As Thailand’s leading crypto exchange remains suspended, billionaire backed rival Upbit enters the scene.
Martin Young
Martin has been writing about cybersecurity and infotech for two decades. He has previous trading experience, has covered forex and finance and has been working in the blockchain and crypto industry since 2017.
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Yearn Finance absorbs Pickle to boost DeFi rewards DeFi protocol Yearn has taken Pickle onboard to create new vaults and strategies.
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Institutions help drive rally as Bitcoin ETP volumes surge 50% Bitcoin and crypto ETPs have surged in market cap and volumes as institutions buy up BTC.
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Uniswap farming ends in 4 days, potentially freeing up $1.1B in Ether With UNI farms closing on Nov.17, the community has discussed what comes next.
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