Crypto Week At A Glance: Bitcoin drops below $22,000 as gloomy September looms

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Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped by more than 13% this week and has failed to hold support at $22,000 after successfully breaching $25,000 in the interim. Ethereum (ETH) has dropped 18% weekly and is now trading near $1,600. Total crypto market cap is now hovering near $1 trillion. Given September is traditionally a red month for Bitcoin and crypto markets, investors are anticipating further pain before the final bottom is discovered. With Ethereum’s Merge scheduled for mid-September, the possibility of ‘sell-the-news’ event wiping out monthly gains in ETH is strong. As this bear market plays out, we look at some positives in terms of adoption and other stories of the week below.Buenos Aires to deploy Ethereum validator nodes Buenos Aires (capital of Argentina) is set to become one of the first public entities in the world to help run Ethereum’s network infrastructure. In 2023, the city will work with private enterprises to install validator nodes, which are machines running the Ethereum client software. The validators are responsible for storing data, processing transactions, and adding new blocks to the blockchain, which will become part of the proof-of-stake (PoS) network consensus system being implemented in conjunction with the Merge which is anticipated to take place in mid-September.

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Meta's digital wallet service Novi will no longer be available for use after September 1. The Facebook parent, which is shutting down its Novi pilot project less than a year after starting it, ‘strongly advised’ users to withdraw their money from Novi.

With this move, Buenos Aires would be one of the pioneer cities to host its own cryptocurrency nodes. In April, the city also decided to let residents