The Bank of International Settlements has outlined plans to embark on a variety of CBDC trials worldwide this year.
Samuel Haig
Samuel Haig is a journalist who has been completely obsessed with Bitcoin and cryptocurrency since 2012. Samuel lives in Tasmania, Australia, where he attended the University of Tasmania and majored in political science and journalism, media and communications. Samuel has written about the dialectics of decentralization and is also a kangaroo riding enthusiast.
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Crypto ETP capitalization up 90% this month as institutional volume triples Institutional investors have rallied around crypto this past month, with the AUM of crypto ETPs surging more than 90% as volumes tripled.
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Suspected Bitcoin double-spend spotted in the wild BitMEX Research has identified what it believes to be a double-spent Bitcoin transaction... worth $21.
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83% of cryptocurrencies that peaked in 2018 are still down by 90% Data compiled by Messari indicates that the 157 crypto assets that posted record highs in 2018 are still bumbling along at prices more than 90% down from their ATHs.
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Some institutional investors taking profit as Bitcoin retraces CoinShares has noted significant outflows from institutional products this past week, signaling some institutions have been realizing profits amid BTC’s recent pull-back.
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Perpetual Protocol emerges as sixth-largest DEX after just one month Despite executing 179,000 transactions during its first month of operation, the xDai-powered Perpetual Protocol spent just $183 on gas fees.
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Ford, BMW back blockchain 'birth certificates' to combat used car fraud A global automotive consortium is leveraging blockchain-based “birth certificates” to track the purchase and maintenance history of secondhand vehicles.
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11 indicators that suggest Ether’s new ATH is just the beginning Many analysts predict that a parabolic ETH rally may be imminent, pointing to Ethereum’s surging DeFi ecosystem and network fundamentals.
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Flipped: Ethereum now processes 28% more transactions than Bitcoin Messari estimates Ethereum’s daily transaction volume is now 28% greater than Bitcoin's.
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Four of the top 70 crypto assets by market cap are Bitcoin Crypto data sites are double-counting tokenized Bitcoin, with three BTC tokenization protocols representing more than 1.4% of the reported altcoin market cap.
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SBF leads $50M funding round to bring DeFi to Maps.me's 140M users A travel and mapping application with 140 million users worldwide has raised $50 million to integrate decentralized finance protocols into its platform.
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Exchanges running out of ETH with reserves plunging 27% in 48 hours Analysts predict Ether may soon hit a new all-time high after ETH reserves on centralized exchanges fell by 27% in two days.
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Grayscale Investments liquidates all of its XRP... while it still can Grayscale is dissolving its XRP Trust and will distribute cash to investors after liquidating all XRP held by the trust.
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SolidX files lawsuit against VanEck alleging Bitcoin ETF ‘plagiarism’ SolidX accuses VanEck of terminating their partnership in bad faith after “surreptitiously” working to launch a Bitcoin product based on SolidX’s work.
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Number of financial planners investing in crypto increases by 50% A survey published by Bitwise has found that nearly 10% of investment advisors have made client portfolio allocations into crypto assets.
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Profit taking? Institutional crypto fund inflows drop 97% in three weeks CoinShares has reported “evidence of potential profit taking” among institutional investors, as weekly crypto fund inflows drop 97% in less than one month.
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Judge reverses own ‘mistaken’ dismissal of Overstock lawsuit A United States federal judge has reversed his decision to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that Overstock manipulated its share market by distributing a security token in 2019.
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Bakkt may go public through rumored $2B merger Regulated Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt is reportedly eyeing going public through a rumored merger.
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Bitcoin's 'real' volume doubles previous all-time high Weekly BTC trade volume has surged to dwarf the previous record by 100% amid Bitcoin’s dramatic run up to $40,000.
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Tron’s DLive platform under fire for live streaming US Capitol extremists The crypto-powered streaming platform DLive has come under fire after far-right extremists used the service to livestream this week’s violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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'Two cops on the beat': Regulator wants sole authority to charter fintech firms The OCC’s acting head is pushing against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s intention to charter non-depository fintech firms.
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Kyrgyzstan's central bank opens up crypto draft laws to public discussion The central bank of The Kyrgyz Republic has drafted regulations that recognize cryptocurrency exchanges in the country for the first time.
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Bitcoin shatters $35K with fresh ATH Bitcoin is rallying again, pushing into new highs above $35,000.
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Grayscale's ETHE shares tumble 50% as Ether skyrockets A long-term arbitrage play from institutional investors may explain why shares in Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust have tanked by 50% in two weeks while Ether rallied 75%.
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Former Bitcoin.com CEO sues oracle over 37.5M allegedly unpaid tokens The co-founder and former CEO of Bitcoin.com is suing a Tron-based oracle platform and its principal founder for allegedly failing to pay him.
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Jack Dorsey warns that FinCEN regulations will drive crypto users offshore Major U.S crypto firms are united in opposition to new AML laws proposed by FinCEN, warning they could drive users away from regulated platforms and stifle innovation.
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Binance hits record high of $80B in daily volume as crypto markets surge Binance has reported a new record of more than $80 billion in daily volume across its spot and derivatives platforms.
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Eth2 becomes the fourth-largest staking network, and it keeps growing Eth2 already ranks as the fourth-largest staking network by TVL despite launching six weeks ago and with withdrawals still yet to be enabled.
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Twitter loses its mind over rapper’s ‘$1M Bitcoin giveaway’... worth $11 each Popular rapper Megan Thee Stallion has teamed up with Square’s Cash App to launch a $1 million Bitcoin giveaway on Twitter in partnership with Square’s Cash App.