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CDCROP: Sam Bankman-Fried (Pindar Van Arman/CoinDesk)
Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Holds Strength Above $21K, Congress' FTX Problem
ALSO: Crypto bank Silvergate reports a fourth-quarter loss of $1 billion. Equities closed mixed after big banks’ 4Q earnings reports.
CDCROP: Sam Bankman-Fried (Pindar Van Arman/CoinDesk)

CDCROP: Bitcoin Beanstalk Green Nature Cryptocurrency (DALL-E/CoinDesk)
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.
CDCROP: Bitcoin Beanstalk Green Nature Cryptocurrency (DALL-E/CoinDesk)

CDCROP: AI Artwork Bitcoin Markets Indices (DALL-E, CoinDesk)
Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Tops $19K, Blockchain.com Cuts Jobs, Sam Bankman-Fried Blogs
ALSO: Bitcoin had its best day in two months after the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report shows inflation slowdown, extending this week’s digital-asset rally.
CDCROP: AI Artwork Bitcoin Markets Indices (DALL-E, CoinDesk)

FTX Logo (Unsplash)
Crypto Markets Today: FTX Finds $5B, Bitcoin Extends Rally
ALSO: Bitcoin tops $17,500 for the first time in almost a month, while ether held strong above $1,300. Equities closed higher.
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Coinbase cuts around 20% of workforce as crypto winter rages. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
Crypto Markets Today: Coinbase Announces More Job Cuts Amid Market Jitters
ALSO: Both bitcoin and ether reached nearly four-week highs. Equities closed higher.
Coinbase cuts around 20% of workforce as crypto winter rages. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Abstract Ponzi (Dall-E/CoinDesk)
Crypto Markets Today: Big Options Trade in Ether Market Would Profit from 69% Price Slide
ALSO: Bitcoin and ether traded up. Solana saw double-digit gains amid strong transactional activity.
Abstract Ponzi (Dall-E/CoinDesk)

CDCROP: A cardboard cutout of Tron founder Justin Sun (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Crypto Markets Today: Huobi Tensions Sink Tron Token Price
ALSO: Bitcoin and ether traded up. Equities also rose after a strong U.S. jobs report.
CDCROP: A cardboard cutout of Tron founder Justin Sun (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

CDCROP: Bible open at Genesis (Getty Images)
Crypto Markets Today: Crypto Broker Genesis Asks for Clients’ Patience
ALSO: Bitcoin rose and most other, major cryptocurrencies spent much of Wednesday in the green.
CDCROP: Bible open at Genesis (Getty Images)

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Crypto Markets Today: Bitcoin Ends Penultimate Week of (Awful) 2022 on Quiet Note
ALSO: A year of steep declines in crypto markets brought another unwanted element – a dramatic increase in scams including “rug pulls.”
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CDCROP: Bail Hearing Held For FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried
Crypto Markets Today: Federal Judge Releases Bankman-Fried on $250M Bond
The bond was secured by his parent's Palo Alto house, where he was told he could stay.
CDCROP: Bail Hearing Held For FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried