CryptoCurrency News: 6 Insurers Initiate New Cryptocurrency Investment Positions: Report

Insurance firms have increased their interest in crypto investments in recent months.

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CryptoCurrency News: DeFi Projects Continue Flocking to Layer 2 Solution Polygon

Polygon’s cheaper transaction costs and faster block time have driven increased adoption by a number of major projects.

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CryptoCurrency News: Human Protocol Expands hCaptcha Tool, Launches Wallet to Make AI Smarter

“Proof-of-HUMANity” could also thwart front-running DeFi bots.

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CryptoCurrency News: Market Wrap: Bitcoin Sustains ‘Musk Jump’ as Crypto Sentiment Improves

Bitcoin tests $40K following positive comments from Tesla's CEO Elon Musk and hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin and Ether Price Indicators Support Near-Term ‘Relief Rally’

Bitcoin's weekly stochastic oscillator has turned up from oversold or below -20 levels, a positive sign for the cryptocurrency.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Fund Outflows Slow but Investors Start Exiting Ether Funds

The amount of money leaving was significantly less than the previous, record week of $141 million.

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CryptoCurrency News: Goldman Sachs Plans to Offer Ether Options: Report

In March, the investment bank relaunched its cryptocurrency trading desk after a three-year hiatus.

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CryptoCurrency News: China’s Xiong’an New Area Begins Using Digital Yuan for Salary Payments

The country is testing the currency in different pilots.

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CryptoCurrency News: Market Wrap: Bitcoin Flat at $37K as Investors Tangle With Bulls and Bears

Positive news from El Salvador couldn't completely overcome negative news out of China.

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CryptoCurrency News: Next-Gen Game Developer Mythical Raises $75M for Playable NFTs

The funding round will offer external game developers a way to bring NFTs into their fictional worlds.

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CryptoCurrency News: DAOs, DeFi and Dollars: the Bold New World of Decentralized Entities

In this week’s episode, we explore how developers and investors are working through the complex process of bridging the human and legal needs of the outside world with these complex, decentralized systems run by blockchains, automated smart contracts, “multisig” tokenized collateral agreements.

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CryptoCurrency News: Stake Technologies Raises $10M Ahead of Polkadot and Kusama Auctions

With auctions to win a place building on the Polkadot blockchain ecosystem beginning soon, projects are coming out with strategies to secure one of the coveted slots.

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CryptoCurrency News: Market Wrap: Bullish Basel News Causes BTC Jump to Week-High $38K Level; ETH Slips

Bitcoin busted out a quick 5% gain early Thursday on positive news from that continent before losing some steam.

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CryptoCurrency News: Gold Tokens Take Off as Inflation Accelerates, Bitcoin Retreats

The market cap of gold-backed tokens has surged 30-fold since the start of 2020, according to one research firm.

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CryptoCurrency News: A Big Carbon Footprint Compared to What?

When blockchain systems reduce human involvement in transactions, the carbon benefits can be substantial, says our columnist.

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CryptoCurrency News: Arrington Capital Launches $100M Algorand Ecosystem Fund

The TechCrunch founder’s second crypto fund will bet on Algorand projects and coins. But don’t think the firm is abandoning XRP.

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CryptoCurrency News: Hut 8 Mining’s Shares to Be Listed on Nasdaq

Hut 8 will also retain its listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ethereum Wallet MEW Enables Eth 2.0 Staking Through Your Phone

MEW is one of several crypto wallet services actively helping onboard new users to the Ethereum blockchain, which has now amassed a market capitalization of over $272 billion. Kosala Hemachandra, the co-founder and CEO of My Ether Wallet (MEW), talks about MEW’s two-step solution to staking on Ethereum 2.0.

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CryptoCurrency News: Dapper Labs Unveils Flow-Native Stablecoin, FUSD, With Other ERC-20-Like Tokens to Follow

The maker of NBA Top Shot is deploying new tools for developers to launch tokens on the Flow blockchain.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Peeps Above $38K on Basel News

The top cryptocurrency hit a high of $38,461 during the European hours, extending Wednesday's double-digit rally.

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