CryptoCurrency News: SEC Calls Out Suspicious Crypto Companies Targeting Global Traders

The securities regulator added eight suspect crypto entities to its watchlist Thursday.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Breaks Below $30K, Erasing Almost All of 2021’s Gains

Bitcoin gains in 2021 dropped below 1% as strong selling continues.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Price Sees Largest Daily Loss in 10 Months

Bitcoin ended Thursday down 13% amid continued selling.

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CryptoCurrency News: Japan Rallies Behind XRP as Ripple Faces US Litigation

Unlike the U.S., Japan considers XRP to be a cryptocurrency, not a security.

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CryptoCurrency News: Increased Mainstream Adoption of Bitcoin Cuts Diversification Benefit, JPMorgan Says

Bitcoin's correlation with traditional markets could "erode" its "diversification value over time."

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Worries `Fading,’ as Crypto Goes Mainstream, S&P Says

S&P sees "a lot of similarities" between bitcoin and gold, and says concerns about theft of cryptocurrency have diminished with greater mainstream acceptance.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Slumps to $31K on Sell-Off in US and Europe

Uncertainty is leading many to take short-term profit, according to the "Coinbase Premium" indicator.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Bites: Crypto in the Red, BlackRock Green Lights Bitcoin Futures

The world's largest asset manager will allow two of its funds to get into bitcoin futures, as Guggenheim speculates a market pullback in the near term.

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CryptoCurrency News: Why Everyone From Square to Facebook Is Now Hosting the Bitcoin White Paper

The uploads come in response to legal threats by Craig Wright.

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CryptoCurrency News: How Cultural Differences Drive User Adoption in DeFi

Despite being virtually identical products at launch, SushiSwap and Uniswap have taken divergent paths as they respond to users, says Multicoin's principal.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin News Roundup for Jan. 21, 2021

With bitcoin dropping as traders turn bearish, CoinDesk’s Market’s Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

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CryptoCurrency News: Chinese City Plans Third Digital Yuan Pilot, Giving Away $3M in Prize Draw

Lottery entrants can apply to win 200 digital yuan each.

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CryptoCurrency News: Microsoft, India’s Tanla Launch Encrypted Messaging Infrastructure Built With Blockchain

Microsoft and India-based cloud communications firm Tanla Platforms have launched a blockchain-based communications platform-as-a-service aimed to offer more private and secure messaging. Read more: Indian Users Almost 5 Times More Likely to Encounter Crypto Hacking: Microsoft Report

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CryptoCurrency News: Signature Bank Adds $2.5B in Non-Interest Bearing Deposits in Q4

These deposits are seen as a proxy for growth among crypto-industry clients.

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CryptoCurrency News: Trading Bitcoin in Africa Is a Way for Some to Escape Poverty

Learning to trade bitcoin has become a valuable skill set for Africans looking to boost their income.

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CryptoCurrency News: Guggenheim CIO Says Bitcoin May Have Topped Out for Now

Guggenheim Partners CIO says bitcoin could retrace all the way back to $20,000.

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CryptoCurrency News: Kraken Adds 26 Crypto Trading Pairs to Capture Growing UK, Australia Markets

Kraken's biggest-ever expansion of trading pairs is aimed at growing its presence in the two promising markets.

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CryptoCurrency News: eToro Survey Finds Pensions and Endowments Are Finally Waking Up to Crypto

The exchange quizzed 25 institutional players about crypto investing, including a couple of pension funds.

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CryptoCurrency News: Russian Court Takes Crypto Exchange Binance off Website Blacklist

A court in the Arkhangelsk region had ruled last summer that the site should be blocked, but Binance wasn't notified until months later.

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CryptoCurrency News: First Mover: As Bitcoin Flips Bearish, Neither Biden Nor BlackRock Brightens Mood

There's a lot of long-term bulls in the bitcoin market. But in the short-term? Pretty much everyone has suddenly turned bearish.  

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CryptoCurrency News: Silvergate Took Nearly $3B in Deposits From Digital Currency Customers in Q4 2020

The majority of the new deposits came from cryptocurrency exchange clients.

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CryptoCurrency News: Nebraska Lawmaker Introduces Bills That Would Permit Banks to Custody Crypto

Senator Mike Flood hopes to pass the bill in order to make Nebraska a financial technology hub and create new jobs.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Option Traders Hedge Against Downside Risk as Price Dips to Near $32K

Options traders look to be preparing for further falls in bitcoin's price in the short-term, according to put-call skew data.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin.org Rebuts Craig Wright’s ‘Meritless’ Copyright Claim on Bitcoin White Paper

The open-source project said it would not comply with Wright's demand to take down its copy of the iconic founding document.

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