CryptoCurrency News: Grayscale Has $16.4B in Crypto Assets Under Management, Up From $13B a Week Ago

The firm's bitcoin AUM rose by more than $3 billion in a week.

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CryptoCurrency News: SEC Chairman Clayton Says Wednesday Is His Last Day in Office

Clayton announced in November he would be leaving by the end of the year but hadn't specified a date.

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CryptoCurrency News: Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rangebound as XRP Plummets After SEC Lawsuit

Bitcoin continues trading below $24,000 as legal action by the SEC rattles the XRP market.

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CryptoCurrency News: FinCEN’s Proposed Crypto Wallet Rule Might Hit DeFi

FinCEN’s proposed rule regulating “unhosted” wallet transfers has a number of potential issues, including unintended consequences for decentralized finance.

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CryptoCurrency News: How 2020 Unlocked a New Generation of Investors, feat. Jill Carlson

No one would have expected an economic crisis to bring a new generation of investors to the table, but that's exactly what it did.

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CryptoCurrency News: Camila Russo on Building The Defiant and the Future of DeFi

The Defiant is required reading about DeFi these days. How did "one more Bloomberg journalist" become a successful media entrepreneur and influencer?

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CryptoCurrency News: $175K Donation to Coin Center Tops Latest Fundraising Push for Crypto Policy Group

The donation from a group headlined by NEAR, Solana and Celo comes in addition to $300,000 raised via Gitcoin.

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CryptoCurrency News: SEC Gives Broker-Dealers Room to Handle Crypto Securities

The SEC's broker-dealer guidance was generally welcomed as a step in the right direction by industry players.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin News Roundup for Dec. 23, 2020

With BTC struggling to break past $24K and the SEC suing Ripple, CoinDesk’s Market’s Daily is back with the latest crypto news roundup.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitwise Liquidates XRP Position in Crypto Index Fund Following SEC Suit Against Ripple

Crypto money manager Bitwise has liquidated $9.3 million worth of XRP in its crypto index fund.

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CryptoCurrency News: Why I’m Long Crypto, Short DLT

"Too many champions of crypto want to be the epicenter of decentralization," says our columnist.

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CryptoCurrency News: First Mover: XRP Plunges 20% as Traders Assess SEC’s Ripple Suit

The SEC's suit against Ripple has triggered a steep sell-off in price for the payments token XRP. Meanwhile, prices for Chainlink's token have increased seven-fold this year, most among CoinDesk 20.

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CryptoCurrency News: Canada-Listed Firm to Invest Over $1M in Bitcoin

Mogo, a Canadian fintech listed on the Nasdaq and Toronto stock exchanges, said it may make further bitcoin investments next year.

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CryptoCurrency News: Axie Infinity Launches Public Testnet of Ronin Sidechain to ‘Scale Even Faster’

Axie Infinity has launched the public testnet of its Ronin sidechain with video game giant Ubisoft as an initial validator.

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CryptoCurrency News: Pantera’s Paul Veradittakit’s 2021 Predictions

What is bringing us closer to a decentralized financial future?

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CryptoCurrency News: Miami Heat’s Tyler Herro Lends Voiceover Chops to Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shot

The Miami Heat's Tyler Herro is the first NBA player to provide a voiceover for a crypto game.

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CryptoCurrency News: Cere Network Raises $1.25M More to Bring Its ‘Decentralized Salesforce’ to Polkadot

Binance-backed Cere Network has raised another $1.25 million to become a decentralized version of Salesforce.

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CryptoCurrency News: South Korea’s Hashed Raises $120M Venture Fund for Crypto Deals

Hashed Ventures has raised $120 million for a fund that will be focused on a new era of distributed networks.

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CryptoCurrency News: Valid Points: Forget Staking, There Are Still Coins to Be Mined on PoW Ethereum

Ethereum miners are making investments to maximize profits before mining becomes obsolete and gets replaced by validating on Ethereum 2.0.

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CryptoCurrency News: Swiss Crypto Bank SEBA Raises $22.5M to Fuel Growth

The Swiss firm plans to expand into the Middle East and Asia and offer services for U.S. institutional clients.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Will Likely Face Trial Next September

Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith is likely headed to trial on charges of violating international sanctions, after a Tuesday hearing which saw a federal judge clarify what's being argued.

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CryptoCurrency News: Hong Kong Trading Platform OSL Suspends XRP Services as SEC Sues Ripple

The SEC is accusing Ripple of violating federal securities laws via sales of the XRP cryptocurrency to retail consumers.

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CryptoCurrency News: Hashed Ventures Forms $108M Fund to Invest in Blockchain and ‘Protocol Economy’ Startups

The regulated fund is aimed to help grow the DeFi and blockchain ecosystem by attracting institutional investors, said CEO Simon Kim.

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