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Popsicles (Sheri Silver/Unsplash)
Crypto Markets Today: Popsicle Heats Up as Bitcoin Stays Cold
Top crypto assets hold steady as stocks get pre-holiday bounce.
Popsicles (Sheri Silver/Unsplash)

CDCROP: Judge's Hammer (Pixabay)
Crypto Markets Today: Co-Founder of OneCoin Pyramid Scheme Pleads Guilty; CoinDesk Market Index Drops
Bitcoin, largest cryptocurrency by market value, fell 3% over the past 24 hours
CDCROP: Judge's Hammer (Pixabay)

CDCROP: Piggy bank bent forward change money coins (Andre Taissin/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
Crypto Markets Today: Archblock Attempting to Bring US Banks to DeFi; Bitcoin and Ether Stall
Archblock's plan comes at a precarious time, with undercollateralized lending protocols grappling with loan defaults across the board.
CDCROP: Piggy bank bent forward change money coins (Andre Taissin/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
Crypto Markets Today: US Regulation Heats Up; Bitcoin Rises, Then Falls
Top cryptocurrencies lost earlier gains after the Federal Reserve signals interest rates to keep rising well into 2023.
U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

CDCROP: Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
Crypto Markets Today: Sam Bankman-Fried Hearing Tops Another Troubling Day
But prices rose on U.S. inflation data that was more favorable than expected.
CDCROP: Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

CDCROP: Binance logo 3D printed in gold (Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)
Crypto Markets Today: Binance a Target of Federal Probe
The Block confirmed Friday it had received funding from Sam Bankman-Fried’s trading arm for two years.
CDCROP: Binance logo 3D printed in gold (Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)

CDCROP: AI Artwork SBM Sam Bankman-Fried (DALL-E/CoinDesk)
Crypto Markets Today: Exposed Alameda Research Loans to Media Site The Block and Its CEO Adds to FTX’s Miseries
The Block confirmed Friday it had received funding from Sam Bankman-Fried’s trading arm for two years.
CDCROP: AI Artwork SBM Sam Bankman-Fried (DALL-E/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Markets Today: Record Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Discount Widens Industry Woes
The fallout from crypto exchange FTX’s implosion continued as data showed the GBTC discount rate to bitcoin hitting a record high.
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