Cryptocurrency & Financial Markets News, Stats & Data for 18th Jan 2022 we wait ( so frustrating - we wait for a break out) Today I talk about the following: 1. Market Stats, Trading models, Technical analysis, Sector performances & liquidity 2. Fiat markets, Economics, Central Banks, Regulators and Government news 3. Social media, & Greed and Fear index 4. Derivative Positions & Leverage & Risk Metrics 5. With more than 73,000 Twitter followers, Mónica Taher is an influential thought leader focused on personal finance, fashion and entrepreneurship, who is passionate about empowering women in El Salvador and internationally through Bitcoin.https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/m%C3%B3nica-taher-empowering-women-with-bitcoin 6. In 2021, Ethereum based OlympusDAO and its native token OHM exploded as the protocol onboarded new users seeking to leverage its high annual percentage yield (APY). At its peak, the price of OHM went from $330 to an all time high of $1,639, but the asset seems to be on a downward trend since October last year. According to Wu Blockchain, a OlympusDAO Whale triggered a cascade of liquidations on the protocol during today’s trading session. This led to a 44% crash in OHM’s price within an hour. At this time, the APY offered to OHM holders stood at around 190,000%.https://www.newsbtc.com/news/ohm-holders-wake-up-to-blood-how-this-olympusdao-whale-sank-its-price-by-44/ 7· The global crypto ATM market size is expected to reach USD 1.88 billion by 2028, expanding at a CAGR of 59.2% from 2022 to 2028, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The growth of the market can be attributed to the consistent increase in the number of new cryptocurrency users and the subsequent need for crypto ATMs to convert cryptocurrency into fiat money. According to the statistics provided by TripleA, a cryptocurrency payment company, there were about 300 million crypto owners worldwide as of 2021.https://dailycoin.com/crypto-atm-market-size-worth-1-88-billion-by-2028-cagr-59-2-grand-view-research-inc/ 8. The Central Bank of Malaysia has written to Bloomberg that it is “actively assessing” the pros and cons of a central bank digital currency.https://cryptobriefing.com/malaysian-central-bank-actively-assessing-cbdc/?utm_source=main_feed&utm_medium=rss 9· FTX Trading Limited (FTX) will be the naming rights sponsor for Australian Blockchain Week 2022, which will run from March 21 to 25. Blockchain Australia is the peak industry network in Australia, bringing together industry, academia and government to discuss the opportunities of blockchain technology.https://cointelegraph.com/news/ftx-announced-as-naming-rights-sponsor-of-australian-blockchain-week-2022 10· A U.S. consumer survey shows that 25% of respondents who currently do not own cryptocurrency plan to start investing in crypto. “2021 was a good year for crypto. Of the respondents that own crypto, more than half reported that they had just started investing in the space within the last year.”https://news.bitcoin.com/25-of-us-adults-plan-to-start-investing-in-crypto/ br...