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Big Friday Crypto Selloff Pulls Bitcoin Below $70K
Ideas about lower U.S. interest rates were foiled again and a plunge in shares of speculative favorite GameStop soured the mood in crypto.
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Bitcoin’s Latest Rally to $71K Is Different From the March Breakout. Here's Why.
The latest breakout is characterized by lack of speculative froth as opposite to March and positive macroeconomic details.
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New York AG Pushes Back Against DCG, Silbert’s Motion to Dismiss Fraud Case
NYAG has accused Gemini, Genesis, and DCG of conspiring to cover a $1 billion hole in Genesis’ balance sheet caused by the implosion of Three Arrows Capital.
Rune Christensen Explains Why He Wants to Remake Maker and Kill DAI
The MakerDAO creator discusses the motivation behind the ambitious Endgame proposal in a wide-ranging interview.
Customers Bank Said to Debank Some Digital Asset Hedge Funds
The move is not a widespread debanking of hedge-fund clients, but rather the offboarding of inactive accounts, one person said.
GameStop Tumbles 40% as Trading Icon Roaring Kitty Returns to Livestream
Solana-based meme token GME is down 50% from earlier Friday, but remains sharply higher for the week
Robinhood’s Bitstamp Deal Is Strategic and Brings Added Institutional Exposure: Bernstein
The acquisition will potentially allow the trading platform to offer a wider range of crypto products to a more institutional client base, the report said.
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Big Friday Crypto Selloff Pulls Bitcoin Below $70K
Ideas about lower U.S. interest rates were foiled again and a plunge in shares of speculative favorite GameStop soured the mood in crypto.
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Customers Bank Said to Debank Some Digital Asset Hedge Funds
The move is not a widespread debanking of hedge-fund clients, but rather the offboarding of inactive accounts, one person said.
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Rune Christensen Explains Why He Wants to Remake Maker and Kill DAI
The MakerDAO creator discusses the motivation behind the ambitious Endgame proposal in a wide-ranging interview.
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New York AG Pushes Back Against DCG, Silbert’s Motion to Dismiss Fraud Case
NYAG has accused Gemini, Genesis, and DCG of conspiring to cover a $1 billion hole in Genesis’ balance sheet caused by the implosion of Three Arrows Capital.
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Former Federal Prosecutors, Agents Ask U.S. Sec. Blinken to ‘Step Up’ Efforts to Secure Detained Binance Exec’s Release
Investor Katie Haun, a former federal prosecutor, reportedly spearheaded the letter to Blinken
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Saudi Arabia Joins BIS’ CBDC Project mBridge as a Full Participant
The Saudi Central Bank joins the central banks of China, Thailand, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates in the project.
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U.S. Charges Three in Connection With Evolved Apes NFT Scam
Evolved apes was a $3 million NFT rug pull that lured investors in with the promise of developing a video game.
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NYAG Sues 2 Crypto Pyramid Schemes, Promoters Targeting Haitian-Americans in $1B Scam
NovaTech’s founders Cynthia and Eddy Petion allegedly preyed on Creole-speaking church-goers and advertised their scheme as a way to gain “freedom from the plantation.”