CryptoCurrency News: Fed Stands Ready to Replace Infected Greenbacks With Clean Bills

The Fed doesn’t plan to destroy banknotes as China did, but it has a stockpile of fresh greenbacks should it need to replace what’s in circulation.

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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Broke Traffic Records and Saw Massive Volume During Market Collapse

Coinbase reported record site traffic and a massive surge in 24-hour trading volume during last week’s coronavirus-driven market swings.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Bumps Up, but for How Long?

Traditional markets continue to struggle during the coronavirus crisis while cryptocurrencies are seeing an upswing.

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CryptoCurrency News: State Power After Coronavirus, Feat. Peter McCormack

An off-the-cuff conversation about state power, nuance in an age of tribalism, and where bitcoin meets politics with Peter McCormack

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CryptoCurrency News: ICE Pushes Back on Claim Ex-Bakkt CEO Dumped Stocks After Senate COVID Briefing

U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler and her husband sold up to $3.5 million in stock after a Jan. 24 briefing on COVID-19, but ICE says the transactions were conducted by financial advisors who had no input from the two.

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CryptoCurrency News: The Puell Multiple Is Turning Bullish on Bitcoin

You might not have heard of the Puell Multiple but right now it appears to show bitcoin is undervalued.

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CryptoCurrency News: ‘Skyweaver’ Didn’t Plan for a Captive Audience of Millions but It Sure Helps

Skyweaver is among a crop of blockchain-based games looking to prove the value of digital scarcity in the gaming industry.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin News Roundup for March 20, 2020

CoinDesk goes to Africa in a new podcast and America's biggest Ether mine turns to COVID-19 research. It's the CoinDesk Markets Daily podcast.

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CryptoCurrency News: Tether Stablecoin Launches on Its Seventh Blockchain

The world's largest stablecoin by market value is now live on the Bitcoin Cash network via the Simple Ledger Protocol.

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CryptoCurrency News: Think a Privacy Law Will Stop Surveillance Capitalism? You Don’t Know Google

Big Tech's business model isn't threatened by the prospect of new data privacy laws, says one VC. FAANG firms are too nimble, powerful and ingenious.

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CryptoCurrency News: Customized Crypto Options Seeing Record Demand From Funds, Miners, Says GSR

The Hong Kong-based firm is seeing soaring interest in its customizable options contracts amid high price volatility.

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CryptoCurrency News: How to Escape Contracts That Are Killing Your Company During Coronavirus

Our “Not Legal Advice” columnist reviews options for changing or terminating business contracts during this crisis.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Lender Cred Is Offering Investors 10% Interest With Spencer Dinwiddie Partnership

Crypto investors can "pledge" five different cryptos, including two stablecoins, to Cred and earn up to 10 percent interest in a new partnership with NBA star Spencer Dinwiddie.

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CryptoCurrency News: Steem Hard Forks Today Over Fears of Justin Sun Power Grab

The Hive hard fork is expected to go live at 14:00 UTC with the support of major exchanges Huobi and Binance.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Claws Back Over 40% of Recent Price Selloff With Surge Above $6.8K

Bitcoin shot past $6,800 on Friday, helping the cryptocurrency erase a significant portion of its recent losses.

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CryptoCurrency News: 80% of Australians Know About Crypto but Only 1% Use It: Central Bank Study

Fewert than 1 percent of surveyed Australians paid for consumer goods with cryptocurrency in 2019, according to a new study by the Reserve Bank of Australia.

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CryptoCurrency News: What an Uptick in ‘Coinjoins’ Says About Bitcoin’s Value Proposition

A bitcoin privacy technology is seeing more usage as the global markets tank.

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