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Discover the news of the week [View in Browser]( [logo] Our [referral program]( is expanding! Now, you can give the gift of $BTC when making referrals. This means you, your family and friends will earn $10 in Bitcoin for each successful referral. [Create my referral link →]( [title] [Crypto markets start 2023 on a bullish note.]( Bitcoin, Ethereum & Cardano are up 1,5%, 4% and 11% over the last 7 days. Lido DAO (LDO) is one of the best performing tokens with a 35% rise, a trend rooted in ETH developers setting the date for the upcoming Shanghai fork. Will this trend continue? [Bitcoin’s Lightning Network gets physical in Australia.]( The city of Coolangatta has set up its first Lighting-powered ATM, functioning quite similarly to a regular Bitcoin ATM but saving a lot of time thanks to L2’s lighting instant processing technologies. [Indonesia to launch a national crypto exchange.]( The Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency of Indonesia said the platform “should be set up this year” while reckoning the need for regulation. In December, Bank of Indonesia announced the design of a digital rupiah made available for public discussion. [Sam Bankman Fried wants to keep control over his 56 million Robinhood shares.]( The total bucket, worth around $450 million worth, is claimed to have been acquired legitimately by a separate entity. The filing reads that “it is improper to ask the Court to simply assume that everything Mr Bankman-Fried ever touched is presumptively fraudulent.” [Have Chinese quantum researchers found a way to break encryption?]( A group of researchers published a scientific paper underlining that they used quantum computers to break a standard RSA algorithm that many industries use for their encryption. The breakthrough was put into doubt by Andre Konig, CEO at Global Quantum Intelligence, who argued that “the paper itself doesn’t announce anything really new.” [World of Women NFT Holders, are you ready to go on a Quest?]( Our World of Women Community Quest is now available for World of Women (and WoW Galaxy) holders. Learn, play, and earn PoK NFTs for a chance to get a custom WoW Nano! Get started now. [title] [title] Web3: What Could Shape 2023? 2022 has been a pivotal year showing the direction for an industry that needs more ownership, security, and freedom to thrive. Against this backdrop, a few trends could prevail in 2023. Self-Custody & DeFi in 2023: On The Rise Today, most users onboard Web3 through CeFi rather than DeFi services, mainly due to their familiarity with Web2 applications. But in the second half of 2022, amid custodians' collapse, we've seen the trend inverting with self-custody and DeFi having favorable winds. As Kaiko, a digital asset Data Provider, [said]( in a joint statement in the wake of FTX collapse, "the difference between CeFi and DeFi is becoming increasingly clear." DeFi is gaining ground: During the FTX episode, our Ledger Nano sales also [grew seven-fold]( symbolizing that when centralized custodians fail, digital ownership wins. Self-custody is a natural progression of Web3 that we expect to see growing this year, reflecting crypto’s very principles. In 2023, we expect the shift towards self-custody and DeFi to accelerate, with more users understanding that ownership enables control and excludes counterparty risks, mismanagements, bankruptcy, or lack of transparency. [Newswire]( forecasts that the DeFi market will reach $125 billion by 2028, rising at a market growth of 42.8% CAGR during the 2022-2028 period. NFTs: more utility among brands & businesses In 2022, major brands have entered the NFT landscape and have shown the way regarding NFT adoption. [Disney]( announced that its Accelerator program would use NFTs and AR to “build the future of immersive experiences.” [Starbucks]( opened up its Web3 loyalty program and NFT community - Starbucks Odyssey - to a group of US Beta testers. The coffee chain envisions its strategy as a new, token-gated e-commerce platform and loyalty scheme. Interestingly, these initiatives have all been conducted during bear market conditions, supporting Burke's statement that the sustained appetite for NFT funding in 2022 is "an indicator that it will be one of the first sectors to recover next year." This trend shows no sign of stopping. In 2023, we expect it to strengthen as more businesses realize that NFTs bring tangible business benefits, including new forms of e-commerce, CRM strategies, community-building initiatives, loyalty programs, and more. 2022 was a crisis-torn year, marked by the bear market, the failure of crypto custodians, the rise of crypto hacks, leading some to doubt the value of blockchain and question crypto's utility. Against this backdrop, we believe the bear market won't prevent a massive shift to Web3, just like the previous dot-com bubble in the 2000s didn't prevent Web2 from thriving. We expect 2023 to show that Web3 is about decentralization rather than new forms of banks, and to highlight that crypto goes beyond money, with wide-ranging use cases including gaming, social media, e-commerce, identity or loyalty, bringing the benefits of Blockchain to more users and brands globally. As Pascal Gauthier, CEO & Chairman at Ledger, says, "digital revolutions are long marathons, not small races." [title] [Tony Fadell]( is known for participating in the creation of two of the most revolutionary hardware devices ever - the iPod and the iPhone. Now, he’s helped us create the next-generation of Web3 devices - Ledger Stax. Learn more about the journey to Ledger Stax, in Tony’s own words: right [here.]( This week [On the Ledger]( Tony Fadell and our CXO Ian Rogers discuss the Ledger Stax journey, from the initial inspiration to today, and why it represents the next step in Web3 security. [Watch it here](. [Preorder Ledger Stax →]( [title] Or Why Self Custody Matters. [Compare our Devices →]( [Ledger]( Follow us on: [Ledger YouTube]( [Ledger Twitter]( [Ledger Instagram]( [Ledger Facebook]( [Ledger TikTok](ledger) & listen to our podcast [here](. This email was sent to you because you signed up at Ledger.com or purchased a Ledger product. We respect your right to privacy. Read our [Privacy Policy]( and [Cookie Policy](. © Ledger SAS. All rights reserved. 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