CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Exchange LVL Launches Mastercard Debit Card

The card can be used to spend crypto and fiat around the world.

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CryptoCurrency News: Samsung Discussing $10B Chipmaking Facility in Texas: Bloomberg

Samsung plans for its foundry to manufacture 3nm chips.

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CryptoCurrency News: At Least One Key Huobi Executive Is In Custody in China: Sources

The Chinese police appear to have intensified their crackdown on crypto exchanges’ OTC trading services in the last year.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin News Roundup for Jan. 22, 2021

With bitcoin back above $30K and analysts calling for a deeper correction, CoinDesk’s Market’s Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

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CryptoCurrency News: Singapore Exchange, Temasek Launch Digital Asset Business for Capital Markets

The new venture seeks to partner with fixed income issuance platforms for their post-trade infrastructure.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum’s Road to $2K: 3 Reasons to Be Bullish

Ether recently broke above $1,400 for the first time in two years. Here are three events that could push the price even higher.

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CryptoCurrency News: Russia’s Sber Bank Files to Launch Its Own Stablecoin

Russia's largest retail bank has applied to become a licensed digital assets issuer.

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CryptoCurrency News: BIS Plans Platform for Testing Central Bank Digital Currencies in Cross-Border Payments

The new platform was announced as part of the BIS Innovation Hub's priorities and programs for 2021.

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CryptoCurrency News: MicroStrategy Buys the Dip, Adds $10M to Bitcoin Treasury

CEO Michael Saylor bought the coins for an average price of $31,808.

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CryptoCurrency News: First Mover: Bitcoin Newbies Get Volatility Lesson as Old Pros Lament FUD

A mixture of bearish price-chart patterns and ill-understood news items combined to cause bitcoin's biggest price plunge since March, in a demonstration to market newcomers of the cryptocurrency's notorious volatility.    

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CryptoCurrency News: Tether’s Bank Deltec Says Stablecoin Is Fully Backed by Reserves

"Every tether is backed by a reserve and their reserve is more than what is in circulation," said Gregory Pepin, Deltec Bank's deputy CEO.

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CryptoCurrency News: OKCoin to Integrate Bitcoin’s Lightning Network in Q1

The feature, added to alleviate fee pressure during Bitcoin’s bull market, could be live within a month's time.

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CryptoCurrency News: Social Networks Are the Next Big Decentralization Opportunity

We have the core tech to enable radically more ethical and beneficial social media networks. Here's what we'll need.

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CryptoCurrency News: Hut 8 Completes $11.8M Financing for New Bitcoin Mining Machines

The new machines will add 475 PH/s to Hut 8's hash power.

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CryptoCurrency News: Grayscale May Have Laid Groundwork for 5 More Potential Crypto Trusts

Trusts for Chainlink, Basic Attention Token, Decentraland, Livepeer and Tezos were all recently registered in Delaware.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Faces Further Losses Before Rally Restarts, Say Analysts

Despite a bounce earlier on Friday, bitcoin may yet see further losses in the near term.

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CryptoCurrency News: Class Action Filed Against Listed Bitcoin Miner Bit Digital Over Fraud Allegations

Defendants allege the mining company made false and/or misleading statements and failed to disclose the true extent of its mining operations.

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CryptoCurrency News: 30 Charged in Japan With Trading $96M-Worth of Crypto Stolen in Coincheck Hack

The around 30 individuals are suspected to have traded cryptocurrency stolen during the $560 million exchange hack in 2018.

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CryptoCurrency News: Digital Asset Manager Komainu to Provide Custody of Crypto Seized by UK Police

Komainu will be responsible for providing police across the U.K. with a more "robust" means to store cryptocurrencies.

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