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DeFi Lender Liquity Unveils New Stablecoin With User-Set Borrowing Rates in White Paper
Liquity V2 will allow borrowers to set their borrowing costs, a novel approach in DeFi, and pays the lion's share of protocol revenues back to...
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State of Wisconsin Buys Nearly $100M Worth of BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF
The U.S. state of Wisconsin purchased 94,562 shares of the BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) in the first quarter of the year, a filing...
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Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev Sentenced to 64 Months in Prison by Dutch Court
Alexey Pertsev was found guilty of money laundering $1.2 billion worth of crypto.
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Bitcoin Runes Protocol Sees Traction Waning After Much-Hyped Introduction
User activity has plunged after a hyped run-up to the start of the Runes protocol , which was expected by some to mirror Solana’s meme coin ecosystem.
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Industry Stakeholders Believe a UK Election Won't Derail Crypto Plans
The U.K.'s expected election this year shouldn't affect the country's efforts to regulate cryptocurrency much, industry observers say.
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Paradigm Unveils 'Block Trading' Facility for MATIC, SOL, XRP Options
Crypto OTC liquidity network Paradigm on Monday announced a block trading facility for linear options tied to MATIC, SOL and XRP. Trades...
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U.S. Blocks China-Tied Crypto Miners as 'National Security Risk' Near Nuke Base
President Joe Biden ordered a cryptocurrency mining facility near Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming to halt operations on Monday, calling it a...
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Cautious Bitcoin Bounce to Face Inflation Data Hurdles Later This Week
The downtrend in inflation has stalled so far this year, putting in doubt the odds for any Fed rate cuts in 2024.
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DeFi Gigabrain Tarun Chitra on ETH Staking, Restaking and Why ‘Financial Nihilism' Is a Real Consumer Product
The Gauntlet founder talks about the state of crypto ahead of Consensus 2024.
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China's Digital Yuan Isn't Taking Off Despite State Employee Salary Trial: Report
Most of the early recipients immediately transfer the digital yuan balances to their bank accounts to spend as cash.
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Solana Memes, GameStop Stock Jumps 44% in Premarket as 'Roaring Kitty' Returns on X
Stocks related to Keith Gill surged while opportunistic developers issued scores of meme coins on various blockchains to capitalize on the hype.
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Bitcoin Below $60K Could Trigger 'Panic' Selling, Crypto Analyst Says
One trader said recent declines are likely related to miners' asset sell-offs and fears of tighter regulation of cryptocurrencies.
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Bitcoin Is in a 'Bore You to Death' Phase, but Bottom Could Be Close, Analysts Say
The current boring crypto market could last between one to six months, and the sentiment will be the most negative right before the turnaround, one...
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Metaplanet Makes Bitcoin a Reserve Asset As Japan’s Debt Mountain Grows
The announcement comes at a time when Japan's fiscal crisis is said to be playing out in the currency market.
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Trump’s Pro-Crypto Bluster at NFT Gala Lacked Policy Substance
At the Mar-a-Lago gala, Trump courted a constituency Biden has thoroughly snubbed – even if the GOP candidate isn't exactly fluent in crypto policy.