CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Offers Severance Package to Employees Unsatisfied With ‘Apolitical’ Mission

Coinbase's CEO has issued a company-wide letter informing employees to get in line with a new cultural shift or take a severance package.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Co-ops and Game Theory: Why the Internet Must Learn to Collaborate to Survive

As the internet shifts to the open, decentralized standards of Web 3.0, can we find a balance between competition and cooperation?

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CryptoCurrency News: How the Crypto Industry Seesaws Between Assets and Infrastructure

Bitcoin invented a new asset as well as new infrastructure. Often, we confuse the two roles it plays.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Bites: CZ’s Exclusive Interview, California’s Souped-Up Regulator, Alt Season’s End?

California beefed up its financial regulator, Bitpanda closed a notable raise and some investors say "alt-season" is over.

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CryptoCurrency News: Permission.io Has Quietly Raised $50M to Make Advertising Personal and Data Private

Permission.io has raised over $50 million to reward users for engaging with ads. Will advertisers buy in?

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin May Return to Center Stage After Ethereum’s White-Hot Summer

With the U.S. elections just five weeks away, the crypto market's focus looks to be shifting back to bitcoin from ether.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin News Roundup for Sept. 29, 2020

With bitcoin back in the driver's seat and the Filecoin launch fast approaching, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!

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CryptoCurrency News: KuCoin Maintains Wallet Freeze as Hackers Begin Laundering Stolen Crypto

The exchange's weekend thieves appear to be searching for buyers of their $281 million in stolen crypto.

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CryptoCurrency News: Regulated US Exchange Gemini Now Offers Confidential Zcash Withdrawals

Gemini said that adding shielded zcash withdrawals showed regulators could be made to be comfortable with privacy coins.

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CryptoCurrency News: Investors Flock to India’s DeFi Scene Months After Central Bank Ban Overturned

DeFi protocols UniLend Finance and PlotX announced Tuesday they had both successfully completed their seed rounds.

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CryptoCurrency News: First Mover: Binance CEO Sees Future in DeFi While Bitcoin Volatility Turns Minuscule

Binance CEO isn't ashamed to discuss DeFi's future – and how the fast-moving arena might represent the future of his industry-leading crypto exchange.

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CryptoCurrency News: Coda Protocol Changes Name After Trademark Dispute With R3

O(1) Labs-led lightweight blockchain Coda Protocol said that it is relaunching as “Mina,” following a settlement in a trademark dispute with software maker R3.

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CryptoCurrency News: SEC Won’t Take Action Against Compliance-Focused Digital Security Exchanges

Digital security exchanges that ensure listed assets are legitimate will not face sanctions, the SEC said in an open letter.

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CryptoCurrency News: Traders Rotate to Bitcoin Expecting a Quiet Q4 for Altcoins

Some traders anticipate the leading cryptocurrency to significantly outperforming the entire crypto market for at least the next several months.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum 2.0 Developers Launch Spadina, a Three-Day Practice Testnet

Ethereum testnet Spadina gives developers one more crack at practicing with Eth 2.0’s deposit contract before the real deal arrives.

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CryptoCurrency News: $28M MakerDAO ‘Black Thursday’ Lawsuit Moves to Arbitration

The class-action alleged the Maker Foundation and others knowingly misrepresented the risks of investment in MakerDAO.

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CryptoCurrency News: Silvergate Bank: How Deep Is the Moat?

Silvergate Bank has pioneered financial services for crypto startups. But now it faces new rivals. Can it deepen its competitive moat?

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CryptoCurrency News: Relief and Regret: Crypto Twitter Reacts as Coinbase Says No to Corporate Activism

Brian Armstrong has split crypto down the middle after taking the stance that Coinbase will remain "laser focused" on its mission and keep activism out of the workplace.

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CryptoCurrency News: CoinDesk Live: Can Old Schools Teach New Tech?

On Oct. 6, we'll reveal the results of our first CoinDesk U ranking of the top-20 universities for blockchain education. Here's how you can watch it live.

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CryptoCurrency News: Binance CEO Says He Fully Expects DeFi to Cannibalize His Crypto Exchange

Binance CEO “CZ” acknowledges the irony of trying to tap into DeFi while defending his company’s reign among crypto exchanges.

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CryptoCurrency News: California Governor Signs Law Bringing State ‘New Tools’ to Regulate Crypto

The now-renamed California department responsible for the regulation of financial services will soon have more powers to supervise the cryptocurrency industry.

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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Has Drawn a Line in the Sand for Its Activist Employees

Is Brian Armstrong right to eschew corporate activism for a focus on the "mission"?

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