bad ad or bad timing?  Either way, trading is down big.  —  Whichever version of the Latin proverb you choose …

Tim Hakki / Decrypt:
The White House releases a “comprehensive framework” for crypto regulation, outlining the recommendations of various federal agencies after six months of study  —  The White House’s recommendations are built on six months of wide-ranging research across the digital asset sector.

Kate Irwin / Decrypt:
Meta is letting select Instagram US creators test a toolkit for minting NFTs and selling them on and off the platform, and says it won’t charge fees until 2024  —  Instagram will soon have NFT creation and trading tools built in, but in-app purchases will be “subject to applicable app store fees.”

Brandy Betz / CoinDesk:
Switzerland-based GRNGrid, a Layer 1 DeFi blockchain that lets users transact on nodes running exclusively on renewable energy, raised $50M from GEM Digital  —  GRNGrid is a more environmentally friendly layer 1 tailored to decentralized finance.  —  The GRNGrid blockchain received …

Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt:
European Parliament approves Markets in Crypto Assets bill 28 to 1, which if passed in next vote will limit stablecoin token issuance, regulate mining, and more  —  The Markets in Crypto Assets regulation bill (MiCA) is one step closer to being put into law.

Zi Wang / Decrypt:
Days after Celsius shared all of its users’ names and transaction histories in a bankruptcy filing, a website launches that lists who likely lost the most money  —  Using data likely pulled from its bankruptcy filing, a new tool now shows exactly how much different users lost following Celsius’ collapse.