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Amazon's NFT Plans Teased in a Receipt Mailed Friday Afternoon
In an email to CoinDesk's Nikhilesh De, Amazon appeared to confirm that digital tokens, an NFT gallery and resale opportunities are coming to the site.
Federal Reserve Says Custodia’s Plans Would Endanger Itself and the Crypto Industry
Though the Fed admitted Custodia has sufficient capital and resources to launch, it has “fundamental concerns” about the sustainability of a crypto-focused bank.
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A Three Arrows Capital Founder Talks About His New Crypto Bankruptcy Exchange
Kyle Davies, who created OPNX with 3AC partner Su Zhu, spoke to CoinDesk about their new venture, created in the wake of losing hedge fund customers $2.5 billion.
Binance Suffers Two-Hour Spot Market Outage Due to Software Bug
Exchange CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao described the outage as "unlucky."
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Culture Week 2023
Culture Week investigates the fascinating world of cryptocurrency and culture. Learn about the people, communities, and values that are shaping the future of money.
- NBA vs NFL: What Dapper Labs’ Big-League Collectibles Say About Launching NFTs for Sports
- Baron Davis: Bringing Athletes to Web3
- How Talent Agency WME Is Expanding Into Crypto
- Animoca Brands Co-Founder: Royalties Make It Possible for NFT Projects to Flourish
- How AI Is Changing Artistic Creation and Challenging IP Laws
- The Truth About Artificial Intelligence and Creativity
- Taking Photos and Minting NFTs at the Ends of the Earth, With FOTO’s John Knopf
- Uniswap's NFT Platform Shows DeFi's Reluctant Acceptance of Centralization
- How Web3 Animation Project 'The Gimmicks' Survives a Crypto Winter
- Metaverse Fashion Is on the Rise, but for Whom?
Discovery
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Banking, Crypto and the Future of Money
In this current system what is actually risky and who is affected by that risk?
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Binance's KYC Controls in Question; Greenpeace Vs. Bitcoiners, and More
The most valuable crypto stories for Friday, March 24, 2023.
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The Fed Hikes, Credit Tightens and Commercial Real Estate Looks Like the Next Problem for Banks
The U.S. central bank hiked interest rates by 25 basis points, even as credit tightens across the economy.
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Lunacy Episode 4: Our Twisted Hero
In the season finale, we look at the man behind the curtain – and tease out just how many crimes he committed.
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This Crisis Will Define the Future of Money
The recent collapse of three high-profile banks - Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank - has caused worrying outflows at hundreds of regional banks. Now, with the U.S. Federal Reserve creating a new backstop facility reportedly worth $2 trillion, the echoes of crises in 2008 and 2013 are loud.
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Markets
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Crypto Pundits Romance the Hyperinflation and Dollar Death Narrative. Is It a Real Scare?
Coinbase's former CTO, among others, has predicted that bitcoin will reach $1 million as the dollar fades, but these doomsayers are ignoring other historical precedents.
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Finance
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NFTX DAO Eyes Treasury Rebalancing After USDC Wobbles
The decentralized autonomous organization’s token holders are voting to diversify $2 million of its treasury’s assets amid a turbulent crypto market.
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Matter Labs Has No Plans for zkSync Era Airdrop, But Crypto Twitter Is Speculating
Based on the precedent set by many crypto projects, including this week's example with Arbitrum's airdrop of its ARB token, the speculation over a possible zkSync airdrop isn’t totally unfounded.
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