CryptoCurrency News: The Big Question at Ethereal Summit NY: Is DeFi Enough for Ethereum?

Day 1 of the ConsenSys-organized Ethereal Summit offered thoughts on the future of ethereum.

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CryptoCurrency News: Boston Fed Announces Plans To Design a Blockchain ‘Supervisory Node’

The Boston Federal Reserve is close to launching their own private supervisory node.

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CryptoCurrency News: Munich Re Insures Curv’s Crypto Wallet To the Tune of $50 Million

Crypto wallet firm Curv has obtained up to $50 million of insurance coverage for institutional customers from Munich Re.

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CryptoCurrency News: Vitalik Buterin, Joe Lubin Back $700K Donation to Ethereum Project MolochDAO

An ethereum funding initiative from the CEO of SpankChain is getting a major boost from two of the blockchain's biggest names.

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CryptoCurrency News: QuadrigaCX Has $21 Million in Assets and Owes $160 Million: EY Report

QuadrigaCX owes creditors $160 million, but only has $21 million in assets, according to court-appointed monitor EY's latest report.

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CryptoCurrency News: William Shatner Joins Effort to Fight Collectibles Fraud With Blockchain ‘Passports’

Star Trek acting legend and producer William Shatner has joined an initiative to tackle fake memorabilia and collectibles using blockchain tech.

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CryptoCurrency News: Cannacord Analysts Predict Bitcoin Price Return to $20K In 2021

Analysts predict that bitcoin's price will return to its $20K high in March 2021.

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CryptoCurrency News: US Senators Seek Information on Facebook’s ‘Libra’ Crypto Project

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee wants to know more about Facebook's crypto project.

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CryptoCurrency News: Mike Cagney’s Startup Closes $1 Billion Credit Line on a Blockchain

Figure Technologies, a fintech startup founded by former SoFi CEO Mike Cagney, has closed up to $1 billion “uncommitted” line of credit on a blockchain.

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CryptoCurrency News: What’s Holding Back Bitcoin in Venezuela? This Group Is Investigating

The Open Money Initiative is bringing insights from Venezuela to help crypto startups make better tools for people in distressed economies.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Wallet Abra Adds In-App Support for ‘Thousands’ of US Banks

Crypto wallet Abra now let users connect to “thousands” of U.S. banks. It's also added withdrawals for all 30 supported cryptos.

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CryptoCurrency News: As Bitcoin Continues Its Climb, Top Altcoins Also Tease Breakout

Bitcoin's ascent continues, with prices hitting new multi-month highs earlier today, and other top cryptos may soon join the party.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum Stablecoin DAI Has Returned to Its Highly Sought Dollar Value

For the first time in months, the dollar-pegged stablecoin DAI is trading on major cryptocurrency exchanges actually at $1.

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CryptoCurrency News: Binance, Bitfinex and Tether: What’s the Worst That Can Happen?

Recent events involving Binance, Bitfinex and Tether suggest there's potential for "catastrophic, systemic risk in crypto," Dan Cawrey argues.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Exchange Binance Says It’s Revamping Security in Post-Hack Update

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said it is revamping security measures after losing some 7,000 bitcoin in a hack earlier this week.

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CryptoCurrency News: A New Crypto ETF Has Just Been Filed With the U.S. SEC

A prospectus for a new bitcoin and ether-based exchange-traded fund has just been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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CryptoCurrency News: All of It Dark, All of It P2P: After the Binance Hack, Bitcoin Doesn’t Cut It

That Binance could have colluded with miners to roll back hack transactions means bitcoin is not resistant enough to censorship, says Amir Taaki.

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