CryptoCurrency News: Eth 2.0 Deposit Contract Secures Enough Funds to Launch

The smart contract required for triggering Ethereum 2.0 has enough funds to begin activation of its most ambitious upgrade yet.

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CryptoCurrency News: IRS Again Warns Crypto Investors They Under-Reported Gains

For the second year in a row, the IRS is telling crypto investors they under-reported crypto gains. But there may false alarms again.

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CryptoCurrency News: Aquaculture Firm Completes Australia’s First IPO Raise Using Cryptocurrency

Almost 90% of West Coast Aquaculture's $3.6 million capital raise was via the stablecoin tether.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum 2.0 Deposit Contract Is 75% Funded Ahead of Dec. 1 Soft Launch

The smart contract required for triggering Ethereum 2.0 has nearly accrued enough funds to activate the momentous upgrade.

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CryptoCurrency News: OKEx’s Withdrawal Suspension Isn’t Behind Bitcoin’s Rally: Analysts

Bitcoin’s price has been up dramatically since OKEx's crypto withdrawal service suspension, yet it's not behind the price rally.

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CryptoCurrency News: Market Wrap: Bitcoin Briefly Drops Below $18K While ETH Uncouples From BTC

Bitcoin’s price is gyrating Monday while ether targets the moon.

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CryptoCurrency News: Biden to Tap Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary

Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen will be tapped to run the Treasury Department, where she will oversee federal agencies that impact crypto.

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CryptoCurrency News: More Institutions Are Buying Bitcoin, Say JPMorgan Analysts

In their “Flows & Liquidity” report, JP Morgan analysts say institutions are piling into bitcoin at a stronger pace this quarter than they were in Q3 and may have a bigger role in price movement than quantitative traders.

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CryptoCurrency News: A Bitcoin Shortage? PayPal and Cash App Buying More Than 100% of New Supply

When demand from these two sources alone exceeds the entire supply of newly minted bitcoins, expect serious supply pressure to follow.

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CryptoCurrency News: Privacy, Power, Fiscal Policy, the Poor: 4 Reasons to Worry About CBDCs

As central banks everywhere gear up to launch digital currencies, it's time to consider the possible downsides.

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CryptoCurrency News: New GnosisDao Bets on ‘Futarchy,’ a Prediction-Market Governance Model

The newly launched GnosisDAO will allow Gnosis users to vote on platform governance and development.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Bites: XRP’s Rally, Chainalysis’ $1B Valuation, Bitcoin’s Volatility in Perspective

The U.S. government uses USDC to bypass Venezuelan blockades. Chainalaysis eyes a $100 million raise. BTC is less volatile than 22% of S&P500 stocks, VanEck finds.

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CryptoCurrency News: First Mover: Near Record Highs, Bitcoin May Have a Volatile Week

Bitcoin prices are near all-time high, while its one-month implied volatility metric has jumped to four-month highs.

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CryptoCurrency News: Latin America’s Big Blockchain Opportunity

Decentralizing the financial sector and putting trust in distributed ledgers means less reliance on the continent's corrupt intermediaries.

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CryptoCurrency News: PayPal CEO Schulman Say He’s Bullish on Bitcoin as a Currency

Schulman spoke the fall of cash, the rise of bitcoin, and the institutional traders taking note.

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CryptoCurrency News: Law Enforcement Agencies Are Missing Forked Cryptos in Criminal Seizures: Research

Blockchain analytics company Coinfirm said authorities are "ignoring" criminals' stockpiles of cryptocurrencies that forked from bitcoin.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Faces Volatility Rise as Futures Market Shows Signs of Overheating

The bitcoin perpetual futures "funding rate" has shot up, suggesting the market may be overleveraged to the bullish side.

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CryptoCurrency News: CipherTrace Says Homeland Security Work Gave Rise to Monero-Tracking Patent Filings

CipherTrace has filed two patent applications it claims offer technologies that could help authorities in tracking monero transactions.

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CryptoCurrency News: CipherTrace Says Homeland Security Work Gave Rise to Monero-Tracking Patent Filings

CipherTrace has filed two patent applications it claims offer technologies that could help authorities in tracking monero transactions.

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CryptoCurrency News: China Construction Bank Pulls Planned Listing of Bitcoin-Tradable Bond

The "Big Four" Chinese bank has suspended the listing of a $3 billion bond issuance that was intended to be tradable for bitcoin and U.S. dollars.

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CryptoCurrency News: John Lennon’s Son Says Bitcoin ‘Empowers’ People Like Never Before

Sean Ono Lennon praised bitcoin for its ability to help individuals transcend politics and world events.

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CryptoCurrency News: China to Hold Second Lottery Trial of the Digital Yuan

A lottery in Suzhou will additionally trial the offline feature of the digital yuan, per a Monday report.

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