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Bitcoin Retakes $20K, Leading as Broad Crypto Rally Continues
Crypto markets across the board surged this week, with crypto-exposed stocks also benefitting from the advance.
Bloomberg, WSJ, CoinDesk Among the Media Outlets Seeking to Know Who Bailed Out Sam Bankman-Fried
Lawyers for the former CEO of failed crypto exchange FTX requested and were granted anonymity for two parties who backed the $250 million bond that sprung Bankman-Fried from jail.
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Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Finishes Best Week Since March; Solana’s Bonk Barks
ALSO: Bitcoin cash jumps ahead of optimistic May hard fork. Traders are starting to handicap various market scenarios ahead of Ethereum's next big milestone in March.
Left for Dead Crypto Names Roar Higher as Bitcoin Bounces
Bitcoin has put together its first sustained rally since the FTX collapse in early November.
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Crypto 2023
After FTX, Where Does the Industry Go From Here? A Series Exploring What Could, and Should, Happen in the Year To Come. Presented by Bitstamp.
Discovery
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BitConnect Episode 1: The Gujarati Connection
This week, we dig into the rise of BitConnect, the strange kidnapping case that ultimately helped unravel the scheme and an important Texas Securities Commission cease and desist order.
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Real Crypto Adoption Needs Real Crypto Infrastructure (These 7 Upgrades, for Starters)
Internet video took off in the 2000s with widespread broadband adoption. What are the equivalent requirements with blockchain technology today?
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The Drama of It All: A Look Back at 2022 and a Peek Into the Year to Come
Michael and Sheila in a broad conversation reflect on last year's happenings in crypto and discuss their expectations and concerns for the future.
Trending in Crypto
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Markets
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Bitcoin Retakes $20K, Leading as Broad Crypto Rally Continues
Crypto market across the broad surged this week, while crypto-exposed stocks also benefited from the rally.
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Companies
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Web3 Studio Sortium Raises $7.8M in Seed Round
Crypto hedge fund Arca was among the participants in the funding round.
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Former SEC Lawyer Says Agency Pushing to Be Crypto Regulator With Gemini/Genesis Suit
Howard Fischer says that the government agency’s probe into the crypto firms could be the precedent the agency needs as it looks to “stake out” its turf as the main regulator of the digital asset space.
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Circulating Supply for The Graph’s GRT Token Jumps With Major Framework Ventures Unlock
Before Framework Ventures’ on-chain actions, the 99 million GRT, worth roughly $7 million, had been sitting in the Graph’s staking contract since Feb. and March 2021.
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Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Warns of Default, Looks to Amend BlockFi Loan
The outstanding $20 million loan is secured by only $5 million in assets.
Technology
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Hive Blockchain Deploys First Intel-Powered Bitcoin Mining Machines
The Canadian miner expects the machines to bring 110 to 130 terrash/second of computing power each.
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