CryptoCurrency News: Silk Road’s Ulbricht Being Considered for Pardon by Trump: Report

President Trump might be considering a pardon for the notorious Silk Road figure.

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CryptoCurrency News: New Federal Reserve ‘Qualitative’ Approach Could Push Further Into Experimental Realm

"Qualitative" is the new "quantitative" as economists predict the Federal Reserve will move to add subjectivity to its rules on money printing.

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CryptoCurrency News: Riot to Test Immersion Cooling Bitcoin Mining Technology in Texas

The firm is looking to improve efficiency in "difficult temperature environments."

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CryptoCurrency News: SBI Financial Acquires Institutional Crypto Desk B2C2

SBI Financial Services has acquired cryptocurrency trading platform B2C2, according to a report.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin News Roundup for Dec. 15, 2020

With a new plan to return more than 100,000 BTC to long-suffering exchange customers-turned-creditors and with a look at Argentina and broader crypto adoption across South America, CoinDesk's Market's Daily is back with another crypto news roundup.

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CryptoCurrency News: ‘Happy Staking’: Ethereum Core’s Danny Ryan on 2.0 in 2021

An Ethereum insider reveals what it's like to work on ETH 2.0 and offers a peek at next year's development roadmap.

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CryptoCurrency News: New York’s Quontic to Be First US Bank to Offer a Bitcoin Rewards Debit Card

Queens-based Quontic Bank is slated to become the first FDIC-insured financial institution to launch a bitcoin rewards checking program.

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CryptoCurrency News: Estonia Has Withdrawn Licenses From Over 1,000 Crypto Companies This Year

The mass license revocation still leaves around 400 virtual currency service providers (VASPs) licensed in Estonia, according to the finance ministry.

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CryptoCurrency News: DeFi on Bitcoin Gets a Boost as Sovryn Launches on RSK Sidechain

Sovryn is launching a lending and derivatives market on the RSK Bitcoin sidechain in a bid to promote DeFi on Bitcoin.

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CryptoCurrency News: Las Criptomonedas Surgen en la Desafiante Economía de Argentina

La industria de la criptografía de Argentina registró volúmenes comerciales récord este año, en medio de la pandemia de COVID-19 y las dificultades económicas.

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CryptoCurrency News: Amid DeFi Hacks, Nervos and Cardano Join Forces to Improve Smart Contract Security

Blockchain projects Nervos and Cardano are working together to improve the security of UTXOs to reduce smart contract hacks.

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CryptoCurrency News: Secret Network Launches Bridge to Bring Transactional Privacy to Ethereum

The bridge will also give users access to Secret DeFi, privacy-preserving decentralized finance apps built on the Secret Network.

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CryptoCurrency News: Four Big Reasons Bitcoin Belongs in Your Portfolio

Technology is deflationary, making it harder for central banks to pay back debt. Bitcoin is insurance against irresponsible monetary policy.

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CryptoCurrency News: First Mover: Reminiscing on Pre-Pandemic Bitcoin as Rally Stalls

Back in January, few analysts could foresee the investment theme that would ultimately cause bitcoin prices to triple over the course of 2020.

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto Finance AG Hires SIX Group Exec to Lead Brokerage Business

The new hire, Rupertus Rothenhaeuser, was previously head of business at SIX Group's digital assets exchange.

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CryptoCurrency News: WEF, Mining Giants Develop Blockchain Platform for Tracking Carbon Emissions

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has finalized a platform that tracks CO2 emissions during mining processes using blockchain.

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CryptoCurrency News: Mt Gox Creditors’ Wait Nearly Over as Trustee Announces Draft Rehabilitation Plan

Mt. Gox’s trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi has at last filed a draft plan for the rehabilitation of creditors including former users. See also: Mt. Gox Deadline Extended Again After Creditors Criticize Refund Proposal

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CryptoCurrency News: SatoshiPay to Become First User of German Bank’s Euro Stablecoin

Bankhaus von der Heydt partnered with Bitbond to launch its euro-backed stablecoin on Stellar last week.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin May Have Hit Wall of Profit Takers Around $19,500: Analyst

Huobi Global saw an influx of larger-than-average bitcoin deposits soon before the price drop, an analyst said.

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CryptoCurrency News: Kadena Onboards Celo’s Dollar Stablecoin, Plots January Launch for Decentralized Exchange

The hybrid blockchain maker said it is collaborating with fintech firm Celo to on-board its stablecoin, cUSD, to Kadena’s platform using a trustless bridge.

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CryptoCurrency News: Grayscale Now Has $13B in Crypto Assets Under Management

Grayscale's bitcoin and ether trusts now make up almost the entire $13 billion in AUM value.

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CryptoCurrency News: OCC Economist Cites Benefits of Issuing Bank Charters to Stablecoin Providers

The OCC's head economist said in a paper that chartering stablecoin providers would offer benefits to consumers, as well as to the firms themselves.

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CryptoCurrency News: How Israeli VCs Are Doubling Down on DeFi Startups

The three co-founders of Collider Ventures agree Israel’s vibrant crypto industry waned, yet didn’t fizzle, throughout 2020.

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CryptoCurrency News: Banca Generali Leads $14M Round in Italian Crypto Custody Firm Conio

Banca Generali, a subsidiary of Italy’s largest insurer, will also help its customers hold bitcoin following the $14 million Series B.

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