CryptoCurrency News: Here’s What Happened at Crypto Lender Cred’s Latest Bankruptcy Hearing

Judge John Dorsey of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court rejected a motion to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee to oversee Cred’s restructuring.

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CryptoCurrency News: Balaji Srinivasan on Communist Capital vs. Woke Capital vs. Crypto Capital

One of the internet’s most fluid thinkers joins to give a brief history of the future.

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CryptoCurrency News: Lil Pump Is Doing a Social Token Called PumpCoin

Rapper Lil Pump is the latest celebrity to dip into the crypto world with the launch of his “PumpCoin” social token.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Bites: The Fight for Private, Digital Cash

Coinbase send IPO smoke signals. FinCEN wants crypto experts. Bitcoin is still above $20K.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ruffer Investment Used Coinbase to Execute $745M Bitcoin Buy

Coinbase and One River Digital worked in tandem to execute U.K mega-manager Ruffer Investment's $745 million bitcoin purchase in November.

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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Picks Goldman Sachs to Lead Upcoming IPO: Report

Coinbase's selection comes per industry sources cited by Business Insider.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin News Roundup for Dec. 18, 2020

With Deribit providing options for betting on a bitcoin rally and the IMF's predictions for digital currencies, CoinDesk’s Market’s Daily is back with another crypto news roundup.

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CryptoCurrency News: Money Reimagined: Your Data, Our Humanity

At stake as we debate the data-monopolizing power of the internet’s biggest companies: the future of what it means to be human.

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CryptoCurrency News: Privacy, Social Media and the Reinvention of Company Towns

Join Michael Casey and Shelia Warren as they speak with tech ethnographer Tricia Wang and metaMe CEO Dele Atanda, as they dig into the value of personal data and privacy in the modern era.

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CryptoCurrency News: Akon: Crypto Can Give Africa Financial Freedom

The revolutionary power of blockchain will play a significant role in the golden age of African development.

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CryptoCurrency News: First Mover: Bitcoin Rally Stalls as ‘DeFi Summer’ Proves Endless

This year's explosion in decentralized finance, or DeFi, highlighted just how much innovation was happening in digital-asset markets, beyond bitcoin.

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CryptoCurrency News: FTX Seeks to Launch Coinbase Futures Market Ahead of Public Listing

Launching the new futures market depends on regulatory clarity.

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CryptoCurrency News: Mizuho Analyst: Bitcoin Will Make PayPal ‘Center of People’s Financial Lives’

Mizuho sees bitcoin not as a source of revenue itself, "but as a vehicle to boost engagement on the app," and that could drive revenue growth.

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CryptoCurrency News: Scottish University Taps Blockchain Tech to Fight Whisky Fakes

Anti-tamper bottle tags and the blockchain tracking platform from Everledger are being deployed to help tackle the trade in counterfeit whiskies.

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CryptoCurrency News: The Good, the Bad and the DAOs Only a Founder Could Love in 2020

Founder of DAO Leadership Grace Rachmany gives a rundown on the current state of the DAO landscape.

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CryptoCurrency News: Japan’s SBI, Securitize Bringing Security Tokens to Crypto Wallet for Institutions

The integration with Securitize will enable users of the "sbiwallet" to sell, issue and manage tokenized securities directly within the app.

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CryptoCurrency News: Beyond ASICs: 3 Trends Driving Bitcoin Mining Innovation

The bitcoin mining industry needs more than a market rally to survive – it needs to find answers to its environmental and geographical threats.

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CryptoCurrency News: Self-Hosted Bitcoin Wallets Become Front Line in Fight Over Crypto Regulations

The steady creep of know-your-customer (KYC) requirements over firms that touch digital assets is now at the foot of self-hosted wallets.

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CryptoCurrency News: Deribit’s New Options Allow Bitcoin Traders to Bet on Rally to $100K

Options at the $100,000 strike price expiring on Sept. 24, 2021, went live on Deribit Thursday.

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CryptoCurrency News: US Man Admits Using Bitcoin to Help Launder $630K From Romance, Lottery Scams

Austin Nedved pleaded guilty to involvement in scams that reaped over $600,000 by targeting the elderly and vulnerable.

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CryptoCurrency News: Safello Raises $1.3M, Plans IPO in First Half of 2021

The Sweden-based exchange says it aims to list on Nasdaq's First North Growth Market next year.

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CryptoCurrency News: FC Barcelona Footballer Invests $4.3M in Fan Token Platform Sorare

Sorare, the platform for digital soccer collectibles, announced that FC Barcelona's Gerard Piqué is investing $4.3 million in the NFT site.

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