CryptoCurrency News: Fed’s Powell Wins Forbes’ Crypto Person of the Year Honors; Do They Give Awards for Snark?

A side effect of the Fed's medicine for the pandemic-stricken U.S. economy was to create conditions ideal for the rise of cryptocurrencies.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Tops $26K for First Time, Less Than a Day After Passing 25K

The leading cryptocurrency set another all-time high this month.

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CryptoCurrency News: B2C2 Becomes Latest Crypto Market-Maker to Stop XRP Trading: Report

Non-U.S. clients can still trade the token but need to pre-fund all short trades, the report said.

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CryptoCurrency News: Three Market Trends Fueled Enterprise DLT Adoption in 2020

Hedera Hashgraph's CEO says integrating novel technologies with existing enterprise systems will drive adoption in the years ahead.

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CryptoCurrency News: Deribit Adding Options to Allow Bitcoin Traders to Bet on Rally to $120K and Beyond

A week ago last Thursday, Deribit made news by introducing call and put options at the $100,000 strike price.

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CryptoCurrency News: Digital Currencies May Make SWIFT Redundant, Says Russian Central Bank: Report

Digital currencies may challenge and someday could make redundant the SWIFT global banking payment system, according to a Central Bank of Russia official, Russia Today reported. Read more: Bank of Russia Chair: Digital Ruble Is No Threat to Banks

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CryptoCurrency News: Central Banks Gone Wild! Feat. Bill Barhydt

The founder of mobile crypto bank Abra discusses the massive expansion of global central bank balance sheets.

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CryptoCurrency News: Now Is the Time for Enterprises to Look at ETH 2.0

Staking on Ethereum 2.0 is a business opportunity for early adopters in 2021.

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CryptoCurrency News: Building the Next Wave of Web 3.0

Building an internet we can trust requires trustless protocols.

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