Crypto News Roundup for Aug. 18, 2021
With crypto markets in the red and a look at New York's likely next Mayor of "the Bitcoins," CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.
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Aug 18, 2021 at 3:07 p.m. UTC
Aug 18, 2021
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Blockchain Bites: Ethereum 2.0’s Deposit Contract Goes Live as ETH Miner Revenues Dwindle
Ethereum stakers can now begin depositing the 32 ether (ETH) required to stake on Eth 2.0.
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Nov 4, 2020 at 5:37 p.m. UTC
Nov 4, 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Digital Yuan's 4M Transactions, Bitcoin's 33-Month High, Uniswap's Second Governance Vote
October saw the first time the total value locked in all DeFi protocols closed below the month’s starting value.
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Nov 2, 2020 at 5:09 p.m. UTC
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Blockchain Bites: Ripple's MoneyGram Pump, OKEx's Bitcoin Cash Plan, Bitcoin's Birthday
Tomorrow marks the 12th anniversary of the Bitcoin white paper.
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Oct 30, 2020 at 4:53 p.m. UTC
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Blockchain Bites: Coinbase's Card, Avanti's Approval, FTX's Fractional Stocks
Meanwhile, The Graph's $12 million raise is one in a line of many public token sales this year.
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Oct 29, 2020 at 4:27 p.m. UTC
Oct 29, 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Miners' Slim Margins, ConsenSys' Latest CBDC Pilot, a16z's Power Hire
JPMorgan unveiled a revamped blockchain network that could challenge SWIFT while BlockFi has taken a 5% stake in Grayscale's GBTC.
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Oct 28, 2020 at 4:05 p.m. UTC
Oct 28, 2020
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Blockchain Bites: JPM Coin Goes Live, Bitcoin Rallies, Stocks Falter
PLUS: Southeast Asia's largest bank by assets, DBS, is eyeing a digital assets exchange.
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Oct 27, 2020 at 4:37 p.m. UTC
Oct 27, 2020
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Blockchain Bites: DeFi's Harvest Hit, IRS' Crypto Clarification, JPMorgan's Buoyant Bitcoin Note
PLUS: Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith's legal defense, PayPal's dropped client and more.
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Oct 26, 2020 at 4:44 p.m. UTC
Oct 26, 2020
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Blockchain Bites: China's Tether Crackdown, CME's Bustling Bitcoin Markets, Kin's 'Active Development'
ALSO: PayPal is said to be in talks to purchase cryptocurrency firms including BitGo. What does that mean for crypto?
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Oct 23, 2020 at 4:16 p.m. UTC
Oct 23, 2020
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Blockchain Bites: Hodl Hodl's No-KYC Bitcoin Lending, Voyager's Token Merging M&A Deal, Crypto's Reaction to PayPal
Hodl Hodl announced a no-KYC, P2P lending service. Reactions to PayPal's crypto market entrance. And a token-merging M&A deal.
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Oct 22, 2020 at 4:06 p.m. UTC
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