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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

CryptoCurrency News: Bitfarms Closes Its Second $15M Private Placement in a Week



Bitfarms was able to sell far few shares for the same amount of proceeds thanks to a 45% rise in its stock price in the last week.

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CryptoCurrency News: ‘Was This Correct?’ Twitter’s Dorsey Asks About Banning Trump and Then Says ‘Yes’



He then praised Bitcoin as a "technology that is not controlled or influenced by any single individual or entity."

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CryptoCurrency News: La carrera de Colombia por convertirse en un mercado líder de criptomonedas en la región



Durante el año 2020, Colombia experimentó un gran incremento del uso de criptomonedas como reserva de valor y con fines transaccionales.

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CryptoCurrency News: ‘No Middle Ground’: Inside Colombia’s Race to Become A Major Regional Crypto Market



In 2020, Colombia saw a major boost in crypto use, both as a store of wealth and as a means of transaction.

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CryptoCurrency News: Financial Censorship After Capitol Riot ‘Truly Chilling,’ Says OCC Chief Brian Brooks



“Money might be controlled by a handful of elites,” the departing bank regulator said at a Wednesday event. “Crypto is about freedom.”

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin News Roundup for Jan. 13, 2021



With BTC looking at gloomy short-term price predictions and altcoins on the rise, CoinDesk’s Market’s Daily is back with the latest crypto news roundup.

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CryptoCurrency News: Digital Asset Manager Arca Raises $10M



Asset management firm Arca has announced Wednesday the closure of a $10 million Series A round of funding led by RRE Ventures. Read more: Arca Labs Launches Ethereum-Based SEC-Registered Fund

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CryptoCurrency News: Ex-Ripple CTO Can’t Remember Password to Access $240M in Bitcoin



Just call it Schrödinger's bitcoin.

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CryptoCurrency News: Compute North, Foundry Team Up to Target North American Bitcoin Miners



The partnership is designed to lower the high cost of entry for would-be bitcoin miners.

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CryptoCurrency News: Chinese Hospital Issues First Electronic Bill on Blockchain



Hainan is one of the few provinces that have successfully incorporated blockchain technology into their public institutions’ online administrative platforms.

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CryptoCurrency News: CrossTower Launches Capital Markets Desk to Bring Institutions to Its Spot Exchange



“Ultimately we end up with something that looks and feels a little bit like what you see in the prime brokerage space.”

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CryptoCurrency News: Ledger Adds Bitcoin Bounty and New Data Security After Hack



Ledger was also targeted by hackers in Shopify's data breach.

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CryptoCurrency News: First Mover: Don’t Like $34K Bitcoin? Stellar, Litecoin Yet to Conquer Old Highs



Though bitcoin's rally has lost some steam, many traders are still in a bullish mood – and shifting to alternative cryptocurrencies known as "altcoins" whose prices have yet to clear all-time highs from years past. 

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CryptoCurrency News: US Navy Commissions $1.5M Blockchain System for Tracking Critical Weaponry



Blockchain firm SIMBA Chain won a contract to build a system to anticipate demand for "critical" military weaponry parts.

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CryptoCurrency News: New Bitcoin ETP Launches on Swiss Stock Exchange SIX



The BTCetc bitcoin ETP (BTCE) tracks the price of bitcoin and is physically backed.

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CryptoCurrency News: Valid Points: Price Dips, 60K Validators and Eth 2.0’s ‘Graffiti’ Messages



The price of ether dove hard last weekend, but the number of validators joining the Eth 2.0 network continues to grow, regardless of price movements.

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CryptoCurrency News: Analysts Are Gloomy About Bitcoin’s Short-Term Price Outlook Right Now



Some are now forecasting an extension of Monday's 20% price drop as more bitcoin moves onto exchanges and institutional demand cools.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Miner Marathon to Raise $250M in Direct Stock Offering



The Las Vegas company has agreed a direct offering of 12.5 million shares of common stock at $20 per share.

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CryptoCurrency News: BitGo Taps Former Coinbase Exec Jeff Horowitz as Chief Compliance Officer



Jeff Horowitz led Coinbase’s global compliance program until his departure in October.

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CryptoCurrency News: Winklevoss’ Gemini Would Back New Bitcoin ETF Application in Canada



The ETF is planned to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker "BIT.U.”

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CryptoCurrency News: ECB’s Christine Lagarde Says ‘Speculative’ Bitcoin Needs Regulation



In a speech at a Reuters online event Wednesday, Lagarde said bitcoin was a speculative asset.

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CryptoCurrency News: Owner of Crypto Exchange RG Coins Gets 10 Years in Prison for Laundering $5M



The 53-year-old Bulgarian national was convicted for laundering funds via cryptocurrency for a fake online auctions gang.

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CryptoCurrency News: Goldman Sachs Exec Says More Institutional Investment Would Calm Bitcoin Volatility



Global head of commodities research Jeff Currie believes the amount of institutional money in bitcoin needs to grow to mature the asset.

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CryptoCurrency News: Largest Dark Web Market Taken Offline as Alleged Operator Arrested in Germany



The DarkMarket site was thought to be the world's largest illegal online marketplace.

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