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Paying for Use Slows Down Crypto's Search for a Use Case
CoinDesk's Danny Nelson reported that Polygon paid DraftKings to be on the network, a furtive deal that only misrepresents consumer choice.
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Crypto Update | Markets Sink as UK Central Bank Expands British Debt Bailout Again
With mostly long-term investors holding bitcoin steady amid global market uncertainty, plus a look at how some corporations are bringing crypto to the mainstream, CoinDesk’s “...
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Ray Dalio, Sigma Males and the New Grindset
Are we in a "post-narrative" age of institutional adoption of crypto?
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Challenges of Dealing With Cryptocurrencies in Israel
A mix of high taxes, burdensome regulation and an antagonistic banking sector makes starting a crypto business in the Holy Land unviable.
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Tron's Justin Sun Believes Controversy Follows Every Celebrity Interested in Crypto
Tron’s Justin Sun Believes Controversy Follows Every Celebrity Interested in Crypto
During a 1:1 session at Consensus 2021, Tron founder Justin Sun said that all the “influence or controversy” surrounding crypto will eventually lead to mass adoption around th...
Tron's Justin Sun Believes Controversy Follows Every Celebrity Interested in Crypto

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Crypto Is Not Regulated in Turkey, and It’s Thriving
Central bank instability tends to attract people to cryptocurrency. As the lira dropped on Monday, internet searches about cryptocurrencies spiked.
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Governments Will Start to Hodl Bitcoin in 2021
Crypto assets not only are not going away. They will become integral to our financial and political lives, says Blockchain.com's head of research.
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PayPal's Move Is Good for Crypto Adoption but Not So Much for Profits: Morgan Stanley
There may be more upside for crypto than for PayPal's earnings, researchers wrote.
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Bitcoin Has American Mindshare but Few Users
The results from the Federal Reserve's annual Survey of Consumer Choice are in: Most people know of bitcoin, few are using it.
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Blockchain Bites: 'Bitcoin Billionaires' and Buying a Coke With Crypto
Is mass adoption back on the agenda with the announcement of a feature film based on the Winklevoss twins and new crypto payment option for vending machines "down under?"
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