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January 15, 2019 BITCOIN TROVE: In a recent court filing, Craig Wright says a third party delivered "the necessary information and key slice to unlock the encrypted file,” seemingly referencing the bonded courier needed to unlock 1.1 million Tulip Trust at the heart of a lawsuit brought by Ira Kleiman. The prosecutors followed with a filing saying Wright only provided a list of 16,404 addresses but no information about the courier, whom they intend to depose. Full story ETF PULLED: Bitwise Asset Management has withdrawn its application with the SEC for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund. "This is the next step towards our long term goal of bringing a bitcoin ETF to market, and we plan to refile our application at an appropriate time,” the firm told CoinDesk. Full story NOT FORGOTTEN: The FBI is emailing QuadrigaCX victims, confirming the federal agency is investigating the circumstances around the Canadian crypto exchange's collapse. "A criminal investigation can be a lengthy undertaking, and, for several reasons, we cannot tell you about its progress at its time," Gauthier wrote to victims. Full story STAY AWAY: The United Nations is warning about the risks of attending North Korea's cryptocurrency conference in February. Reuters reports that going to the event would probably be a violation of international sanctions, according to a confidential report soon to be put before the U.N. Security Council. Full story BLOCKCHAIN LAUNCH: Crypto startup Kadena’s public blockchain went live Wednesday, adding interoperable smart contract support between the public chain and its private chain counterparts. The Brooklyn-based offshoot of JPMorgan’s blockchain center is also integrating its Chainweaver wallet with the Cosmos Network, allowing different blockchains to interact. Full story HEADED TO DAVOS? CoinDesk is sending a team of journalists to scrutinize the global elite as it meets for the annual World Economic Forum. It will be Davos, but through a lens of crypto and blockchain. Our daily dispatches will tell you what sessions you should attend, what you missed yesterday (or last night) and prep you for what people are talking about on the Promenade today. The CoinDesk Confidential newsletter will run for five days only, so be sure to sign up now. Subscribe here BULLS IN CONTROL: Bitcoin has reversed its low-volume pullback to $8,600 seen during the Asian trading hours and now looks set to test the 200-day average hurdle at $9,100. Technical indicators are signaling strong bullish momentum, so corrections, if any, are likely to be brief. Full story PETRO FOR PETROL: Today on Markets Daily CoinDesk's Adam B Levine and Brad Keoun take a look into the world of inflationary economies, after Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro announced that airlines must pay for fuel with "El Petro." Listen in   WHO WON #CRYPTOTWITTER   Copyright © 2020 CoinDesk, All rights reserved.  Our mailing address is:  250 Park Avenue South New York, NY, 10003, US  Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list