CryptoCurrency News: Ripple CEO Walks Back Threat to Leave US

Prolonged but fruitless efforts to get regulators on the firm’s side seem to have exhausted Ripple’s patience as it eyes a potential IPO and fights a lawsuit.

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CryptoCurrency News: Josh Brown on Bitcoin’s ‘Respectability Rally’ and Why We’ll See Dow 100,000 in Our Lifetime

One of finance’s most colorful personalities joins NLW to discuss how advisers spend their money, Robinhood traders, bitcoin and more.

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CryptoCurrency News: 4 Charts Showing Why Bitcoin Is an Alternative Risk Asset

Who said "safe haven"? Bitcoin's unique performance and risk profile make it a different type of investment animal.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Bites: Record-Breaking ‘Active’ Bitcoin Users as Wall Street Ponders Mass Adoption

There are now more active bitcoin users than ever before, as CEOs of both PayPal and BlackRock think about the future of finance.

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CryptoCurrency News: Looking Back, Moving Forward: Crypto’s Most Influential in 2020

CoinDesk marks its seventh Most Influential list with two CoinDesk Live events Dec. 7-8.

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CryptoCurrency News: What Is Sharding?

"Sharding" is a proposed method of splitting Ethereum's infrastructure into smaller pieces in an attempt to scale the network.

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CryptoCurrency News: $10.8M Stolen, Developers Implicated in Alleged Smart Contract ‘Rug Pull’

Rogue developers seem to have rug-pulled their own project, Compounder Finance, netting some $10.8 million in funds from the project’s investors.

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CryptoCurrency News: Grayscale Ethereum Trust Announces 9-for-1 Stock Split

Existing shareholders will receive eight additional ETHE shares for each one held, with each new share being a ninth the value and price of the current ones.

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CryptoCurrency News: OKEx CEO Says Exchange Updating Procedures to Prevent Repeat of Withdrawal Freeze Issue

Jay Hao pledged in an AMA that his firm has taken steps to ensure cryptocurrency withdrawals won't again be frozen because of the absence of a keyholder.

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CryptoCurrency News: First Mover: Short Shrift for XRP Token’s 169% Price Surge as Traders Obsess Over Bitcoin

XRP soared 169% in November, topping performance of the CoinDesk 20 digital assets during a month when bitcoin dominated headlines.

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CryptoCurrency News: Visa May Issue USDC Credit Card After Adding Circle to ‘Fast Track’ Program: Report

Visa is linking its payments network of 60 million merchants to the USDC stablecoin, according to Forbes.

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CryptoCurrency News: 1inch Raises $12M to Keep Up With DeFi’s Growing Crop of DEX Aggregators

Decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator 1inch has closed a $12 million funding round led by Pantera Capital.

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CryptoCurrency News: PayPal CEO Dan Schulman Tells Web Summit the ‘Time Is Now’ for Crypto

Dan Schulman took to the stage at Web Summit tech event on Wednesday, telling attendees that cryptocurrency is on the way to the mainstream.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ukraine’s Draft Crypto Bill Passes First Parliamentary Hearing

Ukraine's parliament has approved the first version of a draft cryptocurrency bill, bringing regulation of the industry a step closer.

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CryptoCurrency News: Valid Points: The Risks and Rewards of Staking on Eth 2.0

Breaking down Ethereum 2.0 and its sweeping impact on crypto markets, weekly.

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CryptoCurrency News: XRP Led November’s Crypto Bull Run With 169% Gain

XRP jumped 169% in November to top the performance rankings among digital assets in the CoinDesk 20, outperforming bitcoin and ether.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Sees Record Number of Active Users as Price Almost Hits $20K

As bitcoin set a new price high closer to $20,000 on Tuesday, the network also saw record-breaking user activity.

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CryptoCurrency News: Dusk Network Takes ‘Around 10%’ Stake in Dutch Stock Exchange

Security token platform Dusk Network has become a shareholder of a Dutch stock exchange as part of both firms' plans for share tokenization.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto.com Secures Australian Financial Service License

Crypto.com has secured an Australian Financial Service License through its acquisition of The Card Group.

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CryptoCurrency News: Australian Crypto Exchange Exposes Personal Data of 270K Users

BTC Markets, one of Australia's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, has accidentally exposed users' data, raising the risk of phishing attacks.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Buying App Ziglu Bags Largest Raise of 2020 on UK Crowdfunding Site Seedrs

U.K.-based bitcoin app Ziglu raised over $8 million in a crowdfunding campaign, the largest equity raise on the Seedrs platform this year.

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