CryptoCurrency News: Offline Travel App Maps.Me Raises $50M in Seed Funding Led by Alameda Research

The funding will go toward the launch of a multi-currency wallet on Maps.me and enable a decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Long & Short: No, Bitcoin Is Not in a Bubble

Commentators and analysts who say bitcoin is in a “bubble” show they don’t understand what the term means.

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CryptoCurrency News: China’s Blockchain-Based Service Network to Integrate Central Bank Digital Currency

The BSN expects to complete integrations with a total of 30 public blockchains this year.

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CryptoCurrency News: Grayscale Raises $700M+ in a Day, Its Largest Daily Asset Raise Ever

In Q4 2020, the company raised $3.3 billion across its cryptocurrency investment vehicles.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ripple is Hiring Director of Engineering for RippleX Platform

The planned new hire along with a recent expansion show Ripple does not seem deterred by legal troubles in the U.S.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin’s Massive Swings Give Pause to CFOs Mulling Reserve Investment: Bloomberg

Bitcoin’s 30% price correction was enough to give some CFOs second thoughts.

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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Redoing Infrastructure to Prevent Outages During Peak Times

The exchange also said it's working to improve its customer service response time, another source of complaints.

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CryptoCurrency News: ‘You’re Starting To Democratize Access.’ Arca’s Jeff Dorman on Crypto’s Impact on Organizational Structure and Other Big Trends to Look for in 2021

A leading crypto investor on the year-ahead for bitcoin, NFTs, India and DeFi community tokens. Your host is Ben Schiller.

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CryptoCurrency News: ‘America and Sound Money,’ the Most Important Bitcoin Essay of the Last Year

A reading of the “Stone Ridge 2020 Shareholder Letter” by Ross Stevens.

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