CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Underpaid Women, Black Employees, NY Times Reports

The Times' data included pay details for most of Coinbase’s roughly 830 employees at the end of 2018.

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CryptoCurrency News: New Research Sheds Light on the Front-Running Bots in Ethereum’s Dark Forest

The report outlines how the researchers identified and isolated generalized front-running bots while evaluating their efficiency.

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CryptoCurrency News: Market Wrap: Bitcoin Down to $26K but Traders Remain Bullish

Bitcoin fell to the $26,000 level after it hit above $28,000 on Sunday, yet markets remain bullish on both retail and institutional interest.

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CryptoCurrency News: Polkadot Surges After Binance Home Page Listing, $10M Endorsement

Binance announced a $10 million fund to support projects that are built on top of the Polkadot ecosystem.

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CryptoCurrency News: What Are Stablecoins?

A stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency whose value is tied to an outside asset, such as the U.S. dollar or gold, to stabilize the price.

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CryptoCurrency News: SkyBridge Capital Has Already Invested $182M in Bitcoin

“Bitcoin is digital gold,” SkyBridge says in its pitch to investors. “It is better at being gold than gold.”

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CryptoCurrency News: Crypto.com to Delist, Suspend XRP in the US After SEC’s Ripple Suit

The announcement came hours after Coinbase and OKCoin took similar actions.

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CryptoCurrency News: Opyn Upgrade Aims to Add Capital Efficiency and Liquidity to DeFi Options Market

Options marketplace Opyn is rolling out an upgrade that targets capital efficiency and liquidity in the decentralized financial options market.

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CryptoCurrency News: The Devastation of Main Street Business, feat. Daniel Lacalle

The popular economist talks about the K-shaped recovery and why we could be in for more pain in 2021.

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CryptoCurrency News: eToro Said to Be in Talks With Goldman About Possible $5B IPO: Report

The crypto trading/investment management platform is also considering the possibility of a merger with a special purpose acquisition company.

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CryptoCurrency News: Japanese Internet Giant Licensed to Issue First JPY-Pegged Stablecoin in New York

The charter makes GMO one of only 27 companies licensed in New York to engage in virtual currency activities.

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CryptoCurrency News: LISTEN: Jesse Powell, Bitcoin Banker – Most Influential 2020

In this special episode of Markets Daily, CoinDesk Podcasts editor Adam B. Levine reads Nathan DiCamillo's profile of Jesse Powell, one of CoinDesk's Most Influential People in 2020.

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CryptoCurrency News: 16 Ethereum Predictions From a Crypto Oracle

Andrew Keys has 16 reasons why crypto will take center stage economically, politically and socially in 2021.

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CryptoCurrency News: The Fight for Consumer Adoption Is Just Beginning

In the next phase, blockchain networks have to find use cases beyond censorship resistance and permissionless access, says TRON's founder.

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CryptoCurrency News: CME Tops in Bitcoin Futures Rankings Amid Rapidly Growing Institutional Interest

The CME has become the largest bitcoin futures exchange by open interest amid institutional onboarding.

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CryptoCurrency News: Panthers’ Russell Okung Becomes First NFL Player to Be Paid in Bitcoin

Okung’s $13 million salary is being split fifty-fifty between bitcoin and fiat by way of Zap’s Strike product.

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CryptoCurrency News: Payments Firm Simplex Becomes Visa Principal Member

Israel-based global fiat payment processor Simplex announced Tuesday it has become a principal member of the Visa network.

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CryptoCurrency News: Canadian Firm NexTech AR Buys $2M Bitcoin to Diversify Capital

Canadian augmented reality (AR) company NexTech AR is jumping on the crypto bandwagon with plans to use its treasury funds to buy $2 million of bitcoin for “capital diversification.” Read more: Nasdaq-Listed Canadian Firm to Invest Over $1M in Bitcoin

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CryptoCurrency News: The Year the Narrative Became the Truth

Bitcoin proved it could change how people think. But will the new system it enables be "better" or just "a system that better serves me?"

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CryptoCurrency News: OKEx Launches Real-Time Settlement for Derivatives Trading

OKEx launches real-time settlement for the trading of derivatives on its platform allowing users to make withdrawals at any time.

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CryptoCurrency News: Spanish City Lebrija Launches Local Virtual Currency ‘Elio’ as Form of Stimulus

The city council of Lebrija has created a virtual currency ‘Elio’ that can only be used for payments made to small and medium businesses, according to a report by Diario de Sevilla. Read more: Spain’s Second-Largest Bank Will Soon Launch Crypto Services: Sources

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CryptoCurrency News: Grayscale Has $19B in Crypto Assets Under Management, Up From $16.4B Last Week

The digital asset manager held $19 billion in assets under management as of Monday, up from last week's $16.4 billion.

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CryptoCurrency News: India Mulls Imposing 18% Tax on Bitcoin Transactions

The move is viewed by some as a sign the Indian government is warming up to cryptocurrencies.

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CryptoCurrency News: Voyager Digital Takes System Offline Following Cyberattack

Voyager reassured its customers that no funds or personal information were compromised but warned it will take time to get its app back online again.

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