CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin, Stocks Fall as Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19

The cryptocurrency and Asian stock markets dumped early Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he and his wife had tested positive to COVID-19.

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CryptoCurrency News: Leaked Recordings Suggest Crypto Lender Babel Leveraged Users’ Funds in Longing Bitcoin

Leaked recordings suggest crypto lender Babel Finance leveraged some user funds to long bitcoin and faced potential default risks during this year’s Black Thursday market crash.

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CryptoCurrency News: BitMEX’s Receding Market Share Might Have Spared Bitcoiners Bigger Sell-Off

When BitMEX announced so-called "perpetual bitcoin leveraged swap" four years ago, few traders could have anticipated the major impact it would have on the digital-asset trading landscape.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Bites: Dorsey Challenges Coinbase, Nasdaq Lists Diginex, Ethereum Miners Profit

Also: The Australian government is investing big in modern technology and prediction markets have turned sour against Trump.

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CryptoCurrency News: Startup Backed by Uber Co-Founder Poaches CoinList President Andy Bromberg

CoinList co-founder and president Andy Bromberg is leaving the token offering platform to helm Eco, a cryptocurrency built to marry saving and spending in one.

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CryptoCurrency News: Braintrust Raises $18M to Bring DeFi-Thinking to the Gig Economy

Braintrust, a tech talent marketplace that will essentially be owned by the IT freelancers and companies using it, has raised an $18 million strategic growth round.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin News Roundup for Oct. 1, 2020

With BTC looking for a breakout and more casualties in the aftermath of 2017s ICO boom, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!

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CryptoCurrency News: Australia’s Central Bank Tells ASX to Push on With Delayed DLT Trading Platform

ASX, the primary stock in Australia, has been told to press on with the blockchain-based replacement to its aged trading system.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Trading Platform BitMEX ‘Attempted to Evade’ US Regulations, CFTC Charges

The CFTC has charged BitMEX, CEO Arthur Hayes and other affiliated entities with offering US customers crypto trading services in violation of federal law.

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CryptoCurrency News: The Hard Forks That Didn’t Dilute Bitcoin

Why Bitcoin continues to trounce BCH, BSV and other wannabe challenger projects.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum 2.0 ‘Dress Rehearsal’ Gets a Second Shot With Zinken Testnet

Developers will take a second whack at a final Ethereum 2.0 testnet after the first, Spadina, failed due to “critical peering issues.”

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CryptoCurrency News: Total Stablecoin Supply Nearly Doubled in Q3, Adding Record $8B

“2020 seems to be the year of stablecoins,” said Tether CTO.

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CryptoCurrency News: European Central Bank Moves to Trademark ‘Digital Euro’

The EU's central bank laid a claim to the phrase "digital euro" before deciding whether to actually issue one.

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CryptoCurrency News: First Mover: Nine (Bullish) Bitcoin Predictions for Final Months of (Awful) 2020

Bitcoin is outperforming pretty much every other asset class this year, with a 50% YTD gain. Analysts are bullish heading into 4Q.

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CryptoCurrency News: Dapper’s NBA Top Shot Launches Out of Beta With Samsung Galaxy Store Deal

After selling more than $2 million in digital basketball cards during its private beta, NBA Top Shot is launching to the public.

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CryptoCurrency News: CipherTrace Outlines Regulatory Gray Zones Plaguing Booming DeFi Sector

Here's how blockchain analytics firms like CipherTrace and Elliptic are viewing DeFi and DEXs after the KuCoin hack.

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CryptoCurrency News: eToro to Offer Staking Rewards for Holders of TRON and Cardano

Free of charge for eToro clients, the new staking service will initially support Cardano and TRON but will add other tokens in due course.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Posts Biggest Monthly Price Loss Since March

Bitcoin faced selling pressure in September as the U.S. dollar rose against major currencies for the first time in six months.

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CryptoCurrency News: Why Hardnosed Bitcoiners Should Learn to Love DeFi

Stacking sats and decentralized finance are more similar economic modes than most realize.

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CryptoCurrency News: Diginex Stock Goes Live on Nasdaq Following $50M in SPAC and Private Funding

Diginex has become the first crypto exchange operator to be traded on Nasdaq, listing under the “EQOS” ticker symbol.

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CryptoCurrency News: Institutional Crypto Platform Talos Emerges From Stealth Mode

Talos is emerging from stealth mode to serve crypto brokers, custodians, exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) trading desks.

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CryptoCurrency News: Record $166M Ethereum Fees Last Month Were Six Times Bigger than Bitcoin’s

Ethereum continues to outpace Bitcoin in transaction fees, with DeFi mania helping push total fees to $166 million last month.

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CryptoCurrency News: DeFi Buzz Drove Record $12M Earnings This Summer, Says Ethereum Miner HIVE Blockchain

The ether miner has reported its best ever quarter, saying that surging interest in DeFi led to bumper transaction fee revenues.

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CryptoCurrency News: Australia to Spend $575M on Tech Including Blockchain to Boost Pandemic Recovery

The investment comes as Australia attempts to make a recovery from the recession brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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