In this week’s crypto, blockchain and NFT update, eToro market analyst and crypto expert Simon Peters explains the Ethereum ‘merge’, VC firm A16z’s launch into a major new fund focused on DeFi and Web3 projects and why Elon Musks’s SpaceX will accept dogecoin. Crypto assets continue to face volatility Bitcoin kept its value steady around US$30,000 last week, despite some renewed volatility for the cryptoasset.